Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SAN FRANCISCO HOLDS NEW CHALLENGES FQR ALAIN WEBER MR WEBER Mr Weber has been in this school for I6 years as our Director a French teacher head of the French department and even a Physical Education teacher Unfortunately he will be leaving us to go to San Francisco where he will pursue the career of Headmaster at the French International School He says he was not looking for a new lob because of how much he likes Selwyn House but now that this opportunity has come along he has decided to take it His reasons? He feels that in this new school there will be new challenges for him Although there will be other challenges Selwyn House provided some of its own like establishing La Sixieme His two eldest children are happy about the move but his youngest is quite worried about friends and a new atmosphere Mr Weber is looking forward to the move but feels very guilty about leaving the school and found it an impossible decision We are very sorry to see Mr Weber go but we wish him and his family all the best Bradley White lamin Kerner 'E wi Differences of living in Montreal and San Francisco Mr. Weber is Really wonderful. We wish him Exciting students and Brilliant Teachers. Each of us will Remember him always. 4B DEAR MR. WEBER . . , Don't tell the new Director about me!!! Stuart Weigensberg. 5A Montreal Hop on the bus, Shovel the snow. Cheering the Expos, Long sleeves during the winter. Eating potatoes for a side dish We'll miss you, Memories . , . Do you remember our first detention in Grade 2 with Mrs. Funamoto. We put From your students. Matthew Waxman and Stefan Fridrich I'll miss having to go to your office two times a day and receiving DT's. Yours truly. Iamie Finnie. P.S. Hope you have fun in your next iob in San Francisco! We'Il all miss you when you go to San Francisco. Sincerely, Chris Trubiani. P.S. That's the truth. Don't be late on your first day at work. Tadhg O'SulIivan San Francisco Hop on the trolley. Mow the lawn. Cheering for the Giants, Short sleeves during the winter. Eating Rice-a-Roni for a side dish. lonathan Tryansky toilet paper on the toilet seat lt was April Fools Day, 5

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Headmaster s Message Three years at Selwyn House have gone by QUICK ly I am very grateful for the support and en couragement that the School has receIved IH that tIme from the Board of DIrectors the Old Boys the Parents and the School communIty at large The ImplementatIon of the Macaulay buIldIng plan WhlCh not only Increased the overall floor space by 5000 but added well equIpped sublect centres athletIc faClllflES and OfflCeS has work ed out better than anyone had antIcIpated The School IS now commltted to ITTTDFOVIDS pro grams and facIlItIes In other areas Next year wIll see the addItIon of a second computer labora tory The purchase of over twenty ZenIth 286 our exIstIng Apple laboratory Over the next two or three years the Apple lab Itself wIll be upgrad ed and expanded The result wIll be a doublIng of our computer capacIty and put Selwyn House among the best equIpped schools In fhIS Impor tant area of school currIculum As well the Records and Development OffICS wIll contInue ITS excellent work In ImprovIng the overall efflclency of our operatlon and the ser VICE we SIVC to our many constItuencIes Also noteworthy IS the appoIntment of Mr Geof frey Dowd as DIrector of StudIes In the Secondary School ln thIs Important new POSIIIOD Mr Dowd Wlll be responsIbIe for antIcIpatIng the staffmg and currIculum development needs of the School and for helpIng to SIVC VISION to the academlc af faIrs of the School These developments are all Important In that they demonstrate the School s commItment to Im provement and to excellence lt IS very encourag Ing for the School s very able staff to know that there lS such broad general support for the pro grammes they are runnIng for the benefIt of the students However It IS what we do daIly for the students WhlCh perhaps measures best our worth as a school In a conversatIon l had Wlfh a SCDIOF stu dent near the end of the year I was struck by how were talkmg about hIs tIme at Selwyn House and I asked what he thought were the most Important factors In makIng a Selwyn House educatlon worthwhIle He mentIoned a few thIngs but hIs two strongest pomts had to do wIth the teachers FIrst he Sald they were avaIlabIe to an IncredI ble degree for extra help second he Sald that they were demandIng In theIr CXDECYEYIOD of the students lt was maInly for these two thIngs he Sald he would be most grateful to the School It IS remarks such as these that SIVE us all prlde In what we do and encouragement to contInue set tIng hIgh standards of professIonal conduct As well such remarks SIVE me encouragement for what have been very enjoyable and challengmg years at Selwyn House School 9 computers will be an excellent complement to he felt about the teachers at Selwyn House. We

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