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p20 tribune may 12 1993 st people sdss student flourishes in placement at gallery kate gilderdale correspondent eighteen year old chris gagnon is a student at stouf- fville district secondary school who has been working at latcham gallery since last fall as part of the schools coop pro gram although the program itself is well established its the first time the gallery has been involved said director vanessa perry chris is usually here from 1230 to 330 every other afternoon depending on whats needed because of the nature of our gallery and the special events we have which can be held on weekends or evenings he has been able to come in and get involved in those functions gagnon a lifelong resident has participated in many gallery activities ranging from beyond crafts to the art auc tion said perry hes been coming in on sat- urday mornings to assist and observe at the childrens art classes he has also had the opportu nity to experience installing exhibits she added hes responsible for researching sources of videos and films for potential future film series as well he is in the process of sorting out and crossreferenc ing slides of past exhibits i wish wed done something like this a long time ago said perry referring to the coop program we were a bit unsure to begin with wondering what we would do with chris and whether wed have time to teach him things but in the long run i think its been tremendously beneficial for both sides gagnon is equally enthusias tic about the program ive been into painting and drawing ever since i was in kinder garten he said im also interested in things like music writing and philoso phy im hoping to go to the ontario college of art and hopefully after that to finish a masters in art at university one of the benefits of his experience at latcham gallery has been just talking to people to the artists and finding out how the gallery works and how they accept work for shows he said i think this is where most of my knowledge has come from while he enjoys a wide variety of art forms he has an affinity for modern works things that convey different feelings and beliefs catherine chartrand teaches music and english at sdss and is also a supervisor of the coop program and it was she who approached the gallery initially at the moment we have about 100 students out through the program she explained students are gaining on-the- job experience in a wide variety of placements including veteri narian clinics law offices and parks and recreation coop demands that you get a total of 240 hours over the year which will give you two credits char trand advised overall the program is going to grow a bit next year because sdss is a small high school in an area without ade quate public transit place ments can be a problem she noted as a result stouffville has been allowed to have coop stu dents within the school helping teachers because students cant get to markham unless they have their own transporta tion matching up students with appropriate placements can be a challenge but the practical experience it offers is invalu able and the latcham gallery placement has worked out real ly well for them and for chris chartrand concluded your chevy truck dealers present rope a deal on the hardest work1n pickups on the range hood air deflector chevy fullsize pickups feature antilock brakes 24hour roadside assistance 43 litre engine more standard running boards vat 1500 pickup chevy w vyy et sggwggg got a little extra time become a volunteer ssss your local chevy truck dealers ttootfermayrotbecointofiimcomtcratwa startnglromaprf 29 1993 whfc quantities ha are apples to ratal dehenes only gst is riuded in tne cash bart olta some condaonsappty see de some chafgo may appty see ttatet lor detafc iiviiv ihivvlavvv