Staff Changes

Mrs. Brenda Ernewein, the grade one teacher, is leaving

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= Cassiar after three years to take up residence on Vancouv-
er Island in Port Alberni, Mrs. Ernewein’s sense of humour
c and the Cassiar Courier column will be missed.

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= Also leaving is Miss Jay Dahlgren, the grade six teacher
= and school art specialist. Miss Dahlgren has recently been
= appointed Principal of Lower Post Elementary School
> and will be transferring to that community. Her fitness
© Class participants may miss the opportunity to torture

35, themselves three times each week next year.
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= Replacing Mrs. Ernewein will be Mrs, Bev Nesgaard (nee
= Evans) who has been on a one year leave of absence from
= Cassiar while she was attending university in Calgary. | am
sure she will be welcomed back by many who remember
her as a very active member of the community.

Replacing Miss Dahlgren will be Miss Jan Dale, who pre-
sently is teaching in Telegraph Creek. Miss Dale is a very
enthusiastic individual who will contribute a great deal to
the school and community.

Due to increasing numbers, next year Cassiar will receive
an additional teacher. This will be Mr. Jim Nichols, who
presently teaches in Dease Lake, Mr. Nichols is quite ver-
satile as he is presently teaching grades 5, 6 and 7, as well
as some secondary subjects.

Assessment of School

Two evaluations of the school will occur next year. On
the Ministry of Education's continuous cycle, the second-
ary part of the school will undergo an Accreditation Re-
port, while the elementary part ofthe school will undergo
self-assessment. The purpose of these two processes is to
asssist the school in continuing to provide a high standard
of education ‘and to compare the standards in Cassiar to
other schools in British Columbia,

‘Barn Dance Successful

On Friday, May 23 the Student Council sponsored a Barn
Dance for secondary students. The Grade 10/class did a
good job of organizing the dance and decorating the gym.
Square dances that had been taught in physical education
classes, were alternated with disco music to provide for
an enjoyable evening, Thanks goes to the teachers who
supervised the dance.

Graduation

The 1980 graduating class will be presented on Friday,
June 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of Cassiar Elem-
entary-Secondary School. Upon completion of the cer-
emony, the graduates and invited guests will move to the
Recreation Centre for the banquet and finally return to
the school gymnasium for the graduation ball. The public
is welcome to attend the ceremony in the gymnasium.

= Elementary: Sports Day

= While a great deal is occurring at the secondary level, the
My elementary students are not forgotten. An elementary
= Sports Day will be held on Tuesday, June 24. Schools
x= from around the District have been invited to participate
a, in this activity. Any parents who would be able to help
would be appreciated.

3 Awards Day

= Awards for students in Grades 4 to 12 will be held in the
= school gymnasium on Thursday, June 26 at 1:00 p.m. The
< afternoon will highlight students who have made signif-
© icant achievements in the area of academics, athletics or
= service. All parents are invited to attend. Following the
= awards ceremony report cards will be issued and students
x dismissed for the summer. Teachers will be in attendance
= the following day, Friday, June 27, until 3:00 p.m. to an-
=m swer any questions or concerns that you may have about
= your child’s report card.

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BY NICOLE

GEMINI — THE TWINS

Element — Air
Planet — Mercury
Attribute — Diversity

Key words for Gemini are VERSATILITY, ADAPTABIL-
ITY AND RESTLESSNESS, The symbol for this sign be-
ing the twins, Gemini’s are often known for the ability to
be doing two things at once but their energy can easily be
DISSIPATED by spreading their interests too thin. They
love to travel, often short trips are enough to satisfy their
INHERENT restlessness. A quick wit and UNIQUE sense
of humor can make people of this sign popular with al-
most everyone, ’

Gemini’s will find their INTELLECTUAL abilities easily
APPRECIATED by their fellow air signs, Libra and
Aquarius, and will find themselves INSPIRED by the fiery
signs Leo, Sagittarius and Aries.

Know the meaning of the words in bold print.

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Lights

The 1979-80 Community Education programs finished
this week, The’ Prospecting Class ended their course
with a field trip. One of the highlights was a trip to the

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United Hearne property (old Hahna Goldmine site).
Thank you to Frank O'Grady for all the arrangements for
the tour and the excellent lunch served to the group.

The Bridge class ended their course with a bridge social
to try our their new-found skills, Each student invited a
quest and lunch and refreshments were served.

Some of the courses already planned for the 1980-8! sea-
son are:

Sketch & Drawing Workshop (Nov.)

Typing

Weaving :

Good Grooming & Cosmetic Workshop (Jan.)

Intermediate Bridge

Income Tax Workshop \Feb.)

Printmaking Workshop (Jan.)

Stained Glass Workshop (Possibly Oct.)

Interior Decorating Workshop

Babysitting Course

Step (a course on parenting)

Home Repairs

Industrial Math

Power Engineering

Macrame Workshop
It is hoped that we can also offer some first year Univer-
sity courses, if proper instruction can be arranged.

SPECIAL SURVEY

During: January 1980 a survey initiated by Northern.
Lights College was conducted in Cassiar, The purpose of

the survey was to determine the educational needs of the

adult population. The method used to obtain responses

from approximately one-tenth of the adult community

consisted of door to door interviews, as well as interviews

in the bunkhouses and in recreation areas. The interviewer

tried to get an equal distribution of males and females,
as well as a representation of age range.

