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WATERLOO CHRONICLE - Wednesday, February l2, 20m - s . ‘ ‘. t ! i . I , ? v v t i g i z: i ii : llll;t illiH‘fit it Schoolattheheart no will provide some Letter was practicing a z y , f th ' surety-Maze " v _ , ,\ ;.» v much needed MW little partisanship itself %zi%4 w .‘ ea), ._ . 0 e communlty n his letter of _Wed. lan. 29: John . ' hfilflw h ' ' " ‘ . . ;,__ like the old adage goes: it takes a village to raise a child. Shunrved said “Mme existing 1 was With a swat sense of Irony 3; a, o " i As a parent at the K-W Bilingual School in Waterloo, l've ' iXpressm is“. as comfortable as that l read the letter by PM” hi: - ’ . often described its small-school culture as being like a village. the [RT Will be." Stickney regarding Catherine t thanks to parent participation and its close-knit community. The iXprl‘Ss? Comfortable? AS it Fife's criticism Of the pC Party. When it came time for our own daughters to start school. we lurrhes through turns and round- Publishing a letter about SUP“ weighed carefully the private. public. or home-schooling abouts. while you grab your pack or posed partisanship. when an indiâ€" '~ ~ approaches What we wanted was a stimulating. inspiring envi- case and stick your foot into the vidual is clearly partisan is SOme‘ ' _ ' ronment where our children could grow intellectually and aiSle for balance? AS it bounces over what'selfâ€"defeating. ' . ‘=‘ ' '< socially. While every schooling approach has its merits. we’ve uneven pavement? As the driver Stickney lists on his Linked I" ~ ' been overjoyed with the “village” within the K-W Bilingual slams on the brakes in unpre resume that he Pft‘ViOUSIY Worked f School that has helped raise our children Smaller-than-typical diCtable traffic? ft" b0th the Conservative Party and 1 , ':' class sizes mean more one~onvone interaction with the teacher. NOW "Y dt’tng something Pt0‘ Conservative MP Peter Braid. It ts in "2-1 A member of the board of directors. i'm excited that K-W ductive on your trip like taking sad that Mr Stickney would stoop f" Bilingual will be welcoming the public ‘ notes while reading No exaggera- (0 such partisan attacks but let's :,i next week for an open house on Feb, tion, 1 would quite regularly find face it. MPPS and MP5 are COFmCCt‘ " ”iii; 19_ myself pausing before writing ed to political parties. a ~ Recently, l've been writing an °“8°' another few characters as I wait for Fife IS certainly lOllt’ng , ., ing series of articles. People at Our asmoothcr interval. through 0" her promlse to get “I; School. for the school's web- The difference between traffic reSUltS at Queen's Pafk- and by a” ' ' it site. kwbilingualschoolcom The sto~ and rail is “dignity." and l'm willing accounts has a strong community 9:14”.- " = ‘ ‘ , ., Air “shed light on innovative approach- ,‘ to pay for Ill l'm betting others will focused constituency office. All 1:' ‘g- on: - . x s" es to helping children learn and teach- g" be too when they try it. p0llths are local and m0“ are Part" ' v” -' ers' insights into the classroom and it“ 53“ it? "' ' ', culture of the K-W Bilingual School. , t f “ltreallyislikealittlevill ewhere Taryn-hon Mm Duncan 4 . Q 4 t . z ' everybody knows each othigr." says Waterloo Waterloo '. I , r" 33‘s” Monsieur Hassan. a Grade 2 French teacher at K~W Bilingual “And it's not . . . likeit‘sasmallschoolâ€"wehawewo MARSHALL Left th 0] u “W W” W] some ymplc ques ons tominiemmwwm, on the cepst of Em Africa. Monsieur Like many ofyou.lstaned my weekendbywatch- Middlemdlisweekend therewmthebrand new “16881153” ltmflle'farrlilyfeel:tliatdmwhlm to the small- ing the Winter Olympic Games in Russia. event ofTeam Figure Skating. school culture of K-W Bilingual. l attribute "to the tannins l have to admit, after