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Learning from the bast: Students receive tips cn story-writing tnd shufter-snopping through visits from 1

Road Show” — aka reporter Katharine Homer ond photography manager Torry Peters.

Students Get

Published

SINCE the North Shore News Kids
Page was launched last October,
articles and photographs have
poured in from Grade 6 students
across the North Shore: proof posi-
tive that kids are every bit as savvy
about current affairs as our full-time
reporters,

This weekly feature, a joint initiative with
North Vancouver Schoo] District’s Reading 44
program, is designed to provide a forum for
youthful expression — giving kids a chance to
explore local issues and to sez their work in
print.

Tips on story-writing and shutter-snapping
have been provided through visits from the
“North Shore News Road Show” -—— aka
reporter Katharine Hamer and photography
manager Terry Peters.

The kids get a chance to ask lots of ques-

tions, and are especially impressed when Terry
— already six feet tall — demonstrates how to
get a different perspective on things by stand-
ing on a chair!
Children from public and private schools in
North and West Vancouver have submitted
bird’s eye view photos of their classmates and
attention-grabbing copy.

When one school — Gleneagles in
Horseshoe Bay — produced an article on the
fast ferry debacle it prompted a follow-up piece
on BCTV’s evening news program.

Other topics presented include anti-bullying,

-~+ programs in schools, the nursing shortage at

Lions Gate Hospital, and the “fashion stress”

endured by those trying to keep up with their
classmates.

Our favourite material has arrived in cartoon
format. If submitted samples (both colourful
and subversive) are anything to go by, local
school districts are a hothouse for budding
Bizarros.

The Kids Page will run every Wednesday
until the end of the school year. Teachers who
have taken part in the project say it’s been a
positive experience for their classes.

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Alyse Tanner and Sana Nurani
Contribating Writers

DO your kids come home crying, or upset
because they have been teased or bullied for what
they wore at school?

Well, some kids at Eastview clementary have, and we asked
some teachers, parents and kids on what they think about the
subject.

Through out interviews it was obvious to say that there is a
debate for school uniforms. Most of the kite ai Eastview ele-
mentary have disagreed with the cheice of school uniforms, but
most of the adults have said it would be a good idea because it
would remove a lot of peer pressure.

Rosie Clark, an Eastview sutdent, says, “Uniforms aren’t fair,
and it’s not Gir to solve problems like this with school uniforms.
Our only right is to talk through our clothes.”

We agree with this opinion because kids should be able to
wear what they want, and nor what someone tells them.

Many kids have said uniforms are not a good idea because it
would be a hassle to wash them ail the time.

Rahim Esmail, an Eastview student, has said, “Uniforms are
a good idea because every day [ have to live through getting
teased for what I wear, and [ chink uniforms would solve that.”

Ben Hartley, an Eastview
student, says, “Uniforms are
wrong, and bullying is wrong.
If peaple want to solve the
problem, don't solve it with
uniforms, because it won’t
help. Solve it with a dress
code.”

Jackie Tanner, an
Eastview parent, says, “I think
uniforms would be a great idea
because it would stop the
‘What am I going to wear
today?’ As well, it would cut
down on the amount of
money spent on new clothes
each year. [ realize kids want
to express their individuality,
but I feel they can still do this
wearing a uniform because
your individuality is what you
feel on the inside not what
you’re wearing on the out-
side.”

Roy Tanner, an Eastview
parent, says, “People put far
too much emphasis on out-
ward appearance and | think
uniforms might solve that.”

Ms. Henney, an Eastview teacher, says, “School uniforms
would alleviate students from being teased or bullied because of
what. they wear. It would also remove a lot of pressure from the