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PAGE 26, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH12,1988 Drive to Gayle'Snydér This has been an exciting week for Henry, welcoming more than 80 professionals who helped us with a very successful career week.ý Plum- bers;, robotics speciallsts, fligbt attendants, pharmacists and many more came out to help us get a better understanding of what wewould like to do with our future. We at Henry would like to thank them ail. I know everyone appreciated the time they took out of their busy schedules to helpusout. Well, we finally got a sneak preview of our new line of Henry sweats Friday,, and they are soômething else!1 Everyone feUl in love with Surfin' Bird and Boardin' Bird. They are probably gomng to become just as much a part of our Henry spirit as the Hawk. So go out and support your sehool. They're on salenow. T-shirts with Surfin' Bird are $13; Boardin' Bird sweatshirts are $19; and track pants featuring our own Henry bird are $24. . Also making its debut Friday was the first edition of the 'Hawkeye, Henry's first news bookiet. It's filled with news that dominated the first hall of our school year and it's excellent. For only 25 cents you'll get a Henry memory that will last alifetime. A reminder that option sheets must be completed and handed in by today or our counsellors will be on the rampage, and that dreaded 'Parents' Night' is coming up (mom, you didn't read that). So, you have until March 9to get in good with the teacher. It Iooks like our teams caught the Olympic spirit agamIn ast week w ith our senior girls' volleyball team and our midgets capturing the LOSSA championshipandourswim team becomingDYSSAA champs. Last, but.not Ieast, I would like to welcome back the members of the Whitby Youth Concert Band from our school. The band played for the world at the 1988 Calgary Olympics and I'm sure it was an experience to last a lifetime. Welcome home everyone as ail things, like someone said at thecelosing ceremonies, must come toan end. -*W, 'THIN ICE,' a Henry Street High Sehool drama group presentation about teenage relationships *and attitudes toward sex, was one of the eventý held during the recent Human Sexuality Awareness Week in Durham Region. Heidi Barter as Trish and Jay Gould as Sean were part of the Henry drama cast during a production of Thin Ice at Eastdale. Free Press photo survive program at Anderson Jeif McBride, a paraplegic as a resuit of a car accident last year, will speak to Anderson CVI students on Thursday afternoon as part of Texaco's "Drive to Survive" program. The programn, at high schools across Canada, seeks to emphasize the importance of proper training and sensible driving. In May 1987, McBride and three friends were coming home from a cottage located just outside Ottawa, The driver was travelling at excessive speed and lost control of the vehicle on a sharp tumn on the highway. The car rolled and McBride was permanently injured. Other passengers and the' driver escaped with minor injuries. McBride was released from a rehabilitation centre in Ottawa on Sept. 7. Hi s family bas invested in a *new home to help hlm re.adjust to changes in bis lifestyle. As a result of the accident, McBrîde had to leave university where he was a defensive back on the football team. But he will complete bis degree in criminology in 1988 at Carleton University. Hie also coaches a midget football team in Ottawa. At Anderson, during sessions of 1:15 to 2 p.m. and then 2:15 to 3 p.m. Thursday, he hopes to stress the need for high quality professional driver training. Charity da nce for SADD in April The second annual charity dance for Students Against Drinking and Driving ( SADD) will be held on Saturday, Apii2 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall (Branch 43), 471 Simcoe St. S. in Oshawa. The dance begins, at 8 p.m. T'ickets are $8 per person and can be purchased at 231 King St. E. or by calling 434- 1450 or 725-8617. A limousine ride home within the Oshawa area will be available courtesy of Kingsway Limousine. Music will be provi ded by 'Denim' as well as by a disc jockey. A cold buffet, -door prizes, a raffle and spot dances wiIl be featured. Tickets are not available at the door. Board:t class size reduction costly FROM PAGE 3 bas 324 portables and w ill likely need 45 more in the next school year, even without the reduced class size. "Many of our schools. are currently at site capacity and cannot accommodaté additional portables," she says. The proposed implementation date for the reduced class size is Sept. 1, 1991. Lawsàn says if the plan. is carried O*ut by the ministry, sehool boarÈds should be given, more tine la-meet the guidelines since there are already "additional demands" such