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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 2 2004 5 principal wants to make school positive experience for students by hannelore volpe staff writer stouffville district secondary schools new principal arlene smith has a twofold job making sdss the best place for stu dents and moving it all in 2007 she started during the summer by learning about the school its students and the community department heads described to me how they saw stouffville now and what kinds of things need ed to be changed to make it even better she said this is ms smiths first time in a small town set ting when there is only one high school in town she said it is central to the community i want to be part of the community shes been an educator and administrator for more than 30 years most recent ly as the york region public boards coordinating prin cipal of special education over the years the toronto resident has taught and been an administrator in the north york and toronto systems much of her work has been in special education which gives her an appreci- website helps students escape debt sentence two thornhill students have launched the first canadian internet website designed to take the bite out of buying university and col lege textbooks some of which they say can cost 300 lawson hennick and mike levine both 21 co- founders of wwwbooks- forschoolca were commis erating about textbooks for their respective studies at york universitys biology program and ryerson universitys information technology program we were venting frustra tions about pricey books when the idea sparked about a yearandahalf ago said mr hennick who like his friend is in his third year of university the duo put thought into action they were going to launch in january of this year but held off to include a number of enhancements experienced in website development they decided an internetbased central directory where post second ary students can communi cate for the purpose of buy ing selling and trading used textbooks would be a wel come alternative to rueful pleas on bulletin boards they were proven correct after less than a few weeks on line their site is averaging 15 new registrants a day a few hundred text books are currently listed by the end of the formcoming semester they anticipate 1500 more we believe strongly in the notion that post second ary students deserve a higher level of learning not a debt sentence said mr hennick whose biology courses require texts costing between 100 and 300 each chris traber movingyork movingyqu moving york york region transit yrt is bringing service to your town c route 9 stouffville yrt is pleased to introduce route 9 stouffville to the whitchurchstouffville community the route 9 can get you to work school and everywhere in between the yrt p jffville starts i w get your tickets at candlelight memories tea room 6198 main st apfoodstbres 5612 mam st stoufmlle the route 9 can connect you to yrt routes across the region locally the route 9 can get you to markham stouffville hospital stoufmlie go station parkview centreeastern gate stouffville district high school and more movwgyc for more information call local 9057622100 toll ffee 1866m0veyrt 6683978 tty teletypewrlters- lbcal 9p58815167 toll free 18662767478 wwwyorkregiontransitcom ation of what people with different talents and abili ties can achieve describing sdss as a good solid school to start with no major changes have to be made she said ms smith plans to build on the schools strong sports focus by emphasiz ing scholastic achieve ment consistent atten dance and a safe environ ment so students of all abil ities can achieve at their highest level a iiew dress code has also been approved for stu dents ms smith is working to make school a positive experience for her stu dents but her concern for them doesnt end when they graduate i do think education is a lifelong process she is involved in the articulation program that helps students move on to university or college about 20 per cent of last years grade 12 graduates are returning for another semester or two giving them more time to decide on a career or trade in the meantime ms smith is developing a team to make the move to a new facility as seamless as pos sible the 50yearold school will be replaced in three years the new facility will be on 15 acres south of main street behind sobeys and will accommodate up to 1600 students almost dou ble the current population arlene smith new sdss prin cipal developing team to make seamless move to new facility uimiolmville locjtioi mw opemi bmes ali with tm ss8pgk5 s enj experts garden gallery summer lawn ertilizers 18410 qardcning a labour o love to somi- kpis vsi provide the savings on quality plants soil were open labour day emerald cedars terrific fresh plants great for a privacy screen or wm nicole raboitin eneral managerowner m ifshrubs evergreens trees includes japanese maples spirals pom poms g b j 1 9 complete planting soil mix largo 33 litre bag truckl0ad sale limit of 20 per 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