Ve seh ne sce A NEWS phote Paul McGrath MULGRAVE GRADE.1 teacher Linda Hamer believes in making children a dynamic force. “Instead of working against each other, thay work with each other,” says Hamer. The school is looking to the future, with plans to expand from Grade 1 to Grade § by September, and to Grade 12 later on. ae rere fg Se aes SeMLATS epee passe 12 teas 7] OUR NEW ADDRESS WILL BE 1| #117, 949 West 3rd St. North Vancouver West Vancouver school intends to find new location, and new students, for expansion DISSATISFACTION WITH the public school system, combined with the desire to build on the foundation cre- ated at the West Vancouver Montessori school, spurred a group of North Shore par- ents to found Muigrave school in 1993, Robert Galster Contributing Writer Although it currently offers only a single Grade | class with a total enrolment of 14 students, the Mulgrave schoot plans to expand to include Grades | through 6 by September of this year, and eventu- ally wishes to offer instruction up to Grade 12. “We feel people ure looking for a traditional-style education where children are expected to excel and expected to do their best." said Angela Miller, a parent meniber of the Muigrave board of directors. “We would like to foster that atti- tude in our school.” Just as the Grade | program grew oul of parents’ desires for their children to stay in one school that continues the same curriculum, so too the current plans for expan- sion came about. Parents do not want their kids to leave the school for another private school or the public school system. | OSH KOSH B | PRINTS 1 100% Catton 60°/ 140 Reg. 512.98m f i “Mesmbars : 66 One Mulgrave school director expects thai the overwhelming interest of parents in Collingwood school will favorably affect fall registration at Mulgrave. 99 Sasha Angus, one of the Mulgrave school expansion com- inittee’s directors, says the purpose of a public meeting, held last night, was to locate the expanded school’s market and to inform interested par- ents of the concept of Mulgrave school. He assumes that the overwhelm- ing interest of parents in Collingwood school, a comparably priced independent school on the North Share, carried aver to the Mulgrave school meeting and, in turn, to registration in the fall. “The market is obviously very strong given that Collingwood has recently closed its doors to applica- tions,” said Angus. The connection with Collingwood school is even stronger given that the expansion committee includes David Mackenzie, who founded both Brentwood college on Vancouver Island and Collingwood school. He was headmaster at both schools and was lured out of retire- ment to become an interim head- ith alr TO WINE i A Bemette | Serger or 1 of 3 | Bernette Sewing ‘Machines: E ASotsand In store} master of Mulgrave school. “He has a very good track record at beginning and then running schools,” said Angus, The expanded fvlulgrave school will continue in the mold devel- oped, in par, by Linda Hamer, the current Grade 1 teacher. “The idea is to make the chil- dren a dynamic force,” said Hamer. “So. instead of working against cach other, they work with each other. But the sense of competition which | think is really important, comes from within. [t's self- induced.” Although the exact number of students attending the new school is undetermined, the search for a Jarg- er new focation is already under way. “We have a number of possibili- ties,” said Angus, “We want to key on our No. | priority and that’s what we're doing now and we're very clase.” Angus could not reveal the exact location, but. he confirmed that it was in West Vancouver.