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Whltby Free Press, Wednosday, April 13,1904, Page 25 As we continue te, look ahead te the summer months, many exciting activities are taking place around Anderson. Prom '.94 preparations are well underway. The theme for this year's senior prom, is ##unforgettable." Second payments of $45 should b. mnade te the promn committee during this week (April il te 15). A promn newsletter wiil soon be distributed. The newsletter will include information regarding second payments, where te go for refunds and how to, get on the waiting liet. Articles dealing with tuxedoe, limos and hotels in the area will also b. covered in the newsletter. After the Promn '94 newsletter, a prom package will, b. published. Tlhe prom packae will contain a list of all eligible nonunees for prizes and a tear-off section for nominations, musical requests, seating plans and the option of a vegetarian meal. Stay tuned for more details about Prom'94. Anderson athletes have begun rugby spring training. Tryouts for the' midget, junior and senior boys' rugby teains are taking place. There are il games scheduled for the. season (Tuesdays and Thursdays each week). Practices are planned for althe days on whichthere are no gaines. Anderson rugby players are in for an exciting season. A 'Welcome back te the. girls' field lacroms team. The. team spent the last week in Philadelphia. And a farewell te the 35 junior band menibers who leave for sunny Florida on Thursday. Hope everyone has a super trip. A and B basebali teams are also, lard at work. Until next turne, Anderson, have a great week. Students in class mu at mail* The Grade 7/8 class from Immanuel Christian Sehool is in a vacant store in the Whitby Mail As part of a Spia consumer education unit, the stUents are focusing on the business aspects of the retail industry. Each student is observing, questoning and helping in a retail outiet for one hour per day. The unit of study will include a look at consumners, marketing, pricing and advertising. Students are designing a store of their own during the course of the week. The manager of the Bank of Montreal, Charlie Rollands, is making a short presentation to the class on the banking industry. Trevor Bardens, Miracle Food Mart manager, is speaking to students on what business expeets of-its new employees. Anderson advances to se mfinal Students fromn Anderson CVI will represent Eastern Ontario in the senil-finals of the 1994 Law Day mock trial teunanent Thursday morning, April 14 in Toronto. They will dress in the gowns of the. profession and present their case before a panel of judges representing aIl levels of the judiciary in Ontario. The. two winning teams from the. semi-finals will then compete ganin the afternoon. Ail, semi-finalist teains will b. recognized for their contribution at a banquet in the eveming. By participating in the tournament, students focus on the way in which the. criniinal justice systemn functions and the roles cf crown attorneys and defence lawyers. Studenta Iearn ta weigh evidence and organize national argument, as well as te consider the implications of such concepts as 'innocent until proven geity' and the relationship between crime and punishment. The. event is sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario (CBAO) which represents more than 15,000 lawyers, judges and law students throughout the province. Jennifer Ayling FATHER LEO J, AUSTIN LAURIE MISZTAK and daughter Krystal look over a new book at R.A. Hutchison Public Scflool's famnily reading night Thursday. Besides a larqe selection of béeks, chiren's book author John Green, illustrator Ruth Ohi and storyteller Joanne Alexander were on hand to demnonstrate their skills. Photo by' Mrk Reesor, VWhItby Frm Press Lucie Rochette ST. CHARLES GARNIER The weather is slowly getting warmer. Let's hope the temperature continues te, rise. Well, mid-terrn exams have just ended, and report carda are on the way. I hope everyone did well on their exama. A coup le of weeks ago, I wrote about tSe.school hockey team participating in a teurnarnent. Well, F'm told that the team <id a good job and played very well. Way te go, guys. W. are proud of you. Wednesday, Mardi 31, was a non-uniform day. Because it was the. last day cf sehool before Easter, the student government organized an Easter egg hunt. Tuas. who found the hidd.n eggs. were r.warded with chocolat.. Since April 1 was Good Friday, many students (and teachers) decided te play their April Fools' pranks on 1hursday instead. Many cf the pranks didn't quite work out. But, hey, it was worth a shot, riglit? Wednesday, April 5 marked the beginning cf mid-term exame. The exains went on until Apnil il. Since