Whitby Free Press, 3 Apr 1996, p. 21

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i Jason HENRY ST. j Nominations for outstnding rgrad awards' at college, The. Dunhamn College Alumni Association seeks nominations for th. 1996 alumnus of distinction awards, te honour the contributions college graduates make t«) society.' Nominations must b. reoeived before April 26, at the alumni -office. Awards wilil e presented on Saturday, June 15, at tih. annual convocation ceremonies. Recipients of this award will represent Durham College at the Ontario- Premuer's Awards in February 1997. For more information, oeil n Weir at 721-2000, ext. 2482. Why is that the. Mardi break seems to pass 50 niucii more quickly than tii. regular weeks? On. thing it has in common witii the rest of the year, thougii, is that there i5 always a HMs of things to do, left over at the ed of the time allotted. Maybe w. need a new j class selection .. Im Management 101? Upcoming date to note are Apzil 9, when thie next parent advisory cornmitt.e meeting wil l e iield; April 10 and 12, wiien the. dreaded midterm exams are sciieduled; April 22, when midterm report cards and the. next echool newsletter will Le going out. Hemry's production of The Bay Friend is April 25, 26, 27 and 28. Tickets are expected to go quickly, o get yours nigit away- to avoid disappointment. Last week, Henry was a real beehive of acetivity. witii 'sting' being the word of choice. Tii. healtii department was out in force admiisteingmeasies shots to al Hawks. p.m., witii an admission of $6 per Tet winiet ets or ii sHen, ry snio bsblteam r affi, ehnefrwon ii eratiert jackeet from tarisberas ofby Maple hoLenacktionaweren M toatpin vîo. wi paTheicipatetiet for thepot THey sno are sillookingrfore uncor sonors forndtheir tnp tol Rotatn, Fia., nyone irnterested can contact Gord Brady or Todd Buchanan at the school (668-2731) for furtiier information. Students are now able to visit Durham Coilege witiiout leaving their local library because of a new CD-Rom product that uses the power of multimedia to e!ep potential Duriiam students decide on thii future. Th. product, Edge Post- Secondary Sciiool finder, has aceoe te more than 200 Canadian post-secondary sehools. «The beauty of Sciiooi Finder is that tiiose interested in peetý- eecondary education can get an objective, tiiiee-dimensional feel foi- iundreds of Canadian achools," says Chris Wiikins, president and CEO of Edge Interactive Publishing. "It's especially useful for tiiose wiio are interested i a school like Durhami College but are unable te visit."1 Information on Durham College, sciiolarship programs and courses are only some of the. topics students can examine on the. Edge Post-Secondary Finder to hèlp tiiem decide wiiat progi-am ie ight for tiiem. For more information, cail 721- 2000, ext. 2206. tFa isr >z~ ws~j., czjp~r New- sohool superi ntendent for Whitby A new superintendent of edu- cation for Whitby has been appointed. Laura Elliott, who was education officer for tii. board, was named to the. post by Durham Board of Education trustees recently. She replaces Cjarol Yeo, who retired as of March 31. Changes invoiving Whitby principals and vice-principas were also made by the board. Effective in September, for the. next schooi year, Doug Byers wil move as principai of E.A.FPair- man Public ce ool to Ormiston Public Sehool; Conant principal Fran Kolesnikowicz becomes principal at Fairman; F.M. Heard principal Wayne Ellis wiil be principal at H1illedale; Lake Vista principal Ian McLean becomes principal at Bellwoodý Public Schiool. Lincoln Alexander vice princi- pal John Henderson wiil b. vice ýrncipa ata Dr. Robert Tiiorntoii* WesteC eihts iceprincipal Cliery ý emsprinici- pal at Heard;- Ridgeway vice principal David Black will be vice principai at F.M. Heard. vice pricipal. Garry Harrison Dmes vice principal at Mea- dowcrest in Brooklin; Joni Hear d of the. board'. Education Centre becomes vice principal of John Dr1de; Marea Jones of Kath- lee Rwe chomes vice principal LJA Veronica Gruneberg FATHER LEO J.- AUSTIN .Tii. actors and teciinical crew of 77e Piratesr of Penzanoe are hard at work preparing for performances later this ,moriti. Matin.. performances will be heid April 22 and 23. Operning night is Wednesday, April 24, and performances i-un until Saturday, April 27. A preview wil b. iield on April 24, in which Austin students can buy out of period on. and view seiected scenes fron the. play. Advance tièkets will. be on sale soon - b. sure to get yours. After tiieir stun.ning performance at thé. Pickering Music Festival, the concert band, j azz band, choir and vocal quartets are looking forward to tiieir-next project - thie recorcling of our first CD. Music students are taking advance orders for CDs until tii. end of this week. At tii. low price of $16.99, who could resist buying- one? During the. March break several students from 'the. religion department traveiled with Mr. IYAileuio to Consuielo, 'a small sugar towr ini the Dominican Republic. The studentsiiad the. opportunity. to share ini the expenences of those less fortunat. Tii.ttip opened many eyes, and iielped tiiose who made the, ttip realize iiow fortunate we are here ini Canada. Several students also iiad the. opportunity to travel to Italy with Ms3. Riccutio over tiie break. Students travelied acrosa the beautiful cou ntry, visiting many hiistoric sites, catiiedrals and art galienies. Austin neyer ceases to be' a flurry of activity. With ail of the. pctivities going on, it is vrtuaily impossible to mention tiiem ail in on. article. Keep up the, good work, 50 schools signed, Up for Innushare'ys Caribou . Hù'nt Four'different varieties of sled doge - malamutes, samoyeds, Canadian eskimo doge and Sibenianx huskies, handled by. members of the. workin.g doge association ofOntario, pulled their aleds and demonstrated their skilse te hon6ur ail students at two Ajax sciiools iniMa-cii. The demonstrations were at Cadaackqe and St. Isaac Jogues, dual winners of tii. first-ever Great Innushare Caribou Hunt, an educational awareness and fund- raising campaign wag.d by students to help Whitby-based ImisiireCharitable Trust in its work with tiie Innu faniili.s of Davis Inlet, Labrador. Both uchools held classroom tlind-i-aiing eents and came close te, their goals of raising $1,000 to help Innuids. I[nnulshar voluntéers who have viait.d Davis Inlt go into mchoëls and taik to students about the. Innu'à unique iiunting culture in Labrador's barren lands. Innushare plays a supporting i-oie M*« the healing process at Davis Inlet. It works- towards rebuilding. Innu family life:- by encouraging educationai, craft and child care projects for the. mothers of Davis Inlet at tiie Innu women's centre inthe. village. Twenty-five achools participated in the. 5rst Great Ixnushare Caribou Hunt in tii. 1994-95 sciiool year, raisin a total of $17,000. 'Over '50 echools, including many in, the Toronto area, are already signed up foi- the 1995-96 school year.. Innuhare volunteer exeuctive director Mary Wood Baye a fwid- raîsing goal of $509000 ha.t been set for thima'chool Yeur. ,For more Wnorm~ation, caUl Wood Food challenge OSHAWA STUDENT Michael Jamieson gives the sauce a quick stir at the Durham SkiIls Challenge food preparation competition, held Thurscfay at Sinclair Secondary School. Photo by M4ark Réesac, Whihby Free Press Visit Duram.Colleg .....Uh..l.F.n ...... Whtby Free Pmssl, Wokiesday, AMuI 3, 1996, Page 21

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