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ll‘( T fitnâ€" mamz IFMOZ mad? m. W0 Iroquois Ridge High School in ponent." Septanba 1994 will spell wel- Memb come relief from the serious ovem'owd- able to en: ingatWhiteOaksSmidarySchool. ware in; “White Oaks has something like 20 learning. poi-tables now,” says Bany Finlay, who through p .é, will be the principal of the new high area provi SChOOl- « servicem OAKVILL Elroquois Ridge High School designed for community involvement? Haremcm- ocus or cconununitvan itwillbe By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Slafi' The new northeast Oakville high school is going to be a “community” school designed to meet an array of community and educational nwds, not just the needs of the students. 111 Trafalgar Rd'. Downtown Oakville Fabrics 845-7441 Notions 842-1409 hcovetfingof “921.51? min“ The Uptown Shopper is a promotion of the 8452-7333 Oakville North News and the Keg Remnants Ltd. WHERE YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS WE MY YOUR mRKlNG (Municipal Garage) E, The design of the new high school, located on 13.5 acres of land on Glenashton Drive, will accommodated whatFuflay calls a “strong servicem- Members of the community will be able to easily use the school while class- ware inpmgmswithoutdistmbingme leaming. That will be accomplished through provision of a main concourse area providing access to offiocs, special serviccs, co-op education, student coun- cil and a school store. A cafetofium and theatre are both near the school’s front for easy use and the gymnasium in locatitm in the interior of the building, leaving classrooms to KEG RESTAURANTS LTD. 220 North Service Road, Oakville circled in this picture call Mark Yesford at 845-3824 and . inner for Two at the /-\ the exterior walls and natural fighting. A time-story academic wing will be apaxtfrommebusllgofmemainfi'ont concourse as will a second-floor A child care centre with its own accessdrives anddrop-offroutes willbe nearthefrontofthebuildingandhave its own entrance. Finlay concedes teducation tradition- ally hasn’t involved the community. Respected for the direction he gave Oakville’s General Wolfe High School in his two years as principal there, he’s out to change the direction of traditional Oneofhisfirststepsinthatdimction ONTARIO JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARDS We're looking for the "good kids" of Ontario Contact this community newspaper for details. Deadline for nominations is October 3lst. 1993. was to establish a committee represent- ing the community, parents, the board, students, local business and industry, and othem with a smke in the new high This committee has been meeting since February 1992 and has provided advice, even down to the design of the Moolandhowitmightbestmeetneeds - from everyone’s viewpoint. "Ihenextstepistoidentifywhat,as a community, we want to be exit out- comes, what'we want students to know, value and be able to do when they leave high school," said Fuhay. "It'snosmanmsksmoeuwmaddms future needs that, in some cases, aren’t evenknownyet. In designing curriculum to address the community needs, Finlay said com- munity members will have to be involved in decisions on issues like semestering, the length of the school day, the length of periods and the time that should be spent in class. Finlay doesn’t hesitate to point to pmentsasthenumberoneeducatorsof their children. “We have to look at how, as a school, we can complement mat,” he said. The school aims to “provide pro- gmms for families which will ultimately improve the quality of education for children,” said Finlay and at Stile same time, stretch the ‘educational dollar' during tough economic times. “I? wifi bring the school back as a nvw I Iv-vnv ' umNrH FDHSrâ€"H= ' 3 lTheNewGenfiamgM “GOSH-100.9 focus for the community and it will be used by the community as much as it With a new town recreation centre planned for land that abuts the Glenashton Drive high school and a nearby park, Finlay hopes to have a good working relationship with the Topwnoankville intheprovisionof community recreation both inside and outside the school for both the commu- nity and students. ® TOYOTA The new Iroquois Ridge High School will be approximately the same size as the new Oakvillc-Trafalgar High School, accommodating about 1,500 Construction of the Glenashton Drive high school is currently under way. Ground was broken last spring. Much of the steel strucwre is in place and its hoped that exterior construction will wrap up by Nov. 1st, allowing con- struction to continue inside throughout Much of the school’s student populaâ€" tion will come from White Oaks. Its boundaries will roughly cover Trafalgar Road to the west; Winston Churchill Boulevard to the east; Hwy 5 on the northandtheQEWtothesoufll. Finlay said new schools seldom open filled to capacity, however Town of Oakville projections indicate the sur- rounding area’s population will virtually double by the year 2000, growing from about 12,000 to some 23,000. I=¢=Fills=HE