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Regional news and views The Family Life program in Waterloo County public schools give students the noâ€"nonsense information they need. The program is called Family Life because At a time when our way of life changes almost overâ€" night youngsters need some straight talk to help them understand who they are and what is their role in life. it not only examines the human body and how it works but also how people think, feel and live together. Health education consultâ€" ant Robert Chalmers said: ‘""The family is still the basic unit of our society and hM 8â€"â€" HIRIOLY "CCOMELY * Evinrude Outboards * Q.M.C. Stern Drive * Tremblay Canvas Covered Canoes * Sportsmaster Aluminum Canoes * Fiberglass Canoes Family Life offers straight talk Puslinch Lake R.R. 2 Hespeler 658â€"9661 listen to 190 CKHYM every Sunday at 05 PM _om@ii®â€" 1 BOATING 75 * McClintock‘s Your Complete Dealer For we try to help youngsters understand their role in the family, school and sociâ€" ety."" He explained that teachers try to accomplish this goal in two ways â€" by presenting solid facts to students about how their bodies grow, mature and function and helping youngâ€" sters examine their atâ€" titudes of themselves and people around them. From â€" Kindergarten â€" to Grade 3 Family Life eduâ€" cation is integrated in the daily curriculum. Through classroom activities. teachâ€" ers try to bring out that each person is an individual and â€" has feelings _ that Crestliner Boats Glartron Boats Aluminum Fishing Boats From Harbourâ€"Craft & Crestliner Explorer Boat Trailer should be respected. Coâ€" operation at home and at school are seen as part of growing up. Teachers emphasize the importance of proper rest, hygiene, exercise and food. Children learn to care for themselves and their envirâ€" onment. As students grow older, the material becomes more sophisticated. By Grade 7 students are studying the effects of cigarette smokâ€" ing, alcohol and drugs as they learn how various sysâ€" tems depend on each other for the body to function propâ€" erly. Said Mr. Chalmers: ‘‘*We try to help students understand their maleness or femaleness in perspective From _ Kindergarten _ to Grade 12 they are learnâ€" ing how their bodies work, that everyone has feelings and they should not fear emotions, that they are worthwhile â€" members â€" of a family, of a classroom, of a school, or a whole sociâ€" ety. They learn how to take care of themselves, and hopefully, to take resâ€" ponsibility for the choices they make. ‘‘But we don‘t pile on inâ€" formation _ that _ students aren‘t ready to handle. At each level we give them only what they are mature enough to understand. ‘‘Beginning in Grade 9 discussions centre on the individual student and his or her own sexuality. This lays the basis for the Grade 12 program which deals with family planning, love at different stages of a perâ€" sons life, courtship, marâ€" riage and parenthood. ‘‘We can and do discuss their attitudes but they‘re moral and religious beliefs are left to the training their parents give them. We can not provide this in a public school system and we don‘t attempt to."" Mr. Chalmers believes that students® who underâ€" stand how their bodies funcâ€" tion and how to take care of themselves can comâ€" municate better with their parents and their peers than those who don‘t know. In Grades 4 through 12, the Family Life program is taught in health classes as part of the total health proâ€" gram. Public health nurses and _ representatives _ of other community agencies are often asked to visit the classes to provide additionâ€" al information. Teachers who need additional referâ€" ence material can borrow books, models and films from the health education consultants or the board‘s Learning Resources Centre for their own information or their students in class. Mr. Chalmers said that many schools in the county have been providing some part of this program for students for many years. But it is only since the forâ€" mation of the county board in 1969 that the program has _ been _ coâ€"ordinated throughout the county. ** enjoy a wide range of educational programs on CKCOâ€"TV, CKKW Radio, CHYM Radio, CFTJ Radio and Grand River Cable TV . ** call 742â€"1751 ext. 244 for fact sheets on your school board, or for any additional information you may need about your schools. RA. Cruickshank., Director of Education COME ANO SEE US ODURING EDUCATION WEEK 1975 EDUCATION: SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER if visiting Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo, or Cambridge, enjoy the exciting and inforâ€" mative education week displays in Stanley Park, Westmount, Market Square Fairview, Shoppers World and John Gait maills April 25â€"26. visit some of your public elementary and secondary schools during the week. Check each school for dates and times of Open Houses, school proâ€" grams or special activities. APRIL 20 â€" 26 _ IS EDUCATION WEEK 1975 and the Waterloo County Board of Education cordially invites you to: Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, April 16, 1975 â€" Page 21 The time has come to forget Fahrenheit. As of April 1. 1975, weather reports. forecasts and records are using the CELSIUS temperature scaie. If you are not familiar with celsius temperatures, an easy way to learn is to associate degrees Celsius with familiar things. Thus, body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius, the boiling point of water is 100 degrees C. and the freezing point of water is 0 degrees C. To further help yourself learn. buy a Celsius thermometer. Throw away the now obâ€" solete Fahrenheit thermometer and rely only on the new Celsius one. Thinking in degrees Celsius will soon become easy. To aid you in understanding metrication, CONSUMER INFORMATION literature is available free of charge from Union Gas. Monday through Friday 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. "WE‘LL DO OUR BEST TO HELP YOU" For Areas freeâ€"calling to Waterloo Dial 743â€"6353 For all other Areas (Toll Free} Dial 1â€"800â€"265â€"8945 We Want Y ou to Call WUNHION GAS For Mrs. Doreen Thomas, Chairman