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and

Education Facility” ia ‘the Deep Cove/Dollarton area are “Mayo

Frank ‘Warburton. Their combined. efforts illustrate. ‘the. beginn a
involving the Provincial Government, School N District, District of North Vancouver and the: oe

Library Board. -

ie

Work has started on the
for the -
secondary school near Myrtle
Park as ground was_ broken
for . drainage pipes - and
foundations on March 13.

September 1979 is the target

month for. opening © of the
facility which is as yet

unnamed and referred to as |

Community .tion: of . the complex. is

designed for 630. students in
its: first: ‘phase of. develop- .
‘ment. It is designed in a
_manner which will permit the
f orderly - addition. of. ‘class-.
rooms as the. population :

the Seymour
Education Facility.

School Board’ Chairman
Frank Warburton, Mayor.
Don Bell, MLA Jack Davis
Trustees | Verna
Srsel lovsky officiated at. the
sod turning ceremony. F frus-"

tee Smelovsky and Mayor
 Bell-are co-chairmen of the
Steering Committee for: the’
jointly funded school district |

and municipal project.
The building includes a

secondary school, commun-

Terry- Tobin, Co-ordinator
of the Science Department at
North Vancouver Secondary
School, has been awarded a
Shell. Company of Canada
scholarship.

Tobin was selected from

among science teacher appli- |

cants throughout Canada. to

participate in the Shell Earth
Science Program to be held |
this summer at the Univer-

sity of Western Ontario.

' The special program will
include earth science labor-
atory work and lectures, with

upple nent, ‘May

community |.

‘become an:
source person. when _ he

ity services component and |

public library.. The school’s

grass playing: field is | pre-
-sently. being added to the
_ existing fields in the park.
_The combined facilities will
serve the ‘growing Seymour ~

area. ~—

The secondary. school por-

expands into the indian River

- and Roche. Point. areas (The
‘Development ‘of: Seymour:
-Report”’ ; approved’ by: ‘North

Vancouver Council © ‘in ~ De-

- cember, prescribes. residen-.
. tial growth in these areas

during the next five years.)

ot ine oe

supplemental Field studies
in-such places as the nickel
mines at. ‘Sudbury. a

Earth: science is a funda-_
‘mental part of every science

_ course. Tobin, who teaches
‘the subject at the grade 11

level as well as Biology,. will
important | re-

returns to the. ‘district. in:

September. His experience

in leading and participating.
in past in-service workshops
will help him. in this task. —

Mock trials teach students —

about the law

Teaching students about
the law through use of mock
trials is all part of the
RCMP’s educational
gram.

Constables John Good-
brand, Randy Herman, Brent
Barbour and Jim White of
the North Vancouver detach-
ment work full-time on the
program visiting elementary
and secondary schools in the
district. The program endea-
vors to make the judicial

.system more understandable
to students and to prevent
young people leaning _to-

wards crime. The program
also profiles the history of

the RCMP.

The constables recently
visited a grade 7 class at
Braemar Elementary School.
The 20 students discovered
first-hand how justice was

pro- .

done through a mock trial
acted out by the members of
the class.

Using a script taken from
real court cases, students
took on the roles of the
various ‘actors’.

Following the 20 minutc
trial, students were free to
question the constables.

_ Teacher
plans to take her students
into the real courtroom

situation so they can sce for

themselves what justice is
like. She says the mock trial

is both a good instrument for

preparing students for the
_ real thing and also cngaping
their deeper interest in the
historical aspects of justice

and educational programs
to display — its

designed |
workings.

year,’

sibilities,
; throughout the entire area.

Marg Pearce |

in the district, °
-Junior.. Secondary, is in the —
“process - of being. expanded : i
- that

and: modernized. into a full

‘secondary's school. 3

. ‘The . change’ chas”

“The . school s1 presently has a

‘population of 675 in grades 8

through 10." However, ° the |

ofa joint. venture

The community. services
component will | ‘provide | a

lounge, information centre, .
offices for the use of service -

agencies, an activity room.
and meeting -room. -. The
library will bea combined

public ; and school I brary.

An. : “Interim” Council, a .

group. of: community mem-
bers elected: at’ a public
meeting © on ‘March 22, of this 7
_meets - regularly to.

prepare .a- structure for a

permanent council, to survey
the. needs: ‘of. ‘the: community .e
_ ‘and to propose ‘guidelines for 7
. programs. _

North Vancouver District
School Trustees have respon-

which

This requires not only ; an
understanding of the dis-

‘trict’s learning, material and
building requirements, but

also a. knowledge of its
specific needs. ’

To learn ‘more about each
_area, Trustees establish. liai--

.son’ links with different
| Schools each year.

A Trustee Liaison Area is
based upon a family of
schools. The focus is upon
one secondary ‘school | and
nearby elementary schools.

Schools are listed along with

the Liaison Trustee.

t

Trustees listen to a report : on secondary school organization at t a regular Board meeting

held at Sherwood Park Elementary School. L. to R: Trustees Verna Smelovsky, Don
Burbidge, Tami Lundy, Superintendent Dr. Rod Wickstrom, Trustee Frank Warburton

[Chalrman|, Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Borg, and Trustees

 » able
2. schools. ;

expansion coincides, with the

we

“North - Vancouver ‘Secon-
“da ry School - will | ‘continue

vv ase

- ay Se to June 1979. when
‘it will then finally close its
~ doors after 68 years.

