WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981, PAGE 9 Anderson, Henry Street, Denis O'Connor HIGH SCHO OL NEWS WEEK Convocation a chance to renew old friendships at Henry By SHARON CAMERON Henry Street H.S. Friday, November 13 was not unlucky for the Henry Street High School's Class of '81. Commencement has now come and gone and with it the renewing of old friendships. The evening seemed to begin unorganized at first, with everyone trying to get into alpha- betical order, but it was probably the fact that the grads had not seen each other for several months that made keep- ing track of the stu- dents, all that more dif- ficult. The guest speakers and Ontario scholars made their way to the new gym where the presentations were held first, who were then followed by the honor graduates, the grade 12 graduates and finally the teachers. After finally getting everyone settled down, the invocation took place with the help of Reverend Gerald Hunt. The principal, Mrs. Jennie Beal, then wel- comed everyone and the evening was under way. Mr. Ian Brown, trustee from the Durham Board of Education, then spoke and gave words of encouragement to the graduates. Finally to end the first part of the evening, the valedictory address which was given by Chris Stotts, a grade 13 graduate, became an instant hit with the audience. With the use of slides showing "Chris' first day at Henry", it was easy to tell that he was the right person for the job. A slide show, put on by Mr. Almond seemed to be one of the best par- ts of the evening. Although it had a poor beginning (actually it was good but he had used my pictures!), it was an excellent presentation and all teachers, students and DO'C report By LISA JEPPESEN Denis O'Connor H.S. Report card time has come once again and students have finally recovered. Unfortunately, students found that prayers were little help in aca- demics. However, prayers were put to good use in the retreats held on November 16, 17, and 19. Grades 9, 10 and 11 were each given a day from studies to heard a series of talks given by Bishop Robert Clune and by Sister Virginia Nelson of the Home Missions. The retreats were a time for reflection and were a benefit to all. To accommodate retreats, the gym classes were either conducted outside, or became health periods. Hopefully, a new school may remedy this over- crowded situation. A new DO'C is being contem- plated, and if it becomes a board priority, results may appear as soon as 1983. There are two possible sites, both lots owned by the Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board. The build- ing of a new school is something students can hope for in the near future. In the realm of DO'C sports, the junior girls' basketball team won against Ajax with a score of 21 to 15. This entitled them to compete in COSSA. The COSSA competition will be held in Cloine, Ontario on December 5. The senior girls did not fare as well in their game against Ajax with a loss of 22 to 26. They will not be accompanying the junior girls in the COSSA tournament. Soon to come will be details on the upcoming Christmas concert and the annual Christmas for- mal. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY QUOTATION 081-4 QUOTATION FOR JANITQ AL SFRVICIES Quotations will be recelved by the undersigned until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 1981 for janitorial services at the Whitby Operations Cen- tre, Taunton Road East, Whitby, Ontarlo. Specifications and quotations forms are avail- able at the Town of Whitby Treasury Department, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. Tele- phone (416) 668-5803, extension 54. Lowest or any quotation not necessarily accep- ted. MRS. GAIL GOSLEIGH, PURCHASING AGENT,- TOWN OF WHITBY. parents enjoyed it. The music which accom- panied the pictures set off the mood of the presentation perfectly. I would like to congratu- late Mr. Almond on his work. Soon afterwards, coming before the awards and diplomas, we heard music from the Henry Street band, conducted by Mr. B. Hodgins, and the choir sang "The Way We Were" and a medley from "Sergeant Pep- per's Lonely Hearts Club Band", for the graduating class. Awards, which ranged from academic awards to athletic awards, were then given out. This seemed to take over an hour in it- self. The grade 12 stu- dents then proceeded to make their way up onto the stage to receive their well deserved diplomas. With smiles on the faces of over half of the graduating class, the ex-13's then made their way up on stage for theirs. Finally, the conclud- ing remarks were made by the principal and the recessional march was made by the Class of '81. With the reception being held in the cafe- torium, one would think that it would be easy to find friends and family. Not so! To be on the safe side, many people continued to wait in the halls for friends as to not miss them. Pictures Were taken and "con- gratulations" rang loudly through the halls. From the reception, most of the grads either went to the Masonic Temple in Whitby or to private parties given by friends. I would like to thank Student Council and everyone else involved for making it a com- mencement we will always remember! ACVI hasFrench visitors Since early Septem- ber, Anderson C.V.I. has been the scene of a foreign invasion. It is not a military invasion, but instead the arrival of five charming French exchange students. The students are: Pascal Oliver, Corinne Car- tigny, Ghislaine Bon, and Sonia Cade are from France and Danielle Dussault is from Quebec. Residing in Whitby they have been attending Ander- son since September 11. Like "normal" Ander- son students, the ladies attend classes, and corn- plete both homework and assignments but, of course, in their case certain concessions are made. In addition to ex- periencing the day-to- day life at Anderson, Danielle, Pascal, Corin- ne, Ghislaine and Sonia have been participating in extra-curricular acti- vities. They have atten- ded Anderson dances and concerts, taken part on dress-up days and gone on field trips. Some of these field trips in- cluded tours to Mon- treal, Ottawa and Toronto where the ladies are seeing the "sights" and learning about the Canadian cul- ture. Their views on the Canadian way of life are very interesting. Pascal, Corinne, Ghislaine and Sonia all agree that the Canadian school system is not as rigid as its counterpart in France. "We spend more time at school in France," they claim, "and we have no choice as to which subjects we study." Danielle, the only ex- change student from Quebec, thinks that "Anderson is a good school." All the ladies say that they will miss the frien- ds that they have made at Anderson. 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