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saturday april 28 2007 suntribune people allantrae students class act to africans by hannelore volpe staff writer eighty children in one classroom thats the average class size in lugala tanzania and thats why stu dents at ballantrae public school are trying to raise 10000 that money will enable two rooms to be built in the african school which has 12 classrooms and 1000 students around 4000 is needed to build a room and 1000 to stockit with desks chairs and supplies faces hifb representatives from ballantrae public and the church will be travelling to tanzania this summer to help build the new classrooms as well as raising funds principal rob reid decided to have his school twin with the lugala school so the youngsters on both continents can learn more about each others lives we wanted a more personal rela tionship with the school mr reid said his school is in partnership with unionvilles st philips on the hill anglican church some parishioners have been to lugala to help provide wells and food for residents representatives from ballantrae public and the church will travel to tanzania this summer to help build the classrooms ballantrae students learned about their lugalan counterparts at an assembly last fall the partnership is part of the schools character matters program students from grades 1 to 8 are divid ed into teams each personifying a character trait including courage empathy and honesty the teams have been discussing ways they can learn more about the lives of youngsters in lugala theyll be asking the lugala students for school pictures what their favourite games are and about their daily timetable ballantrae students would like to create a video oftheir school tell their african counterparts about snow and winter games and exchange keep sakes in the meantime tshirts with the message friends of lugala are being sold at the school and the fundraising drive will culminate in the may 9 lugala gala where students will per form african music display art and hold an african crafts marketplace photo courtesy ballantrae public school madison cheffero right and dayna bartlett of ballantrae public school are promoting the schools african partnership with lugala a fundraising gala will be held may 9 the ballantrae school is also putting together a lugala scrap- book to be distributed to all its families the school has been approaching businesses and merchants to advertise in the book the deadline for advertis ing is monday donations are also being accepted and receipts will be issued to donate or advertise call the school at 9056402232 entertainment primer hammond headlines stars of stoufrrille fundraiser hometown recording artists will be star per formers at the second annual stars of stouffville fundraising concert forwhistle radio the concert will be held may 12 at 8 pm at christ church anglican guitarist marielynn hammond who co- founded the classic canadian folk band string- band is one of the performers the stouffville resident writes songs about womens lives and concerns often making tongueincheek obser vations with a french and english canadian heritage her repertoire features striking french canadian songs and mouthmusic pieces songs about her grandmothers grew into a successful musical beautiful deedsde beaux gestes other performers include marcus adrien rachael bradley justin kerswill grainne ryan chris moroz of zealand and tom puuin with ali son wiggins and robin short the musicians are donating their time and talent pastry chef caterer lisa darchville is provid ing intermission coffee and treats ashgrove spa is providing free massages for the musicians the audience can meet the performers at intermission ah afterparty and jam session will be held at the main course restaurant across from the clock tower on main street christ church is at 254 sunset blvd next to orchard park public school tickets are 15 with proceeds going whistle now online the station needs more money to move to its fm frequency for tickets visit 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