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c20 tribune april 27 1988 theyre the best durham board of education officials hon ored the topstudents in the region recently at a special ceremony in ajax three of the students came from uxbridge secondary school shown hers with their awards are amanda dacey and beth sheridan both are active in swimming and are involved with a number of extra activities at school jim thomas isappointirig grades call sylvan learning centre now give your child or teenager two hours a week at sylvan learning centre and soon hell be mastering the basic learning skills needed for success at school diagnostic testing in math reading individualized instruction personal attention stateoftheart learning materials unique reward system convenient scheduling guaranteed bargains bargains bargains for more information and a free no obligation consultation please call us at 7646284 ellen feldman m ed executive director one grade level score in 36 hours as based on a nationally normcd achievement test sylvan vfc help children master the irsics of learning top teens honored by school j officials durham region were proud of our education system in durham region board chair person sandra lawson told an au- dience of proud parents at har- wood secondary school ajax re cently your young people play a major role in its success mrs lawson one of several platform guests was addressing a group of 52 select students from eighteen high schools across the region the occasion was the third annual durham student recogni tion night april 13 three stu dents were selected from each of eighteen secondary schools on the basis of involvement and service candidates from uxbridge were amanda dacey 18 of grade 12 doug irvine 18 of grade 12 and beth sheridan 18 of grade 13 candidates from pickering were tammy larmand 17 and cathy sattleburger 18 both of grade 12 candidates from brock were elizabeth anderson christine link and angela topping and from dunbarton costa caris- tou saudia crossfield and greg van sickle heather beveridge vice- chairperson durham board of education assisted in the prej sentation of engraved plaques a comments related to the three uxbridge award recipients follow i amanda dacey cedar street uxbridge is an active participant in school and com munity life shes employed by uxpool and is an instructor and coach for the swim team her artistic talents have served hej well in her design of posters for the local optimists club mandy is an advisor to the student coun cil and in charge of selling all uni forms and school clothing shes a head cheerleader a participant in the track club and on the bad minton team beth sheridan bell streetg uxbridge is a strong supporter of all school teams and clubs both as a player and as a team mana ger sports include basketballf swimming the band and soccer shes treasurer of the student council she works at uxpool as an instructor and lifeguard she swims on the community and school teams shes a leader in her church youth group doug irvine bell street uxbridge is an energetic com munityminded man he coaches house league hockey and serves on the uxbridge minor and youth hockey executives hes a direc tor on the board of uxpool and assists both the lions and kins men with community activities hes a member on the executive of a new handicapped activity group called supercruisers doug manages the school cross country team assists with the tr class and with dances hej the timekeeper at many sports events assists as a cashier in the cafeteria and reports school acti vities for the uxbridge times journal volunteer awards presented fortynine volunteers nomin ated by 15 local organizations re ceived voluntary service awards from the ministry of citizenship and the ministry of culture and communications at a ceremony april 18 presentations took place at the mcmichael gallery kleinburg volunteers received trillium- shaped bronze silver and golcj- tone lapel pins and personalized certificates acknowledging five 10 15 and more years of servicd the following within the tri bunes coverage area were hon ored mary champion windridgp drive markham 17 years john grant ramona blvd markharri 7 years ernie carruthers goodwood 15 years murray grove rr 2 stouffville- 10 years walter hope rr 3 stouffville 15 years murray reesor rr 1 markham 25 years dorothy reesor rr 1 markham 15 years nelsqh smith rr 2 markham 25 years wm monahan strathroy crescent markham 15 years elizabeth monahan strathroy crescent markham 15 years paul burkholder rr 1 mar kham 25 years louise brill captain rolph blvd markham 11 years reta alcorn rr 1 gormley 5 years sydney coop er rr 1 gormley 5 years flicka elliott rr 3 newmar ket 16 years ruth poguc rr 4 stouffville 5 years jim raei manitoba street stouffville 5 years frances walker rr 3 newmarket 16 years linda mcnamara rr 4 stouffville 5 years jim west- second street stouffville 5 years