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I 'i il J fi: r1 't 't Il End ofex am,% By L. BUZMINSKI Denis O'Connor H.S. This week'at DOC is fever-pitched and exam- filled. Students are ruslung ètrUwid trying to remember key points for the upcoming exam(s) and parents have noticed circles around their children's Alz heimer meeting The next meeting of the Alzhemer Society of * Durham Region will be held on Jan. 26 at 7:30 4 ,p.m. at Ballycliffe Lodge, Ajax. % b The guest speaker wil IF be Dr. Peter Chang, AB ILITY FUND geriatric psychiatrist at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. einýsighi eyes due to the burning of mldnight ohl. Thur- sday is the last day of exams for most studen- ts, but a lucky few are writing on, Fridayl Remember, only 40 per cent of your mark rests, on your exam. This past Tuesday, on Jan. 17, the entire sehool participated in an assembly in honor of the grades 12 and 1's who are leaving in January. The students took a trip down memory lane with a slide presentation of the new *sehool, some grade 9 photos of those for weary DO'C stude nts who are leavlng, as well as pictures of those teachers who taught here in' the past. Each homeroom teacher gave a brief presentation on the future plans of the soon-to-be ex-DO'C students. The teachers sang '<Glory, glory, now were finally. on our way". Grades 9 through il left the gym at this point.while the seniors stayed for a reception. If you thought it was too late to become an exchange student, take heart, because there are two -exchange programs in which you could possibly participate. There is a French e- change open to grade 1O's who are planning on, enroling ini grade il French next year. It is an. opportunity to go to Quebec for three mon- ths in an exehange sponsored by the gover- nment. Students who are presently taking grade il or 12 French can go to France or Switzerland for three months - it does, bowever, cost $1,000 or more. Last Tuesday after- noon, accordlng to Coach Henry, the Junior boys, in a poorly executed game, narrowly defeated Harwood 59-57 in over- time. This ektends the junior boys' basketball team to a record of 7-1. Scoring for DO'C was John Walsh With- 34; Kevin Fernandez with 9; Chris' Tierney, Gerard Delacosta and Dan Timothy with 4 each; and Tom Ander- son with 3. If exams are boggin you down - Monday, Jan. 30 is a Professional Activity Day - and you can take the whole day to relax and enjoy your- self. Iemember the new semester begins on Tuesday, Jan. 31 with four new subjects to keep you busy until the next set of exams in June! ACYT action For the first time in many years at Anderson Coilegiate, the first set -of examinations were scheduled after the Christmas holidays. This move was greeted with mixed reactions. However, con- trary to popular belief, this change was flot a move to prelude the conversion to the semester system planned for next year. Now, the mid-term' examinations» are chronologically in the middle of the year and they accurately assess students' progress through the first haif of the year, " said Mr. Wortman, Anderson Vice-Principal, in explaiing the switch to post- Christmas examinations. He also expressed his feelings that this change would not affect the students' resuits negatively. According to the students,ý the general advantage of having the exams after Christmas' was, that they did not interfere with Christmas shopping.' "There really was more study time with exams in January, if students used their time wisely," in- dicated Rtachel Richard. Unfortunately, of the pol taken, 89 percent" of the students did not -study during the Christmas holidays. Most- students agreed January exams gave them more'days off, and sufficiently broke up'the long, cold stretch bet- ween January and March break. On the other hand, Sandra Haringa, a Grade 12 stuclent, pointed out that students had to cope with more course work during the week preceeding the January exams, as well as study for them. Students also found the January exams seemed to be "illusive", with the hustle-and-bustle of the. Christ- mas spirit. As far as. the teachers were concerned, there was less time available to mark the exams, whiereas they once had the entire Christmas vacation to do so. Unlike previous years, oniy one weekend separated the first term from the second term this year. "Term Two is just words inaà title, s0 it, really makes no difference when we begin," said Ander-, son student Cindy Deil. Despite the onset of exams, the last full week 0f school was stili active wîth sporting events, and Friday proved to be a release day, in which students and.staff enjoyed the "Tacky Tourist" theme day. va THE NAME YOU CAN TRUST BROADLOOM LT-ÏD. 668-2179 WHITBY 104 BYRON ST. S. .1 vi.. 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