News by Eamonn Casey The Review The organizers of next week’s “Wellness Week” program in Parkland Secondary School have put together an eye-catching series of presentations, talks and demon- Strations to promote the welfare of the students themselves and the school as a whole. With topics ranging from fitness to cancer and from birth control to AIDS, Wellness Week encourages, probes and challenges students to consider strategies for their social and physical well-being. And while not many people would think to have an alternative rock band like local group Jho Neck Bone play a live lunchtime set in school — rock ’n roll is, after all, said to be “anti- establishment’ — Parkland will have them play and stay around afterwards for a talk cum work- shop on rock’s influence on health. Next week’s program is also intended to kick-start the school’s response to the federal government instigated “Healthy Schools Initi- ative” designed to make Parkland, in the words of probation worker, “comfortable, safe, encouraging and supportive of everyone who spends time there.” The school’s teacher advisory groupings — gatherings of stu- dents in ‘home rooms’ and outside class format to focus on different issues — will form a mechanism integral to the ongoing operation of this welfare development scheme, seen as a long-term pro- ject by school coordinators Colin Ross, Ann Mais and Shelley Sing. The immediate goal of the Park- land initiative, funded by a provin- cial government start-up grant, Is to focus on ways of improving the health of the school in three areas: physical, social and learning envi- ronment. Discussion and active ““brain- storming sessions” are being encouraged, specifically to elicit students’ thoughts and develop appropmiate tactics. Coming from a different back- ground, both the Wellness Week (as a one-off project and catalyst to further action) and the long-term healthy school project are “in the Parkland’s grads well above Examination statistics have revealed that Parkland Secondary School’s 1991 graduates received scholarships and awards well above the B.C. average. The results of provincial and scholarship examinations demon- strated a level of academic achievement the school is very proud of, administrators said. In all, 14 students were rewarded for outstanding performance, amassing between them $65,000 in scholarship money, awards and bursaries, said Parkland vice- puncipal Geoff Giles. The single most lucrative schol- arship of $55,939 went to Kevin Smith to attend Royal Roads Mili- tary College. Also receiving a very substantial scholarship was Arina Shulga, who was presented with a $33,700 scholarship to the United World College. A number of students received multiple awards. Anthony Whit- ford’s Dean’s Scholarships in Applied Science to SFU, along with Canada, Provincial and Geo- graphical Women’s Association Scholarships, totalled $20,300. Wendy McDonald netted $12,000 in combined Canada, Pro- vincial, UVic and a Betty and Gilbert engineering scholarship. In total, there were 14 scholar- ship students among 128 students in Parkland’s class of *91. Of them, 122 students were in the position of being able to complete provincial graduation require- ments by the beginning of the next school year, said Giles. The remaining six included four exchange students, honorary gra- duates of Parkland, and two spe- cial-need students who received modified graduation certificates. The school had 113 students awarded the Dogwood Certificates for completing provincial educa- tion requirements while nine either failed one or more courses or failed to complete their program by the start of the new school year. Of the 113 Dogwood recipients, 38 were designated “honors stand- ing,” having had an average of B or better on all Grade 11 and 12 courses, Giles said. The academic year was also marked by success for Parkland’s Elaine Gardam in The Royal Can- C. Saanich budget passed early Central Saanich’s $13.5 million budget for 1992 was formally adopted at the March 16 council meeting. The budget is expected to create a 5.9 per cent increase for Central Saanich taxpayers. Treasurer Paul Murray predicted the owner of a Central Saanich home with a median assessed value of $147,000 would pay municipal taxes of $534 this year compared to $504 in 1991. Ald. Gary Valiquette said the $275,000 in the budget for parks acquisition could be re-allocated, depending on the results of a proposed Central Saanich referen- dum on funding the Panorama Recreation Centre. Finance committee chairman Ald. Ian Cameron noted the oper- ating and the current capital budget have been completed well before the May deadline. “My aim was to have it done well before then.” Council is now finalizing the five-year capital budget. “This year we are being consid- erably more serious about it. We are trying to make it a realistic projection of what will happen in the municipality over the next five years.” yal QO The World's Most Perfect Pollen Quick Energy Formula Long Life Formula Ss) =) a REAL Foods Store ==, 7060 W. SAANICH RD. 652-6313 652-1211 same spint as the 5-5-5 Commit- tee’> which may well have an important role in improving the overall health of Parkland by offer- ing a useful problem-solving strat- egy, Says Ross. Although Monday marks the first day of Wellness Week, stu- dents at the school got a taster last Monday when therapist Brenda McCreight gave a talk on “Fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alco- hol defects.” Wellness Week kicks off with a presentation on massage by a Vic- toria masseur, as well as Jho Neck Bone. On Tuesday, there are class presentations by the Canadian Cancer Society, on lifestyle and sun; and on lung health, blood pressure and birth control. AIDS Vancouver Island visits Parkland on Wednesday, giving a talk and presentations, as well as there being others on lung health, growth and development, and volunteering. The last full day of Wellness Week is Thursday with workshops again on cancer, birth control and volunteering. There is nothing yet planned for Friday, a condensed B.C. average adian Geographical Society’s fifth annual essay-writing contest. From a total of 160 submissions, Gardam’s essay, entitled Geogra- phical Report on Arbutus Island, was among 20 selected winners, earning her $1,000 and a three- year subscription to Canadian Geographic. The essay, assigned as compul- sory course work, was illustrated by a map produced by Gardam. Entries were judged on originality, academic excellence, relevance to geography and the quality of pre- sentation. TheReview Wednesday, March 25,1992 — Al12 Wellness Week actiivifies feature Jno Neck Bone day in Parkland, but topics may arise throughout the four-day dis- cussion that will spill over to Friday moming. Throughout the week, there will also be entertaining and informa- tive lunchtime events in a series, “Parkland Theatre Presents ...” Among: others will be screened “Kalling Me Softly’* —a video on the images of women through the media — and comic productions “Raising Your Parents’ and “Communicating With Your Par- ents.” The Wellness Week program has been devised and put together by a committee of students, staff and teachers — in itself, evidence of healthy interaction — and organiz- ers hope its exciting agenda will stimulate feedback to assure the long-term success of this healthy initiative. 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