The Westmount examiner, 19 août 1993, Cahier 2

[" = ESC RPC err RS ffx The curriculum at Children's Theatre \u2014 Act Two was developed to prepare children for work in television, film, radio and theatre, and equally important, to raise their level of self-confidence.Snowdon area.Classes for children of all ages from five: also adults.Phone for brochure: 484-6620 CHILDREN'S THEATRE ACT TWO Continuing the tradition ot excellence established in 1933 by Dorothy Davis and Violel Walters J on Westmount.Examiner\u201d ares @ HUUL Ë German Language School [ INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS | Saturdays 9:30 a.m.to 12 noon High school credits * COURSE 30 SATURDAYS Children from age 4 1 child $160; 2 children $250; adults $190-$260 Registration & 1st class: Sept.11, 1993 9:30 a.m.to noon Registration fee: $25.00 per family 100 Sauvé East, Mtl.For information call: BEE 670-5473 sauve Oooo, August 19, 1993 COMMON NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MUSIC PROGRAMME LEADING TO COMPLETION OF ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC GRADE 1 Marilyn Cooperman Westmount 935-7827 Ruth Perron N.D.G.483-6590 Andrea Bassel TMA.733-4449 Jackie Springer Côte St.Luc 481-4838 Aiwah Uong Côte des Neiges 738-9115 J £3) \\ | sd HENRY MARKS SUMMER SALE FINAL HALF PRICE Suits, sports coats, shirts, summer slacks, ties, sweaters, raincoats, windbreakers A MARKS | | NNT 1448 Drummond 842-9801 HENRY SNe FREE PARKING Va Back fo SHIL L'ATELIER DE BALLET CLASSIQUE DE VILLE MONT-ROYAL L'inscription pour l\u2019année 93-94 se fera mercredi, le ler septembre de 19h à 21h au sous-sol de l\u2019église St-Joseph de Mont-Royal (entrée sur le côté).© Nous acceptons les élèves à partir de 5 ans.Les niveaux sont : débutant, intermédiaire et avancé.Information: 737-2263 Congregation Shaar Hashomayim 450 Kensington Avenue, Westmount Immovaliwe programming from Cradle te College! Foundation School (2 fo 4-1/2 years) 2,3 orb days/week: 9:00a.m.- 11:30 a.m.Extended days: 9:00 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.® Begins September 1st PA.LS.Hebraw School (Pre-K to Grade 8) Monday/Wednesday: 1 or 2 days/week 4:00 p.m.\u2014 6:00 p.m.m.* Begins September 8th PA.LS.TIKVAH PROGRAM (8-20 years) Programming specifically designed for the intellectually challenged Kadima Youth Group (Grades 3-6) Sundays 10:30 a.m.\u2014- noon Sports, games, arts & crafts ® Begins September 12th Scouting Program For Boys & Girls (5-1/2 to 11 years) Mondays 6:30 7:00 p.m.(Beavers) ® 6:30-8:00 p.m.(Cubs) Registration: September 13th TEEN TALK \u2014 Amazing Teen Activities High School Students.Out-of-town weekend conventions, trips Shaar Youth Theatre \u2014 High School & CEGEP students Professionally staged, High-quality production.Auditions in October.FOR INFORMATION & REGISTRATION 937-9475 RABBI DANIEL ELKIN, Director of Education & Youth FOR OVER 10 YEARS Kells Academy has helped thousands of students excel in grades from 1 through 11, and then go on to succeed in the best colleges.That's because we design an individualized academic programme for every student, built around their needs and talents.A low student-teacher ratio and a high degree of personal attention spells success for your child.Our low student-teacher ratio ensures that your child will receive expert, personalized attention from our teachers.Caring teachers At Kells Academy, your child\u2019s academic programme is built around one subject: your child, are committed to helping your child grow both academically and in self-esteem.Kells Academy is privately funded and students do not need a certificate of eligibility.KELLS ACADEMY 614) 485-8565 [rene Woods, Director 6866 De Maisonneuve Blvd, W (Corner of Park Row West) Montreal, Quebec H4B ITI Permit # 749 973, # 749 972 The Westmount Examiner _æ Ar | GETTING READY FORSCHOOL With September fastapproach- ing, those first hesitant steps to kindergarten represent the big- gesttransition your child will ever make.Here's a few tips on how to make thise giant baby steps just a little bit easier: & Do read to your child as much as possible.It's never too early to introduce books to your preschooler.Books help children learn about language \u2014 the way it is constructed, its patterns and the way words work together to create meaning.Speech sounds are demonstrated and familiar objects are named.Reading regularly to children also helps them develop good listening skills \u2014 and that\u2019s a prerequisite to any kind of effective learning.