Thornhill Elementary honor roll | announced — The staff and administration of Thornhill Elementary School last week released the names of students who made the school’s second term honor roll. To qualify students must maintain a 3.0 (B) grade point average with no individual mark lower than 1.0 (C) and no unsatisfactory General Development marks. The students are: Grade 4 Dawn Thiessen; Warren Eichhorst; Steven Southgate; Jenny Mitchell; Dainis Burton; Shawn Kelly; Virginia Buck; Ryan Miller; Amy Stack; Tracy Warner; Christopher Vienneau; Tyson Hull; Jericho Bevan; Angela Boutilier; Matthew Rid- ler; Giesele Charbonneau; | Tamara Harkonen; Tara Sims; Janel Reid; Joseph Cutler; Laura Archibald; Laurel Pay- jack; Tia Casper. Grade 5 Crystal Williams; Danny _ Miller; Brittany Dumoulin; Michelle Wiebe; Kristen Peto- vello; Dominic Toovey; Kori Kivi; Sarah Woodhouse; Nam- aste Taylor; Sherry Lamson; Stacy Alexander; Michelle Demoe; Steven Rooker; Aeron Reid; Kathleen Duffy; Crystal Ruchotzke; Charles Parks; Holly Hovland; Pam Visentin; Jennifer Jenniss; Adam Vien- neau; Rhea Pearson; Travis Casper. CASSIE HALL STUDENTS Jeremy Gwitt, Amber Evans and Lauren Sabine proudly oversee the presentation of a cheque for multicultural programs in the next school year. Gladly receiving the cheque from MLA Dave Parker are aide Erlinda Okano and librarian Eila George (centre). . Multiculturalism at Cassie Hall Week in Quebec also happens at approximately the same time, so the: possibility of combining these events into a more com- prehensive multicultural extrav- aganza will be discussed when school re-convenes this fall. . Interested residents are asked to call Eila George or Erlinda Okano at Cassie Hall at 635-5646. ‘‘The winning entries will be compiled into a workbook that will be made available to all schools in B.C., in the hope that it will inspire excellence in other multicultural projects,’ said In- ternational Business Minister Elwood Veitch, who holds pro- vincial responsibility for API. Funding for the Asia Pacific Initiative is provided through Western Economic Diversifica- tion Canada and the B.C. Ministry of International Business and Immigration. involved in the communication. Teachers may choose to center their project around a theme or give their students the full range of communication with the other school, Pacific Rim studies are an integral part of the Grade 6 curriculum, but it is hoped that other teachers will see the benefits of this exposure. 2) The second project will be a Multicultural Awareness and Food Fair to coincide with Multicultural Week in February of 1991. Classes and their teachers may focus on their ex- change countries or on the ethnic mix of students attending Cassie Hall. It is hoped that they can involve community mem- bers in preparation and demon- strations for this event. Eila George hopes that they can display crafts, games, photos, dances, food, music and possibly story telling during Multicultural Week. Carnivale projects. Cassie Hall’s submission was approveed for two projects; 1) For Grades 4 to 7 to be involved in communication throughout the 90-91 school year with schools in other Pacific Rim countries with letters, poems, songs, photos of school, home and community activities, and possibly an exchange of videos with countries who have com- patible video systems. The Ministry of Education has Pacific Rim twinning contact schools which will be ap- proached to consider this ex- change. The program will cul- minate in teleconferencing with students in the schools in the other countries. The funding provided through the Asia Pacific Initiative will pay for postage, video and audio casset- tes and rental of teleconferenc- ing equipment including micro- phones so the whole class can be Cassie Hall Elementary School has been chosen to receive an award in the amount of $2,498.78 for the develop- ment of innovative multicultural programs. A total of 104 submissions were received from around the province; 20 were awarded fund- ing for multiculiural initiatives through the Asia Pacific In- itiative. API is a private sector advisory body established by the federal and British Columbia governments. The school com- petition was sponsored to enhance awareness and appre- ciation of the province’s cultural diversity. Cassie Hall coordinated their ‘application through librarian Eila George and aide Erlinda Okana. Okana is also active in the Terrace and District Multi- cultural Association, which will assist with planning and imple- mentation of their multicultural Primary education spirals upward District #88. The subject of the conference was ‘‘Evaluation: Beginning to Grade 6 Natasha Scott; Jeff Daugher- ty; Clinton Drummond; Grey McLaughlin; Trina Mateus; Janie Ramsey; Shane Newton; Bernadette Buck; Jill Thiessen; Donnita Vienneau; Dana Hark- onen; Lisa Clark; Carly Belina; Valerie McKay; Joseph Hadley; Jora Gogag; Sten Skode; Selena Popovitch. Grade 7 . Monique Charbonneau; Scott Land; Jason Yamashita; Darlynne Larsen; Tony LeRoss; Faye Coburn; Krista Pearse: Scottee Rootham; Melanie Dubois; Shane Clutterbuck; Soren Hedberg; Earle Ratcliffe; Melanie Mintenko; Tammy Bourgoin. time,’* said another, ‘‘to prepare for the coming changes.’’ Terry Anderson, music co- A sight to bring joy to a stu- dent’s heart was the Primary Workshop on Tuesday, April 10 know more,’’ she continued, ‘they become more supportive. “The problem is to communi- in the Elks Hall in Terrace. All the primary teachers were sitting in neat rows listening to a lecture, raising their hands to answer questions, making notes and generally following a school regime. The only thing lacking was the level of noise that takes place nowadays in classrooms, particularly at the primary level. The occasion was a workshop presented by Sharon Jeroski of Vancouver’s Horizon Research and Development Affiliates, as requested by the primary -teachers. Arrangements were made by Paul Axelson, primary coordinator, and Jan Iverson, who has been appointed to facilitate the implementation of new primary programs in Schoo] Make Sense’, and reporting to parents. Jeroski, an independent con- sultant, says that she has con- ducted these workshops in 42 districts so far. . “It is an exciting time in education,”’ she said. ‘‘How to make it work is really not so much a question, because most of the things we will be doing have already been done before, ‘‘We are spending more time on preparation this time. ‘Some people say that our system goes like a pendulum but 1 think it is more like a spiral. And with every round, you get better and further up towards your goal,”’ ‘*As people and parents get to cate, more.”’ In an informal stroll through the tables at which about 90° teachers sat, the answer to the question, ‘‘What do you think +of the proposed changes in the primary classes’’ was generally favorable and positive. General- ly, the participants echoed a group of experienced teachers, such as Vivian Cameron: ‘The changes are not so drastic,’’ she said. ‘“‘We have seen much the same in different forms before. ‘There is much that we are already doing, but calling it dif- ferent names. However, we are . always looking for better ways.”’ “T would like to have more and let people know ordinator, found he still had many questions, but acknowl- edged that his area was rather specialized. — ‘In music, we have always had continuous progress,’’ Terry said, ‘‘and cross grades, ungraded groups or levels or whatever it is called at the time. How to implement the pro- gram, to divide up the students, will become as apparent to the teachers in any subject as it is in music. And then they will soon all be performing on the many instruments (or subjects) with their own skill and with a certain amount of pride and harmony. _ Jeroski has been conducting workshops in Smithers and Prince Rupert, MEER? 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