“The Board based its

‘difficult decision upon popu-
. lation factors. and costs.

The decline in student

_ population in the. city and
-western part of the district
has been pronounced . with .

‘extra space becoming avail-
in several secondary

‘Continued operation of |
Rl nwt

Nor th annrnanvar Secondary

v ease Vw tell We Wr BF OE

wouid ‘require extensive and

Pea Adkins, . oe5vseveee Blueridge,
extend | -

Don Burbidge. . . « « « «Capilano,

Mrs. Dorothy B. Lynas,

?

‘second oldest school ©
Sutherland o

-been .
anticipated by staff, students .
and ‘parents: in: the ‘Suther- .
land community. for a num-
pers of years ot

A 14 per cent improvement
-. over last year won Grade 12.

en English. teachers and their ©

scholarship ‘: ‘students: praise |

‘Ms. Tami Lundy. eeeee Boundary,

. Mrs. Verna-Smelovsky. ee

of those students. who: would:
have or already are attending .
school | owill
Sutherland.

Sutherland. will ‘undergo’

‘extensive. changes: with: the —
target ‘date for. completion 7
January 1979..The. new and
- renovated facilities, design--
‘Harry. .

ed. by. architect...
LeBlond. ‘and: “Associates, is

~ being ‘constructed: by’ Key
Construction Ventures Ltd.
The present building will be

renovated . and:-:two.- new

wings will be added - “7 a. a large.

and additions, both of which

‘the Ministry © of Education

has not approved. —

~ Substantially: the same

_ program. of grades 9 to 12
be provided |

courses _ will
during the school’s last year
of operation. Students “will
continue their programs at.
other schools in September
1979. These schools. will
include Sutherland, Carson

Graham,.. Balmoral’. — and ©
Hamilton. a
Grade 7. students: from —

Queensbury, Lonsdale and. |
Ridgeway ‘schools will not
‘register at NVSS next. year.
They will attend at Hamilton, =
“and: Balmoral °

costly structural renovations’ “Junior: secondary schools. ss As.

Sutherland |

~ from Education Minister Pat
_ McGeer.

‘Eighty-two per ce cent. of the.
students who wrote the B.C.

SCHOOLS |

Burrard | View,

Maplewood, Plymouth,

Seymour Heights, Sherwood — |

Park. Windsor.

Norgate, Prince

Charles, Queen Mary,
. Westview

Carson Graham —

Hamilton |
Brooksbank,

Eastview, Keith . Lynn,

_ Lynnmour Sutherland

e « ecanyon Heights, Cleveland,

Highlands, Montroyal
Handsworth |

Braemar, Carisbrooke,

Larson, | Monteray,

North
Star

Frank Warburton. « « o « « Fromme, .Lynn Valley, Ross

Road, Upper Lynn, Westover -
' Argyle

Dave Williams » » « « « « » Cloverly, Lonsdale, Lonsdale

| Williams and CHIT Adkins.

an ae ©)

Annex, Queensbury, Ridge-
way, Ridgeway Annex.

~ North. Vancouver °

closure..of North’. Vancouver . “gymnasium in one and in the -

Secondary ‘school ‘and ‘many. ..other .

Government

Balmoral |

Dorothy Lynas, Dave |

Industrial «. Education ye

shops,- ‘Science. labs” and a :

Drama. facility.”
‘attend rie

-The‘expansion will provide -

improved facilities. for pre- *
“sent: grade 8, 9 and 10. -
students as well as for ‘the
grade 11 students, to.be.
_ added ‘in. September 1979,
and» grade ie in n September .

1980.

The> “student ated”

will then: beat an estimated
- maximum ‘of..1200 in 1980 ©...
and level off to about. 1000 1 in :

| the following. years.

a result, . they will be able to -
continue in the same school

in which they began their.
secondary programs.

Equipment and “furniture .
at NVSS will be. transferred |.

. to other schools, with much

Peres

of ine inventory going io the
new secondary school under —
construction in the expand-
ing Seymour area. This will
help to reduce outfitting

expenditures.

-A committee composed of
‘parents, students, teachers

and administrators has been

established to provide. con-

-sultation on the phasing out

of the school. It will ensure
an open - approach for com-
‘munication with parents and

an. orderly "process ° ‘toward :
‘closure.

The’ committee | will. ‘also
plan’. some. special ‘activities |

. for past students in NVSS’s

68th and final year. : ane

scholarship -
examinations in. January |
_achieved an. ‘acceptable pas-

' sing compared to only 68 per

‘cent last year.

‘North Vancouver students

_in need of extra help |

almost any subject will again

be able to find a summer.

class reasonably close to
, home.

Elementary students will
be able to obtain help in
‘reading: and. arithmetic.’ In
addition, English for . New
. Canadians, Creative Writing
and programs. in sports and
recreation, art, drama, home.
economics, and . ceramics,
among, others, -will also be
available for elementary stu-
dents in various schools
throughout the district.

At. the. secondary level,
makeup courses in most
academic subjects will be
offered as well as some
‘advanced credit courses.
There will, be some enrich-—

~ ment programs for secondary
students too,,

A complete list of classes
will be distributed to all
students in mid-May.

Any: questions or com-
ments should be directed to
the Summer School Secre-
tary, Windsor | Secondary
School, 929-2361,