1týFS fesWdfedy,;oer 9 PSonya Gonsaves St. Charles Garnier Salut. It!s already October and the 1996-97 school year is ini ful swing. Witbin the wails of St. Charles Garnier, the sounds of chatter and laughter can Le heard as well as the moans caused by stress. Yos, it seems that ail too soon, the pile-up of homework, projects, essay- Information technology and its various manifestations - the Internet, virtual reality, multimedia -are -quickly changing traditional authority. relationehipi in the clasroom, &a. PhD, candidate with the Ontario Institute for Studios. in Education at the University of Toronto lias found. 'When it comes te technology, teachers are flot automatically seen as experts on the subJect," says Robert Pritchard,. who rocently defended his thesis, Deaire and Death i Cyberspaoe: Décons:ructing Current and Emergent Pedagogies of Virtual Reality Technologies. ."Instead students are ofton more conversant and comfortable with the Interneot, for exemple, and find themselves teaching each other, and their teachers, how to surf the Net, download information, handle software. "And -this ls happening labs and tests have made last month's suMMer fun seem a lifetime away. To lighten the mood, student council has organized several acivities. First off, te give the students a chance te, know one another, a giant scavenger hunt took place on Sept. 12. "Fash" activities take place i the cafeteria every both formaily in t: Iclassro<> and informa] outaido of it." Technologzy' bas ali allowed students te find the own sources of readil available and civerE information and to joi "cYbercommunities that I. them share intereste an information with conterpart across the world.. .Pritchard advises however, that teacher, should not Le threatened i b thon dovlopments bui should find their own placi in "cyborspace." "It is crucial that educator and cutural theoristi devolop what I oeil a 'critica' cYberpodagogy that wili onable students te learn Lotih how to acoess varlous kinde of information and tk evaluate that information critically," ho says. 'Toachers can also help their students learn the skcills that will onable them to live ethical and productive lives in this omergent global cyberculturo." Collier Henry is getting on thi recydling bandwagon. ThE custodial staff are advisinË ail staff and students thai Henry is now adding glase and plastic bottles te its lisi of recyclables. Remember tg remove ail metal lids and deposit your containers i the binsa vailable. The , Henry Teachers' Trivia Team won their frst round event on Oct. 2.. Members of the winning team were Mr. Bolton, Mir. Greening, Mr. Wear and Vidakowich. Heny is inthe procensof recruiting miembers for its first ever bowling teams. Organized by Mr. Doran, there wiil e men's, women's and mixed teams. Anyone interested can see Mr. Doran or listen te announcements about the next meeting. Henrys parent-téacher interview day i tomiorrow i(Thursday), 2 te 4 p.m. and 7 o t9 P.m Alteahers wll e Savailable te answer tquestions. Students should 3 have received their interim Lreport carda yesterday. United Way week is Oct. 121-25. Listen te the Lannouncements for dates and times of specific events. On Oct. 25 SAC will hold a Halloween dance, se pay close attention for ticket prices and when and where the dance wiil Le. Henzy's annual Halloween costume contest will, fittingly, Le held on Oct. 31. Take a Student te Work Day is Nov. 6. Tbis i a day when parents are encouraged to take their child/children to work with them or to help thern arrange te go te work with a fiend so that they can see first-hand what that particularprofession isllike. ho ly '80 ?Ir 'y se it Developing good study habits Developing good study habits cen.make the difference between excellent grades and faillng *grades. Following these simple suggestions will resuit ini stronger study habits and an increase ini your grades. B TII' *1: Choose one spot where you can study, whether >1 it's the kitchen table, your bedroom or the family roozn. 1Mà ake sure that there às good lighting, a comfortable chair and a hard surface ini which you cen write. Also make sure that there will be minimum amount of interruptions. TII' #2: A study schedule will help you ogaieyu tdme and it will also allow you to take breaks as rewards. After a week, see how well you did - then revise it and try to follow it for the rest of the year. TIP #3: Some psychologis say that we can remember new information if we recaîl it within 24 hours. If we recall it every so, often within a week, our memory hangs on to it. That's why we should look back at the notes you took in class that day, and review them before the end of the week. TII' *4; Do more than is expected from you. You'll bcma iterle in the subject more if you read some of the mtra given by your teacher. TII' #5: Know what you are supposed to do for your homework before you leave the class. Ites no use try ing to figure out