Students t GREYHOUND Canada recently announced the return of its high school academic reward pro- gram, “Travel is Educational, Too!” “The national program, now in its fifth year, is designed to encourage and reward the scholastic achievement of Grade 12 students across the nation.. Greyhound Canada Provides qualified students with the opportunity to win travel prizes and scholarships to help further their education. The contest also provides an opportunity, for them to win dozens of other prizes fiom Partidpating sponsors. “In all, over 50 prizes will be presented in May 2001: Random draws ’ from all entries received locally will be held ac 50 Greyhound depots across Canada, award- ing 50 students with two 30- ./ day Greyhound Canada Passes, Providing.» unlimited travel on the Grevhound Bus network from coast to coast. The passes have a cash value of over $1,000. The 50 winners will also be eligible to win one of three scholarships which will be ran- domly awarded based on a sec- ond draw which includes only the 50 travel winners. Greyhound Canada and their promotional partners supply the three scholarships, each worth up to $2,000. Thousands of dollars worth of secondary prizes will also be awarded. : “Travel is Educational, Too!” is free to enter — but not just anyone can participate because the standards are high. Only those Grade 12 students who achieve a GPA of 80 per. cent or higher on their. 2000 spring transcript, or unofficial final. 2000/2001 | transcript, will be eligible to win. To enter, students simply need to drop off a copy of the see Ganada appropriate transcript along with their full name, address and telephone number at any Greyhound depot in Canada. To locate. the Greyhound depot nearest you call 1-800- 661-8747. The company encourages students to start their studying early in the school year to ensure that they have a chance to win some of these prizes and to perhaps enrich their lives with a travel experience. Greyhound is the largest North American provider of inter-city bus transportation, serving more than 3,700 desti- Nations with . 20, 600 daily departures across “the conti- nent. The company also pro- vides courier and _ package express services, charter and tour services and food service at certain terminals. In Canada, for fare and schedule information call 1- 800-661-8747 or visit the Web site at . ; Through the North Vancouver Christmas Bureau’s Sponsor-a- - NEWS paote Paws MeGrath i GRADE 9 Seycove secondary school student Stewart Thomes got some frontline experience job shadowing Bank of Montreai teller Kelly Anderson. ‘ Students BUSINESSES across the North Shore were invaded by a host of young employees last week. Wednesday, Nov. 1 was “Take Our Kids to Work” Day, an event that. began in central Ontario in 1994 and has since grown to include just about every province in the country.: The program provides Grade 9 students with. the opportunity to experience a day in the workplace. a . At. work with their. host, the students learn about the workplace, shadow their host as they work, assist in duties - and even attend meetings. It’s intended to encourage them to start.thinking about. -their Own career aspirations because i in Grade 10, students ‘ learn on the job begin to-make course selec: tions that will impact their co! lege, university - or _caree “choices after secondary school In’ 1999,°° more 70,000 workplaces “across Canada participated ‘in “Take ‘our Kids to Work” Day, re “more than 400,000- shidents the opportunity to spend, ‘the day with a relative, friend ‘or - volunteer host.-: — Deana Lancaster fame Sets wember 14 Teen. - Douglas Coupland. author visit (&) .° Saturdey Hovember 18 e : (5-12 yea fds) (i) Puppet Show (35 year olds) im ) book The Ait Dodger is ) "Official Ceromony 7 be announced ° Birthday | Cake Family program, you can put.together a food and - gift hamper for a North . Shore family who will: 4 otherwise go without. Chisum. NORTH “ VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS _BUREAQD 8 programs of | PAMaLy 1 SERVICES tap the NORTH ‘SHORE Yes, there ‘really is. aneed on. the Nor th Shore. "Working from Christmas to Christmas”