"These kids will be going to live with a family up in Bolton during Christmas holidays and march break, they will have jobs at the Husky plant. They will be paid for what they do, and will be able to go home at the end of the school year for a month or six weeks," explains Jan Greenhalgh, a former Appleby parent and founding director of The Canadaâ€"CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Development Foundation, which also arranged another scholarâ€" ship for one student to study at Appleby. matics, but by the end of the twelfth grade almost wice the number of boys than girls are enroled in calâ€" ulus. Many college majors require one to take the cal ulus sequence which girls are not prepared to take use of poor enrollment in high school; thus limiting ir choice of a major which in turn limits their choice careers. One of the most common myths is that "boys and irls receive equal education." Studies show that teachâ€" pay less attention to girls than boys in the classroom. oys are eight times more likely to call out answers and listened to, whereas girls are reprimanded for similar avior. Boys are also twice as likely to demand help ing a lesson from the teacher. Boys are asked more t, openâ€"ended, abstract and complex questions and ive more detailed instructions. In our coâ€"ed school stems boys receive more attention from the teacher an girls. As a result boys have the advantage. Teachers praise both sexes yet each sex is rewarded r something different. In elementary schools girls are ised for behaving properly and obeying the rules. ereas boys are usually praised for intellectual work. a result girls feel intellectually inferior and when y have any success in science and mathematics they ibute it to luck rather than skill. Another reason for women‘s deficiency in science d mathematics is that textbooks are biased. Many tbooks and resources uses in schools portray baffled men relying on men to compute bills, or to make ple repairs. As very few women have entered matheâ€" ics and science fields, girls do not see many female The company has committed to paying for two Russian students to study at Appleby, beginning in the 1993â€"94 school year. Injection Mouldings of Bolton, Ontario. She is looking forward to a career in mechanical engineering, making her the ideal recipient of a special scholarship funded by Husky ’Tlvc first of three Russian stuâ€" dents who will be studying at Appleby College on special ’SCholmships this September was met and interviewed by History faculty member Chris Shannon during a recent school trip to the former Soviet Union. _ The 18â€"yearâ€"old girl is bright and enthusiastic, according to Chris, and eager to arrive in Canada in early September. Scholarships allow Russian students to study at Appleby College this fall Emily, Michael Bedard, illustrator Barbara Cooncy Lester Publishing, 1992 The enchanting story of a lit tle girl who meets the reclusive poet, Emily Dickinson A Handful of Seeds, Monica Hughes, illustrator Luis Garay, Lester Publishing, 1993. Concepcion, a street girl, lives in the barrio. She plants her grandâ€" mother‘s legacy, a handful of seeds, to grow food for homeless children in the area. Canadian publishers and authors have established themselves as some of the best producers of literature for children. Each year new titles are developed. some of the better books for beginning readers are acknow]â€" edged here. eptember is a month of new beginnings for chilâ€" Sdren; new studies at school, renewing past friendships and starting new ones, and of course, getting new books at school. The excitement that books hold for children is virtually limitless. Enchanting illustrations in picture books, gripping stoâ€" ries of fiction and captivating factual information books are all treasured for their beauty, entertainment and the knowledge them impart. By Laura Smith Special to the Oakville Beaver What‘s new in children‘s books this fall "If they work out, and they‘re Waters, Edith Newlin Chase, illustrator Ron Broda, any textbooks are sexually biased (Continued from page 3) For the time being Appleby will be the only independent school involved, but Jan is hoping to introâ€" As to why Appleby was the school selected, Jan explains that she came to regard Appleby very highly when her son was a student there for three years. "I think the school is a very good one, and I have spent so much time in the CIS (the former Soviet Union) that I really know what‘s good and what isn‘t. I realize the value and importance of a good education, and selected Appleby on those grounds." The Canadaâ€"CIS Foundation has also initiated another scholarship with the school on behalf of Frank Stronach, president of Magna International. Headmaster Guy McLean was invited to the Gala Dinner at the Royal York for Mikhail Gorbachev when he visited Toronto earlier this year, in recognition of the fact that Appleby was chosen as the only independent school in Canada and the first recipient of the scholarâ€" ship. bright kids and have real ambition, Husky is prepared to put them through university. After that, because they want to go into Russia and open plants, the company is preâ€" pared to put these students into very responsible positions with Husky. They have also told me that they would be prepared to do this on an ongoing basis, year after year." 2035 Upper Middle Road East (Ford Dr.) Oakville 338â€"6236 Glenbur®"® Girls are cheated by a school system that discrimiâ€" nates against them from kindergarten through high school and one solution may be single gender schools. Singleâ€"gender schools provide girls with benefits such as smaller classrooms and more attention and encourâ€" agement from the teacher. If the girls of today are to claim equal status and opportunity with their male peers we must provide them with the confidence and interest needed to study matheâ€" matics and science subjects so that they may choose from the breadth of opportunities available. During