Nanaimo District Secondary School - NDSS Yearbook (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada)

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GRAD COMMITTEE EVERY YEAR, GRADE 12 STUDENTS ELECT A GROUP OF THEIR PEERS TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE THE MOST MEMORABLE NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL LIFE - GRADUATION. THE GRAD COMMITTEE ARRANGES EVERYTHING FROM INVITATIONS TO DECORATIONS, A DIFFICULT JOB CONSIDERING THE LARGE GRAD CLASS AT NDSS. LAST YEAR 605 STUDENTS GRADUATED. AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 766 POTENTIAL GRADS . THIS YEAR ' S GRAD COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS: KRISTINE WEBBER, CHAIRPERSON; TRACEY WHITE, VICE CHAIRPERSON; MIKE LAAHELA, TREASURER; MARISA PAITSOhj SECRETARY; KATHY MERNER, FOOD; MONIOUE BOHUN AND DEBBIE REIMER, DECORATIONS; LORI MCMORRAN, INVITATIONS; CAROLINE STARK, PROGRAMS; AND LINDA GEE, SPECIAL PROJECTS AND USHERS. GRAD ' 86 PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST PLANNED AND EXECUTED GRADS TO DATE. GRAD I 906 IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH AT BEBAN PARK. RED CROSS THIS YEAR ' S BLOOD DRIVE, HEADED BY MR. DON SHORE, TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 6 IN THE BOYS ' GYM. IN ALL, 260 PINTS OF BLOOD WERE DONATED DURING THE DAY. THE BLOOD WAS SENT TO THE RED CROSS CLINIC IN VANCOUVER AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA. MEMBERS OF THE RED CROSS CLUB WON THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD, IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE RED CROSS ORGANIZATION. THIS YEAR ' S BLOOD DRIVE WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TO DATE, AND MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WERE: WANDA CAMERON, INGE VAN OOSTVEEN, PAULA POIKONEN, TARA BALANGER, JENNIFER COTE, JULIA VAN HORNE, SHERRI MOORE, DIANE DUNPHY, ANN LALEY AND IRENE DOROCICZ. 140

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LAST SEPTEMBER, THE NEW WAVE CHRISTIAN GROUP WAS INVITED TO HOLD MEETINGS HERE AT NDSS. SINCE SOME STUDENTS AND A SPONSOR BROUGHT THEM HERE, THERE IS AN OVERFLOW OF SINGING AND LAUGHTER IN ROOM 13H EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT LUNCH TIME. MIKE ZIMMER, A MEMBER OF THE GROUP, LIKES THE RELEASE THE MEETINGS PROVIDE. IF I AM HAVING A BAD DAY, I ENJOY GOING TO THE MEETING 8ECAUSE I CAN RELAX AND BE WITH MY FRIENDS AS WELL AS SING AND TALK ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS. THE NEW WAVE GROUP IS BY NO MEANS PASSIVE. IN THE PAST YEAR ITS MEMBERS HAVE PROTESTED ABORTION AND SEX BOUTIQUES, AS WELL AS PRAYING FOR CITY HALL AND THE LOCAL CONSTABULARY. CONSIDERING THE SUCCESS ENJOYED IN THE FIRST YEAR, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20 PEOPLE ATTENDING EACH MEETING, THE GROUP FULLY EXPECTS TO CONTINUE MEETINGS AT NDSS WITH GUEST SPEAKERS, TESTEM0N1 ALS, S ING-A-LONGS, AND SHARING. c L U B The Debating Club, sponsored by Mr. Ian Smith and Mr. James Duthie, encourages students to research topics of contemporary concern and present effective arguments through rhetorical skills. As a club, debating has always done well when the members have had experience at junior high level first and have come to N.D.S.S. having mastered the basics. Such is the case at the moment. The N.D.S.S. Debating Team has had a very successful year both in terms of numbers of partici- pants and successes. We won the Ravenhurst Debate competition in November and were runners up in the Island championships last month. Five debaters: Eileen Stewart, Nancy Hepinstall, Jim Capstick, Jeremy Fraser and Rachel Dunstan have qualified for the Provincial Championships to be held in Squamish from 6th - 9th March. Other members of the club are Lisa Fratp ietro, Robert Cameron, Mike Laanela, Larry Conn, Sean Broderick, Dan Ferneyhough and Brenda Parhar. 139

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THE ROLE OF THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL IS TO HEAR THE CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS OF STUDENTS REGARDING THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF PLANNING, ADVERTISING AND ORGANIZING OF UPCOMING EVENTS BY WORKING EFFICIENTLY TOGETHER. OUR COUNCIL THIS YEAR HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ACCORDING TO MR. A. BOHAY, THE ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE. THE COUNCIL PROMOTED AT LEAST THREE DANCES WHICH WERE ATTENDED IN NUMBERS EXCEEDING 300 STUDENTS. EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL INCLUDED A COSTUME DAY AT HALLOWE ' EN, A HAWAIIAN DAY, AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE FEATURING THE UP AND COMING LOCAL BAND, THE MIX. APPROXIMATELY FORTY STUDENTS ATTEND MEETINGS, INCLUDING FIFTEEN VOTING MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, THE GROUP RAISES FUNDS FOR EVENTS BY VOLUNTEERING THEIR SERVICES TO CONDUCT BINGOS, SPORTS LOTTERIES AND HOT DOG SALES. OVERALL, IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR THE STUDENTS ' COUNCIL, BUT THERE WAS A CERTAIN LACK OF SCHOOL SPIRIT, GENERALLY. s c T U U D N EC N I T L PRIME MINISTER ' S MESSAGE WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? IT TOOK A LONG TIME (18 YEARS TO BE EXACT), 3UT WE MADE IT! TO THE GRADE ll ' S I WISH THE BEST OF LUCK FOR THEIR LAST YEAR, AND TO THE GRADUATES, I LEAVE THIS THOUGHT FROM THE TALKING HEADS ' ROAD TO NOWHERE. AND WE ' RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT. LORI MCMORRAN 141