rt Page 6 March 1985 Cassiar Courier In and Around Snowridge Elementary School — /2-::.. CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Mrs. Vickery and Mr. Waldera are once again offering cross-country skiing to Snowridge students. The students who signed up for this extra-curricular activity go skiing. and receive instruction on Mondays and Thursdays after school. NOON HOUR GAMES Many students are participating in the noon hour games which Mr. Waldera has organized. The games are or- ganized and refereed by Grade seven students, who work under the supervision of a ‘duty’ teacher, who oversees this daily game. Currently there are numerous teams at the primary and intermediate level and student particip- ation has been very good. STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Many students have become active in the life of the school. Of particular note are the older students in grade seven who are gradually assuming responsibility for many of the school’s routine tasks. Examples of students tak- ing this responsibility are those who organize and manage the Audio-Visual equipment, the store, the hallway mon- itor scheduling, refereeing house games and so on, The students who are taking upon themselves these responsib- ilities are to be commended. ASSEMBLIES On January 25, the Grade One class, under the dir- ection of their teacher, Mrs. Vickery, presented a very successful assembly to their fellow students and parents. The two winners of the Good Show Award for this assem- bly were Katharine Lanteigne and Tony Posnic. The next assembly will be presented by Mrs. Kurian’s Grade 2 class at 11:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22. Parents are welcome to attend. HONOR ROLL We are proud to announce the Honor Roll for Term Two: GOLD Jacqueline Molan 91% Mary Molan 89% Dyonne Zubek 87% SILVER Amarjit Athwal 83% Paul Guarducci 75% Shawn Penno 82% Sylvie Girardin 75% Asha Lekhi 80% Pamela King 75% Jennifer Pewsey 80% Carla Litke 75% Sonia Girardin 78% Lenora Moth 75% Joe Gowan 78% Janet Pinto 75% Kevin Craft 77% Derek Andrews 74% Cameron Joseph 77% Harris Andrews 74% Ada Bennett 76% Andy Gowan 74% Louise Larocque 76% David Madore 74% Trina Bartel 75% Danny Walters 74% Shelly Billingsley 75% Marie Duffy 73% BRONZE Corrina Boyes 72% Mark Hayward 68% Joann King 69% Robbie McCauley 68% John Sethen 69% HIGH SCHOOL CURLING January 25 — 27 saw the Cassiar Girls Curling team and Mr. Whittington travel to Hazelton to compete in the Zone Curling Playdowns. Surviving a ten hour drive (and an accident), the Cas- siar team of Liz Gwilliam (skip) Teresa Bartel (third),. Lisa Joseph (second) and Debbie Hardy (lead),curled well all weekend. Cassiar defeated a Kitwanga foursome in ex- SO 8 a aE Ea a ee ervel Travel Service In and Around Cassiar Second PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Snowridge School will be closed on Monday, Feb. 25 in order to allow the staff to participate-in two workshops presented by Mr. Owen Corcoran, Superintendent of Schools for the Stikine. These workshops will deal with thinking skills and enriching activities and how to design activities which promote them. POLAR GAMES Twenty students from Snowridge participated in the Southern Polar Games held in Watson Lake on February* 14 and 15. Students from Watson, Tungsten, Teslin, White- horse, Lower Post and Dease Lake also took part. The stu- dents from each school were combined into teams with members from a variety of centres, as the purpose of the games was to foster friendship between children of various northern communities. One of Snowridge’s students, Tracy McDougall, has submitted the following report about the trip: WATSON LAKE POLAR GAMES The games were set up fairly well and the children all behaved well and showed good sportsmanship. The teams were split into different groups. The boys played in the el- ementary school gym while the girls played in the high school gym. There were six to eight people on a team. The games that we played were floor hockey, soccer, trivia and concentration. There were nine teams for both the girls and boys. It was fun for everyone BUT, the best part was meeting the new people. | would really like to thank the Grade 12 class, who helped with the games. Al- so, we would like to thank Liz Strebel and Pat Waldera. Thanks to the Dease Lake students for letting us use their bus. Special thanks to the Cassiar students who went. tra ends in a fine game. Cassiar then drew Prince Rupert and in a very exciting match, lost in the last end. Prince Rupert was the eventual winner and champion of the Zone, so Cassiar’s effort was of championship calibre. Cas- siar was off its game somewhat and dropped a decision to Terrace in their final game. All in all, the trip was very successful and the group even found time to visit the re- nowned K’‘san Indian village. Congratulations on a great effort. _ 164 Elliot Street Cassiar (Trailer next to Curling Rink) 778 - 7220 FLY AWAY FROM IT ALL! Say ™~ TORONTO - JAMAICA TUE aoe uae SEATTLE - LOS ANGELES SSS eSSa_a_qc— < > Zz ie) 2) (| < = a ™M > Zz is es) > zm >) — mn @) (2) VANCOUVER - AMSTERDAM ( from $778 HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon and 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. from $146.30 US. ary chool Lidl | | | pal ACTIVITIES Snowridge is holding a series of activity afternoons, starting on Friday, Feb. 22, and concluding 3 Fridays later, on Friday, March 15. The activities offered include: . Chess . Babysitting . Computers . Three groups of cooking . Crafts . Curling Games . Macrame . Junior mode] building . Senior Model building 11. Newspaper 12. Picture design 13. Weaving 14. Two groups of cross country skiing I'd like to thank the parents and community members who volunteered to sponsor or assist with one of the groups. Without their help it would be difficult to offer the range of activities