childhood boys play with toys and games which give them practice in spatial visualization, thus giving boys the advantage of essential skills for sciâ€" ences and mathematics. Spatial skills are the very bases for geometry, a subject that causes difficulties to many girls which eventually deters from mathematics. Another reason why girls might by discouraged from continuing with science and mathematics in secondary school and university is the tendency for females to lack spatial skills. These skills can be defined generally as the ability to manipulate an object or pattern in the imagination. Research indicates that sexâ€"role socialization is the major reason to the underdevelopment of girls‘ spatial abilities. A National Institute of Education review of research on school books concludes that most current texts and other educational materials not only reflect the society in terms of sexism but even exaggerate reality by porâ€" traying society as being more sexist than it is. role models in their textbooks The Hippos at the Seashore, Lindsay Grater, Lester Publishing, 1993. Rain spoils the hippos holiday at the seashore until Granny shows the family how to have fun. Franklin is Lost, Paulette Bourgeois, illustrator Brenda Clark, Kids Can Press, 1993. Franklin looses his way in the forest while playing a game of hideâ€"andâ€" Laura Smith lives in Oakville and has recently pub lished a book, Children‘s Book Awards International. *Small classes, stimulating, individualized instruction *Thinking/problem soiving skills and economics studies at all grade levels to challenge students of the 90‘s *French, Math & Science, Music, extraâ€"curricular activities *Before/After School supervision (extended hours) *Complete playground facilities A, *Full size gymnasium S a~ In My Backyard, John DeVries, illustrator Werner Zimmerman, North Winds Press, 1992. A boy finds a frog in his backyard, but his family doesn‘t want him to keep it. He takes it to his best friend. The Longest Home Run, Roch Carrier, illustrator Sheldon Cohen, Tundra, 1993. A new girl hits a home run right through the window of the meanest man in town. Hickory, Dickory, Dock, Robin Muller, illustrator Suzanne Duranceau, North Winds Press, 1992. This modern retelling of an old rhyme has a fresh cast of animal characters. North Winds Press, 1993. Follow the path of a tiny brook to the sea. The changing seasons and variety of wildlife appear three dimensional in this beautifully illustrated book. A private coâ€"educational day school from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 At Glenburnie, we focus on excellence, task commitment and skill development in a warm, caring atmosphere where students are encouraged and expected to achieve at their maximum level of capability. ‘"From my own business dealings in Russia, I have learned that you can be sitting around a bargaining table thinking that you have an agreement, but when you start putting it down on paper, you virtually have to start all over again because the basic premise isn‘t at all what you thought it was. It‘s very difficult and that‘s one of the reasons why it‘s so important, if we are going to be doing business and they are going to be able to develop their own economy and trade with Jan‘s goal in securing the funds for the scholarships was to ensure that future generations of Russian and western young people grow up underâ€" standing each other and learning to relate on the most basic levels. "I realâ€" ly feel that it‘s important, if there is to be business development down the line, that young people are educated so that they grow up understanding each other. duce other schools as circumstances and finances â€" permit. "I‘d like to keep Appleby involved on an ongoing basis with three students every year, but I‘d also like to place students at other schools too. Because everybody has different strengths and offers difâ€" ferent things, I would like to see many schools participating but look at Appleby as the one who spearheaded the whole thing. I‘d like eventually to see 20 or 30 kids over here every year, and Appleby wouldn‘t be able to handle all of them." Last year, through the efforts of Appleby parent George Yui, there were two Russian students â€" Evgueni Tehourilov in Junior Year and Ocsana Sidorcheva in Upper One. Another group of 11 Appleby students and three chaperons returned from a twoâ€" week visit to Russia in midâ€"June. Ten to 12 are expected to attend Appleby in September. The three scholarships are the latâ€" est events in a blossoming relationâ€" ship between Appleby and the former U.S.S.R. Three years ago, a group of eight students and three teacher/chapâ€" erones from Leningrad spent three weeks here, attending classes and sightseeing. the following year, a group of Appleby students travelled to Russia and spent two weeks living in the homes of the students they had met the previous year and learning about life behind the Iron Curtain. The Foundation plans to stay peripherally involved once the stuâ€" dents arrive at Appleby, in hopes of securing publicity and encouraging other corporations to become involved. Europe or the western world that they are able to function in a business enviâ€" ronment," she explains. "I don‘t think it‘s a language probâ€" lem, I think it pertains more to culâ€" ture. Our two cultures don‘t really think in the same vein, and most of the people who have worked over there for any extended period of time agree that it is not misunderstanding the words, it‘s misunderstanding basic concepts. They have been structured for many years to think in a particular manner and we think in an entirely different way." A challenging learning environment stressing academic learning skills. Small class sizes and personal attention. FACILITIES Before/After School Programme Extra Curricular Activities AN ALTERNATIVE FULLâ€"TIME SCHOOL Jr. & Sr. Kindergarten Grades 1 to 13 (0.A.C.) 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