the end of March break, Saint-Charles-Garmier lias been hast te three student teachers who assisted in variaus classes. The three stayed with us until F'riday, April 8 when they al returned te their respective schools. Also on Friday, several students held a sport-a-thon duing which they played 12 straiglit hours of sports. The. sport-a-thon was held in order ta raise money for the various teams. Pv, heard through the Garnier grapevine that a fashion show is te b. held at school. Ilil have more details on that next time. Well, gotta fly. A la prochaine. ChiId care conference April 30 Tii. Durhamn Region Child Car. Action Committe. will hold a sehool age conference on Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m. te 2 p.m., at Camp Samac main lodge, Oshawa. The. conference will address several key issues currently facing the. committe. with schol-aged children, whether in a licnsed day car. facility or in necreational programs. Tapies will include facilitating and coeiflict resolutions, quick and easy science activities and indoor and outdoor gaines. Keynote speaker ms NoeI Young. Tuer. will also b. a welcome from a ca-chair cf the. committe., a canipfire sing song and a take-away package cf «'Kid Tested' activities. For more information, contact Marc Battle at 721-3111, ext. 2439 or Tammy Eastman at 666-4794. Hello there, fellow Austinites. Although it has been a relatively quiet week for our students, the weeks ahead pronise te, abuzz with excitemnent. National Citizenship Week will be oelebrated from April 17 to, 22. This is an occasion when al Canadians join together and reflect on the pride we share in being citizens of Canada. To honour our citizenship, Father Austin bas been chosen te hast a special citizenship court ceremony on Tuesday, April 19. This wiil b. an assembly of re-affirmation of citizenship conducted by- Judge Walter Borosa. Students from Austin's Multicultural Club, and school band and choir, will b. witnesses as 25 members of the. community are offlcially sworn in. This promises te b. a memorable event for ail involved. In a few weeks it will once again be time te elect a new student council. On May 4, Austin will hold its election assembly in which ail candidates will have the opportunity te persuade their peers te elect them. On May 6 aur students will vote for the candidate they feel will best serve Austin. A celebratory dance will b. held on May 12. Making Austin histery once again, the Austin Alumri Club will hold its first annual aluinni luncheon on May 11, from 11:30 a.m. te, 1:30 p.m. Austin's 1992-93 grads will return te share their past grad experienoes with Austin's 1993/94 graduates. Ms. MacDonald and yours truly have been worIng extremely hard te make this bath an enjoyable and rewarding experience for everyone. Hope te, se. you there (pizza will b. served). On May 6 and 7P approximately 45 Austin students will participate in a 30-hour famine. Students must colleet pledges for the famine, with proceede going ta World Vision. AUl students must abstain from eating any food for the 30 hours, and te ensure no one cheats the students must "ty overnight at the. school. Wont that be a diffrent experience? Hoeul Mr. Brady, Ms. DeMcinte and Mr. O'Reilly -- the staff moderators -- will survive the weekend. One thingis for sure, if they do survive, hey'Il have to regain their enera« ' for AustWn' annual walk-a-thon. This year's walk-a- thon will b. held on May 18 (rain date May 19). Students will once again b. asked to oellect pledges, wih prizes going out to top money raisers. An assexnbly te provide more details is being planned for the near future. Until then students should get out and get in shape for the exhausting physical activity. I can guarante. that nobody wants te drag their friends the whole 10 Ilometres. Well, with ail this exciting activity coîning our way, Anstinites will need te store al theïr energy. I think Ill start by getting about 30 hours of sleep. So, until we meet again - keep smudling. ........... The sixth annual Durham Skills Challenge is being held April 14 and 15, with the awards ceremony te take place at Pine Ridg Secondary School, Micerng on April 19 at 7 p.m. The skills challenge bas become an annual event since its inception in 1989. It highlights the teclinical talents of students, showcasing their achievements in mnore than 17 categories of competition, ranging from communicatios technology to welding. Gold medallists from this stage of competition can advance te the provincial skills competition being held May 16 and 17 in Hamnilton at Copps Coliseuni. For further information, eal Tom itchins, Durbani Board of Education, at 666-3821, ext. 502. 1 1 Il Ili I FI %CH l tell ANDERSON