Castlegar Primary
a very happy place

Castlegar Primary, this
year, has staff and stu-
dents in-every’ available
space.” ‘

Mrs. D. Archibald—Kin-
dergarten — Head Teach-
er; Mrs. A. Ackney — Kin-
dergarten; Mrs. R. Chris-
tensen — Grade 1; Mrs. J.
Campbell — Grade 1; Mrs.
J. Egan — Grade 2; Mrs. L.
Maddocks — Grade 2; Mrs.
K. Vader — Primary In-
dividual Progress; Mrs. H.
Oleski — Learning As-
sistance; Mrs. M. Stelck —
Child Care Worker; Mrs. J.
Blessin — Child Care
Worker; Mrs. M. Dooley —
Secretary; and Mr. F.
Harvey — Custodian.

The 155 children at the
school enjoy many aspects
of the school especially the
music get-togethers each
week at which time a var-
iety of songs, dances, and
rhythm are learned. ‘This
year Mrs. C. Morris is
giving each of the classes
physical. education on a
weekly basis.

Displays of student work
abound, helping to make
the warm, happy atmos-
phere so prevalent in the
school. By the time stu-
dents leave Castlegar Pri-
mary they have had a
wonderful beginning to
their education.

Woodland Park School
is filled with activities

Woodland Park finished
last year with a series of
activities that brought a
good year to a successful

lose.

Starting at the begin-
ning of 1981, the Grade 6/7
class organized both a bake
sale and (with the help of
parents, staff and all pupils
in the school) a very suc-
cessful carnival to raise
money for their boat trip in
May.

The trip itself was, of
course, its usual high suc-
cess, providing students
with a truly memorable
learning experience.

Twin. Rivers School
stresses the positive

Twin Rivers is an ex-
citing school to work in be-
cause of its specialized

programs.

Staffed with 15 teachers
to serve our 230 students,
there is a ungiue blend of
academic, social, physical,
and cultural activities of-
fered to our student popu-
lation.

To walk through the
school between 12:30 p.m.
and 1 p.m. one would find
the band room filled with
either the senior band,
junior band, ukulele sing-
ers, or the bongo club — all
under the direction of
Robert Bertuzzi.

Our iatermural activities
are enjoyed by another
large group of students

computer games. All stu-
dents grades 2-7 have had
a basic computer literacy
course and this year grade
6 and 7 students will get a
more in-depth course.. Rik
Hall, alias “Silicone Chip,”
is the mastermind behind
this program.

The most important rea-
son for these extra ac-
tivities is to try to devel-
op a positive attitude in
our students: It is our feel-
ing that this attitude will
result in a more productive
student approach to the
academics,

and while Dianne Fraser is ~

the coordinator other staff
are involved in their sup-
ervision. The library con-
tinues to be a popular place
during this time as well as.
class time. Polly Corbett
told us that almost 3,000
books were signed out in
September alone. _ :

Depending on the time
of the year junior checkers
— Ruth Townsend, chess
— Mac Gregory and Elmer
Pellerine, drama — Jim
Hemmons, ping-pong —
Dino Zanet, .badminton—
Mac Gregory and. Bruce
Gerrand, are,other places

After all, at Twin Rivers
we strive to ensure that
children have the neces-
sary basic skills to attain
his/her full potential in all
areas. To help students
who have learning diffi-
culties Inga Lamont, the
learning assisiance, teac-
her, provides a number of
special programs.

This brief resume is only
an introduction to Twin
Rivers, and to get a full
understanding of the
school one would have to
come and spend time with

students. can ‘enjoy their.

noon-hours.

In addition to the above,
after school teams coached
by Elmer Pellerine, Dino
Zanet, Carol Morris, Di-
anne Fraser, Moe Zibin
and Rik Hall have proven

popular in the past years. *

Computers are now well
established in the school.
In many classrooms stu-
dents can be observed
running spelling programs,
math programs or playing

Teacher Dino Zanet, principal Bruce Gerrand,

teacher Mac Gregory.

Grade 4/5 was in action
running its Help Club, and
raised funds with a series
of hot dog sales and a
Talent Show that finally
enabled them to present a
$65 cheque to Hobbit Hill
Day Care Centre for the
expansion of their prem-
ises. A photograph of this
event appeared in the
Castlegar News at the end
of June.

