students to move to two new schools stouffville suntribune thursday sept 6 2007 7 from page 1 she remembers the time for mer principal steve baber was ducttaped to the flag pole in front of the school he had chal lenged the school to raise a cer tain amount of money in the schools annual magazine drive it did another principal sandi jones got to spend a school day on the roof after the school topped its magazine drive goal support for the endofyear celebrations is being sought from the larger community school council president chris tina baggs who attended the school as a youngster is heading a committee the celebrations are to be held during the schools fun fair this year to be calledthe orchard park fun farewell shell be sad to see the school close her husband christopher attended orchard park as do their children andrew who is in grade 8 and will be part of the schools final graduating class and daughter taylor who is in grade 5 it is a wonderful wonderful school mrs baggs said it is a small school that is what makes it so special sue chewins longest serv ing teacher at orchard park also attended sunset boulevard school shes hoping the fun fare well will be both a celebration and a reunion as former teach ers principals staff and students come together her feelings about the school come out in the large mural she painted in the schools front lobby with the help of students head custodian bob gilmour who is still at the school was honoured in 1997 for his infec tious enthusiasm and work with a york region district school b6ard award the focus now however is on the new school year a year from now students will head off to two new elementa ry schools harry bowes public school in northeast stoufrville and the new orchard park on hoover park drive building community for these new schools wont happen until the end of the year princi pal laura ryckman said throughout the years the school has contributed to the stouffville community and far ther afield students regularly send school supplies and money to a school in haiti fun fairs to raise money for the school and charities have been held annually a mitten tree and food drives are also part of the schools activities this month students will participate in the terry fox run for the 11th year in a row the school has raised more than 34000 for the fund during the last 10 years mr sutherland was principal for the first 25 years he was followed by john hincks jan delaat george mck- elvey norma luks john hop kins sandi jones steve baber and laura ryckman the school board has not decided what it will do with the orchard park property mqller i ep personalized insurance service 9056422745 64 sandi ford drive unit 1 stouffville erns ej2 xxx m c k a y mortgages call us first no fee mortgage switches discounted bank rates oyer 25 years of financial experience we specialize in self employed borrowers 100 financing available no income plans bank refusals private funds power of sales tedd pickering mortgage specialist we purchase existing private mortgages serving stouffville and area cell 416 9972200 fax 905 6406923 email teddmckaymortgagescom rates are subject to change without notice oag 7 2 3 3 e 5 a r m a 4 5 6 4 t a s s 2 a 2 the rubiks cube of the 21st century yorkregion com it clicks home staff photomike barrett grade 8 student katie stedman is in the final graduating class from orchard park public school on sunset boule vard for additional backtoschool photographs go to yorkregioncom 10th annual hotkey swap sat sept 8th our biggest hockey event of the o li ij the weight loss program youll love for life equipment drop off tues sept 4th to fri sept 7th we need your used equipment turn your used equipment into cash s boyds forsports 21 ringwood dr stouffville 9056406657 oneonone support grocery store food allnatural products safe fast effective no carbstarving a nutritionally balanced diet it works it lasts toselost mi iilbs 56jnches before after t mm weight loss nutrition centres 9056426906 6162 main street stouffville