® Do start with the ABCs.Recognizing the letters of the alphabet is the first step in developing reading readiness in a child.Alphabet blocks, magnetic letters or toys and the ever popular \u201cA is for Apple\u201d books go a long way towards helping a child learn the alphabet.2 Don\u2019t forget about fine motor skills.To encourage the quantum leaps in learning that come in the preschool years, experts say it\u2018s important that kids develop both problem solving and fine motor skills.Shape matching toys, jigsaw puzzles, and different types of building play will all help children recognize common shapes and develop an ability for manipulating objects.2 Do encourage lots oi.5 It sounds simple enough, but ex- § perts think it's worth emphasiz- § ing.Play makes major contribu- 8 tions to every aspet of a child\u2019s growth \u2014 emotional, intellec- # ae EE B tual, physical, and social.There § is nothing as creative or ingen- %R ious as the imagination ofayoung 2 child at play.% Don\u2019t forget to prepare your child emotionally for school.Tell them exactly what will go on.Give them as many § details as possible.Consider a § prior visit or orientation to the | .school. I D #1 wœ RO WW = = © Ja Jy [RT The Westmount Examiner Crayons RINDERGARTEN Bugs are David Walsh's latest fascination.One step out of his apartment near Westmount Park, and his eyes turn to the ground.\u201cWatch where you walk,\u201d he demands, as he searches for ants, worms and other insects.But David isn\u2019t just curious.He's studying the details for his next creation.David is an artist.He's also on his way to kindergarten at the alternative school, FACE, this September.want David to continue doing what he loves to do,\u201d explains his mother, Janice Walsh, \u201csol didn\u2019t want to send him to a mainstream school.Our society is changing and now you can actually survive as an artist.\u201d Janice feels FACE can provide David with an opportunity to do just that.At FACE, David\u2019s education will focus on visual art, music and drama, none of which are seriously offered at mainstream schools.FACE\u2019s kindergarten drama lessons excite Janice.\u201cDrama will make him stronger emotionally, and it will build his confidence.\u201d she notes.\u201cRole playing can help him to look at things differently.| want him to keep being uninhibited.\u201d David's artwork expresses how uninhibited he is.A quick leaf through his stacks of creations reveals his strong sense for composition, and an interest in details.He specializes in maps, and likes a bird's eye view.Along with bugs, castles, pirates and \u2018under-the- sea\u2019 themes dominate his drawings.For now, he uses crayons, Crayola markers, and watercolours.As he gets older, he will explore the plethora of materials and techniques available to the art world.\u201cI want him to be able to go to an art store, and know with what and why he wants to create,\u201d says Janice.4 KATERINA CIZEH is mother, Janice, enjoy the last days of summe avid Walsh and.anice looks back at her own education in the small town of Shawinigan and remembers \u201cIt was a traditional system.Young women were pushed into secretarial, teaching, nursing.We never learnt the basic tools to express our- J selves creatively.Our generation was downright discouraged.\u201d 5 Things have changed since Janice went to school, and she wonders \u201cWhat's our society going to be like in 15 years?My grandfather could help my father with Bis science homework, things just didn\u2019t change that quickly.\u201d But Janice claims that by the time she got to school, she couldn\u2019t help her sister, who is only two years younger, with her science homework.And change is only growing faster, she feels.\u201cI have my doubts that a mainstream education can prepare David with the tools he needs for the future.So much will become redunant,\u201d she says, \u201cBut FACE can give him the basic tools to express himself,\u201d and self-expession will never become outdated.The only doubts Janice has about sending David off to the downtown school is the bus ride, \u201cIt\u2019s hard at that age, to letthem go He's still so little!\u201d she exclaims, \u201cBut I trust the supervision.\u201d SCHRETER\u2019S CE A r before David starts Kindergarten.Janicealsoplansto beinvolvecl in David's new school.Before classes start, she'll take him on a tour of the school building to make the first day less frightening.And they'll go to the first few classes together.