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THE PLANET MERCURY

Mercury is the ruler of the sign Gemini. It is the
closest planet to the sun and also the smallest
known planet in our solar system, Light travelling at
186,000 miles a second reaches Mercury two min-
utes after it leaves the sun, eight minutes later it
reaches Earth and eight hours later it reaches the
furtherst planet from the sun, Pluto. ;

In astrology, Mercury represents speed, youthfulli-
ness and logic. Imagine the image of the ‘Messenger
of the Gods” with wings on his heels, this is the
symbol of Mercury.

Responses to past courses involved both negative and pos-
itive reaction. One surprising figure is that 51 of the 97
respondents had attended an adult education course in the
preceding year. About two-thirds of the interviewees did
experience shortcomings and their criticism tended to be
course-specific and scattered in nature. Over 80% of the
respondents recorded positive reactions to adult education
classes, citing ‘‘knowledge gained” and *‘self-improvement’
as important outcomes.

The majority of interviewees stated evening courses from:
one to three months in length were the most preferable
for community education courses.

This survey indicated that there was a large demand for
occupationally-oriented course, which included university
transfer courses that could lead to jobs in the social ser-
vice sector, courses that could provide training for voc-
ational trades and courses which could lead to the attain-
ment of Grade X11. A surprisingly strong interest in first
year University courses was uncovered, with some of the
requested courses being:

English 15

History 14

Psychology 16

Sociology 12

There was a strong interest in General Interest Courses,
and they generally fell into three groups:

1. Leisure skills — knitting, crochet, macrame, batik,
weaving

2. Performing Arts — drama, music

3. Fine Arts — acrylics, ceramics, oil painting, pottery,
photography, sculpture, watercolor F

Final Observation-

Many adults are prevented, by shift work, from more ac-
tive participating in college courses. An unusual number
of shiftworkers are taking correspondence courses but ex-
press regret at missing the interaction between instructor
and students.

The community, because of its isolation, and relatively
high educational level, is culturally aware but deprived of
the kind of programs which would enhance the quality of
its life. Efforts should be made to overcome this lack of
programs.

Finally, more effort should be made to furnish Cassiar
with a modest offering in the academic area of program-
ming. .

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Photo taken by Tanya Radulovic

Best Parts

S.A. Staying with our billet

G.!. Going to the Dairy Queen

C.Q. At Port Coquitlam and Lougheed Mall

S.K. At Stanley Park

S.F. At Stanley Park and C.F.B. Esquimalt

T.R. The bowling alley

R.R. The C.F.B. Esquimalt

C.F. At the Aquarium

H.Q. On the ferry

B.D. At Stanley Park

T.B. At School

We all enjoyed Vancouver, It was exciting, adventurous
and educational. When we got there we were a little excit-
‘ed because we didn’t know what our billets were like. We
all had very nice billets. ;

On Tuesday we went to school for the day. We enjoyed it.
We were watching everybody in the school do sports. The
principal said we were from Watson Lake, which caused
a few arguments, On Wednesday we went to Stanley Park.
We all enjoyed it. We loved it when we saw the whale
jump. Then we went into the Aquarium in Stanley Park,
which was really great. Then we went to Simon Fraser
University, which was a little fun. Then we went to China-
town, which our class found fun and exciting, On Thurs-
day we went to Gastown. We ate in Gastown at the Spag-
hetti Factory, then went shopping for a little while. On
Friday we went to B.C.R. and walked around. We looked
at trains. Then we went to a Game Farm. We looked at
the animals, which were very interesting because they
have wild animals there but they’re tame now! Then we
went to a Harbor. We got to go in a boat. They took us to
an Island, Then we had to come back because our billets
were waiting for us at 3:00. We spent the rest of the day
with our billets.

On Saturday we went on some ferries. They were big and
nice inside. We went to Molly’s Reach and we got to see
Bruno Gerussi, Then we had to drive to Comox Beach. We
stayed there for two nights. In the afternoon we had a
lovely swim at Kye Bay. Then we went to an Airforce
Base on Monday, The whole class enjoyed it and found it
very interesting. We ‘then carried on to Cathedral Grove, —
where there were huge trees and some were about 800
years old. We drove on to Long Beach, where we stayed
another night and left on Wednesday morning. On Wed-
nesday we drove to Nanaimo, where we went on a Har-
bour tour and then we drove to Duncan where we went to
a Forest museum, Then we carried on to Gold Stream
Campgrounds. On Thursday we went to the Provincial
Museum, the Wax Museum and the Parliament Buildings,
which were all quite interesting. Mr. Passarell took time
out to show us around the Parliament Buildings and we
got: to sit in the Public Gallery and watch the M.L.A.’s.

On Friday ‘we went to a Naval Base where we went on a
Harbour tour, After that we took a ferry to a place near
Vancouver and then we went shopping and bowling. And
finally we took the plane back to Watson Lake.
by Sandra, Gilbert and Ernie

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“AND EVERYBODY

ENJOYED
THEMSELVES”

Thanks Mr. Kroeker for organ-
izing this trip for us.