PAGE 34. WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCITOBER 18, 1989 TrafagarCastie Tiffany Bradley Trafalgar is off to a great start this year, and school spirit is overwhelming. The boarders and day girls have enjoyed trips to Niagara Falls and Canada's Wonderland, as well as many dances and bouse competition. The school always manages to attract a wide vaiety of foreign students, and we have the pleasure of creating new and interesting friends from ail over the world. For the year of 1989-90, there are 185 students, 20 faculty members and over 35 staff. We are ail working very hard ta put together ail of the school activities. Fd like to congratulate the following people on their hard work and determination so, far ta make the school a delightful place. Head girl, Sheila Johnston; prefects, Alana Assad, Shaney Crawford, Loupu Momnolu, Stephanie Nickson, Armita Rahmami, Martha Shumovich, Jutta Thiele, Helen Thorntan; president of Athletic Association, Conine Murray, assistant Lanique Lockhart; Carter House, Carmina Chiappe (captain), Catherine Inglis (sub-captain); Farewell House, Debbie Bryant (captain), Yvonne Jung (sub-captain); Hare House, Camre Davidson (captain), AMiu Mehta (sub-captain); Maxwell House, Nikki Custoza (captain), Sonja McDonaid (sub-captain); debating, Sherin Alidina; draina, Shaney Crawford; fellowship, Kim Dunn, assistant Flora Young- social, Sue Lettner, assistant Clare Jarvis; yearbook, Charlyn Long; library, Shirley Lee; fundraising, Angéla Shackleton, assistant Brochelle Duncanson; literary, Iffany Bradley; tuckshop (oliyog), Wendy Wong, assistants Korto Momolu and Caroline Robertson; smoking monitor, Dawn Marie Taýylor. Anderson C.V.I Mary Waterman Ail is well at Anderson CVI for another week. Fundraising 15 going great but we stili need you ta keep scratching those goid boxes. Only one more week leWt Congratulations to Mr. Mitchell's homeroomn 9B on winning the scavenger hunt! The winners flnished with 91 points. What is happening on May 25? Prom 90. Where? The Casablanca Centre. Graduates, prepare for a great prom. This one sounds amazing. The menu ranges from every type of salad you can think of to assorted flans and layer cakes. The portraits of the couples willi be taken in front of an exquisite water fountain in tbe front entrance. Classy or what! On the sports side of Anderson, the field hockey teami defeated Eastdaie by a score of 2-1. The goals were scored by Nancy Leach and Ariene Quinn. In soccer, the junior boys' teamn defeated Ajax 3-1. Goals were scored by Paul Siciliano and Jeremny McKinnon. As for the seniors, Mark Bateman and Mark Halliday scored the goals in a 2-2 tie with ,Ajax. ANDREW Van Harmelson of Durham Regional Police and Oshawa businessman Heinry Meinema assist in fingerprinting Jennifer Mostered, grade 2 sti dent at Emmanuel Christian school. Meinema ma-.de a donation to buy books about safety, for the grade 2 students who put their fingerprints in the FOREIGN EXCHANGE students at Anderson student matches (back row, Anderson CVI (front row, from left) are from left) Sharon Sehdeu, Kristen Mitra Teymourzadeh, Bernhard Win- Meadwell, Janine Johnston, Jennifer ter, Helmut Hiadin, Odile Pelet, Mat- Biais, O.J. Santiago, Kristen Reveler thieu Leimgruber, Burkhard Schelis- and Bethany Muir. channsky and Petiar Gran,* and their Fre. Prem photo The Anderson exehange By Julie Parsons Seven students fromn Scandina- via and Europe are getting a taste of the Canadian education system as tbey attend classes at Anderson CVI this year. Pettar Gran, of Norway arni- ved in August and is enjeying bis one-year visit to Canada. A grade 12 student at Ander- son, be says one of the most notable differences between Nor- way and Canada is the schoi system. He finds schooi here more diffil- cuit and "scbools in Norway only bave 400 to 500 students" as com pared te the more than 1,500 stu dents at An derson this year. In November, Odile Pelet and Mattieu Leimgruber will return te their native Switzerland te complete a three-montb stay in Canada that inciuded a visit te severai tourist attractions. Leim- gruber was aIse p art of the Anderson voileybali teain that went to Halifax. He bas mixed emotiens about leaving Canada. It's a nice place, but limnet reaily used te it eneugh te want te stay." "There are many tbings that are better here., but certainly net ever ting, says Pelet. MtraT-.rymourzadeb, Bern- bard Winter, Burkbard Schelis- cbansky and Helmut Hiadin of Sweden are on excbange here for tbree weeks. "It's a pty," says Scheiis- cbansky, Pbecause you can't know a country like Canada because it's ebig if yeu're only bere for three weeks." "I think the people here are nicer than tbe people in Europe. I know people in other European countries aren't as friendly as they are bere." Friendsbips bave made it easier for the Austrian students te improve their English, but they don't think that it will be te their advantage in scbooi when tbey return. 'e have te write our tests, there are ne oral tests," says Teymeurzadeh. The Austrian students even taugbt a German class at Ander- son. The students ail note that Soutbern Ontarie weather is similar te tbat in their home. tewn in Austria. "Butwe don't .have se .nmuch, wind ihý eur town, Graz," says Teymourzadeh. «I wouldn't move te, Canada because I am missing the Euro- pean culture," says Scbelis- chansky. "I like Canada but it's Norway thant is my country," says Gran. Anderson students who are bil. leting the exchan ge students are Sharon Sebdeu, K,Çristen Mead- well, Janine Johnston, Kirsten Reveler, Bethany Muir, Jennifer Biais and O.J. Santiago. Almost ail will be leaving for their own excbange visits to Switzeriand and Austria next March. "Wben she leaves it will feel empty," says Biais about ber billet, Odile Pelet. 've learned a lot just about ber being bere." lntago bas aiso learned much from bis billet, Leimgru- ber. "Just wbat ideas be had about Canada before he came were interesting," says Santiago. "Whenhe first came he was trying te speak English, and be wouid stop and tbink in German before speaking English. "Now be doesn't stop te think in Ger- man, be's thinking in Engiish.»'> Whitby students have noted that the exchange students use "Canadian» slang. "Seventy-five per cent of al the music (in Europe) is in Engi- ish," says L.-imgruber. "hey use English on commer- diais in Germany, " says Winter. "Ail the peopile use Engiish to swear, » laughs Pelet. "Enghsbh is trendy!" says Leim- gruber. Henry Street H.S. Kelly O'Hare Wel Henry students, it seems that out of 165 of you suveed - from grades 9 ta, 13- virtually aIl of you think that our shoo as aimost no spirit at al Basically, everyone thinks it "sucks." Yet, as quoted by Jenny Treleaven, 'There are varying degrees of suckiness." For instance, Geof Vickers, a grade il student, feels that, "Ites not that great." Donna Matthews, a grade 13 student, says, 'There is no such thing as school sprit here. I think the entire school wouid bave to want it in order to, prove it." Personally, I agree with both statements, and there are a great number of other students who feel the same way. Se, fellow Hawks, what can we do ta improve our spirit? A lot of you think that a football team would boost school spirit. Well, I hate to break it ta you guys but ... we do have a football teain. And it's a good football, a winning football team. Well? Where is that spirit? Alright, I must admit that there were a few more suggestions, such as: dance-a-thons, pep rallies (that was another popular one), a car rally, a fair, a giant game of Twister on the football field, and, last but not least, the return of Hawkman. With ail of these brilliant suggestions I fail ta, believe that HSHS bas ne spiit. Yet se many people believe that we don't. Why is that? We can go ta, our students' council with these suggestions. They are ready, willing, and able ta try anything te boost our school if we want the spirit we have ta create it ourselves. Togetber, as a team, we can do it. Bob Barter, head of the spirit committee, 18 willing ta try anything te make school fun for everyone. Bring your suggestions ta hlm. To make it easier maybe Bob could wear a sign around his neck explaining who he is. Then there definitely won't be any reason for Henry students to continue to, complain about achool spirit. Bob will be available te heip. With the whoie echool behtind hlm HSHS is sure ta have school spirit by the end of 1989.' ' *-' " ?-%* 'u** I