Page 6 November 1984 Cassiar Courier In and Around Snowridge Elementary School soos OPEN HOUSE Snowridge School held an Open House on Thursday, September 26th. The staff was very gratified by the attendance of over 50% of the school’s parents. The purpose of this Open House was to allow parents to meet their children’s teachers and to discuss their children’s new year’s work. FIRST REPORTS First Report Cards were issued on Friday, Oc- tober 12. The major concern of teachers during the first 4-8 weeks of school is with their stu- dents’ social and behavioral adjustments to their new classroom and it’s working. When this adjust- ment has taken place, students are better able to attend to the new learnings of the up coming school year. Snowridge’s first report of the 1984/85 school year is intended to reflect this important stage of the children’s school year. Consequently, it deals exclusively with how well the child has adjusted to the new procedures and work in his or her new classroom. Snowridge is not scheduling interviews for all parents at this point. However, in the event that any parent wishes to meet with their child’s teacher to discuss his or her adjustments to their new grade, at greater length, they should feel free to contact the teacher at school, to set up a mut- ually suitable time. The second Report Card will be issued on Fri- day, December 7th, and will deal with the full range of the students academic, social and physi- cal development, within the context of classroom activities. PHOTOGRAPHS Golden North Studios from Whitehorse is again intending to visit Cassiar to take class, individual and family photos. Tentative plans are for this photographer to be in Cassiar on October 29th and 30th. As arrangements are finalized more in- formation will be sent home. HOT LUNCHES The Hot Lunch Program will continue to oper- ate in the 1984/85 School year but on a restricted basis. Three or four parents have volunteered to provide hot lunches to the students of Snowridge on special occasion days (ie. Halloween, Christ- mas, etc.). The first hot lunch will use the Halloween theme and take place on Tuesday, October 30th. Students should have paid for this lunch on Oct. 22nd and 23rd. PLAYGROUND In the last few weeks, work has progressed on the school’s playground. Most of the rough level- ing and grading has been completed. In the next week or so the contractor will surface the field with crushed gravel which will facilitate drainage and hopefully eliminate much of the muddiness of spring and fall. Once the gravelling has been completed the School District’s maintenance de- partment will relocate the four pieces of play- ground apparatus from the high school to the ele- mentary school. GRADE 6 ASSEMBLY Mr. Kroeker’s grade 6 students developed a play that they presented to their fellow students and parents at the Grade 6 Assembly on Friday, October 26th. Well done, Grade 6’s!!! TEACHER INSERVICE On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 4th and Sth, all teachers in the Stikine attended the Stikine Teachers 1984 Fall Conference. While at the con- ference, the District’s teachers had the opportun- ity to attend sessions which dealt with: 1) Primary Language Arts, presented by Ms. Jud- ith Knapp, a Teacher Consultant from Inuvik in the N.W.T. 2)Composition and Children’s Literature at the Intermediate and Secondary Level, presented by Dr. Terry Johnson of the University of Victoria. 3) Problem Solving and Decision Making in the area of Social Studies, presented by Dr. lan Wright of the University of British Columbia. 4) The new grade | to 4 Social Studies text books presented by Ms. Bev Terry, Teacher Consultant for Douglas MacIntyre publishers of the Explora- tion series of texts. 5) Effective Schools, presented by Mr. Owen Cor- coran, Superintendent of Schools in School Dis- trict No. 87, (Stikine). These sessions presented this district’s staff with many stimulating ideas about different as- pects of their instructional programs and was well worth the efforts and time involved in attending two days of meetings in Whitehorse. Snowridge Elementary is planning to use one of it’s Non-Instructional Days on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 7th. The purpose of this day is to review Snowridges’s standardized testing procedures as they have been carried out in the past and to develop recommendations for the fu- ture. Consequently, students will be dismissed at noon on that date. The school bus will transport Erickson students leaving the elementary school at approximately 12:15 on that day. CALENDAR November 7 — School closes in the afternoon for Professional Development activities November 12 — Remembrance Day, school closed December 7 — Second Report