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PAGE I2 TERRACE BAY NEWS MARCH 6, 1974 EQUIVALENT STANDINGS FOR MATURE STUDENTS Memorandum To: Regional Directors of Educa- tion, Directors of Education, Superintendents of Separate Schools, Principals of Secondary Schools. This memorandum will assist princiapls or board officials in the placement of mature students and in assessing their program towar- ds tHe Secondary School Graduation Diploma when they are returning to day school, attend- ing evening classes, seeking private study status, or enrolling in correspondence cours- es. In addition to diploma credits which will be given for recognizable forms of secondary education for which a transcript can be pro- duced, the following equivalent credit allow- ances may be made for students who are at | least I8 years of age and who have withdrawn from day school for a period of at least one year: (a) On the basis of age and length of time out of school, a maturity allowance may be given to a maximum of I2 credits. This provision recognizes that experience in the adult world can produce competence and understanding equ- ivalent for some purposes, and to varying de- grées, to what might have been gained through formal education. Because maturity is not necessarily proportionate to chronological age the decision regarding how many of the I2 cre- dits will be allotted to individual students is left to principals or board officials who will base their judgments on each case accord- ing to its merits. (b) Allowance may also be given for individual courses successfully completed but not normal- ly indentified as secondary education, if they are considered acceptable by the principal and if some form of transcript is available; each course containing work that would normally be completed after II0-I20 hours of instruction may be considered to equal one credit. (c) Two credits may also be allotted for the successful completion of each period of an apprenticeship training program approved under authoriey of the Apprenticeship and Tradesmen- 's Qualification Act, revised Statutes of Ontario, I970, Chapter 24, (published Septem- ber, I972), or for each 6 units of a modular training program taken over and above the prescribed acadamic entry requirements of the particular training program authorized under the above Act. In no case where a mature student is being allowed equivalent credits as described in a, b, and c above may he be awarded a Secondary Graduation Diploma without completing at least four additional credits in courses cus- tomarily taken by students in their third or fourth years of the secondary school in which he seeks enrolment. When applying the criteria listed above, or any others that he deems appropriate, a principal may consider it desirable to reserve judgment on assigning equivalent credits un- til he is satisfied that the student is com- petent to undertake the work at the level at which he has been placed in the school. Once they have been assessed by a secon- dary school principal or supervisory official} the equivalent credits may be transferred to : any other secondary school in the province. J.¥. Kinlin, : Assistant Deputy Minister. Anyone wishing further details should feel free to contact Mrs. R.A. Mulligan, Principal at 825-327I. 3 FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JOHN ST. JEAN The funeral of the late John St. Jean whose death occurred on February 2I, I974, in his 71 year, was conducted by the Rev. F.J. Meyer in Holy Angels Church, Schreiber on February 23rd. Honorary pall bearers were Walter Ballard, Wesley Miller, Jack Bryson, Tommy Bolan, Wes= ley Clemens and King Hollinger. Active bearers were Isadore Ray, Ivan Mar= tin, Bill Cocks, R.G. Roffey, Gerald Godin an Donald Almos. 4 Interment was in Schreiber cemetery. : Mr. St. Jean's immediate survivors are hi wife, Emilienne, four daughters, Judy, Mrs. Ivan Cocks, Thunder Bay; Anne-Marie, Mrs. Munro, White River; Dennise and Jeanine, home; three sons, Larry of Thunder Bay; Leon: and Butch, at home; one sister, Margaret, Mrs George Walsh of Schreiber; one grandson and § several neices and nephews. In respect to John (Mr. St. Jean) the church was filled with friends from Schreibek Terrace Bay and Rossport. 3 For many years John was the best catcher the baseball teams in early years, and played good hockey, being on the famous Schreiber Colts team. : And although he lost an arm in a traffic accident in I937 John's interest in sports di not wane, instead he became coach and manage at various times. He literally, to the admir ation of everyone, paddled his own canoe, Op erating a tourist camp and carrying on tasks continued page I4 ......