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economist suntribune at the schools saturday june 22 2002 13 christian students fanatics about life by mitchell brown staff writer step through the doors of this high school and the first thing youll notice is how typical things look someone with a sense of humour has removed the ent from the word student on the student councils bul letin board theres gum underneath the cafeteria seats students groan as a morning assem bly drags on their shaved shaggy and multihued heads bobbing in boredom as the morning wears on and come lunchtime many of them head outside to catch some rays or prac tise skateboarding moves but look a little closer and youll notice theres something slightly differ ent about the place backpacks and guitar cases are left unattended in the hallways their owners apparently unconcerned about theft artwork in the main hallway appears next to a card that uses biblical verse to explain the artists vision and intentional or not the hallway benches all have the look and feel of old- fashioned church pews stay a little longer and youll notice a few other things on this june day for instance the school is saying farewell to a handful of teachers who are moving on and the emotions expressed by the students on stage are overwhelming i give them full credit says ignazio iggy gulizia an oac student from woodbridge if i didnt come here id probably still be on the 10year program trying to get an education and now im graduat ing and going to university next year describing his younger self as a typi cal problem child iggy freely admits it was not his idea to come to toronto district christian high school the only school of its kind in york region but after his parents laid down the law he agreed to give the place a try for the first month i didnt really be cool baby pre season sale y tpl low monthly payments oac 1 illy sheridaiu heating air conditioning 9054274222 31f samlllli call today for your free in home estimate is nxx red all about il in the july 4th edition of the economist sun the stouffville tribune talk to anybody he said but i was freaked out because a lot of people were talking to me saying things like how are you doing where are you coming from whats your name what do you like to do the people here really wanted to get to know me i came here thinking they were all fanatics and instead they were open- minded people they are fanatics but fanatics about life that was the difference mention the phrase christian school to most people and theyll prob ably think of the provinces catholic school system i came here thinking they were all fanatics and instead they were openminded people they are fanatics hut fanatics about life but there is a difference between the provinces independent christian schools and the catholic schools says toronto district christian high princi pal ren siebenga in a lot of ways their approach is similar to ours he said but we are not parochial by which i mean we are not run by a church we are christian in practice 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