that we did, REPORT CARDS — COMNATNAWN= Snowridge will be issuing it’s next report card on Friday, March 22. The following Wednesday, the school will close at 11:00 a.m. to permit the staff to meet with parents to discuss the progress of individual children. GRADE 7 STORE The Grade Seven class is operating the school store under the direction of their teacher, Mr. Hamilton. To date they have taken responsibility for planning what stock to carry, selling prices, staffing (they're open 325 minutes per week) and banking. Congratulations, kids! by David Hogg AUCTION DAY NETS $5,800.94 The C.S.S. television auction was held on Sunday, February17. Many people put in long hours preparing for and presenting the auction. Mr. and Mrs. Schneeberger were very generous with their time, energy and resources and deserve extra special thanks. Thanks also to the count- less others who made the auction a success; either through donating items, bidding on items, or working for the auc- tion. : The total receipts amounted to $5,800.94. This mon- ey is put into the Student’s Society school account and will go towards defraying graduation expenses and buying items for student’s use. Graduation expenses include dec- orations for the theatre and banquet hall, as well as the dinner. In the past, the Student’s Society has purchased school team uniforms and stereo equipment for school dances. : CASSIAR STUDENT SOCIETY REPORT by Kelly Carter On Mareh 1, at the Cassiar Secondary School, an After Auction Action dance was held. Over the last month the Cassiar Student's Society has been involved in broadcasting school news on the CBC ra- dio, noon edition. The broadcasting time is Friday at 12:15 p.m. We would like to thank Michelle Korhonen, Kelly Carter, Janet Pinto, Trina Bartel, Shawn Penno, Shelly Billingsley and Mrs. Best for their involvement. We would also like to thank Ron McFadgen for putting up with our mistakes during tapings. The Cassiar Student’s Society Auction is now over and we would like to extend our thanks to the countless donators, including CP Air and many, many others and all of the behind the scenes people and the auctioneers. Still more thanks to Mr. & Mrs. Schneeberger and to all teachers for working above and beyond the call of duty to make this auction a success. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY The Professional Development Day, February 28, was spent in a BCTF Workshop called “Goal Setting and Needs Assessment’. The workshop facilitator was Ms. Jean Cusworth, a principal from Sointula on Vancouver Island. This workshop proved beneficial to the staff as a springboard to develop programs for school based inser- vice and ongoing staff development. Cassiar Secondary School will conduct a half day in- service on ‘‘Reading” on March 20 (p.m. only). Friday, March 29, the secondary school will have a shortened noon hour and will dismiss at 2:00 p.m. Par- ents and students will receive more details later in the month. More School News on Page 13. ahr Cassiar osha s si If your kids are bored with television and in- clined to rough and tumble...send them down to the Cassiar Judo Club. An evening of exercise and competition is guaranteed to build confid- ence and healthy bodies. Judo is an Oriental defensive art derived from the ancient Samurai ‘‘jiujitsu” and refined by Dr. Jigoro Kano into the sport we have today. The term judo means “‘the gentle way” and is concer- ned with total health, physical conditioning and certain defense skills. It consists mainly of throws (approximately 40 at last count) and hold downs. More mature students may learn arm locks and choke holds. : The emphasis is on exercise before learning. The students spend a considerable part of their one and one-half hour class time doing stretching and balance exercises including the graceful judo push-up. Learning to fall is very important as in- structor John Cavanagh explained: “When you meet a new opponent you dont know what he is going to do and learning to fall properly lessens your risk of injury considerably.” The whole idea of Judo is to use your opponents weight and_bal- ance to defeat him. The Oriental traditions of courtesy and respect are also a very big part of the classes. The Club was started in September 1984 by Terry Brown, who holds a blue belt and has been teaching judo for 5 years. He started at age 13 and since then has taught back east and in Burnaby. Terry is very ably assisted by 2 other instruc- tors: John Cavanagh started the sport at age 9 in Scotland and continued for five years. After an absence of some years John got interested in judo again in Toronto before coming north. John holds a green belt. Ed Farrell is a three year Cassiar resident who holds a brown belt - second only to the highest ranking black belt. Ed started the sport in 1969 in northern Ontario and was involved mainly in competition. This is his first experience at teach- ing. All three men volunteer their time to work with the kids. There are presently 25 regular mem: bers in the Cassiar Judo Club, ranging in ages from 4% to 13 years. Almost half of the mem- bers are girls. ; The future holds a promise of competition with clubs outside the area. Tentative plans are being made to invite Whitehorse or Kitimat to Cassiar for a competition. during Schmoo Daze. The Club also hopes to bring in a black belt hold- er from Whitehorse or Prince George to grade the students so they may obtain a higher belt. At this time membership in the Cassiar Judo Club is open to all Cassiar Community Club mem- bers with no extra costs except for personal para- phenalia. Anyone wishing further information is asked to contact John Cavanagh at 778-7433 or Ed Farrell at 778-7831 or just drop into a class. These are held at Snowridge Elememtary School! Gym each Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Cassiar Courier March 1985 Page 11 by Garol Mackin Judo Club