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PRE-EDUCATION WEE NEW IN OSHAWA SCHOOLS By ALLAN BAILEY of The Oshawa Times Staff education. school systems are excellent examples. Technological advancement in teaching techniques have revolutionized this field into one that would scarcely be recognized by the educators of yesteryear. Sunday marks the opening of Education Week -- a time for reflection on accomplish- ments, but more important, a time to ponder the future of our most expensive but neces- sary commodity. Local authorities are pro- moting Education Week on a broad scale. One of their major projects will be dis- tribution of a board of edu- cation newspaper to 17,000 city householders. Fifteen of the city's 25 pub- TV'S THE THING AT RIDGEWAY DURING SCIENCE CLASS Teacher John Pratt, grade eighters Roberts Sanders, Susan Entwhistle FAR CRY FROM YESTERYEAR lic schools will hold open house between March 7 and 22. The other 10 schools have either held their open house or will hold one at a later date. Official opening of Grand- view Public School is slated for next Wednesday, when the guest speaker will be Alder- man Norman Down. School choirs will perform over the air waves of the local radio station and ministers have been asked to empha- size the value of education in tomorrow's sermons. Probably one of the most important announcements for the special week as far as the city's future in the world of higher education is concern- ed, came from Jack Mann, secretary - manager of the Oshawa Chamber of Com- merce, This was the announcement CERAMICS AT RIDGEWAY Jim Askew makes Pop ash-tray that the speaker for next Wednesday's Chamber of Commerce luncheon will be Dr. Howard Kerr, principal of Ryerson Polytechnical In- stitute and chairman of the Council of Regents. Colleges Applied Arts and Tech- nology, the council that will decide locations of the com- munity colleges proposed by the Ontario department of education. An education week commit- tee has been set up consist- ing of George Fletcher, a for- mer trustee and chairman of the board, who will act as chairman; T. D. Thomas, a board of education trustee; William Marchand of the local radio station; Lawrence Haisell of the Oshawa Public School Principals' Associa- tion; Beverlee Marks of the Oshawa Teachers' Council; Mrs. Carl Creamer of the Oshawa Home and School Council and T. J. Heath, an Oshawa public school inspec- tor. Stanley E. Lovell, chairman of the Oshawa board of edu- cation; Dr. C. M. Elliott, superintendent of Oshawa public schools; George L. Roberts, superintendent of the city's secondary schools; Ross Backus, board admini trator; and Mr. Fletcher will be heard as a panel on a radio forum March 11. LOOK AT SCHOOLS Prior to education week, a Times' reporter - photograph- er team visited several pub- lic, separate and secondary schools in the city to get an inside look at the advances being made in curriculums and teaching programs. The first visit was to the central library at T. R. Mc- Ewen Senior Public School on Wilson rd. s. There, Kennedy Skuce, a ii- brary program teacher, said the central library program in city schools is "rediscovery of one of the most valuable of educational tools and is now included in the curricu- lum instead of just being on the edge of it." The school libr ated on a similar basis as a public libr Pupils have y cards, can borrow and are allowed one period out of 48 for reading. FACT AND FICTION Mr uce said the books in the library are about 60 per- cent non fiction and 40 percent fiction. Emphasis has been placed on biographies. Sister Mary Richard, prin- cipal of Sir Albert Love ele- mentary school, opened last : ember by the Oshawa Separate School Board, plained the function of school's opportunity class of 15 pupils. Opportunity classes are for pupils unable to grasp conven- tional lessons at a _ pass- ing level. Object of such classes is to increase the pu- pils' capacity for learning with the hope that many will be able to return to regular classes. NEW MATH APPROACH While _ visiting unset Heights Public School, Cecil Bronson, a mathematics teacher, explained that the new mathematics system in- troduced three years ago on an experimental basis by the department of education, and now employed in all of the city's public schools in Grades 7 and 8, "is a new approach designed to teach the mean- ing behind numbers instead of just, facts". Television also has its place in the modern school. The Oshawa board of edu- cation now has. 10 rented television sets spread through- out its school system Mr. Heath said the strength of television in the school cur- is in the field of cur- a ' een SE iS anu uhusGar nap y is oper- Innovations have also been made in primary read- ing classes, according to Mrs. Janice Barton, a teacher at AMUSE DURING HANDICRAFTS SESSION Dr. S. J. Phillip students: Robert Goodman, Randy Freitag, Debby Powers i She said a greater use of phonics is enabling pupils in Grades 1 and 2 to read more independently and that books are more interesting than they used to be, making the chil- dren more keen on the sub- ject. Dan Tomlinson, Ridgeway Senior Public School's art teacher, praised the "U units" in his room. He said each "U-shaped" unit sits 10 pupils and contains all the equipment, paints and brushes all the students will need, His students work on cer- amices, sculptures, paintings and are encouraged to use their artisitic talents in a wide variety of programs. Last September, the Osh- awa' board of education hired a Director of Psychological Services, who is available for counselling both elementary and secondary students where such assistance is deenied helpful us _ assisting pup- pils in making a healthy ad- justment to school activities. DROPOUTS IDLE The board, in its publicity release to Oshawa household- ers, reported that of 196 drop- outs in, the Oshawa School Systems during 1965, only 73 were able to find steady em- ployment. It also stated that the board has approved in principle the building of a Junior Voca- tional High School which will accommodate students in a two-year occupational voca- tional course as well as pu- pils from the senior opport- tunity classes who might not se have the opportunity ype of training. The board will also operate a summer school for secon- day school students who have failed a maximum of two subjects. during. the. regular year. If the student achieves a passing mark on the sub- ject, he will be entitled to go on to the next grade at the start of the fal! term. seg ei ; 'OPPORTUNITY CL: SMILES ALL 'ROUND DURING READING CLASS Teacher Janice Barton dispenses folk-lore OSHAWA, ONTARIO, SATURD, 'The Oshawa , MARCH 5, 1966 Sines ELECTRONICS TEACHER FRED THOMAS AT MCVI Keen students: Robert Fillion, Gerry Smith, Brian Small THE NEW MATH CLASS AT SUNSET HEIGHTS Teacher Cecil Branson gives 'em smile and knowhow TEACHER KENNEDY SCUSE AT T. R. MCEWAN He outlines library operation to pupils Sister Mary Richard supervises --Oshawa Times Photos ee ee ee ee se eee