131 Thi tmpray "inrthW" has had quitea effect on stud ents at Trafalgar. F or some it was hlike waking frorn, hibernation as they were, hoping tha t the sunshine.Would last a littie longer. But for-the skiers this is a great disainDointmnentl1 As. I amn a skier myself and enjoy living in Southern Ontario, I refuse to.rmove any further north to reach ski coun- try. Much tothe amazement of our Amnerican neigbbors, Canada' is not covered in snow. Many of the girls from the islands, I'm sure,, are also grateful for that. But we must face the cold, harsh facts in the face: if we don't get any sniow we wiil not bè having our ski day!1 Wait!1 It's near the, beginning of February> and we realiy should be guaranteed some snow before spring cornes. So if al those winter people keep thinking' bard enough the ground should soon be covered with a blanket of snow. -February is a deliclous, rnouth-watering month to be at school. Every week there is an auctionî of bakeçi goods made by a teacher. The rnoney> raised is collected and put into our fufndrais ing monies. Last week was the famous baked Alaskaby M4rs. Davis. 2This wonderful dish is kpown world-wide because Mrs. Davis niade it ail the tirne onher travels frorn Britain to Autralia. So after luncéh you had to be quick to bid for thîs one -and yes it's gone for $72. No, even Crocodile Dundee couldn't get his bands on this one!1 Well this is only the beginninè.ý Everyone is looking forwardto the hornade apple pies, the'black forest cake and the sin- fully sweet Vlentine's treat! So rernember, winter's not over yet and with ski day, ice skating'and Trafalgar's own winter olyrnpics taking place, let it snow, let it snow, là t it snow! ID~~ ~ Liz Aruta. The D enis O'Connor drarna department bas been working very bard these past few weeks. The play ."Us and Tbem",bas been cast and is now in rehearsal for the upcoming drama festival to be beld in April. Work on the -production of "Blithe Spirit" bas also begun. Congratulations* tô ail the cast members and good luck to ail in tbe weeks ahead before opening nigbt. DO'C's. French program is aggin offering a trip to iearn and ex- perience French culture first band. A ski excursion to St. Donat is of- fered to Grade il students, while a spring tour of Quebec City is offered to Grade 1O's. Both have proven to be educational and entertaining in the past, and ail indications sh~ow that the sarne expectations will be met again. In sports, our senior girls' volleyball team recorded another win defeating Port Perry High School in two straight games. DO'C's junior girls duplicated this performance witb a win of their own against Port Perty. The girls could not, however, keep up the streak, losing to Ajax in two tough games.-i Finaliy, Denis O'Connor Higb Scbool, like rnany other sechools, is nearing exam week. The atmosphere bere bas become quite solemn as students calm fhernselves down in preparation for their finals. Two openings at Pringle Pringle Creek School was the karate; drarna, caiiigraptxy, scena of two opening cerernonies inodern jazz and gymnastics for last week as both the "1officiai" youth and teenis; a Friday night opening of the sehool and the start youth club and Fyiday night teen of comrnunity centre prograrns club; and borne landscaping, folk were celebrated in grand style. art and coed sports for adultsý Education Minister Chris Ward- "Wé had a lot of input frorn the joined Pringle Pate, the robot, and public,"' said Wilson on the Town Crier, Fred Martin 'On.. estabiishment of programs-, ad- Tuesday for the school opening at- ding, bowever, "We'd ha happy to tended by about 700 people. The hear fresh ideas." school has 520 kindergarten to Gr. 7 students. B ad" d On Saturday, a mnagic show and Bo r a dt dernonstrations of gyrnnastics and karate were among the events held as Whitby's fîrst comrnunity centreon OZ c J school opened. on 4.1951V sal More than 600 people bave rgistered for - activities at the Elementary school teachers will school for a recreation project join- receive a 4.9 per cent salary in- tly operatad by the Town and school crease effective September, 1987, board. under a one-year agreernent recen- " IWe're very, very pleased with tly reached with the Durhamn Board the rasponse," said InezWilson, of Education. vice chairman of the residents' - The maximum benefit for groiiw committee Which, manages'the ife insurance will increase and the programs in the school gym. Bihl 1987 Ontario dental sehedule will be Peel, committee chairman, or- adopted, -botb effective March 1, cbestrated opening day activities. 198 S Winter programs, wbichi start Staffing ratios of pupils tc this- week, inc!ude gyrnnastics, jazz teachers have also been established and puppetry foepreSchüÃ"lérS&;-- at'a xmmo 17.3 pupils to onE parent and childlfltness cites teacher, for 1988&89 andi?7:1lfor 198q Scott first, lu Optimist essay ÇQntest Diana Scott, a student'atHeniry StreetHigh School, won first, prize in the WhitbyOptimist Club essay contest. >Her essay Wilh now ha. submitted to the Optimist district competition In Central Ontario. Tbe winner will receive an expense-paid trip to, the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. Anderson CVI students Melissa Gibson, Trish Gitkins and Jodi Nicholi were second, third and fourth respectively in the local essay contest. Présentations to winners were madè at the Optimist Club meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. Young people 15 and under, are also invited to compote for a $1,500 scholarship in the. Optirnist Inter- national annualoratorical contest. Contestants are to prepare afour- to-five-minute speech on the topic "Deéstiny - Choice, not Destiny"- before a panel of-judges at an Op- timnist Club meeting March 22 at Sheriff's Manor. Winners, in categories for both beys and girls, will move on to the district finals May 6 in Colingwood. Optirnist president- Michael Airey says entrants need not be accorn- plished speakers., while the club of- fers advance coaching assistance. For information caîl Jimmry- Dirnitroff at 579-9015 or Aireyatý 668-2167. k ~ h. Ann Dur FRO PAE 1capacity for 10. However, tWO other FROM PAGEls <chools, R.H. Cornish i Port Perry already in place," says Vail. His with 16 portables and Southwood report also noted the problçm in Park in Ajax with seven portables, finding sufficient qualified French are near capacity. immersion teachers, and he told Traffic congestion at Heard, as at trustees that the Durham board almost ail other elemientary French ahready "hires aggressîvely" by' immersion schools, was described getting teachers eight rnonths as "'very severe."' A report statas ahead of time. Hesaid schools that busing would decrease traffie provide only 525 -immersion and increase safety. teachers annuaily when there is a It is expected that a total of 316 need for 1,000 each yeà r. Heard students1 would be bused Heard now bhas 34o kindergarten with the change - 2059of thern living to Gr. 6 students, ail in French im- more than 1.6 km. from the school meérsion, and the projected and anothar .111 living more than 2.4 enrolment increase -there is' 96 km frôm. the school. students when transportation For*ail1 elemnentary schools, the begins in September; 1968. Heard change wili require a total of 18 now bhas four poE:tables with buses in September, 198, at a cost of $207,000 ($150 per bus per day for 77 ays i1988). eachers agree- 7For the entire 1O9y ar, 8thes provincial grants, the board's lary increase share for 1988 would ba $93,535 and for 1M8, $254,448. For secondary French immer- Il 90. Classroorn preparatioii time sion, studants at Pickering H.S. i- (teachers were seeking 250 minutes AND R.S. MeLaughlin, where there iea week) will be addressed tbrougb would be about 90 studeits to be 1-establishment ofa- teacher- bussed initially, thetalbsn I adinitraioncomnitea.cost would be $11,550 in 1988 and K, Board1 finance and salary $59,520 i 1989. Provincial funding, IP comrnittee chairman Ian Brown again, would reduce the board's ke said Monday that the average 'share. )e elementary, tea cber's salary will be Sana Scott,-who chairs a Heard 1,frorn $39,000 to $40,000 under the transportation comrnittee, had agreement. joied Frenchman's Bay school Lo The éost increase to the board for parents earlier in the- committee ,d salaries and -benefits is $4.88 meeting to raise concerns about the e million. tbr 7.13 per cent, said lack of transportation. - Brown.. Scott noed,_et_ýuets,! Imm ersion b using recommended. lowr ncmefamilles o rely on neigbbors or taxis to get- to school, thus restricting access to the prograrn. ,Whitby trustee Patty Bowmain 'hadl also argued for busing, noting that it, would address "«inequalities" in the existing tran- sportation pattern whi le hnprovmng traffic safety at Hear d. She also wondered if the 1991 coat to-thé boardof busing French imnmeriol students would ha as high as stataG in Vail's report.. 1 The board now uses =24 buses tc transport 18,000 studants in the regular prograrn, said Bowrnan, describing the existing lack of tran- sportation for- immersion students asan"ieqiiity."p Olympie athietes to attend tribuite Three athletes who have takei paît in previous Winter Olympics including Kirby Besti bobsled anc Greg Naîl in biathlon, wilhl bE arnong those on hand to answei questions during Durham Collage': half-day tribute to the Calgar, Olympics. The coilege's Olympies previei wil behald Feb. 1, starting-at p.m. in the lecture' theatre'of'th cohlege. seconà d year *sports .ad ministration students-;will -b presentig theahalf-day tributa. Guest- speaker is Janet Gate f r ormt he iltr y o f -Toi n. anv Recration est EyvpMegam Il Alison Frost The general feelingaround the schoolethisweek is a feeling of relief. Exars ae fiail ove an, thughit was only five'days of torture, to -many it seemed like five months. Yes, it was,,a tenlse 'week, especially for those who wrote final exams, but e veryone can relax now.- It is al over....,ý that is, until June!1 The latest house league event, "Woodstock Revival,"1 was held'on Friday, Jan. 15. The idea was to dress like a hippie. It was a very 'peaceful" day at the school, and the Griffins seemed to.enjoy wearing flowers on their faces;,but, I suppose that rnight have been sirnply an attempt to win. Well, at any. rate, it paid off - they did win! Congratulations, Griffins!1 House league's February calendar- is marked'as -"Olym pic Monhl" which will include ice sculpturing, ,iitr*bbldig skating, and cross-country skllng. Speaking of skiing, today is Quest's third skiing session this year. The last two were very successful for the downhilers. However~ the cross-country skýers spent the. first week ýwalking, the trails. Hopefully, the snow conditions will improve for the weeks'to corne. The Epcot experience, which began on Saturday, Jan: 23, at 9 a.m. is' now weil underway. Students have already been to Dscovery Island and the Magice ingdom and havre beenvisited by !Peggy Lathlean*,- the' teachier i space. The past three mornings have begun with problem solving anid 'Global Futures' and have led into an afternoon at Epcot, which stands for experixnental, prototype, community of tomorrow. Ir expect that they are enjoying-themsdelves and we wiil fmnd out ail about their experiences when they return to Canada "biSaturday. Those students attending regular classes this week are quite busy themselves. Everyone has recovered from the Christmnas presentation » and the drama club is ahl ready"for the next performance. "Yourea Good Man, Charlie Brown" wil be broüght to you from.the Oshawa Lit-, tle Thea- rein May. The language club has also been very busy. The club flot only ex- periences the "Ispeaking language" but, recently, they received a visit from a guest who is teaching the members the deaf/blind language., For a break from à ll their hard work, students attended a performan-, ce hast week at the Young People's Theatre in Toronto. The musical is called "Getting Through." It was a pleasurable end to exarn week and a wonderful time was had by ail!- I I hope that everyone enjoys these hast five days of January, andI wil have a lot more news for you in February. j: