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Whitby Fiee Press, Wednesday, August 31, 1994 , Page 25 SINCLAIR SECONDARY SCHOOL librarian Nancy Cotter training session and tour of their new sohool. speaks to 'student ambassadors' who gathered Iast week for a Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Pres By Nancy Cotter, head ibrary resource SINCLAIR SECONDARY SCHOOL Give yourself a pat on the back. Can you beIeve everything yeu have experienced since we iast met? By now almost ail of our students have mnet their teacher advisors and members of their group, have toured the school and talked during our first luncheon. Ail this and classes have flot even officially begun. As you cari well imagine, an exciting, eventful year is about te begini with many firsts. My first task wili be to canvass for student journalists who are preparing for a journalistic career te take over the news release for Sinclair. Somehow, the words from the mouths of students take on a littie different meaning. If you are remotely interested in this weekly writing assignment, be sure te bring this te the attention of your English teacher...or see me in the resource centre. Even following our first visits, Pim sure the anxieties of involvement in school life in a building this size stili cause some of you sleepless nights. You have probably caught yourself wondering "What do I do if ...? Many of the answers te these questions will unfoid as you are presented with your student a-aenda the first day of classes in your TAP (teacher advisor program). Your TA will aise lead and guide you with your fam-iiaity te school life and stress the importance Of involvement. Clubs, teams, activities, workshops, field trips and more wili abeund. Listen up, sign Up, get invelved and attend. If you don't see it happening, speak te your TA and the steps te put this in motion might just happen. Parents as well are encouraged te stay active by participating on the Parents School Advisory Committee. Meeting dates will be announced and committees struck last spring will resume. Enjoy the last long weekend before the school year '94-'95 begins ... not. We've already begun. On with chapter 2. College seeking musical talent The Entertainînent Workshop of Durham Celle ge will hoid auditions in early September for 'In Concert '94,' a variety series te be stagd on Wednesday nights in Ngovember at the cel- loge. Auditions are open te ail coi- lege students, graduiates, staff and faculty, both amateurs and profession ais. Auditions may be as solo per- formers or as backu or other performers, instrumentaliy or Aplcatiaons available at the colleg11e) el'should be maiied te: Adtions '94, A. Simmons, Entertainment Administration, Durham College, PO Box 385, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, Ont. L1H 7L7. Performances are on a volun- teer basis, and those chosen must be available for rehearsal and Wednesday evening perfor- mance in Nevember as scheduled by the workshop. Durham goes cable An official ceremony announcing that Durhamn College's cabling system lias been certified with an IIBDN (integrated building data network) solution, will be'held on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 3:15 p.m. at Durhiam College SiIls Training Centre, 1610 Champlain Ave., Whitby. During the ceremony, dignitaries from IBM and Northern Telecom wiil present the college with a plaque, indicating that cabling system is certified as being one of the highest speed date cabling systems in North Arnerica. The-state-of-the-art technology connects the college te the woridwide information superhighway. The system was designed for the college te accommodate teleconimunications needs. Spanish lessons offered LIA COLEMAN Ieft recentîy for Beîgium where she wiII go to sohool and act as "ambassa- dor" for Canada and Whitby under Whitby Rotary Surise CIub's student exchange pro- gram. She wiII return next sum- mer. The Spanish Canadian Cul- tural Society will offer conversa- tional and business Spanîsh pro- grams for children and adults starting next month. Th panish heritage languag prograins, at ne cost, are for those from kindergarten te Grade 8. Whitby classes are Thursdays at Henry Street Higli School, starting Sept. 17. Cail 579-2334. Conversaticnai Spanisli courses for adultq are at Central CVI in Oshawa on Mondays and Thursdays, and the conversa- tional business course at the Adult Learning Centre on Thurs- days starting Sept. 26. Cal 579-1990. For information about a seniors' class and Club Latine, caîl 576-6712. New meeing -room flot quite ready By Mice Kowalski Durham Board of Education trustees held their first meeting in the scheol board's spanking new Whitby headquarters on Monday. However, it wili be at least another month before they are able te use the main board room in the $24-million building. Although board staff recentiy moved inte the Taunton Road facility, workers are stilI busy putting the flnishing touches on the 165,000-square-foot, four- sterey structure. One of the rooms yet te be completed is the future site of the board's twice monthly ses- sions. As a resuit, a committe room was pressed into service for Mon- da~ s meeting. Blut aside from the lack of a By Mike KowalskI T'he Ontario government needs te update its mailing list. A letter from the Ministry of Environment and Energy was included in the 4genda for Mon- day's Durham ôrd of Educa- tien meeting A form letter deaiing with ministry waste reduction pro- grams, it was sent te ail public school boards in Ontario. There's nothing unusual in that, except that the one local officiais received was addressed te "I. Brown, chairperson, Dur- ham Board of Education." Granted, keeping track of who heads what schooi, board in Ontario is difficuit. Queen's Park bureaucrats can likely be feorgiven for net lcnow- ing that Whitby trustee Patty Bowman lias headed the Dur- ham board since last Deoember. However, prier te Bowrnan becoming board chair, Pickering trustee Louise Fààrr was chair for sound system which forced trus- tees te speak louder than usuai, the smaller roem created no sig- nificant problem, especially since (as more than one observer noted), the room was as large as the main board - reom in the former Oshaw headquarters. Following thý 30-minute public meeting, which consisted pri- marily of housekeeping matters, trustees went behind ciosed doors for an mn-camera session. Aithough nothing special is planned for the first beard meet- ing in the new chambers, Whitby trustee Tanya Guiliver told The Free Press that an open lieuse for the public. is scheduled for November. T7rustees have net yet deeided whether the old Oshawa head- quarters will be soid or leased, board chair Patty Bowman added. two years. "I. Brown" or Ian Brown was chair before Farr. Brown, a former Whitby trus- tee, did not seek re-election in 1991. Revisedmailing Ii1 st urgently needed 1 1