_ additional ; ‘basement: ° oe eg. ‘Native indian students. ‘on ‘Siudents; as have. ‘been | out * The secret of. the pilot - : program’: s “success. since its . opening. ~ early’ © » February. - seems ‘to: be its: ‘unstructured | format and. tailored: indivi- ‘dualized programs wiih daily. evaluation... poet “Daily ‘evaluation ‘means - achieve- says Head Teacher. “HOOD LAYS. GROUNDWORK Hood, the ‘sctiool’s - first: teacher and the. sperson ‘who . laid the groundwork | for the. program, is . assisted»: by | Valerie Nahanee, - English © teacher. Carole Nakonechny. - anda Teacher: Aide from. the. Squamish _. “Band The.’ ‘project. ‘was one. of: many issues examined.a year. ago” by the: newly” formed _ thy minds go hand i in hand. At: least: this: is ‘what's. shown ° after. intensive. Te. search not. only © in North | Vancouver - schools. but: in . schools: ‘around the world... And, the district. has already. taken. steps to ‘improve the quality of its P.E.. classes, particularly, ‘after Dr. : Bill O’Neill’s “recent: - studies’: showed that ‘this . district’ s . students - ate not as fit as" those in other B. C. district’s. teachers . formed a: committee’ with . Monteray Elementary School Concerned P.-E. teacher Kathie Jackson giv- ing in-service ‘to teachers, . collecting and distributing materials and working with ‘the committee on elementary - P.E. curriculum. Some ‘of: the workshops of. regular. - school for:a: year: or. mofre,.are_ . learning: the. core. subjects. of. ‘Math. and: English’ as. well. as: 7 various: ‘other, Subjects: Le Alternate’: _ with 2A students.» . a - - pleased ‘with. “the ‘students’ response os a adminisirative work but. provides: rewards in-. - terms. ‘of: “student. > ment,”’ Fenty. Hood- _ youngsters had: ‘experienced difficulty in. adjusting to. the _ Structure of a regular’ school. framework and: had been’ “on: a lengths: of times E _ Beg. ‘back. into: the ‘routine. axe) offices’ . - “Day ‘workshop is maximum “Pp was” finally born: on February . 13 - STUDENT "RESPONSE GOOD e “The. staff. has. “bee ee very. tO. “date,” says: ‘Most’ Of. -Hood. these’ ‘street! ‘regular: ‘school: “work. represents a real challenge," * _ Hood. ‘Says. ae Sas epee “Now, "several. of. ‘these Le __fornier «drop: outs” “are working: toward “entering a ‘regular ° grade. 10. Or a Program next fall.” “INVOLVED I IN residents’. for their.-opinions. “COMMUNITY © In. the ‘short ° ‘time © “the” - program ‘has: been in: opera-_ 7 tion, a number of community ” creceived cent usiastic -ponse from teachers. : - -involved.-in. daily j jogging:and - a o fitness. programs:*Their ‘stu: * “dents, .catching the. spirit, MAXIMUM © "PARTICIPATION become :more: fitriess /con- _ENCOURAGED ~ /,Scious: themselves. i Two. major: workshops: be- LET KIDS WALK ing. given . “this term ate. Coaching» “Techiniques. for. Track and Field and Organiz- ing. . Participation for. All Sports Day. | ‘children in. this..awareness “says Kathie Jackson. ‘They - ~ should let their children walk © to’ school, They should also. get them ‘involved. in’ at least. 20 - minutes of vigorous activity - at least four. times a week, ‘because the school activities The theme of: the ‘Sports : participation, ‘with «many of . the activities involving com-. | -peting.. against . “individual “Standards . ‘instead of one. ‘standard. which many. less — ditioning."* 7 ae ate ~. Social. “Students” ‘have. gone ‘into “ the community ‘to interview — ‘on’ -the(p oposed: four lane — ‘highway’ which. would inter- ‘sect the: ‘Mission. and Capi-.. “strate. cedar™ and: ‘their own ‘fitness. and get : rain or shine, - instead of driving them.’ _are still not sufficient to — develop cardio-vascular ¢ con- J: ackson ‘says: ‘many cardio-vascular: activity. . on DAILY. P. E. NEEDED Alberta 7 district," | Westover-Primary, Queer © Mary, Primary, Queensbury, Lynn Valley; . Canyon - Heights- Primary | and Larson, . encouraging ., ‘fitness ‘daily P.E. And, teachers within other schools “are also doing daily P. E. with their students, ' - with. " Biooksbank, ‘Braemar, a Blueridge, : Montroyal, Mon- Fe teriranes HNN ign Paront volunteors guide puptls at Norgate Hlomentary School 1 through thelr i Porceptaal Motor Development Program, It’s all part of a district drive to Improve student fitness. From left to right ave Mrs. Kurlta, Sydney Eakin, Christine Lang, Marie Paul, Scott Spencer, Lorl Baker, Choryl Jansen and Mrs. Jangon. Bottom left doing a shoulder roll ts Lesley Murray. [Photo credit Anne Morley] - teray, Norgate, Lynn Valley, Carisbrooke, North Star. and - Cloverley are schools using _. daily: Perceptual Motor «pro-' "grams utilizing such