Whitby Free Press, 8 Mar 1989, p. 26

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PAGE 26, WHMTY FREPRESSX, WEDNESDAY, MURE 8, 989 Sean Whitehead Last week Henry Street held its second annual Folk Night and it was a huge success. Folk Night was held in the cafeteria which was set up like a 1960'9sCoffee House. Many thankstoail the staff and students who put in a lot of time and effort. Last week was also Human Sexua]ity Week, intended to make students aware if the sexuality problems that teenagers may encounter, and te let teenagers know that they're not alone. A play called 'Thin Ice' was performed last week and, it fit right in with the topic of teenage sexuality. The play deait with the problems and pressures that teenagers have today with sex. Those who attended were treated to a fine performance. Progress reports for semester II were handed out last week. For some this meant a pat on the back and a "Keep up the good work." For others it meant a grim and a 'Tou could do better.' Don't worry too much, there is still a lot of tizne te, change that mark. Last week the senior girls' voleybail teazn advanced te OFSAA. The girls played extremely weil and defeated Sacred Heart in two gaines straight at DYSSA, thus advancing them te OFSAA. Congratulations te ail the teain members and good luck at OFSAA. Teains ending their season recently were the midget girls' volleyball teamns and Henry's hockey teain. The rnidget girls played very weil defeating McLaughlin and Pîckering, but losing te, a very strong Denis (Yonnor team. Coaches say the midget girls put in a very strong effort this year. The Hawks hockey teamn also completed their season last week. They defeated a strong Ajax teain 5-2 and advanced te the semi-final te face Eastdale. Though the Hawks played very well, they just came up short, loing 3-1 te, Eastdale. Congratulations te ail team players for a fine performance and a great year! With the changing of seasons also came the changing of sports. Get ready for rugby and football. STAFF and students, in both music and dress, relived the sixties during Folk Night at Henry Street High School last week. Free Prose photo Dropout reasons are considered M5y Debbie Luchuk Kceeping students in the educa-. tional system and flinding out the reasons why student drop out were among the topics discussed in the 'Transition and Retention of Youth' committee report pre- sented last week to the Durham Board of Education. Jhecommittee, known as TRY, has been studying various sources of information to estabi. ish the dropout student's charac- teristics and recommendations rel ating te system, teacher train- ing, school, community and sta- tistics. The aim is to reduce the dropout rate in Durham schools. Durham board staff will review the report and make recommendations to trustees in the near future. mâhm ri n 'Whole language' discussed by-board IBy DeLbiè Luchujc The concept of "1whole language" has been the subject of muh controversy as a school language program, and last Mon- day night the English language sector of the Durham separate school board had the opportunity to learn about the program from board language consultant Laura Sheehan. "Whole language" is a «broad interpretation of language," Sheehan said. "We still don't know how chil- dren leara how to read. (These) are children Who are spontane- .)us rt-aders, Who have had expo., sure to print and language at an' early age. "The strong p sychological, emotional ties chu dren develop b~ being read to, develops their ei of books and reading," she said. Whole language as a means of teaching begins with presenting children withý a stery then intro- ducing the concept ofZ a sentence, then words and then the letters formin g the words. Sheeh an said the "traditional" way of teaching language is to teach letters, phonics, words and sentences before introducing the jhole story. "Wihole language (however) does teach phonics and spelling and other concepts.» Sheehan said the program has four "strands» or sections: read- ing, writin g listening and speak- ing skills ai I receive equal teach- 'We want them to be very comfortable with early writing, but we have to do a littie editing after a while." From rather imaginative spel- ling in grade one, children are expected to be able to speli pro- Del ygrade three generally, Whole language concepts are outlined for officiaI use in schools in the government policy book "The Formative Years: Bench- marks." Parking restrictions recoinmended on streets near hgh school Parking spaoe will be more difficult to find for students of Anderson CVI if Whitby council approves an operations commit- tee recominencdation te ban park- ing on three streets in the vicinity of the school. Committee has recommended no parking be allowed on Craw- forth St., Ailan St. and Johnson Ave. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Al three streets are directly oppo- site Anderson school. Public works department had recommended that parking not be allowed on the south side of Johnson Ave, but a resident com- plained that would be unsafe for children playing in the area. "The sidewalk is on the north side which is where the kids p]ay. Cars would be ia the way if a child was to step on the road,» Barbara Peel off 114 Johnson Ave. told committee. She asked that no- parking regulations be placed either on both sides-of the street or on the north side of Johnson Ave. Councillor Marcel Brunelle agreed that parking should not be allowed on either side of Johnson. He was supported by couricillor Tom Edwards. "We have to, get policing in the arèa for a whîle to show that we are serious,» said Brunelle. Edwards noted that parking at the school is inadequate. If council approves the recom- mendation next weý-ek, Edwards asked that a copy be sent to the Durham Board of Education te let them know a parking problemn exists. HOLOCAUST survivor Susan Greeni recently visited with students at Denis O'Coaxior high sehool as part of Social Justie Day at the school March 2.1 Vince Ohpreclo.Free Press photo Sehool boundaries outlined ByDebbie Luchuk Boundaries for the soon-to-be- constructed St. Bernard separate public school, Durham Hleights separate public school and Fr. Leo J. Austin secondary school were outlined at Monday's Dur- ham separate- school board's English sector committee meet- ing. Committee approved the fol- lowin boundaries for St. Ber- nard's: - north boundary is Taunton Rd., fromn Garden St. to Thickson Rd.; - west boundary is Garden St. from Taunton Rd. to Rossland Rd.; - south boundary from Ross-. land Rd. at Garden St. (Rossland Rd. to Anderson St., south on Anderson St. to Manning Rd., then east on Mannin g Rd. to Thickson Rd.); - east boundary is Thickson Rd., from. Manning Rd. to, Taun- ton Rd. Boundaries for the unnamed Durham Heights separate school are as follows: - north boundary is Taunton Rd., from Garden St. to Cochrane - etboundary is Cochrane St.fro Tuntn RdtoRossland Rd.. then east on BRossland Rd. to Brock St., then south on Brock St. to ManningRd-; - south boundary on Manning Rd. from Brock St. east to, the p ont where Manning Rd. crosses Pringe Creek, then along Prin- gle Creek north to the north end of Fernway res. where the watercourse meets .Anderson StI. - east boundary is Garden St. Taunton Rd. to Bossland Rd., then east on Rossland to Ander- son St., then south on Anderson St. to a point oppo~site the north end of FernwayCUres., The boundaries for Fr. Leo J. Austin separate school are: - north bounday, the townline between Scugog. Townsi n the Town of Whitby; pan Rd west boundaiD,, Lakeridge - south boun dary, Lake Ontario; - east boundary, townline bot- ween Town of Whitby and City of' Oshawa. The boundaries vvilI have to be- accepted by the fuli board at their next meeting tliis month.

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