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Page 8 December Cassiar Courier

On Wednesday October 19th, Snowridge School held its Open House. Parents were invited to come to school and observe their children at work. Approximately 50 parents took advantage of this opportunity. From comments it seems that the occasion succeeded in provid- ing parents with an interesting and informative chance to see how students work during the day. At least several stu- dents were also excited by the prospect of being observed at work by their parents if the number of phone calls home urging parents to attend was any indication.

ob ae Road safety is a continuing concern for all schools, especially when snow, ice, and winter darkness combine to make conditions hazardous. Parents could help by tak- ing time to review road safety with their children. This, combined with the school’s efforts, will help develop in children the proper respect for moving vehicles.

It will interest parents to know that both the Cassiar Store and the Snowridge Store are selling reflective safety tape for $1.00 per foot. This material which can be at- tached to snowsuits arms, etc. greatly increases a childs visibility in darkness. Devices of this sort combined with the recently installed street lighting on Snowridge’s drive- way and home and school discussions of road safety will all contribute to a safe winter for Cassiar’s children.

THE GOOD SHOW AWARD

Each time Snowridge School has an assembly this year, staff members nominate students for the ‘Good Show’ Award. Students may be nominated for the volun- teer work they do in the school, contributions to after school sports activities, classroom behaviour and work, and many other positive behaviours. During the assembly all nominees are recognized and a draw of two names is made. These two students each win the ‘Good Show’ Award which consists of an All Expense Paid Trip for one to either of Cassiar’s dining establishments. Our winners in October's assembly were Scott Cameron and Krista Randall.

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

Many students are active in the life of the school as monitors. Our Hallway Monitors consist of grade seven students who supervise the doorways to the lobby, assist- ing younger children as they enter and exit the school, and traverse the hallways during breaks.

Students currently serving as Hall Monitors are: Chery! Maguire, Harris Andrews, Ada Bennett, Dorothy Duffy, Pam King, Derek Andrews, Jennifer Pewsey, Paul Guarducci, Dyonne Zubek, Mark Hayward and Karen Benner.

Other students act as Audio-Visual Monitors. These students have volunteered to deliver and return A-V equip ment within the school. Currently the following students are active as A-V volunteers: Kelly Huber, Darla Creyke, Jennifer Pewsey, Janice Joseph, Travis Penna, Joanne Coran, David Lanphear, Sheena Billingsley, Tracey Walker, Julie Creyke, Ellen Artico, Chantal Bilodeau, Tracy McDougall and Priscilla Quash.

DATES TO REMEMBER

December 14th, 7:00 p.m. — Christmas Caroling December 16th — Last day of school January 3rd — First day of School

n and Around Snowridge Elementary School

WRITERS

THE BLOB THAT ATE ME by Trun Lekhi

It was October 31st, Halloween night. | was going past a broken down house. | heard strange noises coming from the house call. to me. | listened to them as | walked closer and closer to the haunted house. Slowly the voices faded away. When | approached the door it opened by itself, ‘“Squeek’ went the door, | was just about to leave when something pulled me in. | looked down. It looked like yellow pudding. | tried to take it off my leg but | fail- ed. Then | remembered | had a knife in my pocket. | took it out and struggled to open it. | dropped it on the ground close to me. | picked it up and cut the Glob. It fell off, | picked it up and put it in my bag. | went home. Athome i took it out of my bag and put it in a jar.

Next morning | woke up to find the Glob escaped. | slipped into my jeans and put on my shirt, | looked all over the house, suddenly | heard a scream from my mom’s bedroom. There it was on the bed. My mom screamed. ‘Get that thing out of here! Now! This instant! Do you hear me?’ “Yes mom’, | said in a weak voice,

So | picked it up and started down the hall. As | pass- ed my sister’s bedroom she was laughing at me because | got in trouble. Angrily | put the Glob on her face. She started screaming. My mom came running down the hall to find my sister’s face was yellow. My mom screamed at me ‘Get that thing off her face!!’ Reluctantly and afraid of what | had done, | took out my knife, cut a little Piece off, and took the Glob off her face.

All day the Glob grew and grew. It got so big it could swallow a chair. That night | rode my bike back to the haunted house with the Glob. | heard those voices calling to me again, as | walked with the Glob in a pot. | dumped it to the side. | started riding my bike home. | heard those voices coming closer and closer to me. | looked back and saw 10 Globs chasing me. | started going faster and faster. All of a sudden | heard a big pop. It was my front wheel. | slipped over my handle bars. and flew in the air like superman. | landed on my back ‘Crack’, my arm broke. The Globs got closer and closer. | knew | was a goner but | still had a chance by running away. | tried getting up but | fell back down. There was no use. Then Istarted yelling for help.

All of a sudden my mom started shaking me ‘Joe’ she said ‘Joe, wake up, what's the matter?’ ‘What? Oh noth- ing! | must of had a nightmare. Thank God! | never want to have a nightmare as bad as this one, do you?’

