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Effective April 3, 1995

Division of Vital Statistics

District Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, and Marriage Licence Issuer

~ Teachers, 7 parents join CHILDREN © ATTENDING Norgate Parent Participation Preschool get a “kinder, gen- tler” introduction to the school

- ‘system ‘than other youngsters |

’ who -.:// attend traditional '

preschool, says ‘mother Sheri _ Thomas,

4 ‘By Tan Noble ‘News Reporter ‘

will be located at:

Marlene A. N ielsen and Kim M. Viekers : Notaries Public

. 1925 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2K3 —

oP es , Monday to Friday 9 a.m. -5 p.m.: At ‘the parent-participation . : preschool, parents help the teacher.

run the programs on. their “duty days." me

NEWS photo Kilke Wakefield

JAN WALTON and isola gon Adam play and learn at ion Preschool,

BC Ministry of Health and Ministry Responsible for Seniors

‘Telephone Numbers: 985-9812 and 985-9197

“Thomas : said that for kids who are “shy, like her: four-year-old», Emily, _parent-participation pre- “schools ‘are'a nice’ way for kids to break into the ‘school system. 2i“It' made ‘the. transition for. my: daughter much easier,” she said.

2. Though- Emily: was ‘shy during »,, her first few visits to the pre-school, ” > she can’ now: say, “Good-bye mom, you can go now,” said Thomas. -'

‘As‘a parent. who wants to be

involved with her daughter’ 's educa- :

-‘tion, Thomas" also ‘enjoys meeting: ' the’ "parents of Emily's friends and secing what she does in school. >> Still, Thomas admits it’s nice to ‘be able to: leave Emily at the pre-

iSchool. some: days. and spend time

~on her own. Teacher, Irene ‘Bradley said she’ njoys.: having parents help : her teach the classes,'saying they make up an enthusiastic staff.::

7 thich.: has been’. operation, since 1951 at 1396 West 15th St., is oné “of the original ‘six

parent-participation Preschools on the North Shore.

‘tc School ' presi ent Lucy Samuel said parents basically Tun the pre- school.

; Samuel, whose four-year-old

: aughter Rachel is enrolled, takes care of the administration and hires.

Currently, ‘the’ preschool has four-year-olds who: attend : three “times: a, week and three-year-olds - », who go twice'a week.

‘The preschool has a capacity of “26 students for each age group.

-- Samuel ‘and her children: have — been involved ‘in / parent-participa- tion preschools for four years, three , “of them at Norgate. :.. :.

Samuel - said - parents , help the

. teacher out once or.twice a month.

.. Inassisting at the school, parents

naturally share in the experiences of : their children. “The children in tum think it is

“very, special” when their mom or

dad is on duty... *-

The parent-participation parents are very committed and work close-

with each other; she said.

“H's really fun to do duty days and be with other parents and do “arts and crafts and things.”

‘However, the. schoo! now needs

“more students, said Bradley, adding“ that being involved in parent-partic- ipation preschool is becoming more

* difficult for families in Which both ~~ parents work. >)

Classes that used to be full are

* now half full, but only parents who

-are willing to be involved and have _ the: ‘time should ‘get involved, she

‘Norgate Parent Participat

Effective April 3,1 995 for North & West Vancouver

Spring is in the air and BC Transit has updated its services in your community to reflect your changing travel demands. Highlights include the introduction of new accessible service, as well as additional late evening service

to Pemberton Heights. Here are the changes you can look forward to:

L#85 UBC

#258 «West Varicouver/UBC

Service will operate until April 21

and will resume with the start of

classes in September.

L#236 Lonsdale Quay/ Grouse Mountain. ...

Two additional AM peak period

. trips will be introduced, providing |

30-minute service between 7:16 a.m. |

and 9:16 a.m. Each evening an addi- tional late night trip to Pemberton Heights, leaving Lonsdale Quay

at 11:06 p. m. on all days, will be "introduced.

(oe denoses ht reaped .

#247

NEW ACCESSIBLE SERVICE !

L#242. Upper Lonsdale/ Vancouver

‘All trips on this route will operate

with lift-equipped buses.

Upper Capilano! '

Vancouver |

First trip scheduled to leave Grouse .

Mountain at 6:44 a.m., Monday to

Friday, will be adjusted to leave at

6:39 a.m: Trip scheduled to leave

‘Grouse Mountain at 7:48 a.m., . Monday to Friday, will be adjusted ;

to leave at 7:43 a.m.:

For more information on these service updates: « Pick up a copy of the March 24 issue of The Buzzer. Pick up new timetables, free of charge, at public libraries, city & municipal halls, chambers of ‘commerce and Travel InfoCentres. Call Customer Information at 521-0400. For West Vancouver. call 985-7777: ; Call the Talking Yellow pages for ‘pre-recorded transit information at

". 299- 9000, #2233,