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«_ By Gerald May At the end of next month, Waterloo‘s Cedarbrae Pubâ€" ,7 lic School will lose the man who has personally guided it from its opening in 1969. Gord _ Beckenhauer _ has worked for the last five years to bring the school into prominence as one of the most advanced ‘educaâ€" tional institutions. in this 7 48 *‘‘*We had a pot stove in those days and each mornâ€" ing when I arrived at school I had to fill it with wood. When the fire got going, I‘d have to move some seats because it got so hot. If I forgot to feed it while teachâ€" ing, the room would get cold very quickly. Our drinking water was drawn from . a pump outside the building, and we‘d fill a stone jug and keep it inside to save trips in the cold,"" said Gord, who taught all grades and subjects. Catherine Murray, who graduated from the Univerâ€" sity of Waterloo this spring with an honors B.A. in politiâ€" cal science, has been awardâ€" ed a $4,000 Canada Council scholarship to undertake M.A. studies in political science at Waterloo. It is believed she. is the first winner from Waterloo of this award for M.A. stuâ€" dies.. The scholarship inâ€" cludes a travel grant for research at other centres. Miss Murray is the daughâ€" ter of Mr. and Mrs. L.O Murray of Waterloo. At present she is doing work ‘‘"‘On my first day there I thought I had enough work prepared to last several weeks and allow me a little breather somewhere in beâ€" Waterloo student gets $4,000 award It has been a long road since Gord began his teachâ€" ing career in a small counâ€" try schoolhouse 19 years ago near Normanby. ‘"I was named principle when ‘the school was still a hole in the ground, and the school and I have sort of grown together. In the five years that have passed, it has become a part of meâ€"in many ways it is me!" Cedarbrae teaches grades one to six and has a kinderâ€" garten class. The enrollâ€" ment has gone from 283 when it opened in the fall of 1969 to the present total of 775 pupils. A nineâ€"room addiâ€" tion has been added to the original structure, and there are 23 classrooms (includâ€" ing five portables). Mr. Beckenhauer, 39, a clean â€" out conservative , looking man with an aura of brisk efficiency, will leave his post as principal of Cedarbrae June 31 to comâ€" mence duties as executive assistant to the superintenâ€" dent of Educational Services for Waterloo County. Mr. Beckenhauer resides at 212 Dixie Crescent with his wife and three children. Profile Cedarbrae‘s loss‘is the board‘s gain "as WINDMILL SHOP For That Unusual Gift Visit The 48 King St. South Waterloo Crystalâ€"China Ceramics Gosmetics Cuckoo Clock for the CBC on the forthâ€" coming _ federal _ election with professor John Wilson, political science chairman. Cedarbrae has been a pioâ€" neer in several areas, inâ€" cluding a remedial program which employs two fullâ€" time teachers and is designâ€" ed to aid those with probâ€" lems in math and reading. They also have one of the first parentâ€"volunteer proâ€" grams, where parents work in classrooms® in coâ€"operaâ€" tion with teachers. . It iy one of the first schools in this area to use the Holtâ€" Rinehartâ€"Winston _ Linguisâ€" tics system of reading, a phonetic approach dealing with seeing hearing, and touching. He remained at the school for two years before shifting to Hanover where he taughtâ€"for the next five: In 1962 m came to Waterâ€" loo, teaching grade six at Elizabéth Ziégler Public School. At the end of his first year he became viceâ€" principal. He continued as viceâ€"principal at McGrégor Senior in 1964, and: in 1967 was named principle of Brighton Public School. In 1969 he was chosen as principle for the notâ€"yetâ€" completed Cedarbrae. : *‘Because of an overlap in authority between the county â€" and city â€" school boargi I had a great amount of flegibility in determining school policy. There have been many times when I have had to ponder my own personal educational philoâ€" sophies, and use them to evolve guidelines. If gave me a unique opportunity to put into practice some of the concepts I‘d been thinkâ€" ing about for some time,"~ he recalled. ‘‘The first thing I tried to do was get parents involved. After all, educating a child is their responsibility as well as ours. The response was very encouraging. I believe in a close comâ€" munityâ€"school relationship. I also stress the individual approach. We try to look at tween, but within two days they were asking for more work. In â€"the evenings 1‘d pack 13 or 14 kids in my ‘38 Chev and take.them to baseâ€" ball practice. I wonder what our safety league would say about that?*~ 2:30 P.M. