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1975 CASSIAR, BC.
VOLUME 19

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JACK GRANT, JOHN WRIGHT, JOHN OLSON, JACK ROBISON
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2RD ROW - DAVID RASMUS, DONNA ABLIN, NATALIE OLSON, PAUL WOOD, BILL BURR

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MISSING FROM PICTURE: MARGARET METCALFE, KIRSTEN SMIDT, PAT HICKMAN,

CASSIAR SCHOOL STAFF. NUMBERS FIFTEEN

Cassiar Elementary Secondary School welcomes ten new
members to the staff for the coming school year. The new-
comers join Beverly Evans, Grade one; Paul Wood, Grade
Four; John Olson, Grade Six and Seven; Natalie Olson,
English and Commerce; and Pat Hickman, Industrial
Education and Math; --- all of whom are well known to
Cassiar residents and students.

KAREN CLARK - LEARNING ASSISTANT

Mrs. Karen Clark has been appointed full time
learning assistant for the Stikine School District.
Karen, who is widely known in the north for her contribu-
tions to education, will supervise learning assistance
programs for the schools at Cassiar, Good Hope Lake,
Dease Lake, Telegraph Creek and Lower Post.

FIRST GRADE ELEVEN IN CASSIAR

September 1975 saw the addition of fourteen full
time students in Grade Eleven to the Cassiar Elementary
Secondary School. These students participate in the
basic curricular program for Grade eleven in B.C. While
options are necessarily limited because of the size of
the school, Cassiar students have the advantage of being
in small classes where individual help from teachers is
much more available. This, and the fact that students
are able to live at home, should contribute to the success
of the program.

GOOD HOPE LAKE WELCOMES TWO NEW TEACHERS

Barbara and John Wendling have come from San Diego,
California, to Good Hope Lake. Mr. Wendling will teach
the Intermediate class, and Mrs. Wendling is in charge
of the Primary grades. :

Joining the staff are:

Margaret Metcalfe, who takes over the Kindergarten.
Mr. Metcalfe has taught in Scotland and Africa.

Jenny DeRouin, teaches Grade three. Mrs. DeRouin
has taught previously in Clinton Creek and Ontario.

Kathy and Jack Robison, have come to Cassiar from
Good Hope Lake where they taught last year. Mrs. Robison
teaches the Grade Two Class, and Mr. Robison has charge
of the Grade Five-Six Group.

New members of the Secondary Staff include:

Bill Burr, who after training at U.B.C. and Simon
Fraser, assumes teaching duties in Mathematics and Science

John Wright, an experienced teacher from New Denver
and Squamish, teaches the Social Studies courses.

David Rasmus, a graduate of U.B.C., is a specialist
in English and Physical Education.

His wife, Donna Ablin, also an English specialist,
has assumed the duties of the School's District Resource
Centre.

Kirsten Smidt, takes over in Home Economics and Art,
having taught previously in Prince George and Houston,

The new principal, Jack Grant, has come from
Castlegar, B.C. In his eleven years there, he served as
science teacher, counsellor and vice-principal.

As well, Moira Macpherson, who is leaving Cassiar,
has taken the Home Economics and Art for the first month
of the school year.

No mention of the staff would be complete without
Rose Ebbinghoff, who is the school's very capable
secretary and Bert MacLeod, the cheerful and competent
custodian of the school!