\u201cWhen | was young, school and home were two seperate schools.| want to be involved, to help make David like school.\u201d Onceschool starts, Janice will have a new life to adjust to, too.\u201cI'll have to learn all the new things he does, get to know his teachers, his new friends.He'll tell me secret things.We'll play teacher at the blackboard in the livingroom.\u201d And who'll be teacher?Laughing, Janice points to David.BACK TO SCHOOL FASHIONS AT WHOLESALE PRICES Sizes 7-18, grey & navy GIRL'S NAVY TUNICS $g950* FLANNEL COTTON CORDS (sizes 6x-16) $9 Q00* 59 ()00* $1()00*.$9 1 °¢* RECYCLED OXFORD CLOTH DRESS SHIRTS LEVI JEANS White & blue 00* Long 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English, French Immersion or French schools* are invited to submit applications to Trafalgar School for Girls, an independent college preparatory high school.We welcome girls from a variety of backgrounds who want to develop their full academic and personal potential.For a complete information package, please contact the Admissions Secretary at 935-2644.Financial assistance is available.3495 Simpson Street Montreal, Quebec H3G 2J7 * Certificate of English eligibility required a TOGETHER AT Lang, a IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH Wine su (Snowdon) ONE TO ONE TUTORING MONTREAL WORKSHOPS WEST ISLAND 487-6516 ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS 620-4921 HOMEWORK PROGRAM At Centennial Academy your child will be: * discovered * encouraged * challenged by teachers who recognize individual strengths.Centennial Academy is a quality \u201cco-educational High School with a superb teaching staff.In a structured setting with excellent facilities, we provide a caring family atmosphere, where students can reach their full potential.A FEW SPACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR 1994-1995.ENTRANCE TEST: Saturday, November 6, 1993 Please call or write for an application form.Centennial Academy 3641 Prud\u2019homme Montreal, QC H4A 3H6 486-5533 rm ee eames Asn siesta R ee ANP CARN NR OAL SAAC NAO RCRA ROO RRAR SPEC PPE PRR RPE RRR PIS RR SEARS ERRR RA DO YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT CANADIAN STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING TWO YEARS BEHIND THEIR EUROPEAN AND ASIAN PEERS?WE DON\u2019T! _ If you want small classrooms, basic skills, structure and discipline to be part of your child's education, consider what we have to offer: - classrooms with no more than 12 students - an cnriched curriculum which leads to Cambridge University \u201cO Level\u201d examinations (O.C.S.E.curriculum) - supervised study periods - full boarding facilities for both boys and girls from grade 1 to grade 10 VENTA PREPARATORY SCHOOL 2015 Old Carp Road Carp, Ontario KOA 1LO Telephone: (613) 839-2175 Fax: (613) 839-1956 mr Mt.Royal Children\u2019s Ballet Miss Iris Ballet Mistress Accompanist: Miss Rita Guest Teacher: Miss Cheryll CLASS LEVELS INCLUDE: e Kinderdance (ages 3-4) \u201c e Ashton Method Movement (ages 4-5) e Pre-Ballet (ages 6-7) e Classical Ballet (ages 8 & up) e Pointe Work e Beginners Ladies\u2019 Classes REGISTRATION: Sept.1 &8- 3to7p.m.St.Peter's Anglican Church 900 Laird Bivd., T.M.R.For more information call: 486-1 205 CARRYING ON A 50-YEAR TRADITION IN T.M.R.The Westmount Examiner STRIKING (SOP) (you have been following your child's musical progress and if you have been communicating well with your child, it should not surprise you if one day you're told that he or she wants to quit.Here is a challenge for good parenting.The first thing to do is to fig\" out why.If your child generdit has a strong attachment to music and good practice habits, it could be that he or she has just worked too hardfortoolongandis slightly burnt out.Temporarily cutting down on the practice time or taking a total rest for a while might be all that is required to restore past enthusiasm.Sometimes the problem is that the child no longer has a good rapport with his or her teacher.If this is a problem, the teacher should recognize this problem and contact you, but don\u2019t count on it.Children can be made to feel stupid or untalented when the real problem is thatthe teacher is unable to properly communicate what he or she wants.A child often acquires other interests and does not want to devote time to music study.Examining the child's new priorities along with some compromise on both sides and a little rescheduling may allow him or her to continue