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'Page 11,News, Tuesday, January 29,1991 Community involyment is important to new principal by Rob Cotton the News Lake Superior High School belongs to the communities and the school: and the communities have to work together. That's the message the new principal of Lake Superior High, Balan Menon, wants to carry to as many -- as possible. Menon said one way he wants to encourage community committment to the school is by becoming involved in community activities a personal basis. Menon came to Lake Superior High School from Chatham, Ont. where he was a vice-principal. He received undergraduate and masters degrees in India before coming to Canada and attending the University of New Brunswick. : While in Chatham he took several graduate courses at Western University and later received his Masters of Education from Wayne State University in Detroit. The natural beauty of the area is one of the main reasons he and his wife chose to come 'to the North Shore, he said. "I really love this area - the beauty of the mountains and 'the water." He and his wife are presently living at Jackfish Lake. . Their four children are, as Menon described it, scattered "around the country. One daughter lives in Newfoundland, one in Toronto and one in Chatham. Their son is studying pharmacy at the University of Toronto. "So far the people I have talked to have been most helpful. I see goodwill out there and _ that's important," he said. He believes there are several challenges facing Lake Superior High School at this moment. One of the major needs is to improve staff moral, he said, and one way to improve it is to bring the couamunity closer to the school. "I want the community to be solidly behind the school." Another challenge facing the school is one typical of most northern schools. The schools are small and the population scattered. : This it makes it difficult for the school to offer all of the course it would like to offer, he explained. "One of the problems we face is offering tnough courses to give our students a broad base of learning." The other challenge for the very & Balan Menon, new principal at Lake Superior High School, is looking forward to furthering community involvment with the school. high school is the two campus situation. Although it is not a unique circumstance it is not very common, Menon said. "What is unique is the way the students shuttle between the two campuses," he added. This creates timetable difficulties and also involves photo by Rob Cotton the cost of transporting the students back and forth. However, for the new prinicipal there is a real advantage in having two campuses. "There is a great advantage in this," he explained, "because there are two communities solidly backing one 3c':901." One Day We'll Reap What 'We Sow USC's Seeds of Survival Program Rebuilding Ethiopia's Food Self-reliance USC Ae Canada Unitarian Service Committee of Canada Building Tomorrow......... Today Founded by Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova, C.C. in 1945 Name: USC# #1 56 Sparks | eee a Ottawa, K1P 5B1 My contribution $ is enclosed (Postdated cheques are welcomed} Address: Lottery profits help hospitals. Helping hospitals is just-one way This is how Lottery funds are lottery profits are used. working for you in your area. Lottery profits are also used to provide grants in other areas such as helping people with disabilities. They also help fund sports and recreation, arts and culture, and province-wide charities. (Please print and indicate Apt. No.,and Postal Code} USC Canada 56 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario On the night of the car accident, Bruce was not expected to live. For- KIP 5B1 . turately, a specially equipped and staffed trauma unit was ready and standing by at a nearby hospital. This special facility helped Bruce beat the odds and he has returned to work. " Ontario Provincial Office B.C. Provincial Office P.O. Box 2303, StationB #201 - 4381 Fraser St, Kitchener, Ontario Vancouver, B.C. N2H 6M2 V5V 4G4 Registration number - 006 4758 09 10 Blind River Sno-Riders, Blind River Central Algoma Fairgrounds, Bruce Mines Fort Frances Rowing Club, Fort Frances Tarentorus Sports Club, Sault St. Marle By Ontario Lottery Corporation Together we're making good things happen. OTTO Len s: Pick NCOR (stan) Usntafie) wily, 2S) ES) ES GD ES cee