as pay equity legisiation. In a subsequent letter sent to- ail Queen's Park members to request more funding for building projects, Lawson says the Durham board is "stili in a crisis" due to accommodation problems* brought on by the region's rapid growth She points out that 6,756 residential permits were issued last year, while elementary enrolment climbed by 1,063, and sec ondary bjy 25,4. Lawson says in the letter that the ministry plan toreduce class size would create further overcrowding. The ministry's- plan, to be carried out in three phases, would reduce class size in- Grade 1 and 2 to 24 by September, 1988, to 22 in 1989 and 20 in 1990. The governinent would provide $22.6 million from. September la December 1988 to begin the program. If boards are not able la aheetagets, exemptions may be granedbrtenniry AnInDunn Itseems hard to belleve that the month of February is over aireadyl There has been something going around Trafalgar, probablysprlng fever. Students are running bround busy wlth'sports and schoolwork, teachers are anxlous to hand out tests and assigoments so that they will haveséomethlng tomark on their Marchbreak!1 The feveris rislng ever so slowlythatitfeelikeMarchlssofaraway. actvit whclifor many is the hlghllght of the year. For te ' outdoor" type there is the wilderness adventure. Living in the Ontario wilderness for four days, and mights -have fun!1 For the equestriiis there are three funfilled days in the stables and down on the farm for thÎe future veterinarystudents. The "vogue" experience will take place at the achool. This %'il entail modelling, make-up, fashion and may produce a few young models!1 'Arma and the Women' is a beglaners' course la self-defense which will allow girls to obtain their yellow beit. Driver's education is holding a course where class time 15 squeezed into four days and then by June people wilbe on the roads of Whtby -soplease stay off the sidewalks 1 For those wantlng to experience life in the city was 'General Hospital,' a tour through three of Toronto's largest hospitals -to learn a bit about research, therapy and a chance to speak wNith professionals in the field. -The performing arts group wlll also be in Toronto with a behind-the- scenes look at theatre. Arts' students will be creating stained glass 'Which, hopefully, they will bring back to show off. The trip to New York willno doubt be an eye-opening experience as students see Harlem, do some wonderful shopping and get up earlyr to see a llve taping of "Good Mornlng America." The dean's trip to Washington will entail a trip to the White House and, who knows, maybe they wil get a chance to see the president!1 Also, a historic trip to London, England will enhance the beauty behind the many cultures and landmnarks la Europe. 'Educational Experience Week' will definitely prove to be a worthwhile experience. Have agreat March break!1 THE CARTER HOUSE snow sculpture (shownabove) was impressive but Farewell's snow version of a penguin, the Trafalgar sehool maseot, won honors i thesculpture contest held as part of school's Olympies carnival Feb. 17. Free Press photo Liz A ruta Denis O'Connor High School's drama department is la gear once agala as cast members get ready for opening nigbt. Drama teachers, actors, actresses and stagehands have been worklag hard to prepare for the production of "Us and Them. " Rehearsal performances have been set up 80 that the DO'C student body may be able to witness the production. We wish ail the perfoimers luck in their upcomag peformauces. In the recent DYSSAA curling playoffs our boys lost two hear- tbreakers. In one, against Thornlea, on the last shot, the boys lost 7-6'. In the bronze medal event, our boys suffered a tough loss.9-6. Our boys did well representing DOTC and the Durham Reglon. Congratulations boys, maybenextyearl The girls' volleybail season has come to an end, and to a rather disap- pointing one at that.- Though all our teams showed a lot of talent, the surrounding schools just seemed to have more. Our midget team wound up the botter of the three, possibly having a'borth in the playoffa. Our juniors didn't fare as well but ended the season strongly vlth a couple of wins while our senior girls also ended the season on a wlnnlng note. Good luck nextyear girls!1 Finally, every year cooperative education begins during second semnester. This type of education allows students a chance to gala on-the- job experience and to, gala their four required credits. This la an ample opportunlty for students to become acqualated*lith the type of work that they may choose later on. The 60 students*lavolved in the programn are grateful to the co-op teachers for flnding their placements and provldlng themwlththiaexperlence. . ,«ý ? â-01 ugâ oý