Page 10 Dec. 1987 Cassiar Courier INAND AROUND SNOWRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Julie MacRae=== MORE NEW FACES! Snowridge is happy to welcome three more new students. Chuck Quash in Grade Seven, Devin Yeager in Grade Three, and Kaelyn Yeager in Grade One. A SPECIAL NEW FACE! Our friend, Timely Teddy, has moved to Snowridge all the way from Vancouver and he will tive for a month at a time with the class who has the least number of lates for the previous month. Timely Teddy is now residing in the tro- phy case (which he finds very lonely) but allows him to see those children who don’t show up for school on time. His friend, Mrs. MacRae, has also devised a series of ‘‘school service’’ penalties which will be imposed on children who are late more than once in a month. We hope parents will help their children do their part to earn Timely Teddy by encouraging them to get to school on time. } AIRBAND CONCERT Special thanks are extended to Pat Waldera for organizing the Airband Concert which took place at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18. Participants and audience alike enjoyed per- formances by Madonna, Motley Crue, Beatles, Bon Jovi, AC-DC, Poison, Bring on the Hits, Bangles and Belinda Cosway. Good show Mr. Waldera and Rock Stars!! ore All Children in Cassiar, 1 rg McDame J ake, Good Hope Se a PPPPOSPPSPSS POPP SOO SOS SOOO SSOGOSSGSSS9GSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSOOOFH 4 | > FOR THE KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday, December 12th, 1987 Cassiar Rec Centre 3:00 pm Preschoolers to Age 12 Years %*,. Doors Op2n at 2:30 pms ** FRENCH CLUB Ms. Taylor has formed a French Club which has 30 members and meets every Monday between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. The group is presently working on presenting a French play, ‘‘La Nuit de Noel” for the school on Thursday, December 17th at 2:00 p.m. GOOD BUDDIES Our hallways hum each afternoon with the sounds of our Reading Buddy program. Our Grades One and Seven classes ‘‘buddy-up’’ to share a book on Tuesdays and Thursdays and our Grade Two and Six classes do the same on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Even our Kin- dergartens get in on the act when their buddies from Mrs. Trask’s class from the high school come in to read and be read to. The shared experience appears to benefit both the older and younger partners in this enterprise and we're very pleased that it’s working out so well. BOOK FAIR A book fair will be held in our school library early in December. Details concerning dates and times will be announced as soon as the books arrive. UNICEF Our UNICEF campaign was very successful in that we raised $397.50. Thanks to the com- munity for its generous support and to the ghosts and goblins who braved the cold to make the collections! REPORT CARD AND PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS Report cards will be sent home with students on Friday, December 4th. Teachers will be available for parent-teacher interviews on Wednesday, December 9th. To arrange an interview during. these times or.for some other that is more con- venient, please telephone Mrs. Borsato at 778-7410. fain fcr ta igh 2 fy ect ten a he eeG NA X “it ot lcome! leccecsecoccoosescocsosoccoscosocsoscosoooosoososooooooosooooososos CHRISTMAS CONCERT Our Christmas Concert will be held on Wednes- day, December 16, 1987 at 7:00 p.m. Our classes are busy making their selections and practising. We are making one slight change this year in that we are asking parents to bring or send their pre- schoolers to the afternoon rehearsal instead of in the evening. In the past we have experienced problems with overtired pre-schoolers who have interrupted the preformance by crying and/or running around. Since our own performers are very young, very nervous and easily distracted, we are asking your co-operation in making their special night a success. UPCOMING EVENTS Friday, Dec. 4 Report Cards sent home Hot Dog Lunch Wed., Dec. 9 Students dismissed at 12:00 Noon Parent Interview 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 16 1:15 p.m. Afternoon Show of X’mas Concert 7:00 p.m. Evening Show. X’mas Concert Thursday, Dec. 17 French Club Concert 2:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 Students dismissed at 2:00 p.m. Christmas Vacation begins. Seasons reetings A MESSAGE FROM THE | CASSIAR FIRE DEPARTMENT lronically, there is an increase in home fires and related deaths during the traditionally joyous Christmas Season — due to the age-old problem of carelessness and to the built-in fire hazards associated with Christmas decorations. Everyone should ensure that his or her holiday is free from fire. Fire safety precautions should head the list of every sen- sible family’s precautions for Christmas. There is no place like home for the holidays — there is also no place like home for Christmas fire hazards. Fire can be a dangerous enemy and this is a dangerous time of year. Christmas trees and decorations are extra fire hazards so be extra careful. Stand your tree in water. Cut an inch or so off the base so it will absorb more. Check the water level daily. A dry tree is a double hazard. Tie it securely and keep it away from heat. Check sets of electric lights for worn insulation, broken plugs, loose bulb sockets. Throw away old sets with dried out wir- ing. Remember — fire can start very fast. Turn off all indoor tree and decorative lights before leaving the house or retiring for the night. Do not leave tree lights on for long periods of time. So be extra careful this Christmas season. Make certain it turns out to bea truly happy one for your family and friends. Fire can spoil it so quickly. IN AND AROUND CASSIAR SECONDARY SCHOOL CASSIAR SECONDARY SCHOOL ARMED FORCES PRESENTATION : The main theme of the presentation was how very technological the Canadian Armed Forces have become. Consequently, the minimum require- ment for entrance into the forces is now grade 10 standing, and in reality grade 12, with a back- ground in academics (algebra). HALLOWE’EN DANCE On the evening of October 30, approximately 70 students, staff and parents danced the night away at C.S.S.’s annual Hallowe’en Dance. Prizes for the best costume were awarded to ‘‘Mother B.J. and family”, Jason “Hard Rock’’ Hebert and to the four ‘‘Flower Power’’ children from the 1960's. | would also like to mention that, much to everyone's surprise, Mr. Ted Beck, the infamous right-winger of the ‘‘Blues’’, came LAST in the evening’s arm wrestling contest. May | also take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Artico, Mrs. Krawczyk, and Mrs. Lanteigne for attending the dance. VERY IMPORTANT VISITORS (VIV’S) On the morning of October 21, the Provincial At- torney General, Mr. Brian Smith, paid a surprise visit to the school. No one was more surprised than Mr. Eck Trask when Mr. Smith, who is a lawyer, sat in on Mr. Trask’s Consumer Education 12 lesson on contract law. PERFECT ATTENDANCE | would like to ‘congratulate the following. stu- dents for having perfect attendance, including no lates, from September .8 to November 16. Jennifer Becket Janice Coran Melinda Dick Robert Dostie David Lanphear Jose Stump William Carter Darla Creyke Adrian Dostie Jason Hardy Sonia Saro Jan Wypych NON-INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS On Thursday, November 19, 1987 a Non-Instruc- tional Day was held at C.S.S. for C.S.S. staff and representatives from other district schools. The topic for the day was the provincial ‘‘Family Life Education” programme which will be introduced to grades 7-12 this year. The guest speaker was Ms. Pearl Denny from the Ministry of Education, and the day was co-ordinated by Ms. Judith Knapp, the district’s Director of Instruction. | might add that if parents have any questions about this programme, | would suggest that you contact Ms. Knapp at the district office or your child’s principal. TAHLTAN SCHOOL RAISES MONEY FOR TRIP submitted by Jacob Wiebe On October 16, Tahltan School at Telegraph Creek had a walk-a-thon - bike-a-thon. Some students walked from Tahltan and some biked from Tuya back to Telegragh Creek. We started to walk at 12:30 P.M. and the last person to arrive came in at 5:30 P.M. The main purpose of the thon was to raise money for school field trips. Two classes participated - the grade five to seven and the grade eight and nine classes. The thon fit in nicely with the grade eight and nine conditioning program. Everyone in both classes