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a PA 14 TERRACE BAY NEWS ANUARY 22, 19707 "THE OWL'S HOOT" THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK There is .a great difference between the right word and one that is similar but all wrong. For instance, you can call a woman a kitten, but not a cat; a mouse, but not a rat; a chicken, but not a hen; a duck, but not a goose; a vision, but not a sight. SECOND TERM REPORTS On Monday, January 19th, the Schreiber High School Students received their report cards for the second term of the school year. In conjunction with the report cards, Parent- Teacher interviews will be held Monday, February 2nd, from 2.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All parents are encouraged to meet with ° the subject teachers on that day and dis cuss the progress of their sons and daughters . SIR. J.A. MACDONALD TROPHY COMPETITION Prior to the competition for the trophy, the boys teams from Schreiber and Terrace Bay played an ex- citing game. The first basket was made by Schreiber When the first half was over, the score was, Schreiber - 22; Terrace Bay - 17. Final score was Schreiber - 47; Terrace Bay -37. Top scorer for the Golden Hawks was Stanley Spadoni. The Schreiber girls were off to a bad start, but rallied and came up on top with a final score of Schreiber 25 and Terrace Bay 16. A great deal of enthusiasm was displayed by both teams in their attempt to win this- "trophy". In 1967 the trophy was "made" by a group of students to celebrate the birthday of our first Prime Minister. The girls and boys basketball teams compete for it on alternate years, and the competition is keen. WEEKEND BASKETBALL Again this Friday and Saturday, Schreiber played basketball against the Geraldton teams in our gymn- asium. Schreiber remained victorious as they won all four games. Girls, 27-13 and 22-44 and Boys, 47- 35 and 55-33. The games showed skill and sports manship. The high scorers on Friday night were L. Simmer, T. Commisso, and G. Morrill for Schreiber, and J. Feldbruegge and D. Daneff from Gerald ton. Saturday, the high scorers were, L. Simmer and W. Tremblay for Schreiber and J. Feldbruegge and D. Daneff for Geraldton. Congratulations go to all teams and coache§$ and thanks is extended to the officials who took time to referee the games. PUBLIC SPEAKING On Friday, January the 23rd, a Public Speaking Contest will be held in the Schreiber High School ts Gymnatorium at 7.30 p.m. Students from Geraldton} Nip-Rock and Schreiber will be competing in the prepared and impromptu sections. The public is cordially invited to attend this contest sponsored by the Ontario Public School Trustees Association and supported by the Ontario Hydro. ORIENTATION TO PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS IN PROGRAM During the past two weeks, the grade eight students and their parents, of Manitouwadge, Terrace Bay and Schreiber have been informed of the proposed alterations in the educa- , tional opportunities which will occur at Schreiber High School in September, 1970. Each of the elementary schools, in these three towns, was visited by representatives of our school, and the intended programs were explained in both afternoon and evening meetings. The proposed changes and i? reasons for these changes are given below. "Throughout the past decade, significant advances have been made in the endeavour to improve educational opportun- ities for the young people of Ontario. However, in the pre- sent system, weaknesses still exist. Three of these are as - follows - first, the practice of having students repeat sub- jects that they have already passed when they are required to repeat a grade due to the failure of two or more subjects; secondly, the false implication that a student's aptitude for all subjects is at the same level; and thirdly, the restric- tions on the choices of courses which can be studied. In order to lessen weaknesses, much time has been spent i researching and discussing possible improvements. Only those innovations which will make our system more meaningful to the students should be implemented at this time. Some changes which would improve our system considerably are as follows: - (I) Subject Promotion: Promotion should be on a subject basis not on @ grade besis. No student would repeat a subject »: which he has already passed. A result of this is the dis- appearance of the grades. This necessitates our second in- novation. (2) Credit System: A credit will be granted when a student successfully completes a subject involving IIO0-I20 hours of study per year. In order to obtain a Secondary School Graduation Diploma, a student mst be successful in obtain- ing at least 27 credits. Both the Department of Education and individual schools will set guidelines for the selection of these credits.. Here, students are given greater freedom of choice of courses. This freedom will increase as the student proceeds from first year to fourth year. (3) Level System: Students! individual needs can be better met by offering levels within subject fields. In this sys- tem, a student may study one subject at a basic level and another subject at a more advanced level. The basic level 4s designed for students who do not plan to study a particul-, ar subject field beyond grade I2. cont'd page I5 ....- setae SRT STI TES PI OP i } | a) f ¥