Card distributed December | 2 — Parent Teacher Conferences, School closes at 2:00 p.m. December 21 — Last day of school before Christ- mas January 7 — School reopens March 22 — Third Report Card distributed March 27 — Parent Teacher Conferences, school closes at 2:00 p.m. March 29 — Last day of school before Easter April 9 — School reopens June 27 — Last day of school for students In and around School District 87 (Stikine) 5, osx coro DISTRICT ENROLMENT FIGURES School enrolment figures finalized on Sep- tember 30th were as follows: Atlin (K-9) 96 Cassiar (8-12) 97 Dease (K-10) 84 Good Hope (K-7) 24 Iskut (Special) 2 Lower Post (K-7) 23 Snowridge (K-7) 186 Tahltan (K-9) 79 Total 589 The total enrolment is 10 students fewer than last year’s figure. Enrolments are up in the three Ele- Ron Bruns Telegraph Creek B.C. Ph. 235-3296 In Dease Lake Ph 771-3351 WHEELS, SK!S & FLOATS DHC-~ 2 BEAVER CESSNA 180 CESSNA 185 CESSNA 206. Sight Seeing Fishing Trips Winter & Summer mentary-Junior Secondary Schools. These in- creases have compensated for the drop in Cassiar’s student population, (1983 total 114 + 196 =310) a decrease of 27 students. Because of the increase in Atlin and Dease Lake, their teaching allocations have been in- creased by 0.4 Full Time Equivalent and 0.5 F.T.E. respectively. STAFFING CHANGES Mr. Ralph Wild (Principal, Dease Lake K-10), has tendered his resignation effective October 31, 1984. Mr. Wild is moving to take up a special teaching position in Northern Quebec. The vacancy caused by Mr. Wild’s resignation has been advertized locally and provincially and aos SS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssss | AAunounecug HOLT AGENCIES INSURANCE LTD. Uow Obfers I.C.B.C. AUTOPLAN 164 Elliott St. Cassiar, B.C. 778-7220 9:30-5:30 Mon. ~ Fri. Sass SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssssS Hours: = es ssssssssssSssSsSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsssssssssssssssssss District officials are hopeful that the new princi- pal will be chosen during the week of October 22- 26th. TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM School District No. 87 (Stikine) will be repre- sented at the A.C.S.T.A. Northern Interior Branch Seminar—Technology in the Classroom, Purpose and Product, by Trustees Odian and Sethen and the Superintendent and Secretary- Treasurer. The Seminar will be held in Tumbler Ridge on October 20, 1984 and will focus on the ways in which technology should become a part of the school district’s educational philosophy and goals. Continued on Page 16. SSSSSSSssssss j | — SSS SS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Dom Cassiar Coutrier November 1984 Page 7 In and Around Cassiar Secondary School LIBRARY AIDE We wish Mrs. Helen Pearson a fond farewell as she leaves for Dawson Creek at the end of Octo- ber. She will be greatly missed around the school and we wish her the best of luck in Dawson Creek. We would like to welcome Mrs. June Evans who will be replacing Helen as the library aide at Cassiar Secondary and as District Resource Center Secretary. UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES On October 11th, representatives of Simon Fraser, U.B.C. and U. Vic visited the school to discuss their programs and services with our stu- dents. SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS Once again Golden North Studios will be in the schools to offer photographic packages for students and families. The date for this service will be Monday, October 29th. Community members wishing preschool or family portraits may do so at the following times at Cassiar Sec- ond School: 4 4 4 “ 4 “4 A “ “4 OC 4 4 A OC “4 4 G PreSchoolers - Monday Oct. 29 —3:20 - 5:00 Family Groups - Monday Oct. 29 — Last Name A to M~— 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Last Name N to Z — 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. WHITEHORSE CONFERENCE The Annual Stikine Teachers’ Association Conference was held in Whitehorse on October 4th and Sth. The teachers attended sessions on Native Education, Language Arts, Social Studies and English, as well as school visitations to se other programs in operation. > REMEMBRANCE DAY A reminder that schools will be closed on Monday, November | 2th. REPORT CARDS The first term will end on November the 9th. Report cards will be issued on Friday, November 16th and Parent Interviews will be scheduled on Wednesday, November 21st from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. If you wish an interview with any of the teachers please contact the school at 778-7367. CASSIAR STUDENT SOCIETY NEWS by Kelly Carter The Cassiar Students’ Society is off to a fan- tastic start this year. Things began with a great Slave Day, which raised some money for this year’s