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Construction delays at Waterloo‘s newest high school, located on the city‘s west side, led to an abbreviâ€" ated schedule to stan Sepâ€" tember, and shortened days for the more than 1,000 stuâ€" dents that attend the $21 million facility. Fullâ€"day schedule now on track at Sir John. A. MacDonald high school o the chagrin of some students, Sir Juhn A MacDonald high school is finally running on a fullâ€"day schedule. A victim of a soggy conâ€" struction season and strikes involving the building trades, including the brickâ€" layers who are back on strike, pushed the school‘s opening back a week. It also meant a modified halfâ€"day schedule for the students to allow the conâ€" struction crews more time to put in the finishing touches on the areas needed to support the school‘s proâ€" gramming. _ â€" That work was done a couple of weeks ago, and the students are now on a schedule that includes more application time for the material they‘re learning. The shortened periods meant teachers were teachâ€" ing for most of the class time without some of the interaction and support for material now available. It‘s taken some time to move from "construction to instruction", but principal Julie Telfer said her staff‘s done their best to maintain the enthusiasm since the start of another school year, STEAMATIC. Do you suffer from allergies? N reduces the level of bacteria, yeast and mold microâ€"organisms in al carpeting by an average of 92.5% :;1, 1 W wall to wall and area rugs CARPET CLEANNG By Bos VÂ¥rnanac Chromiwle Staf} 1ota) sleaning & rescoratice Nobody Cleans Better Than Steamatic! (519) 893â€"0046 and have started building a sense of community imporâ€" tant to all new schools. In fact, the school‘s first win came in field bockey, where they hope to chalâ€" lenge for a plavoff berth. And any student coming forward with an idea to start a club or group has been greeted with enthusiastic staff support, said Telfer. That began with a fullâ€" slate of extracurriculars with the Sir John A. MacDonald Highlanders taking part in most fall sports activities. The school is also doing its part to reach out to the wider community and held its first food drive in support of the Food Bank of Waterâ€" loo Region recently. More than 1,100 items of food were collected for the Thanksgiving Food Drive, which wrapped up last week. And while the students in the school‘s leadership proâ€" gram are still getting used to the longer days, they said there is momentum buildâ€" ing around efforts to get their classmates to build the ties that bind. They saw it during the food drive where a slow start was met with a strong finish. "It took a while to get going, but then the food just started pouring in," said Grade 11 student Ainsley Dreisinger about "SJAM‘s" first "Can Jam", a phrase coined by student activities director Pete Kabfleisch. The next phase of the construction is to get the technical wing on the school‘s first floor up and Call us Valerie Poulton running, said Telfer. That will also help the school offer some unique programming not offered at other schools. She expects that work to be done in a month. Next up is the gymnasiums. Fortunately, the unseaâ€" sonably warm weather has allowed the physical educaâ€" tion teachers to do a lot of the instruction outside on the school‘s playing fields. Final work on the school‘s gymnasiums is expected to be completed by the time the snow flies. The last priority portion of the school is the firstâ€" floor classrooms for the Fast Forward students. Fast Forward is the proâ€" "We‘re not accepting the status guo, but we have to be flexible..." â€" Julie Telfer principal gram that replaved the work done at the former Universiâ€" ty _ Heightsâ€" secondary school, Sir John A. MacDonâ€" ald is the Waterloo site for those students. Felfer said because of some of the challenges those students face, those rooms will have to be comâ€" pletely done and safety audited before Fast Forward students can use them. Telfer admits the school is still going through some growing pains. _ That, and the field‘s irriâ€" gation system that soaked the track instead of the field, are being repaired. As are classrooms with one workâ€" ing electrical outlet, and those with not enough comâ€" puters for every student. Snafus like the football field‘s goal posts being set at 100 yards apart instead of the regulation 110 yards apart, mean the Highâ€" landers football team won‘t play a home game this seaâ€" __ "We‘re trying to deal with those kinds of issues," said Continued on page 6 Energy * Headaches * Insomnia {sleep difficulties} Nervousness/lrritabifity * Sinus & Allergies * Neck Pain Arm and Wrist Pain (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) Digestive Disorders * Lower Back Pain Numbness & Tingling (Arms & Legs) â€" Learn the keys to Health/Weliness _ Learn how to improve the quality of your life & Live Longer â€" Learn how to take control of your own health â€" Healthy lifestyle requires making TIME a priority â€" Address the Cause, not the "symptoms" When: Wed. 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