gymnas- “tie equipment as. .trampoline, gym box. and mats, climbing .. ropes,. hoops, ‘ball, balance - beam and benches to develop ‘skills : classroom. | that relate to the cacriviry IMPROVES BODY AND MIND. ey improve: self-concept, , bod \. awareness, - listening skills developmental thinking, cyc- » hand ‘co-ordination,’ flexibil- “ity, and co-ordination of the “Po small and large muscles. The P.E. curriculum com- mitice is now busy writing a games curriculum for K - 7 which should be ready for teachers to pilot sometime in May. Social” Studies,” Science;: P.E. Arts & Crafts, and... field meet, it Norgate- ° are | individual . | - Hamilton Vancouver’s Sentinel, “This type of f activity helps : Head Teacher Terry Hood advises Bonnie Baker at her-desk while Bert Ge el, hasis i Placed. on individualized instruction. Phote ‘by Albert Jose h: | (ne: ploy- albeit inva fledgling state, ie ment. Centres: ‘and: obtained a Insurance: ‘numbers © ‘and. Band Status. numbers.’ ' They~ ‘have also: ‘watched native. craftspeople: ‘demon- ° bark: weaving. | shave. holography (a. ‘cumimunity are ‘pro-. “danow ‘Reserves. _ They. have ject. P é eats . discovered | the. inner, , work- ab ‘grade 8 to 10 level courses in Life Skills, : ‘Typing. and: ‘Cooking. . ; -LOTS OF ENTHUSIASM ‘The ‘students. are. enthus-.” iastic~ about the . program, _ says Heod,- and" high upon. ~ their fit of of expectations it is an ede “.<"mentary school children are. -5} .: overweight. and=need. this .& This year’ marks’ the: ve! 20th cantiiversary: ‘ofthe’ ‘founding . of the North Shore Secondary. . , L Schools Athletic: issociation’ ~ Research from: Coquitlam, 7 on 2 “Saskatchewan, -.: France and Japan has‘shown — -< that ‘students : who ..do- daily | P.E. Perform: better ‘ aca- * -demically.. Already, . several Parents can also help their a elementary. schools in’ the (NSSSAA): A voluntary, - school-run » organization. .. ‘whose *: ‘main | ‘task in. the beginning’ was to- run a junior secondary track now operates, 20 © inter-school _ Sports (17, for boys and 14 for | -girls), many of them in. four or five age divisions.. It was in 1958 that Peter. Moffat: of . Sutherland. (now Ridgeway Elementary vice- principal) and Pat. Webb of “(now at . West Vancouver Secondary). asked that the Vancouver & District Inter-High Athletic Associa- tion do more for sports at the junior secondary. level... formation of the NSSSAA-: ‘Both took a turn president during the early years of which currently includes the -cight. North Vancouver sc- | condary schools and West side “and West Vancouver,. and St. Thomas Aquinas, the North Shore's only. indepen- dent secondary school, | Len Corben became co- ordinator decentralization of the Vancouver & District association, A student at Sutherland and North Vancouver and for four years a teacher at “since: 1954." words ~’ $e condly,. - aissociation’s opinion, - _ ‘ mine, of what makes a good _ ‘as the association, . ‘Hill- of Athletics in” _ March 1969, just prior to the . official . “exchange: wit communities” os ug _ B. C. in June. ee > The . students * ‘at. “Ustla- - vee “Rahn ‘(a- Squamish language: _-word: ‘meaning ‘Hamilton; Corben’ has 1 been. ‘involved. in secondary. school ° sports on ‘the North. ‘Shore “The: NSSSAA has ‘many goals," he says, ‘‘bur, they — can all be ssummed_up: ‘by the | cand 2 ‘participation’. ‘up against °° the North Shore. ‘mountains’') er are. now: working on fund =~. raising, activities for this. trip: . and are e selling raffle tickets. ‘excellence’ which appear on | the association crest.. oy hese are far-reaching " ‘goals of course, 100% in both is impossible, but, we try to says Corben. ~“I'n convinced we shave | the best inter-school athletics — ' program :in B.C. right here: ° ‘on the North Shore..:.and I don't mean we have the best lcams because first of. all we. don't, ‘although we ‘win our 4 ~ share’ of Vancouver: & -Dis- ‘When they: were - told: it ; would be up to them, .the: | ‘seed was planted for the | trict and B.C. ‘trophies; and that’s not our nor program. fdr as wide a variety of sports as possible for a significantly | large number of students."" In, 1969 the © ‘operation. ‘included nearly 4 000, players ' (students would be counted more than once if they played on more than one team) on | 325 wams in 17" sports coached by. some 175 ‘differ- ent teachers, Po Last year’ ; figures show \ this is now 7 S12 coached and sponsored | by 187 players on 295 wachers and 38 mon. ~ (eachers. get a balance between them - and keep it ata high peak" . ° . “Te me a good { program includes a smooth-running | . system: and good coaching - cams in 20° sports.