participated. Some parents drove students out to Tahltan and Tuya. - One teacher was going to bike but one student's bike chain broke, so a teacher, David Rattray, had to walk. The students were sponsored for about $900.00. They have collected about half of the money to date. Twelve year old Andrew Fisher has raised the most money for the grade five to seven Class so far. We would like to thank all the people who sponsored us and those who drove us to the starting line. on pene ee by ‘Margie Inkster {Gr. A Term One Honour Roll GOLD 86-100% Amarjit Athwal Derek Andrews Ellen Artico Chiera Borsato Janice Coran SILVER 73-85% Marty Marion David Andrews Corrina Boyes Heather Louie Joy McLeod Mary Molan Patricia Quash Chris Hyde Kelly Huber Janice Joseph Vickie Kornelsen Sonia Saro Binder Mangat David Lanphear Jennifer Brocklebank Kamal Athwal Jennifer Becket Colleen Dennis Adrian Dostie Vlado Kovacic William Carter Kerrie Desjardins Denise Gay Jason Hardy Patricia Liddle Krista Randell Patrick Ryan Jose Stump BRONZE 67-72% Huey Dennis D. J. Loverin Ron Meers Pat Moth ~ Julie Creyke Korlaina Boutin _ Tim Owens Amy Erickson Jason Gay Amanda Howard Priscilla Quash Jason Hebert Sandi McGill Roberta White Roland Rudkowsky Lyle Meise The Honour Roll is in random order. — Seasons Greetings To All e from The Staff of : & Major Security Srcorporated : at Cagsiar BC. = BEV AND PAM WISH EVERYONE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND 3EST WISHES FOR 1988 ilam — 1pm 7pm — 9pm lpm — 3pm Closed Mix & Match will be closed December 21st to January 11th. Thank you. BRR RIFTS force NSCCCCSCSCOSS Cassiar Courier Dec. 1987 Page 11 BOB WILSON se REPORT CARD NIGHT On the evening of November 19, a large number of parents visited C.S.S. in order to pick up their child’s report card and to discuss any questions with the various staff members. On the same evening, Mrs. Trask and Mrs. Ray distributed report cards door-to-door to the parents of Good Hope Lake whose children attend C.S.S. | would like to thank Ms. Kasper and her foods classes for preparing the refreshments for the C.S.S. programme. ATHLETICS It appears that November at C.S.S. is “Volleyball Month”’ in that the game is being played at sev- eral different levels. First, on the extracurricular level, the boys’ and girls’ volleyball teams played a series of games against Watson Lake on Nov. 24 and 26, the results of which were unavailable at press time. Second, at the intramural level, the volleyball pro- gramme commenced on November 3. At the time of this article, there is no question that ‘‘Team U.S.A.”’ is the team to beat. Third, the staff of C.S.S., lead by Iris “Spike” Trask, played a fun volleyball match against par- ents from Good Hope Lake on November 25. The Good Hope team was lead by Clary “Slammer” Poitras. REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE On Tuesday, November 10, the staff and students of C.S.S. took a few minutes to reflect on the rea- sons for the “holiday” on November ll. The program had two themes. First, that most of us have been affected, at least indirectly, by the major wars of the twentieth century. Second, how war, contrary to what Chuck Norris would have us believe, is a terrible waste of human life. | would like ta thanl Di. Loverin and Dovid Liddle for their readings of ‘‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’’ and ‘‘Flanders Fields’. SCHOOL NEWSPAPER The second edition of ‘‘Highschool Hilights’’ came off the presses on November 9. My congratulations to the sponsors and staff for their efforts. “DATES TO REMEMBER Dec. 3-5 Volleyball teams to Whitehorse Dec. 9 School Advisory Mtg. - 7:30 at C.S.S. Dec 11 Christmas Dinner/Dance at C.S.S. i 18 School ‘closed at 2:00 p.m. for holidays J be J see aon SOCOPOCCOCOCCCOCOCOCOO Hy WS ELECTRONICS { AUTHORIZED AGENT RADIO SHACK wishes each and every one a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Hours. Mon., Tues., Thurs., - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday - 10 4,.m, - 7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday - 10 a.m, -5 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6, 13, & 20th - 12-6 p.m. Christmas Eve - Closed at 5 p.m. , ~~» New. Year’s Eve ~ Closed at5 p.m... ~. Po PDP PLES GP DP POO OD y 9 ; 9 q 9 —