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economist suntribune at the schools saturday june 22 2002 17 sports success a hallmark of mdhs from page 12 ontario championships including the girls cross country senior football sen ior girls basketball girls hockey girls slopitch and junior boys rugby aside from the extracurricular sports more than 1000 students sign up for physical education classes we are trying to offer quality pro grams and quality coaching said stouffville resident mike feasby head of physical education we seem to win and that seems to attract the athletes ultimate frisbee and flag football are the schools newest sports additions jodi gram who plays girls basketball flag football girls soccer and volleyball was chosen female athlete of the year the male recipient is basketball play er chris kraus who will be heading to a university in boston on an athletic scholarship this fall another student tom hazell is meet the new team the york region newspaper group has selected its summer at the schools news team from dozens of applicants across the region our team of reporters opinion writers and photographers was selected by our team of senior editors heres a bit about them stacey hale 16 attends keswick high school and has written articles for our sister paper the advocate she enjoys movies music and sports taryn senkiw 16 attends newmarket high school and as her sub mission wrote a strong article about character education filled with com ments from teachers and students filip sierpinski is in grade 12 at sacred heart catholic high school in newmarket and shows real promise in his photographs one of which captured crisp inair action often a difficult task michael rajzman attends thornhill secondary school and is our south end photographer patrick mcalpine attends brother andre catholic high school in markham and was a coop student with the economist suntribune he hopes to pursue journalism as a career adrian corsin attends st joan of arc catholic high school in maple and will write news articles for the team congratulations to our news team and thank you to everyone who sub mitted we will be recruiting another team in september to allow more young people to experience journalism if you could great prizes read all about bld in the july 4th edition of the economist sun the stouffville tribune going to college in georgia on a baseball scholarship the current school building was com pleted in 1954 to accommodate rural kids in the area now a few additions later the population numbers 1900 originally a grammar school was built on this site in 1858 to provide an advanced education for students in the town of markham said ross virgo the york region district school boards spokesperson fundraising is the one thing that the school council chaired by susan wadsworth doesnt do the biggest goal was to get the parents informed about what is going on at the school she said the council is also consulted by the school administration on the longterm school plans dress code code of behav iour and on academic areas such as the recently introduced summatives with this type of testing students taking the new curriculum are assigned work in math for instance which has to be completed in class with no teacher help or consulting with other students over two or three days it gives the kids a chance to see what they have really learned said mrs wadsworth a significant number of parents who come to school council meetings are there to collect more information than they are receiving from their teenagers the councils ultimate aim we look at what is happening at the school and find ways to make it better mrs wadsworth said the home show urith a difference october 25 26 27 markham fair grounds www mar kh4mhomcshohcom madd mothers against drunk driving 1800665madd this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune sf 1 tm beat the dues increase save m r with this great fitness makeover offer u fi new stateoftheart coed fitness club is now open at 3389 steeles ave e facility includes life fitness strength training line free weights circuit training personal training fitness studio cardio theatre cross trainers recumbent bikes treadmills stairmasters saunas tanning pro shop goodlife pi m 1 v is m s ma ssi mi i 11 1 111 83 m fcte t- f it n ess c t u b s new location now open 905 4759288 3389 steeles avenue east coed 905 2016753 200 bullock drive women only inside loblaws x nominal dues and administrative fees apply offer ends june 15 2002-