PAGE 22, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 1988 Snyder Depression Day held at Col.Farewell Liz Aruta Happy New Year, everyone. Well 1988 is here, the holidays are over and it's back to work as holiday memories are tucked away for 1987. I hope everybody had a really nice Christmas and'has a great New Year. But alas, the nightmare has becomè a reality as thousands of students forced'themselves out of a nice warm bed, at an ungodly hour and dragged their feet through mounds of show and slash, to make it to a place that hasn't been thought of or heard of since 1987. Yes, the empty hallways of Henry Street High School became full again, as school commenced last week for yet another year. I'm sure that kids are as happy as the first day of school to be back. Last week was rather slow and low keyed, to match the pace and the mood. I guess people just had a hard enough time getting back into the swing of things, as I'm sure you ail did. Student council is busy planning and reorganizing their strategies for 1988, after an excellent last half of 1987, topped off with spirit-week and our Christmas food drive..By the way, our grand total for the food drive was an outstanding 2,064 non-perishable items. This doubled and sur- passed our expected goal of 1,000 items. Student council would like to thank everyonewho participated and helped- the less fortunate have a better Christmas. Homeforms 204 and 409'tied for first place in the drive bringing in exactly 224 items each. Well done guys! Our teams are also gearing up for yet another successful year. Although our hockey team lost an important game last Friday to An- derson, our senior and junior girls won a volleyball tournament in Waterloo over the weekend. Well done girls! Henry would also like to welcome Oshawa Generals Jeff Hackett and Marc Laniel back from Moscow, winning the gold medal for Canada in the World Junior Hockey Championship. Henry Street, as I'm sure all of Canada. is verv Droud. So I guess that's it for this week, hopefuily we will be back in full force next week. I'd just like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back and I hope this year is as good as 1987. Alison Frost Happy New Year! It is already the year 1988! Time certainly goes quickly. It seems like only yesterday the senior students celebrated the begin- ning of the festive holidays with red and green day. Students were to wear as much green or red as possible. House League points were awarded to all who participated, as well as to the person who wore the most red or green. Winning vyas a tie between a student and a teacher. The school was filled with the Christmas spirit, which continued into the school break when a small group of students gathered to go carolling. A fun-filled evening of carols was topped off with apple cider and Christmas cake.. But that was 1987, and Christmas is over and school has begun once again. The new year brings different things to everyone. To Quest's senior students it brings mid-term exams, which will take place during the week of Jan. 18. The first skiing sessions, which were to be held on Jan. 6, were post- poned due to lack of snow. The cross-country skiers would have had a difficult time skiing on dirt; but, hopefully, this week the snow will come and they won't have to. . The first house league event of 1988 was held on Friday, Jan. 8, which became "Hat and Button Day." The object was to wear as many but- tons as possible. However, an additional point could be gained if team members wore hats. Unfortunately, the points have not yet been calculated. Another upcoming house league event is "Woodstock Revival." The details of the event are yet to be announced. January is a particularly exciting month for those nine Quest studen- ts who will be attending the "Epcot Experience" later in the month. About 35 students in total, from various Ontario secondary schools, will be spending seven days in Orlando, Florida for creative problem- solving seminars. The conference includes an exciting afternoon with astronaut Peggy Lathlaen whohas been chosen to be the teacher in space, as well as a trip to the Kennedy Space Centre. The month also marked the beginning of the Quest Language Club. The group meets every Friday, to try their skills at French, Spanish and German. C'est fantastique! As you can see, 1988 is off to a great start -but the coming weeks have even more in store! School to be called St. Bernard The Durham separate school board has decided on a name for the new elementary school scheduled to open in Whitby inSep- tember 1989. The north Whitby.school, to be located on- Dryde'n. Drive in the Kelloryn Meadows subdivision, will oe nanied St. Bernard Catholic School. The board had found a high proportion of new Whitby residents aré Catholic school supporters and had requested an increase in the original fund allocation to build a larger school on the site. Grade 5 - 6 classes at Col. J.E. Farewell Public School in Whitby got a * firsthand look at the Depression era in Canada -by alinost living it during a special class in December. Students dfessed in 1930's attire, and even brought 30's style lunches. to learn what school was like du-ing that period and read about Depression era events and ac- tivities such as riding the rails, soup kitchens, relief camps and drought. Students -also learned that discipline more than fifty years ago was much more stern than it is today. Their teachers, Angela Sprangers and Cathy MacDonald- Smith, also