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2725 St. Christopher's Rd. North Vancouver

looks like summer is here — just in time for the area's 20,000 school students jo start looking forward to getting back

chore of outfitting the kids with new. clothing

and supply is upon thousands of area ‘families, while the kids

scramble to fill the’ dying. days of 5s their favorite, day-long activities. ‘At right, Aaron Hewitt ‘begins stocking up on his school supplies and his expres- sion says it all.

; The ‘ancouver - Waldorf School. ...is.one of over 300 faldorf”:

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the child to full-human potential. : The application. of artistic endeavor to scholastic enter- prise is therefore a significant feature of the Waldorf School curriculum. This is necessarily so because the ‘natural artist’ in the child must be fully nurtured so that a sturdy foundation may be established for intellectual analysis and for future explora- tion in any field the child may wish to pursue ...

Our curriculum draws from the Humanities, Sciences, and Arts in a balanced way offering ... education for the whole child.

Children's work will be on display and teachers will be available to discuss the Waldorf curriculum. .

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THE SUN is out and it

to school. The annual-

GETTING a housefal ‘of - children ready for the trek back to school.'can: be .a headache but how about the people on the receiving end?

Officials with the North

and West Vancouver School.

districts are waiting to welcome’ back more than 20,000 students for the 1983 school season.

And while the education

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scene has been one of some bitterness and fighting over the past two restraint-filled years, the annual task of looking after the needs of those children goes on.

The majority of the students are headed for schools in the North Van- couver area where enrol- ment at the end of the last school year stood at a whop- ping 15,672 students. About as many are expected the first Tuesday after Labour Day.

Despite the fears that the

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restraint program of the pro- : vincial government has rais-

—ed, the district still offers a

well-rounded and challeng- ing educational system.

B.C.’s school curriculum has long been recognized as one of the finest in the world and North Vancouver’s com- bination of regular class- rooms and special education projects and services reflects that well.

The district has always, in fact, fared well in scholastic comparisons with the pro- vincial average and other districts throughout B.C., whether it be the disciplines of mathematics, science and English or on the sporting fields.

Beyond that is the growing emphasis on parental in- volvement in the schools. A number of Parent Advisory Councils exist that work closely with the individual schools

and a_e growing number of parent volunteers working in the schools.

_ West Vancouver's school district boasts the same level of commitment throughout the system. |

But they're looking for- ward to the start of this year

for the challenge of a couple ;

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One, forced by an age bulge among the estimated 5,200 students, is'a change in school alignments. Three secondary. schools’ will operate with students from grade seven to grade 12 in- stead of the more traditional eight to 12 category. That’s proyiding students and educators with potential pro- blems and the opportunity for some educational excite- ment.

The addition of the grade sevens to the high schools, sees seven elementary students lose their tradi- tionally senior students and they'll now cover the grades kindergarten to grade six. Three primary schools also operate, with students from kindergarten age to Grade three.

The second addition comes in the French Immer- sion program, where grade five has now been added. Enrollment in the program is at 270 students, many of whom have been with the program since its inception and through the annual addi- tion of another grade.

So, while you might not be ready to send your children back to school -- or to go back. yourself -- the schools

| are there and waiting.

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