Pues 28# Whkby Fr.. Pie, Wecà iedaIy, Apro 5.1995 Israel trpi'immeasu.rable' expenience, says consultant SHANNON RODGERS*of Pine Ridge Secondary Sohool in' Pickerin.q wasone of the participants in a food preparation compRiion at Sinclair Secondary School in, Whitby last, week, prt of the ..ýDurham', Skills Challengie. Pholo by Mark Reeso. WMhyFmeePme Two teachers commontod on the rocent 'Pi]?lermame to tho Holy Lued at the lMrh 27 meeting of -the Durham separato fechool board. Ja. Pezzarelo,, consultant for religious . ducationP and Cathene oone,- vice-principail at Sir )Birt love >Catholic Sehool, Oshawa were two of the, 33 participants in. oducational' familarization tour subsidized The pilgrimage te, Israol was organzed- as'an. option^ te a special, religion, course for loadership positions". It was open to, ail personnlwihn.h board ý with the condition -that- those who noeded the course te moot -,board criteria .for leadership positions would ho given fl.rst. consideration. Al applications wore accepted., "As a professional development Undertaking, the oxperience was im esrbl," said Pezzarolo.- 'he participants n ni ly w i their kn owlodge of the Ely tend, its-gorahl, hl istoric, cultural -and ýits biblical background,, but'. more Importantly the experience helped ýthem grow- in their rolationship to JQsus. 1 il"cuoe -of this, the participants will bring a richer teaching .tothe students, staff they encounter. W. plan te' prepro esouce idtsalides, viesand nrrtive, for teachers and staff te use in the classroom,"l said Pezzarello. "This ttrp was otjuat afimation o ~yfith,"said Rooney. 'It was noti1 just* a couzrse that, would resuit in -pecialiet qualifications for religious edcton. equivalency recogxize th'Dùha.:Region Roman Ctholic e e School Board, It wa8s i!t1portuity te experience' flrst-hand thé. enviroinment of ýthe gse The pilgrimnage took>place from March 14 to 23. 0f the 10 daes* six .were, regular enloyee- holidays (winter.,,break ýplus a à weekend),and four were,.work days. Shi. addition to, the -subsidy *proided .by the.airlineés, $6,800 was provided from profsol deveopentftfunda which would normaly b used for attndance att cofrne and worcs.hops. Sixteen ofthe patcipants paid a roduoed< rate of $1,23 due to the airline suhsidization. The standard chargewas $2,321. to improve. -More than $9.3 m»illinwill b. spent i the 'next three yearsi to impove.scools An -Durham Regin. èrethan- $7.1 million wilL b.-provided by jiobsitario aâd -the -other -$2.*214 million from Durham'. two chool boarýds.-** The.work, to,1i,] Ãin 1996, wIil improôve .safety, a&essibility and energ. fff94e,in iii hools. Mor tan$7 mîillioh will' ho ispont' on Durhazn Board of-Edui-, cation schools, *2.29 "milli'on oà Durham separate schoolsL I Salut teut le monde. Sice Mardi break, everyone at Saint-Charles-Garnie r le cram-in- for upcomixig md-term;s. Regardles of the added stress, everyone seeme to ho bpy, and -everyone had ceraiy been looking forward to SMASH (invitational voileyll teurnament fir ail 'Fronch-language . secondary students hi Southern Ontario) that took place at our school this past weokend. The volleyball- teams had been practising every day for at least the last two weeks, and were oxcited te ho tbg hasts of SMASH., Ail the students were busy getting roady for the guest schools, arranging activities to keep visitoré entertained during their stay in Whià thy. Since the games were held juet this past weekend, the hi hli hts of the teurnament and t e resuts wil ho printed i my next article, se ho sure te check if your. faLvourite team won tlbe championship. On Thursday, Match 23, our school held a dance that turned out- quit. weil considering the short notice. Fd like to thank student council on hohalf of the many students who attended., This weekr, the spotlight jeo Grade 12 1student who is not recognized enough for her work withi the school. She lias always maitained a good average, -and lias been everywhere the school needed her'te hoe. Because of lier humble nature, she is not one to scream "Hey! look what I did!" and consequently, je rarely noticed for her much appreciated, efforts, dedication, time and participation. As a member cf student council, e has spent countiese hours doinig her best t6 make this year great for students.- She lias vohmnteered numerous weekends .te participate in a variety of 'activities, sopch;, ,as FESFO (Fédération desà -é.udiants which is a,~ group bringing together, francophone students throughout.,Ontarie for fun-filled and acItt-f!iled weekends. Sh. is ýalso a memiber of the retreat cornmittee. We take this opportunity te formally thank hier, and wish her luck i al she doos. Thanks, Nathalie Fournier. Ala prochaine. 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