The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

26 saturday may 25 2002 economist suntribune at the schools staff photosjoerd witteveen christian diamond nominated grade 8 teacher jacquie cushing dill of st justin martyr catholic school as mays teacher of the month teacher encourages students to think globally act locally by chrissie obrien special a dedication to passing on the importance of social justice has earned jacquie cushing dill of unionvilles st justin martyr catholic school the york region newspaper groups teacher of the month honour for may grade 8 student christian diamond nominated her because of her help and encouragement mrs cushing dill believes in many things and instills these values in stu dents wrote christian in his nomina tion letter she encourages us all the time and always pushes us to do better which will help us in high school mrs cushing dill says her greatest love in teaching is encouraging stu dents to becoming contributing mem bers of society using her political science degree from york university she instills in stu dents the importance of participation not only in class but in society through an extracurricular group to encourage social justice christian is a part of the luke 418 social justice committee at school mrs cushing dill said i didnt really see the world before now i want to help people i even stop to give change to the homeless i have been very involved over the years in starting these committees students seem really inspired by this committee and working with the less fortunate the group changes students per ceptions of the world which mrs cushing dill believes is vital to educa tion judging by christians comments that appears to be true luke 418 teaches us values and theres not enough of those in the world christian said what ive learned in luke 418 affected who i am as a person i didnt really see the world before now i want to help people i even stop to give change to the homeless christian noted his teacher always encourages us she makes us do study notes which is always a big help she also rewards us for our effort st justin martyr principal lolita bruno said she was not surprised with the teacherofthemonth honour mrs cushing dill is an excellent teacher she said she works very hard with her students she is very dedicated and runs extracurricular activities that take her away from her home mrs cushing dill has taught for six see she page 27 summer job search frustrating for many teenagers find ing a parttime or summer job can be a challenging task teenagers are starting to realize their value in the job market is not considered very high most teens can only find minimumwage paying jobs because of schoolwbrk demands and because they have little or no job knowl edge and experience younger teens also have to deal with these problems including overcoming soci etys perception of tire correct age to start working many teenagers discover they must be at least 16 to get a regular paying job unionvilles gillian casey 15 a student at st augustine catholic high school is finding it hard to get a sum mer job so many people are look ing for a summer job right now and theyre all older than me she says the ontario ministry of labour states the minimum age for a person to work in a store office or arena work place is 14 students under 18 years old get paid a minimum wage of 640 an hour while a general worker would be paid a minimum wage of 685 an hour although a student can start working at 14 years old finding a job is not easy with no job experience age can often be the deciding factor an employer must decide how important age is and how young is too young melissa shearer a 15 year old student says shes the perfect age to start working but agrees being under 16 makes it harder to find a job younger students who do land jobs often discover they are getting paid less and working more hours than older teenagers n you get paid less when paula lam at the schools columnist you are younger age is not crucial but it is important gillian says some younger teens will go to drastic measures to get a parttime or summer job some will even tell employers they are older to land a job quite a few people lie about their age gillian admits some younger teens turn to other solutions if they can not get a regular paying job teens who are somewhere between babysitting and having a real job go into business themselves a neighbourhood clean ing service yard mainte nance pet sitting and educa tional or pc tutoring are just a few examples of the cre ative ways younger teens are finding to earn money younger teenagers having trouble finding a job should take advantage of resources available to them looking for jobs that suit their interests and utilizing all their contacts can be extremely helpful i knew some people at the golf pro shop and used my contacts to help me get the job says melissa who works as a cashier at a golf pro shop i started working when i was 13 as part of the tackup staff at a horseback riding barn i love horseback riding see networking page 27 tmgmmimmwmsmsif ias feisft watch inserts for saturday may 25 2002 royal lepage go leafs go stouffville ida main drug mart sears optical sears sears days sears the bay fortinos home hardware canlan ice sports canlan ice sports program david khurana dominion no frills johns tae kwon do radio shack the building box north durham real estate zehrs walmart active adult selected areas only no one delivers results like we do to find out more about how to reach your target market and get the same great response from your flyer distributions as these customers call us today