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and Adult Basic Education, the school will again be thriving. Its population will increase from 300 to approximately 900. 'I‘here‘sgomgtobeannmalgamafionofUmvufityHei@t and Open Door â€" they‘ll be flowing together," says Jim Gilhuly, principal of both University Heights and Open Door. *A year from now, you won‘t be able to tell the difference between « the two. Basically, what you‘re fii‘ e e looking at is the creation of an |* $i T u1 amalgamated composite secondary | _A * * t school, primarily for advits, but [ l .‘J also for older adolescents who have . [@§@f;° * [fi had difficulty with the regular 2 | school system." | University Heights will provide y ** Open Door students with more and bigger classrooms, better science â€" j lab facilities, a gymnasium (which { they didn‘t have at the Alexandra |_ campus) and a cafeteria. em i To house all four programs, Uniâ€" Arersity Heights will undergo a $2â€" w million renovation this summer. |. Improvements include an 18â€"room | . * portapak, upgraded computer and L* . % : % library facilities and a child care »‘ L rk> £¥a University Heights will house two | | = child care facilities. In its old loca | / tion, Kâ€"W English school operated | § a preschool program through a | / grant from the Ministry of Citizen [ _ e ship. That program will continue d:y = University Heights. As well, a Students and staff an care facility for the children of stuâ€" in fine fashion Fi dents will be constructed sometime m..mm rinme hiin 4 Heights secondary school next Septemâ€" ber, its hallways and classrooms will be brimming with fresh, new â€" but not necessarily young â€" faces. That‘s because the former vocational school will be the new home of Open Door Secondary School for Adults, as well as two other Waterioo County board of education adult programs and existing University Heights training programs. Since students with special education needs have been steered towards the regular school system rather than "trade" schools, University Heights‘ student population has mmm.mmm”m@mmcms W PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1995 University Heights school to house four adult learning programs ""We had to hold some special education classes in the hallways." â€"Jim Githuly, Open Door _ hno rhnnaardl â€"â€" O Onmnas a..,Q.. 2 ____ _ Themt/lgn\/rieAhas’fhan‘ged IlO-t ?ur comn}{lment to serving you. beg _t):e doox:s open at University mmmmummwmummmmamm nhmwmmumummmmm.mp)mm wmmmnmmm(mwmmmumm Ben Leonard hamburcears. 91 gamation of Univerâ€" sity Heights‘ existing programs, Open Door, the Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" loo English School, students for a couple of years, and those who did begin attendâ€" ing the school a few years ago will soon complete their secâ€" But with the amalâ€" CarlsonWagonlit I:!" Queen St. South (at Charles) Kitchener FORMERL Y 579â€"1160 trades such as food services, commetology, auto body repair, horticulture, fashion arts, drafting, woodworking, drafting and machine shop. < A benefit to having all four programs under one roof, says Adulit Basic Education assistant supervisor Barbara Lefâ€" court, is the opportunity for students to attend classes in more than one program without having to travel back and forth graduates," Gilhuly says. ‘Petwbmumsfulinth‘ program can ma’fln’ig Wflam language) program or into the regular programming." Those who don‘t possess the academic skills to attend regu lar adult secondary school classes can take advantage of the school‘s shop programs which offer training for various an outlet for some of their more successful a number of the things we do around literacy and numerâ€" acy now. So we‘ll be able to extend some programs to them, and, in turn, provide hdwbdque&l%' fim,;h.n'm' #:~ Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo English School and Adult Basic Eduâ€" afial,bothd"hfi:hhwb‘w“d.mvm Water Street in Kitchener and various satellite locations WK-W,flMd-fi&wmon Door and University is being very similar to "We see Adult Basic Education as "It‘s a far superior facility," Gillfily payo. "Let‘s face it, Y ). '!fl!whdd@-ed-_ld-:fi;-d-m.mwm- Heights training proâ€" Tim Gamder photos "They come from a tremendous variety of backgrounds. We have a fair proportion of young aduits who (Gontinued on page 11) tion. The school‘s tion, Lefâ€" mtnyl,hmamml from a wide range of backgrounds. "The stipulation (to attend) is that they be 18 or older and out of school for at least a year, and the age range has been from 18 all the to world issues, health and nutriâ€" needs the ABE upgrading in that program." Adult Basic Education provides upgrading instruction for adults who are working below the Grade 9 level in one or more basic skills â€" reading, spelling, grammar and math. It also offers classes relating "Very often, a learner is more advanced in one skill area and weaker in another," Lefcourt says. "The person might be ready to take on a Grade 10 English course and get a credit for it, but is still workâ€" ing at a lower level in math and in se excited about it zs‘!""lgvil "thaag 29 St; A, up to people in their sixties ven seventies," Lefcourt says. â€"Pam Comens, Kâ€"W English School