fund. The grade 8 class was the target for amusement, and amusement it was. We had punks, Samarai Warriors, ladies, and even babies. Next came the Initiation Dance, which was another kind of welcoming for our new grade eights. Kangaroo Court and the Sponge Throw were great for a laugh and the music for which we wish to thank Reggie Duke was excellent. Another great money’ maker was the B. C. School Sports Draw Blitz for which Cassiar won a prize last year for selling the most tickets fora school of our size. We, at the Cassiar Students’ Society are also very enthusiastic about up-coming projects which will include the Halloween Dance, the annual auction in February, and a new T.V. show called “Community Notebook” which will be aired on W.S.T.V. very soon. We are looking into the possibility of school rings and are also working towards tabs for jackets, recently arrived. We are working very hard towards our goals and we appreciate the help this Community gives us. , MORNINGS By Troy Beaudry, Grade 1 1 How I hate mornings! The ringing of a very hated alarm clock. With panic I jump to do away with the noise. Crawling lazily from bed, tangled up in warm blankets, the shocking shivering, cold- ness of the basement hits me. Thinking of staying comfortably in bed crosses my mind; but another thought of hours of missed school would mean hours of dreadful homework, which does away with my first thought. Eyes drooping, mind in a daze, vivid dreams fading away from memory. The tantilizing smell of bacon and eggs, lingers in the air. In my mind I hear my stomach demand- ing, “Feed me’’. Slowly I stumble across the room in the direction of food. Voices slurring the words “Good Morning’, the clanking of dishes echoing in the kitchen. The rush of eating, preparing for the long day of chores, wide open mouths yawn- ing. My brain is finally engaged for another day of monotonous society. Later I’m heading towards the dull, boring, hectic, brightly lighted school. TWO SISTERS Kelly Carter, English 11 Dear Diary, Today had been sad for my sister and me. We have been told that one of us is to marry a man neither of us love. My father understands nothing except this man’s. wealth and belongings. My sis- ter wants to run away, but I don’t know what to do. Dear Diary, We have made up our minds, we will leave when father retires to his bed. We cannot stay here any longer. The rooms are now cold and gloomy, where love and laughter once were; leav- ing will be hard. Dear Diary, This is not a happy occasion for me. Father needs someone to watch over him and I feel badly about leaving him. My sister feels not any remorse or sorrow, only happiness, because of her love for adventure. The sights have captured all her thoughts and emotions. Dear Diary, Last night was cold and dark, with only the light of the blossoming moon to guide our way. The trees looked like huge arms reaching out for - comfort and warmth. We heard the wolves calling to the full moon. Their souls poured out. Dear Diary, I’m becoming weary from the cold, and the 4 4 G G 4 4 4 “4 “A A A CG A “4 “A 4, CG “4 “4 A, “A CO 4 oO 4 4 CO A CG Oo 44 “4 CO “4 CG “4 “4 ea WIters Corner = ‘ lack of food and fresh water. My legs and feet are too tired to carry me. I think I shall sleep. Dear Diary, : Father really knew how to catch food. We brought a huge whale in today. A man stopped to question us, so we showed him a simple method. My sister has grown some hair on her hands and face. This is a strange sight to behold. The wolves are becoming her. friends. They avoid me alto- Petheron a Dear Diary, The wolves are beginning to accept me now, but they are a strange type of wolf. They almost understand everything of which my sister and [| speak. This frightens me. Dear Diary, Today the wolves are almost talking the same language as my sister and I. I understand every breath they breathe. I feel a strange sensation in me. It’s as if my tongue, soul, heart, and body has been mysteriously invaded by some strange being and force. ; Dear Diary, Last night the wolves came for my sister. She came back just before dawn, with a strange, fugi- tive-like look on her already scared face. Seeing her like that gave me a peaceful feeling, but why, I don’t know. This trip is strange and yet at the same time, fascinating. I am fulfilled for the first time ever. I have a sensation of freedom. It feels fantastic. Dear Diary, Winter is rounding the bend, yet I never feel the chill or loneliness usually left as a mark by the season. Today has been cold, but warm at the same time. Dear Diary, The man we saw earlier in the year has been back again. We, (my sister and I), were doing some fishing. The man questioned about the thickening hair on our bodies. We gave no answer, > «aie