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symposium a meeting of young minds last friday saw more than 300 gifted students in grades 4fo 8 tackle the problems associated with growth at a unionville high school symposium students from various elementary schools in the area put their heads together recently to come up with solutions to problems associated with growth here some william berczy public school students work at a computer working oh the keyboard at left is grade 6 student chris abraham with classmate shannon majowicz beside her in the back ground are mason lambert left and james pang kathleen griffin students from henderson ave william berczy reesor park and and unionville were placed in groups and talked with experts at length on various growth topics the students picked topics themselves including alterna tive environments pollution brain research and human growth the symposium was co ordinated by unionvilles jim albery with help from indi vidual school coordinators william berczy teacher elaine charney was impressed with the symposium it was really phenominal that so many students could get together- she said the students researched their topics for months to prepare for the day said ms charneythis begins the process now the re search continues neat topic william berczy gradegstudent chris abraham had alternative enviroments as his topic it was about alternate places where a human being could live right now or in the future for reasons like pollution or overpopulation it was really neat he said chris and classmate shannon majowicz have been researching ideas such as alternative fuel and the medical implications what a different evironment could mean in terms ofdisease and how easily humans could adapt to a colder environment looking for who want shape up this summer with m training b for an appointment 2947764 iarkham village womens club offers these exclusive features exclusive aerobic circuit training a fully equipped universal gym double sprung aerobic floor exercise bicycles a childrens nursery year round suntanning facilities private showers change rooms in a beautiful environment after your workout relax in our sauna our fantastic glassfronted whirlpool overlooking the gym we take the time to give you a thorough fitness test and a personalized program i on june 12 from 800 pm1100 pm come and support the 1st annual markham village womens club aerobathon all proceeds to the markhamstouffville hos pital sponsored by reebok crystal springs and mvl merchants members non- members are welcome to participate sponsor sheets available at the club expires june 3087 mariham lanes shonit centre markham village womens club enier ai lower level m4 mam sireet north marmiam wane lanes markham ontario telephone 247 r 94 monday wednesday friday 730 m900 pm tuesoay and toursoay 900900 pm satuboay o0 am0 p m most of their research was done through a computer bulletin board a bulletin board is a net work of information that students at all four schools could access with their computers donated by ibm the network allows students to add and re trieve information and permits twoway communication between users the day began with a panel dis cussion of the various topics and small group participation there was one speaker for every 10 stu dents role playing after lunch students were tre ated to an improvisational per formance by the sponte drama group sponte was as close as we could come to a philosophical way of tying all the data together they dealt with the issues that were discussed that morning noted henderson ave student andrew held the students were asked to come on stage and stand beside the actor who best represented their position on a particular issue then students took the place of the actor and verbalized their opinion in a roleplaying excer- cise after that they were asked to take the opposite point of view and do the same thing lynn hitsman who teaches the grade 8 gifted class at reesor park said preparation for the symposium was incredibly time- consuming we worked on it from last october but wed definitely do it again she added now that we know what is involved the next time should be a little easier funds to organize the event came from area e schools super- intendent jerry dialiw teachers federation and local students clmoimi e i now open in the new planing mill unionville fine line of gold all grades qualities of diamonds we buy sell recondition estate jewellery appraisals for insurance purposes exclusive swarovski distributor agent for lorigines wittnauer registered trademark owe licenced manufacturers designers open 7 days a week main st unionville the planing mill across from the go station 4757367