The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

vet 1 --- pa o---- Vol. 127 No. 10 bern agai ih SED v5 Wavy Np 5 Vey ei HP $'% "0 tee re 2 sre 7 Ah By Scott Anderson "Port Perry Star gress has been made in LAA i regarding the General ment on Tariffs and Trade, says Durham MP Ross Stevenson. "The present situation of ATT is it's going nowhere," he hr! a the Blackstock Tax Tall - a guide to taxes and RRSPs farming community at the an- nual Lions Club Farmer's night held last week. Ironically this same crowd was told the opposite last year by then federal agriculture min- inter Bill McKnight. But then Mr. Stevenson was not met with a mob of angry protestors de- manding government action. LAR EAE I I IRR IE EE I El For a number of years acollec- tive of countries have been seek- ing an agreement concerning trade and tariffs. An agreement has been promised for more than a year and one was almost reached before Christmas. Mr. Stevenson said a major push was on in the last month to reach an agreement but they Coa ++:ployment: CN By § Seott Anderson Port Perr Star With an emphasis on stu- dents staying in school longer; a local high school has been cho- : sen to participate in a pilot 03 ject aimed at reducing the outrate. Port: Perry High School was "chosen as ~one of only four schools in the Greater. oronto Area to participate in the two- year program nitiated by the ~ Ontario. Secondary .. Schools Teachers Federation and Em- Canada. The other schools are in Scar- borough, North York and Hal- ton. . Port Perry Hi Schools Yo- wil fous one a tudents pro. 5 opping out due. at something that: benefits the . gram are at-risk of dro to various circums: 3 A report prepared by the 13. Penner committee of Port High School states pre- vention is the best key to en- coutelie at-risk youths to stayin hil, ing to, Charles Wyz- ~ kowski and Kendra Godin. Svoboda; staff members and co- chairmen of PPHS's committee, the pro will focus on pro- viding the students with tools and activities aimed at increas- ing theirlevel of self confidence; "We want to create a climate at this school where the feel oF h Shey 4 sidered. -safeand have theo) posal oes) says . Gol The program willg give the stu- dents, who may be contemplat- Ad ; ing dro ping out, the opportuni- - to formu] ston and ulate a vi lowit through, : e program is mainly self confidonsas Mr. says. fell short of an agrecient. But now he believes an agree. ment won't be reached until March or April. > There are a number of factors behind this delay. These in- clude the new Clinton Adminis- tration in the U.S.A.,and anim- nding = March election in noe. : . Coane oa CUETHRRENR NA AW fala Ma ea * they were trying to Realizing that every etudent| could be' classified "at-risk", the committee -struggled with the definition of 'the target group: to reach. It eventually > 8; 17-point list : profili ng. the. 'at-risk stu- dent. "It is our: belief that students' 'may be at-risk for. social, aca: demic and/or behavior r reasons," the report states. The charac-: : Sorinting included: poor social' A feel there isn't an Wyzkowski skills, a rated potential and. Immigration id limited coping ing elille. LE I Despite this profile, Mrs. Go- din-Svoboda says all students can fit thismold. = "The whole student could be at risk at some i rid SH she says. "We are really looking whole school." "I feel there are too many kids 'who 'are at-risk because they. school) for them,' adds Sra kowski. With thisin mind, the at-risk ogra m will attempt to reach allt estudents. PPHS's Drogeaits includes Ambassadors, rative learning, personal 1 dove opment : day, peer tutoring, buddy sys- tem and a school-based support . program. A course concerning conflict resolution is being' on Although these various com: ponents will be utilized in the program, Mrs. Godin-Svoboda/: says these are not new ideas. In | 7. fact, most have been used at the | § school, in one form or another, for sometime; . - : This is one' 'Yoason why the 3 a committee: feels (um to page 8). g £5 4 2» $4 . 4 r rs rs : fa me Y £) oF i #8 J 3 "Och M they wero Boi. 5 Mr. Stevénita says the Units | A ed States had ho an agree- ment GARE be oped an before. the change in Jower, but this" was aa 1iot possible i th the new adminis. fy tration and 'its lack of knowl-' 2 edge of the issues, it will take a a; (Turn to page 5 see page 15