WORK CONTINUES on the Lonsdale and Upper Levels Highway overpass. This shot looks west toward Lonsdale Avenue from St. Andrews in North Vancouver. Sentinel students achieve good scores LAST YEAR, 27 students at Sen- tinel Secondary School were the first on the North Shore to be able to complete college-level courses while still in high schovt. The Advanced Placement Pro- gram offered by the high school may have been 2 new venture for the West Vancouver school, but results recently received show it was a successful one. “We were very surprised at how well our kids did and very ex- cited,” said Sentinel vice-principal Dave Bouchard. Of the 27 students who took one of the advanced courses, which were in the areas of calculus, stu- dio art and computer science, 24 received credit for a first-year col- lege or university level course. Of those 24, 21 received a mark equivalent to an “A’’ on a college gtading system. Participation in the program br- ings its rewards, but they don’t come easily: students must give up a spare or an elective to take one of the advanced courses, and keep on top of their regular Grade 11 or 12 course work as well. At the end of the year, students write two sets of exams: one for the advanced course, and the standardized provincial exams. “It’s a lot more challenging at- mosphere around here,”’ Bouchard concurred. Teachers, too, must take extra training in order to qualify to teach the college-level offerings. Because of the program’s suc-. cess, 75 students have already signed up for the school year start- ing in September, and a fourth course will be offered in the field cf English Literature and Com- position. Bouchard says parents are in favor of the program because it allows their children to take challenging courses while still in the supportive atmosphere provid- ed by a high school. Nature volunteers needed DO YOU have extra time and an interest in nature? The Ecology Centre in Lynn Canyon Park needs new volunteers for upcoming fall programs. The centre offers two different types of volunteer work, indoor and outdoor. Quidoor volunteers instruct elementary school! field trips and indoor volunteers assist the public in the centre. Fall volunteer training begins Monday, Sept. 18. Programs run from October to the end of November. , To find out more about the pro- gram come to the volunteer orien- tation slide show on Monday, Sept. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Following the show will be time for tea, cookies and questions. Call 937-5922 for further information, 15 - Sunday, August 20, 1989 - North Shore News Paving — contract awarded A $256,025 contract has been awarded to Okanagan Aggregates Ltd., of Armstrong, B.C. for pav- ing on the Pemberton Portage Road, Transportation and High- ways Minister Neil Vant, and MLA for West Vancouver-Howe Sound, John Reynolds, announced recently. The contract will involve patch paving a 6.5-kilometre section of the Pemberton Portage Road from where it intersects the Sea to Sky Highway 99 to Mount Currie. There will be six patches covering a total length of 4.2 kilometres. The Pemberton Portage Road is located at Pemberton, B.C. The project is scheduled for completion Aug. 31. Okanagan Aggregates Ltd., submitted the lower of two tenders for the contract. For further information contact Public Affairs, 387-3198. IT’S AMATTER OF LIFE ANDBREATH DON'T SMOKE Ss Curl or Brush fron SQ-1 CURL IRON ¢ SQ-2 BRUSH IRON ¢ AS SHOWN PRO GUN HAIR DRYER MODEL NO. PG-1 Mleach WHILE STOCKS LAST A DWIS:C4 OF OVER: terence p. alR LEQu;, WE'VE MOVED TO A NEW, BIGGER AND BRIGHTER SALON 988-9630 at Ross Rd., Lynn Valiey) (across nan ne ‘ PAULINE PETERS TERENCE P. from 7-Eleven) OWNER HEATHER HOWETT °3016 Mountain Hwy.