studying music with only a minor effect on other activities.Sometimes children will want to quit for completely irrational (although important to them) reasons.They may have become suddenly self-conscious and are afraid of an upcoming recital or examination but will not admit it.Or, they may be teased at school for taking lessons by friends or classmates.Discovering and discussing with them the real reason they want to quit will make everybody feel better and is likely to make it easier for them to continue.Finally, maybe your child just doesn\u2019t like music well enough to spend many hours a week learning it.If the child constantly resists practising and doesn\u2019t enjoy lessons regardless of the teacher or the instrument and has no interest in playing for enjoyment, listening to music, or ta ing part in other musical acti ties, there is a pretty good chance that he or she won't become another Horowitz.If this happens, you have to ask yourself: Who is the child doing this for?Forcing a child to do what he or she really doesn\u2019t want to do not only is a waste f money but is stressful to that child.It may be very cute to see your four-year- old playing.the violin, but you mightbe the only onetaking pride in the accomplishment.The child may just feel under stress to perform.Music should be enjoyable, not a way to win parental approval; learning music should be an option for a child, not an obligation.ON de UY ET w vu WLS WM Je TN ny ee The Westmount Examiner Back to SHI | AM WHO | AM 5 Zeabet Gir CD My name is Claradina Swaser, and | am fourteen years old.So far my life has not been worth living.Every morning l\u2019dhhavetwo empty holes in me, one full of hunger, never knowing if there would even be bread on the table, and the other just wishing to be able to say \u201cGood morning\u201d tosomeone !loveand care or.The only friends 1 have are in my dreams and happy thoughts.Every morning I'd be wanting to show someone what | was able to do ee.make a friend, but every after- on l\u2019d come home with a heart full of sorrow.No one ever asked me how | was or even gave me a smile, but one ay.\u201cHey, you,\u201d a girl shouted.I slowly turned around.\u201cAre you talking to me?\u201d | asked.\u201cYeah,\u201d she said.\u201cWhat's the matter?\u201d | asked.She said, \u201cWell, you know the science exam next week?Umm, when Mr.Hecherice wrote down some notes on the board, | didn't really listen and | didn\u2019t copy any notes, and | saw that you were the only one in the class who did, and | know this time, the notes are really important.My mom said that this time if | didn\u2019t get at least a B on the exam, I'dbe grounded for six months, Atbreak the next day, she cameto me and gave me back my notes.We talked for a while, and got more and more used to her.Her name was Tiffanie.Through our conversation she said one thing that started everything off.She said, \u201cWell, | see you need some friends and | know just the remedy.First of all you have to change your whole closet with brighter, happier clothes, buy some makeup, and for heaven's sake be braver! |betyou have as many friends as | do that way! How about this?Tomorrow after school I'll bring you to this fantastic store with everythin you need for a price you can thin about.\u201d I wasn't really sure about the \u2026 prices, after all 1 only had $100, which | had worked very hard for, saving every cent earned from selling newspapers.But ifitmeans friendship, then l\u2019dgo for it, so | said, \u201cYes.\u201d hen | got home that day | ran straight to my bed, and from under my pillows lay $100 in cash.| decided to only bring $75 with me.Afterschool the next day, Tiffanie kept her promise and brought me to a huge store called STANGÉ].| said, \u201cThis is one of the biggest stores I've ever seen!\u201d \u201cYeah, it's my parents\u2019.\u201d \u201cI hope the prices are as low as you said,\u201d Isaid, think- sweatshirt.| felt really good about myself.While | was in school | actually saw people smile at me.Tiffanie said I looked great and some other people asked me where | got my clothes.That was one of the best ays of my life, \u201cThe Golden Days.