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo at 3:00 P.M . Donovan Meston, Mayor of Waterloo. City of Waterloo, we hereby proclaim Sunâ€" day, June 16th, 1974 as "Decoration Day". and call upon all Societies, Organizations and the citizens in general to participate in obserâ€" vation thereof. A parade of bands, veterans; civic officials will leave Glenridge Shopping Centre, University Avenue East and Lincoln Road,. Waterloo at By authority of the Municipal Council of the PROCLAMATION DECORATION DAY Sunday, June 16, 1974 s k ‘"Education today is much more humanistic, as opposâ€" ed to academic. Teaching is oriented towards a more individualized _ concept. There are services availâ€" able now that weren‘t dream‘t of in those days. Another problem was the shortage of instructors, and teachers would be compelled Gord*Beckenhauer who has served as principal at Cedarbrae Public School since it opened in 1969 will be leaving his post to pursue an administrative position with the Waterloo County Board. Here Gord is shown with some of the school‘s pupils and their class pet dog Frisky. the whole child. I remember toâ€" deal in areas with which â€" area has earned Gord a high I had with staff and facult: back at Normanby there was they were largely unâ€"â€" degree of respect in the over the years, however I‘n a young lad who had serious famjliar. Today we have â€" academic community, which @!S0 looking forward to the ?lfoblen:s i:! lt‘heepmg t:P ';"th an abundance of highlyâ€" _ will serve him in good stead fhallenseS_ rfiy posttnewill of e rest of the math class lified staff," he said. . . er, especially in area: and looking after the entire qu‘a:\Ane; a t when he tackles his new job. of special education; deal school left me no time to , ; 9 te:;d :dvanc(eimci? Roderick McLean, assistâ€" â€" ing with the problems of ex give him the individual atâ€" tlng ll:lrl “z» g";z CY ant director of education ceptional children," Gore tention he should have had. NY SCho0ls throughout the for the Waterloo County admitted. We now have special beâ€" :)t'ovm:e t thethmetng sysl- Board said: We think he‘s havioral consultants, who f:g;' th: zl]inr:e‘:r-mt:tiicc e;iis- one of our leading principles, _ ;s successor at Cedar try to assess the strengths t > fre bagic t f and we feel this will be a brae will be David Chal and weaknesses of .each °M !S a more bastc tYP€ Of proagening education for incimal 6 ‘ P measurement. All in all i . mers, currently principal of child,. and chart his educaâ€" .. o : : him. His past success has ; ; - f & . I‘m very enthusiastic about ; L : Linwood Public School. . tion accordingly. I‘ve enâ€" th h taki given us reason to believe couraged the teamâ€"approach le changes now . taKINF he‘s the man we‘re looking » to teacher planning, and the P‘3%¢â€" for." ' dlip» * present trend towards dealâ€" Apart from his job, Gord e : ing with the pupils as a has been actively involved _ DOn Pickett, coâ€"ordinator =22:= team, rather than indiviâ€" with churchâ€"educational acâ€" Of Suidance, stated ‘"‘We‘re ‘ duals. A good rapport beâ€" tivities since joining the YSTY Pleased to have a man m tween faculty and staff and community, and was presiâ€" â€" With such progressive ideas my office is also important. dent of the Waterloo County JOining our team. Gord has As far as the spare the rod Principal‘s Association for 3" @xcellent record in dealâ€" "BOY, axiom goes, I think it should the past year. ing with problem children be used only as a last reâ€" During his tenure as prinâ€" and "“;‘ l:tonsn(c)fzrt::da:zat: DO WE HAVE sort. Stfll_f-dls?plme I(S’ the cipat) "Cedarbrae‘s / emerâ€" l‘:vi:hrteno“?" c BOOKS!" :“3": "‘tg. t‘:“?i ‘_a';] ;’(‘E gence as one of the more adâ€" q: . . 12 KING ST. NORTH, ry to motivate it, he vanced elementary educaâ€" m going to miss the (Upstairs) 578â€"4950 plfl'r','fd' e _ tional institutions in the close working relationships C ‘*Another _ advancement being introduced gradually into schools throughout the province is the metric sysâ€" tem. As a math teacher, I feel the. linearâ€"metric sysâ€" tem is a more basic type of measurement. All in all, I‘m very enthusiastic about the changes now . taking place." Apart from his job, Gord has been actively involved with churchâ€"educational acâ€" tivities since joining the community, and was presiâ€" dent of the Waterloo County Principal‘s Association for the past year. During his tenure as prinâ€" cipal, Cedarbrae‘s emerâ€" gence as one of the more adâ€" gle nbriar 262 Weber Street North, Waterioo (next to Canadian Tire) Games Complex for added enjoyment Limited Membership still available Apply for your membership now! 3 Outdoor Lighted Courts Don Pickett, coâ€"ordinator of guidance, stated ‘"We‘re very pleased to have a man with such progressive ideas joining our team. Gord has an excellent record in dealâ€" ing with problem children and this is one of the areas we‘re most concerned with right now."~ Roderick McLean, assistâ€" ant director of education for the Waterloo County Board said: ‘"We think he‘s one of our leading principles, and we feel this will be a broadening education for him. His past success has given us reason to believe he‘s the man we‘re looking for."" With lounge facilities Reasonable rates TENNIS ANYONE? TENNIS CLUB His successor at Cedarâ€" brae will be David Chalâ€" mers, currently principal of Linwood Public School. . I had with staff and faculty over the years, however I‘m also looking forward to the challenges my post will ofâ€" fer, especially in the areas of special education; dealâ€" ing with the problems of exâ€" ceptional children," Gord admitted. 884â€"2370 16