a couple of days I really What? Well.whywaathatneoessary‘i mdtheacqvemledwyplavmflwsdmlhrymalwavsqufi haven't figured out exactly where they managed to “It! 90851th runs the M Of mm the figure. and enthusrastic to help out, Wham? it be hot lunch or a “d . spend $5l billion, but i suppose there are costs skating communlty, and I know they are legion out mp.and thatsareallypositlve thins, involved in putting the Winter am where there there, but I reallydon‘t get the point. Miss Beam an educational assistant in Grade {English an. palm new Although. my of m Could we have not done that just by agrees. said the strength of K-w Bilingual has In its tight-knit palm trees are fake and put in to facili- adding the scores of the skaters during community. “Because its a smaller school. strong relationships talc wireless coverage. their individual competitions and come are made between 001W“21 and tm she tflld me. “Nita” Depending on whose numbers you up with theaame my ins. children develop and learn, we try to find ways to foster accept. the Vancouver m cost some They don't have team swimming their interests by observing their strengths and abilities, which i where in the area of $55 billion. but this competitions or team track and field find 50 rewarding when W" a? this flourish" is not a particularly bad event in which competitions. And as the competition MS- Mdmeyer. ' teacher intrude 4 HUM-3m) 5°“ the to finish a distant second. bean there was talk the Russians and value of smaller d“ “m l thmk the WW thm8 about "It“ The Olympics have certainly taken on Americans have oolluded to deny some {dull ts that every film day in every “09 whys-ct. [have ttl!‘ a Mm", ham“, fmm , (Mimi per- Canadian inter; their deserved place. time and opportunity to Speak with my drive child- says Ms I spective lgrew up in the era when lnasportwhldlhasnlreody suffered Wtdmevsfr-wlwhalsoamduatfeofK-W ”lineal-"And M's l Canada was lucky to come close to a "3 fl" mm Of ludsins mlShlPS- why What were able to do here at this M _ see "if” the kids i ' medal Now. there are a couple of con» put lnamxkup event "hid! lUSt Opens need. andwereabletomeettlmlndlfldualneeds. i tenders in almost every event. 0",be more? in watching how my daughters flourish in the classrooms of ' Much of my is thanks to an a x | think i know the answer. It has teachers like Ma Wldmeyer, Miss Bean and Monsieur llassan. ‘ , "(mm amount ofinterest,andavnst- ”Wmmmwmlmu lvegalnedanewappreciatmn fortheimportanct-ola positive ‘ i ly mums“, amount of money poured BRIAN That a] being said. it takes talent. learning cnvtronment. A truly successful education requires i into winter sports. That only makes BOURKE determination and usually. little luck to WHOM"? teachers. emotionally Md lntEllt’t'tlm'lY ”Wall?" 4 sense given the frozen wasteland we get to the Olympic Games. and all the Mt“ an mm and Welcoming “hm“ and a network i inhabit at this moment participants m credit for that. ofparents who are involved in the process 1 But (Mada has also had 3 mt deal of we“ in It's too bad the IOC or the international Skating l" short-h "ha- Village 1 events which have been added in recent years. Union finds it necessary to do things which go K'W Bilingual 5Ch°°l5 “PC" “0th " l‘t‘h N (l “l a m i Snowboarding, moguls. curling and short track againstthoseeflons 3:00 pm” at 600 Erb St W l-rlr more information ; speedskaring have provided plenty of competitive no call 519.886.01le or email: hillngtialu hoolfihell net opportunities Granted there are some I don't under Brian Bourke. a WWW? "153 KOO!- FM m f “Md * “Wh things “5 “WW and h‘" pipe " morningflrw. an h! ”M byeâ€"mail at Marshall Mid it an mutt undfrrdamv “TIM l-mml it hilt I get the competitive nature and its popularity. WMW~WM welcomed! martini/1 unrdfiholmail mm J