\u201d Day after day more and more people got used to me and | made a couple of friends.s the month ended | decided that | couldn\u2019t wear the same clothes over and over again so | went to another store called Speta[#accent].The clothes there were as good as Stange, but the prices were lower because they were on sale, so! bought à pair of blue jeans, a yellow T-shirt, black lace tights and red high heels.The woman who owned the store was nice enough to sell me a white blouse nobody wanted for only $5.The next day | felt like dazzling things up so | wore my new blouse, my lace tights, my high heels, my black skimpy skirt, my neclace, my bracelet and my yellow hair clip.I looked great but there was something in my that wasn't really happy with this arrangement.| wasn\u2019tbeing myself.| was pretending to be someone who I'm not.But Fhad to, that was the only way to keep my friends, so Istayed withthe crowd.and that\u2019s not really good; so can | ing of the $75 in After a few copy your notes?\u201d my pocket.weeks | \u201cSure, | guess.\u201d \u201cOh come couldn\u2019tstand \u201cI'll be needing the notes now on, I'll give you it any longer.whilethe pharmacy\u2019sstillopen, you discounts.\u201d Why should | know, because | have to photocopy them because it's much easier.Is that all right?\u201d \u201cOf course, here.\u201d \u201cOh yeah, bytheway, I'll give the notes back to you tomorrow in the gym at break, all right?\u201d \u201cOkay.\u201d Wall then, thanks.Bye!\u201d I watched her leave.She had lots offriends, and they were human too.Well, maybe it\u2019s because she\u2019s rich, older, prettier, but I think she\u2019s a little lazy and not really smart.Well, at least | actually had a conversation with someone in the school.| hopesshe\u2019lltalkto me again, because I really need to be comiorted.If only 1 had the courage to speak up.Iboughta pair of bright red leggings, an orange sweater, a black skimpy skirt and a long flower-printed sweatshirt.Fiffanie bought me a compact witha mirror, mascara, eyeshadow, face powder, blush and [ipstick.Since l used $73.25 in all, | got a purple necklace, an orange bracelet and two hair clips, one yellow and the other green, all free! When i got home that day, | tried on my new clothes and | actually looked good! For the next day, | wore the bright red leggins and the flower-printe AC A BE > ss a 2 2 2 rs 3 5 2 5% = rs change myself just to make friends?So | decided to express how I feltto my friends.The nextday | changed back to my old clothes, and wentto school, and when | saw my friends, | said to them, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but | don\u2019t think | should change myself just for your sake.| am who | am and you shoulc expect that, or don\u2019t think you really are my friend.\u201d With that some of them left, but most of them listened and ended up saying they were sorry.Now that this happened I think I'll stick to my old, boring, out-of-fash- ion self.At least now.lam who ! am.Thursday, August 19, 1993 9 THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER'S BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLEMENT LAYOUT & DESIGN / COVER PHOTO: KATERINA CIZEK Dressmaking and Designing School since 1947 \u2014 OPEN HOUSE \u2014 Sunday, Aug.29.1993 a.m.to p.m.or FREE BROCHURE 932-1660 2253 SOUVENIR ST.(METRO ATWATER) MONTREAL, QUEBEC H3H 153 WESTMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL \u201cTHE CHALLENGE PROGRAM\u201d SCHOOL OPENING MONDAY, AUGUST 30th, 1993 Grades 7 & 8 (Secondary I & II students) Report to school at 8:30 a.m.(Parents welcome) All other students \u2014- Grades 9-11 (Secondary II-V) Report to school at 1:00 p.m.Returnees to Gymnasium New students to Auditorium First full day of classes: TUESDAY, AUGUST 31st at 8:15 a.m.Limited space still available.Please call for an appoin tment.933-2701 4350 St.Catherine St.West C: mmission des The Protestant 6 les protestantes School Board du Grand Montréal of Greater Montreal - THE EDUCATION OF A LIFETIME At Sedbergh, adventure comes with the territory, on LA BOUTIQUE e one thousand rugged acres just one hour from Ottawa and 90 minutes from Montreal, where students mas- & Coeducational Residential School ter skills that promote self-reliance.Sedbergh offers a Grades 4 to 12 first-rate education within an enriching bilingual envi- Montebello, Quebec 1L0: ronment, providing access to the best universities in Tel.: (819) 423- Hh os wdebeoad, em men a Fax: (§19) 423-5769 For All Your Hosiery Hees Te To 7 .& Active Wear Needs :.=.® \" & TIGHTS FOR KIDS & AEROBIC & ACTIVE WEAR 4 HOSIERY + SOX (for women & children) + BODY SUITS (casual & evening) © MATERNITY ¢ QUEEN SIZE T.M.R.Shopping Centre 2360 Lucerne, Suite 4 (upstairs) 735-2674 Hours: Mon.-Fri.106 Sat.10-5 Fu urTo 75% OFF SUMMER MERCHANDISE Q