what the math teacher said at the end of class. Find out durng clans. TIP #6: Be prepared. Your interest and your retention rate wiil soar if you have read, in advance, material that your teacher will Le presenting. TII> f7: Organze youimet Finish chores that need to be done. Some students even make social phone -calîs after as a reward for studying. TII' #8: Try te improve the way you take clan not és. Organiize your notes as'soon as you take them i'sead of waiting a week and being confused. Speak to the teacher if you are having problems. TIi' #9: Don't feU behind, getthe notes and homnework0 assignments from someone in the clans. Or talk to the teacher if you know you are going te be away. TII> #10: Lust, learn te type. Typing can help you to get a job, and teachers in high school and university say that they tend to give higher marks for an assignment that is t typed. E Michael Pever is the business studies department head M at Father Leo J Austin Catholic *Secondry School, and the franchise owner of "A-LWite.Extra..Hep" Tutoring Di Service in Whitby. e Wednesday et lunch time. These activities range from sitting on bailoons te, putting s;omeonie's face in a plate of whipping cream. The students have lota of fun and sometimres win prizes too. Our flrst assmbly teok place on Sept. 26. The theme was "farm day" and many students and teachers teok thIs opportunity te show off their very Lest farm attire. The event began with a visit from farmer Bruce Hannam Who was generous enough te lend us his 1,500- pound cow named, Trigger. They assisted, the council in an activity that consisted of having Trigger walk around the student "owned" soccer field and doing her "business.".... Tamia Lelièvre was the lucky student on whose land Trigger left a package. Following this, the students TO K d took part in cow-inspiredK i s activities. Ini other news, despite a n early adjustment to, the bigh, 'PA-TY' and 'Kevin' (Ieft) fromn TVO Sohool recently to promnote UNICEF. school scene, the Grade 7-8 KidS were at Pringle Creek Public' Photo by Mark H00804 Whltby Free Press girls' soccer team won the Durham chamnpionship. -A la prochaine. Last week was agie another busy one. Alm( every day, ouir achool teai were either in practice or competition. The week started off witb friendly game of house socc between Carter1 ai Farewell. The rain endi early that morning givfr the field time te dry. in tE end, Carte 'r beat Farewell i a very close game. On Tuesday, ou basketbalî, and soccer teain hopped on a crowded bus an journeyed off te Bisho; Strachan School for th, afternoon. Ini the incredibl, warm sunshine, TrafalgaI won 6-3 ini soccor. Our goalif was once again the incredibli bail stopper and our goal! were by again scored Asha -James. The under-16 basketball team aIse plIayed -an exceptional game. The team includes four girls who are also on the school seccer team, and played in both games. Unfortunateîy, they couldn't manage te -score a few more baskets and lost. The under-14s3 saw their undefeated streak-end with a 38-16 Ions, Trafalgar baskets made by Siobhan Dunphy, Candice Fong, Ruth Tan," Allison McMurter and top scorer Jennifer Ring. Allan Wood from, St. John Ambulance taught CPR to 10 ofour staff members on Wednesday. On Thursday, the under- L6s defeated our rival, St. hfldred's, 22-18 in >asketbail. Scoring for the ern were Kris Luchka, Shannon Botulenko, aes Vilîsen and Rene Antoine. Friday was our firet Drens >own day of the year. Both Laff and as'tudents.weregiveni )ermission te dresa i what.. in we cail "normal"- clothes Dst instead of our, regular ns uniform, free of charge. in Normally we pay $1 and the proceeds go te, a speciflc club La or school group, but instead er this was a littie treat. id On a mo re serious note, Bd the school suffered through 1g an emotional weelk of ýe sadnens and pain. The death Ln of three fathers put a cloud of darknens over many faces. Ir The student support group L1 that was arranged last year, d' and was needed, was a great P help. The students and staff ,e were given the o pportunity to Y talk te three counsellors who r volunteered their time and 9 services, and were available Bthroughout the day. 3 Not only did they give us their support but advice on how others could Le of help. This long and upsetting week did, however, bring' the. entire school doser together and make us realize how important we ail are te each other. We send Our deepest sympathy te those fainilies and ixndividuals who are suffering. Posthumous award -for teachler The Durham Catholic achool board recetntly announced that- Tim Crow- *e as the winner (post- humously) of the boardys 1996 award of merit. Crowley was a teacher et Archbishop Denis O'Connor Catholie High School.' The award 'recoggnizes outs3tanding contributions te, the- Ca& olic education, community service orj achievemýent of an educa- aM* U of T study mbf technology changing teachersy authority in class