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14 economist suntribune at the schools saturday june 22 2002 no charge lifetime 1be oil filter on mci school doesnt shy away from culture from page 13 computers in every classroom with a teaching philosophy that places christianity at the heart of the curricu lum some christians will shy away from some parts of our culture mr siebenga said we do not we say that everything that the lord created is good human beings have messed it up in a bunch of places so we will try to figure out how to live christianly wherever we are and well lead our students into an understanding of what that means its a teaching philosophy gaining interest from parents and not just in york region every year more and more students are bused in from as far as 80 kilometres away to attend classes at the woodbridge school in simcoe county parents are form ing a committee to build a christian high school of their own next year 467 students are expected to enroll at toronto district up from 250 just seven years ago to mr siebenga the growing interest in christian schools is understandable given our increasingly secular society here in canada weve taken the view that religion has to be a private thing he said but if you pull every acknowledg ment of our faith out of our culture then we will have to go into enclaves and cre ate our own schools so we can pass our faith on to our kids at the same time he stressed par ents are not sending their children to his school to insulate them from the rest of the world i think christian schools are just as isolated as any other high school he said the challenge is to help kids develop some kind of perspective on their own lives in this kind of incubation setting at toronto district that means an emphasis on teaching the students about different points of view as well as exposing them to the realities of life for instance for several years now see no page 15 wk june 26th july 1st join the festivities throughout this action packed weekend weve gou j chsto fabulous entertainment gi feat food shoppers kids zone grafters along main street i the strawberry patch yukyuks bmx inline skateboard competition and much much more canada day festivities include bananas in pyjamas family bbq featuring blackboard blues band and fabulous fireworks join in the entertainment throughout the weekend youth dance wednesday june 26th 8 11pm at the festival marquee videodj dance party snacksrefreshments brought to you by telus mobility yukyuks friday june 28th 8pm 1130 pm 1500 per person festival marquee franklin park saturday june 29th visit our strawberry patch at the clock tower on main street sit down and have a cool drink with entertainment provided by palm pilots electric blue acoustic blue shoppers drug mart presents the family variety show friday saturday sunday doo doo the clown markus and majinx brought to you by shoppers drug mart geranium homes stouffville tribune stouffville sun town of whitchurch stouffville cook canada inc lebovic enterprises novapharm shooting stars productions telus mobility business improvement airea buttermakers ball team cable technoma canada wide reinforcing dufferin aggerates edward jonesessentially zenl web design fairgate homes fieldgate homes investors group lee sand gravel royal canadian legion royal j ftfcitirti i in wrvivyiiiirtl rick vvashbrook lucky man saturday night june 29th 2 admission adults only festival marquee brought to you by geranium homes strawberry social noon on sunday june 30th festival marquee brought to you by novapharm bananas in pyjamas kids show 2pm and 4 pm monday july 1 10 per family festival marquee brought to you by stouffville suntribune chuckle berry family picnic mon july 1 57pm canada day fireworks at dusk brought to you by shooting stars productions lepage your community schickedanz bros limited sleepy hollow golf country club stouffville country market stouffville lions visit our website wwwstrawberryfestivalca or call m o il 64berry 642377 iiil