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FACULTY AT WORK Just let me check the 8 times table. And then Daddy Bear growled, Someone ' s been sitting in my chair.
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JANET BRACKENBURY: A TRIBUTE There are those people in every institu- tion who make a great splash and are al- ways to be found in the limelight, and there are those who quietly go about their busi- ness and in the end do as much, if not more, for the welfare of that community. Such a one is Janet Brackenbury, or Mrs. Brack as she is affectionately known to us all. Coming from a pioneer family of the area, Janet ' s first connection with Bren- twood was as a volunteer worker in what was then the Queen Alexandra Solarium, later to become the main building of the re- vived Brentwood College. Shortly after the re-opening, her husband Hugh joined the staff as a member of the Math department, and a few years later Janet joined the Fine Arts department as our first teacher of typ- ing. It was not long, however, before Janet ' s extraordinary talents as an academic teacher became recognized. Any boy, for then we were a school for boys only, who was lucky enough to have Janet as his grade eight teacher, not only ciune to know Eng- lish, but to appreciate and enjoy it also. Janet ' s students were always reading; in fact I suspect that they still arc. Those of us fortunate enough to take over a grade nine class that she had prepared in the previous year were grateful and very impressed. Janet was eventually persuaded to take over the Library, a job she tackled with typical thoroughness and good sense. It did not take long for it to become an oasis where students went to spend a quiet hour reading, or simply to talk to Mrs. Brack; and this takes us back to my opening lines about the person who goes about quietly doing good in the community. There is something about Janet that draws young people to her in a very real way. It comes, I think, from their recogni- tion that she really cares for them; that when she is strict it is because she is show- ing them that in life there is a proper way of doing things which they need to know; that manners and simple courtesy iire impor- tant; that a quiet word of encouragement and a smile are touches that fulfill a univer- sal need. 1 think tlial tl)c sludcnls have also reacted to the fact that she is, quite obvi- ously and simply, a got)d person. We shall miss Janet for herself and for llio cxanipio she has given us of what a Christian lilo can be. She plans now to spend more time with Hugh, now retired, and to en joy their beau- tiful home at Whiskey Point. We know that she will be back to see us and will continue to give us some help in the Library, but it is here and now that we pause to give her our thanks. RVL Postscript: Awards Day, 1988 It seems to me that truly effective teachers develop a unique personal style. The personal style of our Librarian would never pemiit panic, the raising of a voice, yet order was always present. The ambi- ence created by the personal style had to be attractive, peaceful, pleasant, but always energized and prcxluctivc. Mrs. Janet Brackenbury created and maintained such a learning environment in our library. Next yeitr, I hope to persuade Janet to work with us on a part time basis, but she divs wish to spend more lime at home after 37 years of teaching. Janet, you are a master of the art of leaching. Brentw(.xxl has Iven greatly en- riched by your work. I haiik you. W.T. Ross 11
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