IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING
Industry adopts a school

A NORTH Vancouver school has been adopted by a local
corporation in an effort by both parties to improve rela-
tionships and understanding between schools and business.

In a presentation to North Van-
couver School Board March 11,
Windsor Secondary School vice-
principal Don Peters told trustees
he had approached North Van-
couver’s Dillingham Construction
Ltd. earlier this year,on behalf of
his school, to see if a mutually
beneficial relationship could be
developed between the school and
the company.

The idea, he said, had been ini-
tiated as a way to break down the
barriers between schools and in-
dustry.

PROGRAMS SUCCESSFUL

Similar programs in the United
States and in Alberta had been
very successful for all involved, he
said.

Peters emphasized that the
Windsor and Dillingham relation-
ship was in an early, undefined
Stage, but said the potential for
mutual benefit was very good.

Peters said there was a tremendous
opportunity for teacher’s to attain
invaluable professional develop-
‘ment in areas of business educa-
tion and social studies, and to
develop overall insights into the
current industrial marketplace.

Peters said Windsor students
could benefit directly from possi-
ble on-the-job experiences within
the office operation of Dillingham
and on company construction
Sites.

PRACTICE SKILLS

In turn, Dillingham could use
Windsor as a place for the com-
pany’s younger executives to prac-
tice presentation skills and to study
the school’s application of com-
puter techniques.

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satisfaction for the corporation of
having a direct relationship with
schools and students in the area,”
Peters said later in an interview.
Dillingham’s director of person-
nel and labor relations, Larry
Sinclair, said Tuesday that both
parties had agreed to move very
slowly in developing the school-

company relationship.

“The whole thing is really exper-
imental at this point, nothing has
been established as yet. We are just
going to see what happens, but
there’s no doubt it could be a roar-
ing success for both parties.”

Calling the program an excellent
idea, trustee Dr. Ross Regan said it
was important for students to get
“a window on the working
world’’.

Regan added that Dillingham in-
ternatisnal scope would also
educate students in the modern
marketriace, “‘and show them that
B.C. conipanies are not just com-
peting locally.”

13 - Wednesday, March 26, 1986 - North Shore News

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