reverted to 30's methods and the result was punishment for each and every in- fraction. Silence was absolute as the school day progressed. Author Beatrice Thurmuan Hun- ter had visited the school in November. ' and that led to the special class to further educate students about that time in Canada's history. Itadio shows such as Amos 'n An dy, Tarzan and The Shadow were enjoyed as were authentic stories of that time. Math lessons were taken rom an Eaton's catalogue of the period Durham College board members Two new external members have been appointed to the Durham College board of governors by the Ontario Council of Regents. Joan Sanderson of Oshawa and Richard Jones of Ajax joined the board Jan. 1. Sanderson has a background in education. She is a professional storyteller for Minnow Books, and has a teacher's certificate for elementary school and bachelor of arts degree from York University. She has served as a remedial teacher volunteer for the Durham Board of Education, has chaired the parent advisory board for O'Neill Collegiate and the National Committee for the United Church dealing with children's curriculum. She has been active in community organizations., and * is a past president of the board of the Oshawa District Council Boy Scouts of Canada, and the Oshawa Newcastle-Whitby Big Sisters Association. She has also been recently appointed to the board of the YWCA. Jones has had extensive in- dustrial experience, particularly in the aircraft industry. He started his career as an engineering appren- tice at the De Havilland Aircraft Company in England. After working there for a period of time he transferred to De Havilland's Canadian'Company in Downsview, Ontario. He has served as manager of the industrial engineering depar- tment and as DASH 8 assitant program manager. He is now program manager (Civil Aircraft) for De Havillandi. Jones served for a number of years on the aviation transport anti industrial engineering technology program advisory committee at Durham College as boith member anti as chairman. He attendedi HolywelI Grammar School in Wales, anti bas taken several management development courses. He has been active in the Ajax anti District -Youth Soccer League. Another year bas come and gone for Denis O'Connor students and teachers; 1987 was a productive, spirited and exciting year.. It was a year filled with many successes and achievements bringing the DO'C body closer together. The successes that we experienced were all brought together on Jan.. 7 when team and club photographs were taken. Picture after picture saw more and more trophies and medals. The pride felt by athletes and coaches for themselves and other teams was evident. Those teams who . brought a new life to DO'C sports are: the LOSSA and DYSSAA senior girls and senior boys soccer champions, the LOSSA and DYSSAA var- sity'girls field hockey champions, the LOSSA junior boys finalists and the LOSSA senior girls basketball finalists. Congratulations, once again, to all these teams and to ail the successful clubs alive and well at DO'C. Now that the holiday season has passed, Denis O'Connor students are focusing ail their energies on the upcoming final exams. The Christmas holidays were not only a time to celebrate Christ's birth and spend time with family, it was also a rest period-before those weeks of preparation for finals. I hope everyone took advantage of the long two-week period to have fun and relax. I know I did! Tentative agreement reached Another tentative agreement .has been reached between Durham Board of Education and negotiators for some 2,000 elementary school teachers within the region. A second round of negotiations resumed last month after the teachers narrowly rejected an initial tentative agreement on December 1; an agreement which had already been ratified by trustees. Only 700 of the approximate 2,000 teachers voted on the last contract offer, despite having four days in which to-do so. Those who did cast their ballot voted 54 per cent again- st the offer. Neither side in the contract talks will say what is in the new tentative agreement until a vote is held, and although no date has yet been set, it is expected the teachers from-the region's 83 elementary schools will mark their ballots during a three- day period next week. The rejected offer called for a 4.9 per cent salary increase in a onie- year contract. Instead of the 250 minutes per week of preparation time asked for by the teachers, the boaiÃd offeied a letter of irtent to investigate the possibility of 100 minutes of preparation tine by the next school year. Teachers in the Newcastle/Northumberland Board and the Durham Separate Board won up to 100 minutes a week in contracts signed last fall. The teachers have been without a contract since August 31. Over 1,000 swimsuits Largest Ladies & Mens swim & cruise wear store in Durham Region Fashion and Swim Wear 67 King St. E. Oshau 436-6250 Gayle CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY CONTRACT W88-21 LEASED VEHICLES Tenders for the above will be received by Mrs. Gail Gosleigh, Purchasing Agent until 2:00 p.m., Wednesdav January -27, 1988 for the lease of fifteen vehicles for the terms varying from two to nine months. Specifications and tender forms are available at the Town of Whitby-Treasury Department, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. Telephone (416) 668-5803, extension 236. Lowest or any tender not necessarily a accepted. MRS. GAIL GOSLEIGH, PURCHASING AGENT. '. 1