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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Apr 1969, p. 8

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Ce 8 Dblasses in English to the parents w the immigrant pupils. Because of its centralâ€"city ioâ€" vation St. Joseph‘s has a higher percentage of pupils whose mothâ€" or tongue isa‘t English. There ae about 80 immigrant chiidren sut of a total enroiment of 435. This does not include immigrants who have been in Canada longer than five years. *"‘I‘m just sorry I didn‘t think bf starting these classes earlier," said Sister Roseâ€"Marie, princiâ€" pal of St. Joseph‘s. _ She sad planned on teaching classes two evenings a week on But St. Joseph‘s s chool on Pourtiand Avenue in Kitchener is poing one step further: It‘s planâ€" Frips until the pupils have masâ€" make an effort to give them exâ€" bra attention in learning English. Sometimes this takes the form Many schools with a large enâ€" A1LSO mimsine @ nansu 1 @ceene 11 English being taught at night VISIT Exclusively at Sceene 11 Boutique â€" the new LIVING WIGS NEW SPRING FASHIONS PANT SUITS . . .=â€" receiving permission to give the course, the department has proâ€" vided her with a, course outline. *"I think there is a real need for something like this," she said. ‘"‘These new Canadian faâ€" milies are steady and reliable and the parents often come out to school functions and PTA meetings even if they don‘t speak a word of English." Many have already indicated they would welcome such classâ€" may occur is if books for personâ€" al use are needed. ""But most of the course will be oral English, so I don‘t expect those taking the course will be The classes will start this Thursday ar * they‘ll continue as long as there‘s a need for them. her own time. But she may get some help. Two teachers heard She has already. contacted the BEAUX MONDES BOUTIQUE AND HAIR SALON 54 King St. E., Ki ‘‘We are reaching the point where we have to turn people away from some schools because they are all booked up," Sweenâ€" ey said. All new separate schools being built have the gymnasium, dresâ€" sing rooms and washrooms isoâ€" lated from the classrooms so that they can be used by the public at night without disturbing the actual teaching areas. This has resulted in a tremendâ€" ous amount of afterâ€"hours activiâ€" ty at most of the separate schools in the county. ‘We want to encourage evenâ€" ing and weekend activity in the schools by the publicâ€"and we are not restricting such activity to Catholics or Catholic groups." school board lays down rigid rules and regulations on how "the school is used after school hours. **We decided to scrap that apâ€" proach and let each principal, following a few simple guidelines, decide how the school is used in the evenings," said John Sweenâ€" ey, superintendent. Sister Roseâ€"Marie‘s decision to go ahead on her own and offer the English classes is the result of a recent policy by the Waterâ€" loo county separate school board that afterâ€"hour activities atâ€" all its schools should be, at the disâ€" cretion of the principal. **You don‘t have to be Catholic to attend. Everyone will be welâ€" es. An additional ‘benefit is that if the parents learn to speak Engâ€" lish it helps the children in school. Depending on the turnout at the classes, the nun is a:o thinkâ€" ing of asking parents children from the nearby Courtiand Avenâ€" ue senior public school to come Boutique 12 King Street South WATERLOO Telephone 578â€"7400 Drop in and browse around , the time lectures begin. Already, seâ€" ven classes have their full quota doesn‘t begin until June 30, more than 900 classroom places have already been filled. By compariâ€" son, fewer than 200 had enrolled by this time a year ago. Henry Dueck, university regisâ€" trar, said there is room for about 2,400 students and he expects he will be turning many away by the WLU‘s summer session covers six weeks, with the last class on Aug. 7. It allows a student to take one or two full credit courses toward a degree. Fifteen credits are required for the bachelor of It looks like hundreds of teachâ€" ers throughout Ontario are planâ€" ning a studious summer. Even though Waterioo Lutheran University‘s regular summer sesâ€" LORNE‘S MOWER AND APPLIANCE SERVICE p$o"_ _ FUN FOR EVERYONE For Open Time Please Call 7429582 WATERLOO BOWLING LANES (NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY) 14 Princess West at 478â€"9130 between 6:30 and 7: LORNE BURKHART General repairs to all makes of power mowers and home appliances For further information phone lar WLU students and others are who have decided to seek furâ€" Most summer session students are Ontarie public and high stalls What do you do? the shouwider is nerrow ' MARY E. McCARTHY 262 Erb Street East | _ Waterloo â€" Phone 742â€"9624 equippoed® with them) have your passengers move yet everyone out of the car and push it as far off the read â€"as possible leave the parking lights on

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