Page 22, Whitby Free Press, Wednosday, April 6, 1994 The sixth annual Durham SlIs Challenge is being held April 14 and 15, with the awards ceremony to take place at Pîne Ridge Secondary Sehool, Pickering on April 19 at 7 p.m. The skills challenge has become an annual event since its inception in 1989. It highlights the technical talents of students, showcasing their achievements in more than 17 categories of competition, ranging froi communications technology to welding. Gold medallists from this stage of competition can advance to the provincial skills competition. heing held May 16 and 17 in Hamilton at Copps Coliseuin. If successful, they are eligible to go on to the Canadian Skills Competition held at the saine venue on May 18, 19 and 20. The final step in the process is competing at the U.S. Skills Olympice. For further infromation, cali Tom Hfitchins, Durham Board of Education, at 666-3821, ext. 502. Brunch, tour at Trafagar Trafalgar Castie School Parents' Guild will hoet a brunch at the school, 401 Reynolds St., Whitby on Sunday, April 10, beginning at il a.m. A castie tour is arranged after brunch. Tickets ($10 for aduits, $6 for children aged 8 and under) are available by calling Bonnie at 668-3358. Edward Canning FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN March petered out at Austin reoently with the usual wealth of events coing to the forefront. The end of the month signalled the end of Austin's first ever March Madness which proved to be a great yet crazed experience. March 31 was also the day when the spring issue of our school newspaper, Austin Action, was distributed to students and it gai ned great reviews froin both students and teachers alike. Our Grade il history students took part in a Greek and Roman feast which was held in the Austin library last Wednesday. Each pupil played the part of an ancient character and the accompanying costumes were innovative, to say the least. D5uring the feast, students acted out rnany Greek and Roman traditions and through the symposic gathering, the Olympic gaines and the 20-course meal, history pupils gained invaluable insight into the customns and teachings of such an influential era. Auditions are well underway for the forthcoming Austin talent show which is to be held on April 29. Organized by our religion departinent, the event has a remarkable nuinher of pupils taking part and ail monies generated will be donated to ShareLife and third world countries. On Holy Thursday, students joined together to reflect upon Christes crucifixion. Our, OAC draina students reenacted the Fourteen Stations of the Cross and our school choir provided a subtie background with their soothing tones. On the stage rested two framed photographs of two members of our sehool community, Paul Caley and Kathleen Hutchings, who have recently had their naines called by God. While we reflected upon Jesus' sacrifice to give us new everlasing life, looking at their photographs left us feeling unusually warm inside, knowing that thanks to Christ's death and resurrection, Paul Caley and Kathleen Hutchings are sharting the Lord's conlpany in Heaven. Bguga vîsîts Faîr vie w CHILDREN from St. John's Catholic School enjoy the antics of Bugs Bunny while on their monthly visit with seniors at Fairview Lodge. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Workshops on Saturday A conference for p)arents has been organized by the Durham Board of Education on Saturday, April 9 at Ajax High School. Workshops will focus on 'Edu- cation Today,' 'Parenting Skills' and 'Effective School Advior Committees,' and there will be di7<lays byares. service agencies One workshop wull include a presentation about full-day, every-other-day kindergarten recently adopted by the boarâ and to start at schools in Sep- tember. By Nancy Cotter, head ibrary resource SINCLAIR SECONDARY SCHOOL Sinclair Secondary, . . a community school. No, this doesn't mean your parents will be sitting in classes beside y ou. But what it does mean is that ou, your parents and other memnbers of the community will be actively involved in the policy making process, participating on the many committees that will help to establish a positive school culture at Sinclair. Newness is wonderful, but it also involves many new things. As xnany of us come to Sinclair froin various other backgrounds, it ie hoped that in our cominittee meetings we bring only the best of places we've been to guide us in establishing the best working policies for Sinclair. Dress code is always one of concern to today's fashion conscious student. Evaluation poli cies, late procedures, attendance, point systems mn our houses ... aIl these and more need your input. Earlier in the year, the visits to you froîn Kaye Egan, principal, included an invitation to sign up for the committees that are about to undertake many tasks. Parents, if you signed up for one of these committees, and even if you dîdn't, but are interested in helping with the design of the Colicies and procedures that wîll bome the backbone of ife at Sinclair, we want to meet with you. Tentatively scheduled is our first Parents School Community Association (PSCA) meeting, Thursday, May 5, at Anderson. We hope ta form the sub-committees and set future dates to include student and staff participation. Sounds like work...sounds like f'un... it is l'un ta get involved. Plan for it, mark the date on your calendars and we'll hope to see you there. Sudents to mnatch tech skiIIls ANDERSON Welcome back, Anderson. Mter a much-deserved four-day weekend, everyone is rested and in the spring spirit. Here is the latest Anderson news.. Anderson is hosting the annual eFml of Schools' concert today (Wdnesdýay) at 7:30 p.m. Public schools in the area will give performances for the coxnmunîty. Meadowcrest, Pringle Creek, Lesley McFarlane, Dr. Robert Thornton, Bellwood, Glen Dhu and Ormiston public schools will send musical groups to Anderson to display their talents. Everyone is welcoxne ta attend. Also froin the music departinent, approximately 35 students have been invited ta spend five days in the sunny state of Florida, beginning April 14. As niembers of the Junior Concert Band, the group will give performances at Sea World, Universal Studios and Disney World. To everyone involved with the trip, have a great time. Congratulations ta partici- pants in this year's science fair. Chad and Geof Houghton will represent Durhamn at the Canada-wide fair in May at the University of Guelph. Their project, 'Investigation of Water Pollution in Lake Ontario on )>oth the Canadian and U.S. Shores,' was judged as the best in the fair. Other winners were Meenu Buadwal, Jennifer Hughes, Brendan Colven, Chris Duke, Beth Gillies and Sinmon Kwong. Anderson'a senior girls' lacroese i emwill be travelling to Fhiladelp1!ia to participate in an international lacrosse competi- tion. The group left A pnil 5 and returns April 10. Good luck to the girls in their conipetition. ]Basebali tryouts have already begun. Early morning practices and strenuous workouts are well underway. It appears as though this year's teani will be the best ever from Anderson. A note ta Anderson parents: Parents Afternoon and Night is tomorrow (Thursday). The afternoon session will be held 2:15 to 4:15 p.m., the evening session, 6:30 ta 9 p.rn. Students will be dismissed at 1:45 p.m. Until next time, Anderson, have a super week and take ful advantage of this great spring weather. Student recognition Thursday,,v Student Recognition Night, honouring up ta three students froni each of Durham's public secondary schools, will be held Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., at Exeter High School in Ajax. The annual event is sponsored jointlY by the Durham Board of