Community schools
Poised to take off

By DUSTIN
QUEZADA
THE PRESIDENT - of
‘the Kalum Horseshoe

Community School Society
(KHCSS) would like to see
the day when the area’s six
primary. and elementary
schoolsarecalledcommunity
schools.

And John Eades figures
that goal will be much more
attainable now that the soci-
ety has the funding to hire
three coordinators. °

“We’ve received a grant -

allowing for the hire ofa
full-time community school
project coordinator and two
part-time coordinators,” said
Eades.” | *".

Eades said: the full-time
hire would.act as a team
leader for the three coordi-

nators with each having spe- .
cific responsibilities at two.

area schools each.
The head will be respon-

sible for Clarence: Michiel -

Elementary and E.T. Kenney
Primary schools, while the
part-timers will respectively
-have Cassie Hall Elemen-

‘tary and Kiti K’Shan Pri-

mary schools and Thornhill
Elementary. and ‘Primary
schools under their wings.
_The concept-of the com-
munity, school is well es-

tablished in North America,

said Eades, who points to
Roosevelt Park Elementary

School in Prince Rupert as

anexample.
‘In a nutshell, the idea of
“community schools is estab-
lishing the buildings as cen-

_tres of community develop- ~

ment while maximizing the
use of the facilities to sup-
port that development.

A big part of community
development is student. suc-

cess and Eades said the com-.

isn’t a new. .way..to .manage. its re-.
“sources: That's one‘of the themes of ~
Vancouver author Roy Woodbridge -
who is coming to Terrace Wednes-

- day, Nov. 16. .

Woodbridge’s book, The Next
World War: Tribes, Cities, Nations
and. Ecological Decline, expands
on the environmental consultant’s
viewpoint that the world has to
change the way it governs and man-

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munity school model helps
to achieve that.
“Schools have the :ca-

pacity to have students suc- _

ceed,” said Eades. “We have _
to identify the resources of-
ten delivered out of schools
‘and get them in.’

In that vein, the society

‘has established a number

of community partnerships
since its creation in 1997.
Partners include:... The
Family Place, Terrace
— Make Children First Ini-
tiative, the Ksan House So-

‘ciety, the RCMP, Skeena
‘Family Resources, School

District 82 and the Kermode
Friendship Society among
others.

“Schools have
the capacity to have
students ‘succeed.

We. have to identify
the resources often
delivered out of schools

_and get them in”

And with some. of those.
partnerships have come past .

and current KHCSS pro-

grams such as Get Set, a 10-

week early education pro-
. gram, breakfast and lunch

programs at Kiti K’Shan,

‘Clarence Michiel and Cassie

Hall schools, after school
Par-
ents as Literacy Supporters,
a parent skill-building pro-
gram, and the Good Food
Box.

_ Since’ 1997, Eades said
the society had been the ben-
eficiary of “bits and pieces”
of funding grants through
the Ministry of Education.

‘The administration of

- those’ available Bramts | was

ages resources.

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“Like the tribes, cities, and na-
, tions. of earlier times, we may end
up fighting our neighbours, for. Priviz. |
leged access to declining ecosystem -
goods and services,” indicates an in-
troduction to the book.

“The international community
must redirect present sustainable
development and poverty reduction
efforts in ways that place the provi-
sioning of societies at the heart of
political decision-making.”

"JUST PLUS CASUALS

John Eades

shifted to the Ministry of
Children and Family De-
velopment, with community
schools eligible for $75,000
allocations. © .

In 2004, KHCSS received
a $57,000 grant that allowed

_ it to hire a 35-hour per week

coordinator. Robin Austin

held the. position until he |

quit the post to successfully

pursue the NDP nomina- -

tion and eventually win the
Skeena riding for MLA.

The ‘most’ recent and

successful bid — this time .

$122,000 — is allowing the
society to hire the three co-
ordinators. "
Eades, a coordinator of
special education services
with the school district, did

his Masters degree in spe- :
. Cial education and’research .

projects ‘at San Diego State
University, —

“ The community school
model for Terrace was born

out of a research develop-
.mentidea. ~ a
* “It started as a personal

interest and just took off, ”
headded. 7 *

Woodbridge appears
Caledonia Secondary School lec-
ture theatre in Terrace through the
‘efforts ‘of Northwest Community
College instructor Dr. David Heini-
mann. Sponsors include the college,
the Academic Workers’ Union, the
University of Northern British Co-
lumbia and School of Environmen-
tal Planning, the Terrace and District
Union and the Terrace"
Public Library.

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was at Misty River Books Nov. 9 signing copies *
of his book, The BC Almanac Book of Greatest -
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in the book draw. A panel, discussion fol-

lows.

- Correction notice.

‘In the Nov.. 2 edition of the
Terrace Standard, Page Bl’s
story Some people take nothing
for granted it was written that
William John was elected to a
caucus as a regional represen-
tative for people with develop-
mental disabilities. He did run
for the spot, but was not nomi-
nated.

Why-

Who Roy Woodbridge
What = Author of “The Next World War

Where - Caldedonia Secondary School
lecture theatre

Competition for declining
resources around the world
threatens us all. Decision
making must be redirected
toward sustainable growth.

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