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By DUSTIN QUEZADA

pproved a new account-
“improving student literacy,
“numeracy and social respon-

_Sibility.

contract” s key target, drawn

‘- The - Jiteracy “objectives
are to have all students exit-

learners, | states a new docu-

: board. '

dation Skilis Assessment
(FSA) figures: ‘for one group

@ , of students in area -elemen-...
a tary schools, which shows, =:
declining. performance be-~

tween grades 4 and 7, proves
improvements can be made.

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you use in your own daily routine. Is this 7

THE SCHOOL district has —

ability, contract aimed: at

3, "\Improved literacy is the

up ‘by the district’s direc-
: tor of instruction, Christine
~~ Foster. ,

ing Grade 3 reading at grade
‘level“and to improve the”
‘achievement of aboriginal

ment approved by the school”

In order to gauge , whether
y literacy is improving, the .
” . contract states students need
to ‘be targeted: as: ‘early. ‘as
kindergarten and Grade’ 1.
’.. for interventions.
And an analysis of Foun-

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- a By DUSTIN QUEZADA

: 7 A \ LOCAL heli-skiing business has rescued its season after .
_acomplicated and hectic time which required ‘a special Re-
- gional District‘ of Kitimat-Stikine vote so it could Provide '
accommodation for its clients.

. Northern Escape Heli-Skiing had planried to use The Ker-
i -modei Bear Lodge just off of Hwy16 West this year ‘under
‘a commitment by new owners to renovate to ensure it could
: hold up to 12 heli-skiers at a time.

. But the new. owners did not follow through, leaving the -
eli-ski company in early December with no accommoda-/
tion package available for its clients. . ”
“After getting notification, we were left out in the dark,”’.
: said Northern Escape owner and general manager John For- —
“rest of the company entering its fourth year of local opera-

He then began negotiations with The Yellow Cedar Lodge
_- where Northern Escape housed its clients last year when it
_was called Mt. Remo Lodge under different owners.

The Mt. Remo Lodge arrangement was suitable for the
eli-skiing operation until, says Forrest, he became aware
that former owner Willi Schmidt had:no permits or zoning
- to allow the business ‘0 operate there,

Schmidt’ 's partners, Nick Mattner and Daniel Maeder,

“Only. the’ 2003- 04 Grade
.7..class” from Uplands ‘El-

* ementary School improved

its- FSA’ scores ‘from three

years before. *

| Grade © 4. and . 7 scores
from all four area elementary
schools:— Cassie-Hall, Clar-

ence Michiel, Thornhill and
- Uplands - averaged between‘ |
55 and 92.5 per cent of stu- °°
-dents meeting or exceeding
‘expectations in three basic,

skills. : . :

Since the 1999- 00 school
year, Grades 4and7 students
throughout! the province have
been taking the assessments »
in reading comprehension,
writing and numeracy. .Re-

‘sults are tracked for the class’
as a whole and broken down.
demographically : ‘for. male,

female, ‘ aboriginal, ESL, .

“French Immersion, special «.

needs and gifted students.’

bought him out and committed to operating legally under :

the new name.

With the Kerinodei Bear Lodge out of the. picture and

_permits lacking for The Yellow Cedar Lodge, Forrest then

embarked Upon last-minute. measures to salvage his compa- —

ny’s.season.

And that required | pleading its ‘case to the regional dis-

‘trict in December: It readied a bylaw to rezone Yellow Cedar

from rural to rural resort with the provision that’ necessary
licences and permits.were in place.

_ But because the company, which employs four people ye-
arround and 30 more seasonally, couldn’t wait for necessary -

licenses and property re-zoning in time for this season, it
plead its case.to the regional district Dec. 5. ©”

‘ Forrest’s group was also encouraged by the regional dis-:
trict.to consult the Kitsimkalum First Nation, owners of the ”
Jand one kilometre. west of the Zymacord River on which the |

lodge is built ° ot

The lodge, the heli-skiing company: and the Kitsumkalun
entered into a memorandum of understanding.
‘Armed with the draft, Forrest appeared before the region- _

al district Dec. 9 for the commercial re-zoning from rural to’

rural resort:

Moy : 9°

, “only Uplands’ improved. ”
- Out of 1013 provincial el- .

ementary: schools, the Van-

- couver-based.: think: tank’ s

: at.287, Clarence Michiel and ,
Thornhill both at’923 and.

‘Only aGrade 7 class from ©

“Cassie Hall failed to attain at
least 50 per cent in one of the
assessments — numeracy...

- Overall, the four groups’ :

F in the schools mirrored this :
_ year’s findings from the Fra-
_ Ser Institute rankings, where

TAKE sTocK OF YOUR DAILY ROUTINE
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and Johnson). On the way home from
the drug store, you are stopped at
.a.rail crossing due to an oncoming
train: (Canadian National Rail). While
‘you. become. impatient because of the
length of time you are: delayed, you
marvel at how long the train is and the
amount of goods it must be carrying.

During dinner,

June 1, 2005.

. yearly rankings had Uplands

Cassie Hall at 983. .
Those rankings indirectly i
provoked | school district

‘chair. Lorrie Gowen to say -
FSA results were a better’

judge , of student ‘perfor-

‘mance.

“A better picture: would. :
‘be ‘to. test group ,“A”. in -
Grade 4-and then in’ Gradé:
‘Tand report those findings,” 4

she wrote in a letter to The
Terrace Standard published

year snapshot.”

‘While the: Uplands class
in 2003-04 improved amod- .,
est two per cent, Clarence _
Michiel results droppedeight —
per cent, the Thornhill class .
.. fell by,15 percentage points
and- Cassie. ‘Hall?s*Grade: 7"

“That would ©
_ be a more accurate reflec-.
tion, rather ‘than ‘a year | to.”

Cont'd Page, AIG mo

Literacy improvement affirmed.
by local school district board —

“ 4 students i in 2000-01: oo
Uplands is. the only ‘K-7.
. elementary school in | Terrace:
and Gowen said she believes.
the Continuity of eight.years
in .one ‘school :aids Student

performance.
.. “Transitioning from pri-

mary to intermediate schools. °
‘is hard for the kids, especial-°
ly some that might be strug- >
‘ gling,” she said. “A new at- ° @
‘mosphere and new. teachers -. .
can be scary.” ;
. Both Kitimat and Hazel-. a.
ton, within the district, have @
~K-7 ‘and 8-12. school sys-"
tems. The school, board has’

passed a. ‘recommendation
that the. fewer transitions for

students the better and are in

the midst of a five-year plan
to reconfigure schools.

-- Gowen’has also said.so- | §
cio-economic - factors’ and. &
parent support and involve- . Sasupene

“ment can’t be ignored.

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - A15

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