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18 economist suhsuntribune at the sghools saturday march 22 2003 r their ci tare is im primary school parent tbcir v grades sk3 f friday april h 2003 900 am 1030 pm 11300 bayview avenue richmond hill 905 7371114 ext 236 without students riding buses summitview public school 6551 main street stouffville principal eva carter school council chairperson kim thomas summitview public school in stouffville has 440 students it opened in 1848 durham simmons king kqil elran leda kroehler broyhill butler future chair durham simmons king koil etran- stained glass stouflville fine furniture for all your furniture needs in thekfiearp of stouffville at 632 7 mmnst 905 6426774 spri ng clearance on all floor models r f r i stained glass- universal leda kroemlerbpoyhill butler future chair durham rsimmons king koil- elran durham simmons king koil simmonssleefceotri up to 40 less motintransfer provides agreater opportunity for undisturbed sleep plus theadded bonus of never having to flip or turn the mattress i featuring the patented contourflex independentaction pocket coil system improvement statistics in motion reduction gathered from indepen teste conducted against traditional simmons beautyrest models king sets queen sets double sets twin sets on sale now no gst do not pay for 12 months v interest free stouffyille fine furniture mattres gallery f for all your furniture heeds clea ranee bloomington main street stouffville furniture major mackenzie swlnlu cias5 lntvefisai lepa s ot lf r droyhlll butuir fufurc chaicr durham immons king koil elran durham- simmons kino koil by hannelore volpe staff writer there have been many changes since summitview public school opened in 1848 one thing hasnt there werent any students bused to the school then and there arent any now the elementary school of 440 stu dents is one of only two community schools in york region that means almost every student lives within waik- ing distance and the majority go home for lunch every day the totem poles in front of the school date back to a social studies project of more than 30 years ago the poles were repainted last year with help from some of the students from that early 1970s project more than 150 years ago summitview started out as a oneroom elementary school known as ss no 23 markham years later the building was enlarged to become the stouffville school it suc cumbed to a devastating fire in 1917 which burned the building almost to the ground a new continuation school rebuilt on the site in 1918 would also accom modate high school students local newspapers refer to a continuation school as early as 1914 still in the old building before the continuation school became a part of downtown stouffville children had to take the train to markham if they wanted to attend class es past grade 8 the high school left that site about 1954 when the new high school now stouffville district secondary school was built said local historian fred robbins who is compiling a history of summitview some families in town have had six generations attend the school he added the school used because of its new england look can be seen in the first few moments of david cronenbergs movie the dead zone some of the schools students appeared as extras in thel983 horrorfilm today the school teaches children from junior kindergarten to grade 8 with an emphasis on literacy character and physical exercise the school held a read- athon in january arid is participating in the silver birch red maple reading pro- gram in which students have achance to critique books and make recommenda tions on them for possible awards students are now preparing for a musical based on the stuart little sto ries directed by teachers liz sampson and donria pencharz and a taierit show march 26 and 27 coordinated by the schools drama arid dance teacher and librarian arine wild the senior students have a chance to take part in the visual dance ensemble spearheaded by kim thoirias the school council chairperson the ensem ble has evolved out of the marching band tradition and features routines set to music using flags and banners by the grade 6 7 and 8 students the school follows york regions character education traits noted princi pal eva carter with courage being this months focus awards are given each month to students in each grade best exemplifying the trait the school council holds several fundraisers throughout the year includ ing the spring fling coming april 12 the boot sale where people can hold garage sales from the trunks called boots in britain of their cars and a timber creek golf day i 1 4 1 f i f 1 3 i pi m r i