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30 economist suntribune in our community saturday may 4 2002 treat bullying reports seriously student from page 23 sometimes someone might tell on someone just because they dont like them said sakina a grade 5 pupil it depends whats going on said andrew from grade 6 if someone is bugging you i understand but you should try to stop it yourself candace a grade 8 student high lighted dr dipasquales admonition that adults have to listen if you tell and its not a big deal whats the point she asked all six either had been bullied at sometime or knew of bullies grade 8 student helen said she was bullied verbally when she first came to ihe school and andrew said he had been taunted and made fun of joanna a tiny grade 4 student said other children teased her about the food she ate it makes me feel bad she said matt in grade 7 said he knew a bully but he didnt do anything to me i didnt tell but if it got worse i would have candace told of a boy in her class who was bullied by isolation hes not liked very much she said he doesnt get included all he does is read hes sensitive and people tease him will it change i dont know after dr dipasquales opening stu dents were allowed to select which two workshops they wanted to attend in some ways its a sad commentary on ihe community at large that we need to have this conference jay solomon told the students in his workshop he remembered what it was like to be bullied but admitted he did nt have the answers to bullying he asked the children if they had heard about the abbotsford bc schoolgirl who committed suicide recently because she could no longer bear to be bullied all the students knew the story if that isnt the saddest case ive heard about i dont know what is said mr solomon for principal ruth lambert sad ness also entered the picture in some ways its a sad commen tary on the community at large that we need to have this conference she said planning for the daylong workshop started two years ago and cost 10000 said ms lambert the money derived from school fundraising projects i strongly believe the best way to deal with bullying is to educate the children from kindergarten to grade 8 she said although ms lambert insisted doncrest does not have a lot of bully ing she said planning for the confer ence began when staff noticed an increase in detentions and suspen sions since then the school has reduced negative behaviour by monitoring halls introducing character education and tabling guidance periods into every grade to focus on antibullying most children feel confident now talking about bullying she said well judge the success of the program by the number of children willing to talk kids battle to see who can read most by patrick mcalpine special its a literary showdown as markham children are preparing for the ninth annual battle of the books competition grades 4 5 and 6 stu dents from 14 participating schools are reading novels from the selected list of 45 classic and modern titles the contest challenges the students comprehension of the stories through a series of questions battle of the books is organized by the markham union ville branch of the canadian federation of university women it was started to increase literacy and interest in read ing among youths the competition is wednesday may 8 at 7 pm at coppard glen public school 131 coppard ave unionville man opts for cash in lottery win unionville resident jordan dalakoudis is 60000 richer after winning the big ticket lottery mr dalakoudis 52 pur chased the ticket at markville shopping centre before the april 18 draw his ticket won a jaguar stype 30 but he opted the cash option instead this is such a nice prize i have never won a thing before in my life he says mr dalakoudis says he plans to use the money for a trip to hawaii with wife anastasia and share some of the remaining cash with his three grown children art classes in unionville new session beginning may 1402 daytime evenings beginner drawing and painting intermediate drawing 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