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,

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