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2o ARRNRFRSEARM Pecrar Saunders says she is learning _ intendent Cecil Omand. that, first and foremost, it‘s important for students to become informed about the issues that affect them, to question authority, and to speak out conâ€" structively, not in a stereotypical, rebellious fashfon. * *The whole idea of the title, "Youth Forum ‘96: You‘ve Got the Power" pretty much sums it up. There are students here from all different age categories, from Grade 7 up to OAC, ‘I hope to accomplish awareâ€" ness that the youth do have the power to do things, they just have to know how to use their power 1 think that‘s a real big problem,* Saunders says. ‘Unul I got involved in this (youth forum), 1 knew that it was there, but 1 had no clue how to use it, and had no idea how to make it effective in this society." At a dayâ€"long conference entitled "Voices of Youth ‘96: You‘ve Got the Power", held Friday in Waterloo at the Region‘s Community Health and Social Services Building, students from across the region learned how to use that voice responsibly to create change. Temâ€"Leigh Saunders, a conâ€" ference facilitator and a student at Bluevale collegiate institute in Waterloo, says she hopes the conference gets the message across to her peers that they do have the power to initiate change. and that they will be heard if they speak rationally and reasonably. Not only do today‘s young people have opinions and conâ€" cerns about their educations, their neighborhoods, and their various levels of government, they also have a voice and they want it to be heard. HNWWWemmmmmammmmmmmmemmmemn THE VOICES OF YOUTH (Pe Students discuss their power to initiate change THE CaAR PRSk, CABEPRTE NPX TO CGO Chronicle Staff | i % " ts 'V V W % * Bpa * m *“'% L#5 2 4) Students (top, from left) Jessica Murphy, Kristy Trask, and Alana Shuler participated in a youth forum Friday by expressing their concerns about education during a panel discussion with (bottom, from left) Kitchener MPP Wayne Wettlaufer, separate school board superâ€" intendent Cecil Omand. 0 . Following _ morning workshop sessions, the stuâ€" dents spent the afternoon participating in a number of activities, including meeting with local politiâ€" cians like Kitchener City Coun. Mark Yantzi and Greg Durocher. in a panel discussion, three students _ ol $ MRA â€"Jessica Murphy of Glenâ€" * 9 + P ”:E% view Park secondary h . 2 Â¥*A school in Cambridge, P Ts Kristy Trask of Preston high school, and Alana ssica Murphy, Kristy Trask, â€" Shuler of Forest Heights ited in a youth forum Friday collegiate institute in ns about education during a Kitchener â€" had the ttom, from left) Kitchemer opportunity to voice their parate school board superâ€" concerns regarding educaâ€" 1 public school board superâ€" tion to Kitchener MPP Wayne Wettlaufer, public school board superintenâ€" dent Cecil Omand, and separate school board superintenâ€" dent Doug Gruber. * The students expressed their concerns over destreaming, in which all students enter secondary school at the same acaâ€" demic level of study and decide in Grade 10 whether to take (Continued on page 15) MON.â€"SAT: 8:00A.M.â€"5:00P.M; SUN. 12:00 NOON â€" JOHN‘S NURSERY l ificates | GARDENER‘S GIFT BASKETS %x%mml MADE TO ORDER and I think that gives (the forum) a really broad perspective. It‘s letting the younger youths know that in the future, if they come across something where they need to use (their power to create change), they‘ll know how." At the youthâ€"driven forum, coâ€"hosted by the Region‘s Drug Awareness Committee and the Take Charge Committee, senior public and secâ€" ondary school students examined various issues by taking part in workshops such as "Dealing With § Mixedâ€"Up Parents", "Youth Action on Tobacco", "Pushâ€" % ing for a Youth Agenda", We "The Media and You", and 3 o "Cuts to Education! 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