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- ‘Wednesday, Dec. 20 in the
Stewart Elementary School gym-
nasium at 7 p.m. — Talented
young students will celebrate the
holiday season. «=~ ;

Wednesday, Dec. 20. in the
New Hazelton Elementary

School gymnasium at 7 p.m. —.

New Hazelton Elementary

School students present.
‘*Christmas- in Sherwood
Forest”, ,

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Wednesday, Dee. 20 in: the

_ Kitwanga Elementary/Junior

Secondary School gymnasium at
7 p.m. — the Kitwanga students
of all ages will present a
Christmas performance.
Wednesday, Dec. 20 in the
Stewart Elementary School gym-
nasium at 7 p.m. — There will
be a Christmas concert. . |
Wednesday, Dec.. 20 at the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre at 7:30
pm. — A gala performance
featuring the talents of bands

from Skeena and Thornhill.

Junior Secondary. Schools and

Copper Mountain and Thornhill

Elementary Schools.
Wednesday, Dec. 20 in the
John Field Elementary School
gymnasium — ‘Young Hazelton
students will celebrate the holi-
day season with a Christmas
concert performance. :
Thursday, Dec. 21 at Clarence

' Michiel Elementary School at 12

noon — This is a non-
instructional day and there will
be no afternoon classes. __
Thursday, Dec, 21 at Uplands
Elementary School at 1:15 p.m.

— The Christmas Assembly will

be held :in ‘the, school gym.
Parents are welcome.: .
Thursday, Dec. 21 in the
Uplands Elementary School
gymnasium — A daytime per-
formance by Uplands Elemen-
tary students will help set the
theme for the Christmas season.

Friday, Dec. 22 in the Thorn-

hill Elementary School gym-
nasium at 10:30 am. — A

‘Christmas concert featuring the

combined talents of Thornhill
and Copper. Mountain Elemen-
tary students ‘that is. sure to
entertain everyone. :

Friday, Dec. 22 at Uplands
Elementary School from 12:10
p.m. to 2:55 p.m, — The Grade
6/7 Christmas Dance will be
held in the school gym.

Friday, Dec. 22 in the Thorn- |

hill Junior Secondary School
gymnasium at 12:30 p.m. — A
performance by the Thornhill
Junior Secondary teacher/stu-

_ dent jazz combo will offer some-

thing for everyone,
’ Friday, Dec. 22 At ai! schools
— This is the last day of school

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Friday, Dec, 22 in the E.T.
Kenney Primary School gym-
nasium — A festive perform-
ance with a Christmas theme will
be offered during morning
school hours. -

Friday, Dec. 22 and Dec. 23 at |
Caledonia Senior Secondary
School — The Kermode boys’
and girls’ basketball teams will
host the “Grad Tournament’. ..
_ Thursday, Dec. 28 to Dec. 30

-— The Caledonia Kermode

boys’ and girls’ basketball teams
will travel to Ketchikan, Alaska
for a Christmas tournament. ~

Monday, Jan. 8 at all schools
— This will be the first day of
school following the Christmas
break. «

The administration and staff
of Caledonia Senior Secondary
School released last week the
names of students who qualified
for the first term Honour Roll.
Outstanding Achievement in-
dicates a grade point average
equal to or greater than 3.50;
Meritorious Achievement in-
dicates 3.25 to 3.49; and
Honorable Mention means 3.00
to 3.24. .

The students are:

Outstanding Achievement

Corinna J. Adams, Matthew
Albert, Brian D. Anderson,
Clint Baker, Frances Brodie,
Nicole Collison, Bob Cud-
deford, Linda Cuddeford, Lyne
Devost, Rick Dhami, Heather
Collee Dreger, Karen Erstling,
Ken Giesbrecht, Adina Hall,
Lynne Hallman, Dalice Kelln,
Margarete Koerner, Jason
Krause, Linda Lagace, Sandra.
Loptson, Scott Alexander Lopt-
son, Kirstin Mackenzie, T-Jay
Mackenzie, Stacee Martin,

- Blizabeth Mendes, Carolle L.

Michaud, Michelle Michaud,
Kannin Osei-Tutu, Amandeep
Parmer, Jason Petho, Shamman
Ramsundhar, Vicky Sainis,
David Shepherd, Alison
Siemens, Ryan W. Stevenson,
Tracy L. Story, Paul Strangway,
Callie Swan, Laurie-Marie
Taylor, Dennis Venema, Lia
Wandl, Lee P. Wilkerson,
Nathan P. Wilkerson, Scott
Wilson, Cindy Wisniewski,
Dave Wolfe, Daysun Wrubel,
Joe P. Zucchiatti.

Meritorious Achievement

Carey Agnew, Jessica Bower-
ing, Raymond Chretien, Bruce
deHoog, Chad Edmonds, David
Edmonds, Lakwinder Gill,
David - Hamhuis, Leslie
Hanberg, Leila Jormanainen,
Lori Lynn Kasperski, John
Konst, Devon Kuiper, Lucas
Maikapar, Joanne Ogawa, Lan-
ny Paul, Lorraine P. Phillips,
Angela Ryan, Krista L. Soules,
James Stein, Kenna Turcotte,
Dwayne Venema.

Honourable Mention
Christina Appler, Lara A.