This photograph was ta-
ken, processed and sub-
mitted by the Woodland
Park Photographic Club.
Students in this Club work
long hours to meet news-
paper.deadlines and have
already swung into action
to cover school events this

year.
Throughout the year

students enjoyed hot dog
sales organized by tho
Woodland Park School
Parents’ Group. This group
has helped us to raise
funds throughout the year
and will be purchasing
T-shirts for our teams this
fall.

So we welcome the new
schoo] year with 148 stu-
dents enrolled, and new-
comers to the staff Sandi
Cram (Physical Education,
Art 8.1. Time), and Teresa
Kooznetsoff (Principal's
Relief).

Sandi, who comes to us
from a counselling and
Physical Education job in
Rossland Secondary
School, is- enjoying her
venture into Elementary
teaching. Teresa comes

from teaching in Lillooet a
year ago, and is now
teaching French, Art and
Social Studies at Woodland
Park.

This brings our regular
staff up to 12, with old-
timers. =~

Flash!

As of Nov. 6, Silver
Birch School has been
relocated to Brilliant
School as a tem-

orary measure
while an addition and
renovations are
made to Silver Birch
School. Students
hope to be back in
their own school
early in the new
year,

Silver Birch School
is a special school

Silver Birch School was
originally started by the
Kootenay Society for the
Handicapped in~1956 to
provide education for the
mentally disabled.

The school was moved to
its present site at 601 - 7th
Avenue in May 1976. This
location is particularly suit-

Primary
schools. In-addition, there
is easy accessibility ta
downtown Castlegar.

On January 1, 1978,
Silver Birch School was
officially taken over by.
School District No. 9 al-
though the latter had, in
the past, been providing
considerable financial sup-
port. Being fully operated
by the Castlegar School
District enables both staff
and students to share in all
the benefits that School
District No. 9 has to offer.

Silver Birch School now
caters to 18 students with

a wide variety of special -

needs who may have ‘vary-
ing degrees of difficulty in
coping witha regular class-
room situation. The stu-
dents range in age from six
to 19 years. Because of the
varieties: of
each child is unique ‘and
requires a specially pre-
pared program’ to suit
those individual needs.
Wherever suitable, par-
ticipation in regular classes
(age appropriate) in the
primary, elementary, and

fully planned and no child
is thrust into a situation for

The present staff of Sil-
ver ‘Birch consists of
Frances Martinelli, Head
Teacher, who has been
with the school for 15
years. Bruce Gerrand,
Principal of both Twin
Rivers and Castlegar Pri-
mary Schools is also the
administrative principal of
Silver Birch.

Vianne Timmins is the
new Learning Assistant.
for the school. Also on staff
are Darlene Moore as bus-
driver and part-time Tea-
cher Aide and Leslie Soles
as Personal Attendant.

Brian McDonald is head-
ing up a_ Pre-vocational
Pilot Program in conjunc-
tion with the Silver Birch
and ‘Stanley Humphries
schools, School District No.
9 and the community. More
information about this par-
ticular program will be
found elsewhere in this
Educational Services Sup-

plement.
As well as the

staff mentioned above, Sil-
ver Birch has the services
of a Speech Therapist,
Eileen ‘Tregoning, and a
Physiotherapist, on a reg-
ular twice-weekly basis.

A student is placed in
the ‘Silver Birch’ School
program only after a care-
ful evaluation’ of his or her
needs| has taken place.
Parents are always con-
sulted and their wishes are
given special consider-
stion. The goal of the pro-
gram is to have the student,
reach his or her highest
potential.

Silver Birch School has
an excellent reputation
that far exceeds the boun-
daries of the Castiegar
district. The credit for this
goes to Mrs. Martinelli, her
associates and to School
District No. 9.

Building dates...

~ Year Built

Present School
Stanley Humphries Secondary School
Kinnaird Junior Secondary School.

needs: _ Blueberry Creek Elementary Schoot s

Kinnaird Elementary
(previous building 1948)
Ootischenia Elementary School
Pass Creek Elementary School
~. Robson Elementary School (old unit)
(new unit)
Shoreacres Elementary School «
Silver Birch Special Needs School
Tarrys Elementary School
Twin Rivers Elementary School
Valley Vista Elementary School
* Woodland Park Elementary School