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m economist sunsuntribune saturday april 26 2003 31 economist sun stouffville tribune at the april teacher of the month students work hard for goodies in her class trish hammonds bank encourages student involvement by mitchell brown staff writer just so you know its not all cake and candy bars in trish hammonds class room oh sure she may haul out the occa sional sweet treat to illustrate concepts such as fractions or data management but you better believe there are no free lunches in her class in fact her grade 4 students work hard for their money laminated pieces of play currency issued by the hammond bank of commerce atross doan public school in richmond hill they have jobs in the classroom ms hammond explained for example we have a hall and boot mbnitorj an overhead projector assistant and even a butler who answers the door if they do their jobs they get paid but if mey slack off or dont do their jobs they dont get paid students can save their earnings purchase such privileges as a get out of ijajl pass or they can use their cashto place abid oh a trading card or toy dur ing one of the classroom auctions of course that which can be earned can also be lost there are fines for uhac- ceptable behaviour if youre not pre- pared for class costs you 1 andiifs youre not wearing your shoes youre dinged 2 perfoot tough measures perhaps but you dont get to be york region newspaper groups teacher of the month by going v easy oh your students ms hammond with three children of 3 her own appears every bit as motherlyc as she sounds pri the phone she studied at the university of western ontario and flirted with the ideapf going into law vmy mom said i was very good at arguing so she said that would be a good way for me to go she chuckled but teaching was always her first love i and so after completing a teaching see teacher page 32 staff photosteve somerville trish hammond of jrbss dpahe public school in richmond hill was nominated aprils teacher of the month by student taylor potter she has introduced her own currency system to reward students for doing jobs around the classroom courtney yip at the schools writer stressing it your hakuria matata if there was one thing you learned in grade 4 it should have been that phrase as every lion king fan knows it means no wor ries its about time we start applying these words to our daily routines because stress is coming at us from every angle itmay be from an overload of work vio lence at home or school death of a loved one cur- v rent events or even per sonal problems that may come up at any time j tpday especially in teens stress is not only a cause for mind-numbing- headaches and exhaustion but ongoing pressure from major stresses can cause serious health deficiencies in the future scientifically speaking stress is an activation of the nervous system and hor mones when the brain senses a stressor certain glands produce more adrenaline and hormones men release diem into the bloodstream these hor- mories speed up heart rate breathing rate blood pres- sure and metabolism according to kidshealthorg so when was the last time you were feeling stressed stayed up all night to finish homework fight with your parents applied for university these common routines are not orily incredibly frus trating but if not dealt with properly can compro mise your health and future l lurarpgers 16 of unionville high school agrees weare pressured to make lifechanging decj- vsibhs about our future matv we shouldnt be forced to do at such a young age this along with other aspects such as school- work definitely causes teen stress to be abnormally c high y so now we can all agree our stress rate is way top high one has to wonder howtotake time for our selves and relax teens are mostly targeted for being lazy and not active arid its true except relaxation and being jazy are two h completelydjfferent things michelle mcdermott- brady massage therapist from solace therapy qentre in markham says v relaxation is the best r thing you can do for a stressful mind hereaf e some helpful hints to get you backto a v calm healthy state its important to breathe properly for deep relaxation inhale through see selfmassage page 32 hear it si wmm 7 v wm ij4 v iiib w mmyrih 1 1 theres nothing better f a p v- oiwikw cm bunches april 2 jnf1timwmt h 05 show mm wm