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DON'T allow “the world to get in your
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Question #2: On a scale of 1-10, how nzuch did you learn from your own
and other people's speeches? 1=not very much, 10=lots.

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Christopher Longley (Grade 6}
Contributing Writer
.- WAYNE Gretzky finally came out.

1 could feel the excitement building up inside me. He
answered the audience's questions about his hockey life. |
didn’t realize that he also has a great sense of humour.

When the quizzes were finished, he started signing auto-
graphs. There was a lineup to get to him, but it was moving
fast. Suddenly, L realized that there were only three people in
front of me. [remembered exactly what Twas going to say to
him. [ thought about it all last night. Oh, now there were
only two people in front of me, E could hardly wait to tell him
how much E respect him. Now there was only one person in
front of me. | took a deep breath, then it was my turn.

{ got up on the stage and handed him the stick. He auto-
graphed it. He put out his hand, so 1 put out mine tou, He
shook my hand, and as he was shaking my hand, I said,
“Thank you, Mr. Gretzky. Nice to meet youl”...

photo Caitlin Jennings and Samira Pourghand
BIANCA Hayes of Grade 3 pondered
the question: Is Jimmy Pattison the
Tooth Fairy?

photo Janice Lee

Samantha Cressey (Grade 1)
Contributing Writer

THIS is the story about Sakinaw Lake on the Sunshine Coast
where my family has a cabin.

I have a best friend there named Dana. She is nine years
old and is from Arizona.

When we are together we like to play a game we have
named “Bakery.” We play this game on the large rock
between our two cabins. There is a small log that we pretend
is the counter. Dana is usually behind the counter being the
baker and I am the customer buying bread, cakes, and pies.
My brother often pretends he is my husband and sometimes
my son. We use moss off the rocks to be the baked goods,
and sticks to be the money...

Quenton #1: On a scale of 1-f0, how nesvous were you when you gave
your speech? J=calm, 10*nervous.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2000 — North Shore News - 21

BRIGHT LIGHTS {jd/S-

photo Julia Rogers

AZJA Jones Martin and Demiil Keevil of Grade 6 found out that the writing

process can be a lot of fun.

Brynessa Gradley (Grade 6)
Contributing Writer

- IF we truly believe in Martin Luther King’s dream, we will
treat everyone as an equal, with a warm smile, a kind word, and
an invitation to be a member of all groups.

Tam very lucky. I have been blessed with many gifts. Perhaps
my dream is a ridiculous one for an eleven-year-old, but this
speech is only the beginning.

If 1 start today, right here and now at Collingwood School,
putting into actions what I truly believe, perhaps then with such
a tiny spark for a beginning, it will light lamps of understanding
and tolerance. These lights will then shine on a world where
each one of us is treated as an equal.

{ have a dream....

photo submitted

JAKE Steiner, (Grade 3), gave his audience a frank talk about hockey.

Student
opinions

COLLINGWOOD kids
must have nerves of
steel. As the graph to
the left shows, more
than half (44 out of 82)
rated their nervous-
ness at 1, 2, or 8 out of
10. The other graph
shows they had lots
of opinions on how
much they learned.

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