14 - Sunday, November 30), 1986 -

North Shore News

Hillside teams debate way
to top regional position

TWO TEAMS of students from
West Vancouver’s Hillside Sec-
ondary School argued their way
into first and third-place finishes in
a recent International Bac-
calaureate debating competition.

By TIMOTHY RENSI ”
News Reporter

The debate, which took place
Nov. 22 at Burnaby South Senior
Secondary, involved 24 two-
member debating teams from
various Lower Mainland schools,
including four from Hillside.

The Grade 10 Hillside students
were competing against four other
teams in the competition's
preparatory division.

Debate subject was, ‘Should
stricter penalties be imposed on
drinking drivers?”’

In four debating rounds, teams
were required to argue twice from
the negative and twice from the
positive side of the issue.

After all vocal dust had setiled,
the Hillside team of Rouzbeh
Pirouz and Fraser Moore emerged
as overall winners in the

preparatory division, while the
team of Phil Howard and Chris
Monahan finished third.

In addition, Pirouz, 14, was
judged the best overall debater in
his team’s division.

“It was a lot of fun,”’ Pirouz
said Wednesday, ‘‘but a little
tough to argue against stricter
penalties.’

Coordinator for Hillside’s bac-
calaureate program Marion
Langdale said the school's showing
was outstanding, ‘‘especially con-
sidering it’s the first year Hillside
has offered the (baccalaureate)
program and it’s their (the stu-
dents’) first competition.”’

Hillside is currently the only
North Shore school offering Inter-
national Baccalaureate and has 65
Grade 10 students this year.

Langdale said the program,
which originated in England dur-
ing the ‘60s, is designed to
challenge and enrich highly
motivated, talented students.

The curriculum was developed
by England’s Oxford University.

Following the preparatory bac-
calaureate year, the two classes of

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Hillside students will graduate to
the two-year International Bac-
calaureate program through
Grades 11 and 12 and study
English, a second language, a
study of man, science, philosophy,
mathematics and such extra-cur-
ricular subjects as sport or music,

Each must also complete a
research paper over the two years.

Langdale added that students
not wanting to take the full bac-
calaureate program can take a
mixture of baccalaureate and regu-
lar courses.

“Sure it's more challenging,”
Pirouz said. ‘‘The math is especial-
fy hard, but it’s also more interest-

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