‘Sheldon Bennett, Nicole Bing-
ham, Dean Booth, Melita
Bracken,. Harvey Bueckert,

Bachynsky, Suzanne Banville,.

The Thornhill Junior Secondary Students’ Council
far this year, having staged a number of successful no
- Dec. 8 and a Starve-a-thon Nov. 24 and 25. The money

Terrace Review — Wednesday, December 20, 1989 B9

has been very active in their school so
on hour dances, a Christmas dance
raised by students participating In

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the event was donated to the Terrace Salvation Army to help out needy families at

Christmas. The council Is planning a numb

back row from left to right is Collin Newfeld, Christine Eys,

David Garson and Colleen Murphy. In th
Keri Zilinskl and Rodney Sanches.

er of interesting activities in the New Year. In the
Jonathan Mackee, Pam Roth,
e front row are Aaron Petovello, Liza McCharles,

Jessica Campbell, Carmen
Cebuliak, Loretta Collinson,
Bernie Duarte, David
Falardeau, Nicole Fick, Tamara
Haselmeyer, Ev Higginson,
Dana M. Iverson, Keith Janas,

Ray Lang, Kevan Letawske,
Patrick E. Link, Ian Lorenz,
Kelsey Marshall, Wendy McCar-
ron, Tami Moritz, Theresa New-
house, Shelley O’Brien, Felicia

Olson, Jason Parent, Mike .

Caledonia names first term honor students

Parker, Gary Peden, Danny
Scarborough, Matthew R.
Shinde, Monica Sousa, Danielle
St. Thomas, Wayne Weidner,
Heidi Wiebe, Chad Ziegler. :

High school to attempt
evaluation in one year

Contributed by
School District 88

Caledonia Senior Secondary
School is in the midst of an ‘‘ac-
creditation” or self-evaluation
process and the feeling is one of
positive growth. The first reac-
tion of many people, though,
might be to ask, ““Why? Is there
something wrong with Cale-
donia? Isn’t Caledonia already
an excellent educational
facility?”’ .

Caledonia teacher. Robin
MacLeod, a member of the.ac-
creditation committee, explains
it in this way: ‘‘No matter how
good you are... you’re never
perfect.’? And it’s with this ap-
proach that Caledonia staff in-
tend to make a good thing bet-
ter.

In going through this process,
Caledonia staff will be
evaluating the learning ex-
periences, leadership and ad-
ministration, and community
relations in order to ensure the
school is effectively meeting a
number of objectives —
specifically, Ministry of Educa-
tion goals and responsibilitiesd
related to students’ intellectual,
human, social and career
development. Generally, the
staff will identify strengths and
areas needing improvement, and
then devise ‘‘action plans’’ to
address specific problems or
weaknesses. In the spring the
staff will confer with a team of
educators from outside the
district and examine the results
of their work.

Using a format prepared by
the Ministry of Education, every
school in the province must go
through this accreditation pro-
cess every six years. The ac-
creditation format was at one

‘time prepared by. individual

schools, says MacLeod, but is
now the same for every school in
the province. ‘This can help en-
sure not only that standards
across the province are similar,
but also that the best of each
school can be incorporated in all
others.

As designed by the Ministry of
Education, accreditation is nor-
mally a two-year process. At
Caledonia, however, an
energetic staff is completing the
process in one year. What could
be described as an ambitious
schedule was set last May by
former Caledonia principal Bill
Sturn, and ensures that any
changes that may improve the
educational experience at
Caledonia will be implemented
at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity.

It is one thing to set a sched-
ule, however, and quite another
to complete it on time. In this
regard, a professional and
dedicated Caledonia staff are
doing a great job. A philosophy
that determines just what sort of
a person a Grade 12 graduate

should be has already been iden- |

tified and will be used to set
realistic priorities and goals in a
number of areas.

A profile of the school and
community has determined the
number and distribution of
students in the community and
their educational, social and
economic backgrounds. When
compared with information con-
tained in records such as atten-
dance, withdrawals and suspen-
sions, this profile will help
Caledonia to become more re-
sponsive to individual needs.

Another area being examined
is how Caledonia relates to the
community. The shared needs
and coficerns of both the school

and the home, the relationship
between parents, other agencies,
the general public and the
school, the interaction between
the school and various cultures
in the community and shared
perceptions of the goals of
education are all involved in this
category.

A look has also been taken at
the overall learning experience
as it relates to both teachers and
students and the quality of
leadership and administration
found in the school. When com-
bined, these factors will help to
make Caledonia more accessi-
ble, cost effective, and will help
to enhance the professionalism
of school staff. Having iden-
tified public expectations of
Caledonia, it is also expected
that Caledonia will become
more relevant within the com-
munity.

The school’s accreditation
committees will summarize their
findings in mid-January, and
during a non-instructional day
scheduled for Feb. 1, the full
document will be examined by
the entire Caledonia staff. This
will result in a final draft of the
document which will be cir-
culated at the end of March.
Caledonia will then be visited by
an “external team’? — a group
of educators selected bya the
Ministry of Education — from
April 30 to May 4. This external
team will study in detail the
committee’s findings and recom-
mendations. Although some of
the recommendations will
already have been implemented,
the final stage of the process will
take place at the end of June
when a plan of attack will be
formulated for the 1990/91
school year and beyond. .. .

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