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‘STUDENTS LEARN TOLERANCE

3 - Sunday, June 1, 1986 - North Shore News

Multi-cultural program

STUDENTS involved i in a special multi-cultural program
learn tolerance and are more accepting of other cultures,
says Maplewood Community School principal Audrey

“Hobbs.

“There is very ‘Vittle teasing by.
students at Maplewood, ” she’
said.

When | they’re exposed to
,Many different cultures, children
‘learn to be more. tolerant and

> that's something that we really “
> meed.”?

She said- ‘the (program, which
-Tasts two years; is run in partner-

: Ship’ with the-Ministry of Educa-
Hl tion and the ‘community, which

includes local: parents and- the

- business community.

Recently, 120 students’ visited |
“three ethnic areas of Vancouver |
‘learn: more. about. -local |
Chinese, French: :and Atalian |

: communities, she sai

SURPRISED vo

: Hobbs said one . of the students :

taking part, ‘in’ what ‘the school
called its. Multicultural’ Day, was

surprised -to- find .that in some:

areas ‘of Vancouver the people

» Speak: ‘only their. first, language,

which j is not English. |

“Inthe: second | year: of. the” pro-
gram, Hobbs ‘sai
. Change, takes place between stu-

dents from Canada and another °

“By KIM PEMBERTON |
News Reporter

change Program.

-Two years before the students.
had made this trip; they had been
exchanging video tapes and art
work they had made with Japa-
nese students, she said.

A Japanese teacher was also
teaching at Maplewood nine
months before the first exchange,
which helped students gain some
understanding of that. country

SCHOOL RAFF LES are usually for baked goods, ora
hand-knitted sweater but. parents of North. Van-

big.

Their raffle prize will see ‘two.
people on the Concorde’s inau- -

_ gural: flight from Paris to Van- ‘

couver July. 13, after having;
spent two. weeks visiting France’
first class.

_ Principal Audrey Hobbs said
the proceeds raised from the’

- once-in-a-lifetime holiday prize”

will: go towards the. . school’s

‘multi-cultural program: . :

_The school: plans to use ithe

. money it raises from the raffle

cultiiral ex-

for-its own trip — giving. grade

six-and seven students the oppor-
tunity to take part in a two-week
exchange trip to Japan next year

STUDENTS TRAVEL

; Hobbs Said between 80 and 100
students ‘are expected to 0, with

“students from Japan later Visiting ,

North Vancouver. . |
Maplewood School’ fi irst- took .

. part: ina» Japan exchange pro- |

gram in February, 1985 but only"
40 students were able to go. .
Hobbs said parefits’ involved:in -

the. Concorde fund-raising. ven- |

“ture! are. trying to ensure. that all :

. students in, the program. are given .
othe’ opportunity to go to Jap apan. :

members

ner Alison Hext,

_ couver’s Maplewood Community School are thinking ;

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By KIM PEMBERTON ais
News Reporter~. « .

“1 think that says something z

about the parents who feel. this.

' progam is worthwhile,” she said.

~ PARENTS INVOLVED | ;

“Many parents involved could
~ afford to.write a cheque and say *

my child can, go, but they’re -

making sure that no ‘one is left
out,”’ she said.

: The parent fund-raising com-
mittee’s chief organizer, Tom

Sentes, said the Concorde trip ~.:

represents the most ambitious
fund-raising venture for a North
’ Vancouver school.

“Sentes ‘said’ the: committee.
put up... $10,000
themselves in order..to guarantee :
the trip. Their: money « will --be-
returned to them if enough of.the
3,000: tickets: are sold, -at $10.
each. - -

; “Tickets: are ‘available. at
Lonsdale Quay weekends,’ and.at :
the’ school. on, weekdays: : Th

draw will be made at the Quay on

June 15.

and a bit of the language, said.
Hobbs. ‘
“The growth you see in the
children, staff and parents (after
the exchange program) is incred- ~
ible,’* she said. ‘
Although the program is aimed
for the grade six and seven levels,
Hobbs said all of the 320 stu-
dents in the school benefit from

s y
was the prize ina special raffle. organized by 10 young ballet
students from the Carisbrooke School of. Dan ing. ef

ie spat a: ‘walker from raffle wi
the _ school's

4 pianist. »

_ taffle proceeds,
earn ‘to. walk,

these little girls’ to do,””

~ Bruce. ;"

The $700 -walker, bought with
will help Lena
said her, father
“Tt was really : a super thing | for

he said. .
'.“Ivs a great item.” Le ‘

a. means of mobility. and: th

gives her an opportunity
face to face with other chitdren her |
age.” |.

Wilson: explained before ., the;

: walker: was’ donated 10 Lena she
. was confined to lying on the floor.}

"She's a bright little, kid with

“Vater: -onsiwe' hope: she'll ‘go.
from ‘(the’ walker) to. ‘crutches and -
progress. towards’ the final goal. of

* walking.”’

iDance: ‘instructor:

“Ewho*. came : heir -attentio
hrough the North Shore Associa-.

fe

. to be up and about,”?: he said. po

M: arion--
:. McMaster. said the children, Anvolv-"

' “The faffle was a ‘special project
giving someone the j joy of giving a
cwalker to Lena,”
+,

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: dignity and ‘this gives her-a chance’ ot

a hit

the program.as a whole. She said
school assemblies are often called”
to hear guest speakers: or see
special. films on different
cultures.’ .

Hobbs said the experience stu
dents gain from the multi-cultural _,
program cannot be taught from a
book,.and the school itself gains , j
“san international flavor.”

said McMaster. ae