CHRISTMAS CAROLING

Each year schools try to celebrate Christmas by con- ducting some sort of parent-student functions. This year Snowridge intends to go Christmas caroling with the stu- dents and their parents. It is our intent to meet at the school at 7:00 on the evening of December 14th and pro- ceed to carol at different locations around the town. At the conclusion of the caroling we will have a bonfire in the school’s parking lot and sample hot chocolate. Every- one is invited to come.

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by David John

CORNER

THE BLOB IS BACK! by Sonia Saro

On Monday August 3, 1981 we went exploring in the swamps. When we came to the middle of the swamp, something started to pull on the back of my legs.

‘Help, get the nets because something is pulling at my legs’ | cried to my fellow men. When they finally heard me they came rushing in with the nets to get the thing out.

When they finally got it out it looked like this:

| looked at it in disgust. | wondered if | could exper- iment on it.

Squish, Squish, went our boots all the way to the shore for the monster’s weight was far beyond light.

When we got to the lab it ate all the oatmeal from our lunches. The first thing we did was get a big can, with air holes punched in the lid. Next we put some oatmeal in the can. Suddenly there was a slurp trrr like a chainsaw. As we watched the monster's arms began to reach for the food. ‘We better split,’ | said.

‘| guess you’re right’ whispered Ned who was a scient- ist student in Hemisphere High.’

Tod looked around him and said ‘I sure hope it’s not

hungry or else we’re in trouble’. When we left the monster started to grow. f wee

___ Ned was the first to announce the event. When we got! to the fab the monster was dead. We looked in the can for .

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clues for the mother’s death. But all we found was little black eggs.

As we watched, one by one the eggs began to break open and little monsters began crawling all over the jar.

! was glad the little monsters were well and healthy but afraid of them growing up.

THE YEAR by Davyd Bennett, grade 4

The Sun was shining on the sea in the summer.

The leaves began to fall. And | knew it was time

to sleep in my cave.

These are only a few of the stories we recieved, we are sorry we just didn’t have room to print them all.

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In and Around Cassiar Secondary School

The first quarter of the 1983/84 school year has been completed. It has been a very successful start to the year with student and teacher enthusiasm at an all time high. Our enrollment stands at 115 students which is a signifi- cant increase over our figures for June of last year.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Six students from the Grade 11 class participated in the work experience program during the week of Novem- ber 21st to 25th. These students were placed with Cassiar Resources, Public Health, R.C.M.P. and School District 87. For the duration of that week they were on the job during normal working hours and performing many of the tasks required of that particular position.

CASSIAR STUDENT SOCIETY

Everyone has a favorite colour. If yours is pink, green, blue or orange, you should have been at Cassiar Secondary School on the morning of October 28th. The teachers presented the Cassiar Students’ Society Executive with a colourful pancake breakfast. All but nine of the executive showed up at seven-thirty a.m. for the once ina lifetime experience. Mr. Lanphear isn’t the pancake flip- per he thought he was. Occasionally, he added a little black to the pink or orange colours of the pancakes. Mr. Kroeker’s specialty was a blue and green pancake sand- wich. A short beige lioness served homemade Tang, while Mr. Whittington passed out the last of the blue pancakes. Sighs of relief passed over the group when it was an- nounced that all the pancakes were gone.

Thoughts of revenge circulated through the students’ minds as they formulated plans of a breakfast in honour of the teachers. :

A successful Hallowe’en Dance was held on the even- ing of October 28th. The thrill of the evening was a haunted house prepared by the Community Recreation 12

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REPORT CARDS

Report cards were issued on November 21st and Par- ent-Teacher conferences were held on Wednesday, No- vember 23rd.

CASSIAR SECONDARY HONOUR ROLL

Grade Eight Ken Price Tammy McDougall Asha Lekhi Corrina Boyes Jacqueline Brand Mary Molan Amarjit Athwal

Grade Nine Shawn Penno

Grade Ten Catherine Pewsey Jacqueline Molan Shelly Billingsley

Christine Litke

Grade Eleven Lenora Moth Sylvia Girardin

Grade Twelve Barbara Billingsley

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY DARE GREATLY

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better, the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

T. Roosevelt

Christmas _ shee and a J bappy Nez Sear

BOOK SALE

The annual book sale was held on November 15th in

the school library. The sale was very well supported by students and parents alike.

Writer’s Corner —

IMAGINARY FRIEND

Who’s the girl In this dream of mine? Golden hair — so fine. We play day and night She and | never fight. Such fun to have a friend For me an open hand to lend We will travel together— Friends forever. Shelly Billingsley, Grade 10

STICKY WHEN WET

After we got off the press, they packed us in a card- board box, then loaded us into some sort of vehicle. Then after driving for what seemed like days they stopped, dropped us off at a building, unpacked us, and placed us into a drawer. Then every once in awhile the drawer would open, a hand would reach in, take one or two of us out and then shut again.

Later that week Joe, Jack and | began to wonder if the hand would take us. Then a day later the drawer open- ed and soon the hand grabbed me. | was really scared, but at the same time anxious to see the outside world. It wasn’t much different except that it was much lighter. Then the hand gave me to a lady who proceeded to slob- ber on me and stick me to a telephone bill. | tell you, it isn't easy being a postage stamp these days.

Harry Meers, Grade 11

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