Strathcona Tweedsmuir School - Paidia Yearbook (Okotoks, Alberta Canada)

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FIELD TRIPS There were at least 30 field trips this year, far too many to provide detailed reports. How- ever, we have included two reports as they cap- ture the spirit of much of the learning that is acquired on our field trips. While some classes went to the Glenbow Museum and to Banff, others went to the Planetarium, the Glenbow Art Gallery, the Leighton Centre, Drisdale's Farm, Heritage Park, the University of Calgary, Magis- trate's Court, the Supreme Court, a radio station, a Chinese restaurant, the airport, the fuel cell powerplant, Drumheller, a synagogue and some went to Sunshine to ski and others attended the Rodeo Royal. A DAY IN BANFF lt all started off when we were talking about Indians. So we arranged it. We got into a small bus and took off. Our driver was Mrs. White, and Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Goldstein and Mrs. Davis were supervising us. On the way to Banff we passed lumping Pound which is a cliff where buffalo were driven over. We went on and reached the park gates, drove around in a semi-circle and came to the Luxton Museum. There we saw bears, wolves and a gopher and they were all stuffed. We also saw Indians having ceremonies. After we toured the museum we went into the Trading Post then gOt back into the bus and went to see the town. Mrs. Goldstein bought us ice cream which must have cost a lot. Later we headed for Lake Minnewanka where we had lunch. On our way home we saw a coyote and a hog's back. We stopped for gas and then we went home. i hope we go to Banff again. Sara Goldstein, Grade 4 A TRIP TO THE GLENBOW We went to the Glenbow Museum on Fri- day, May 4th to learn about lndian myths. The ladies at the museum explained to us that Indians believe that the world is a three part system: the earth, where they live, the sky world where the birds live, the underworld, where the fish live. One lady described the system as three discs, one on top of each other. The class was then split up and we were taken to a teepee. There we learned many dif- ferent customs about the Indians. One custom was that men walk into the teepee from the right and women from the left. Inside, they sit the same way, men to the right, women to the left and none is to sit blocking the doorway. Finally, we were taken to the exhibits. There we learned myths of the Plains Indians and the Coastal Indians. Melanie McCaig, Grade 5 OUTDOORS CLUB EXPEDITIONS The Outdoors Club organized three trips for the summer of '73. Reports of these trips should appear in next year's Paidia. Mr. Nelson is to lead a back-packing trip through bush and alpine country in the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Piorecky and Mr. Schmit are to lead a canoe trip around the Bowron Lake circuit in British Columbia and Mr. Kilb and Mr. Hay will lead a trail riding trip in the junction Creek area, west of the Sheep River ranger station. As usual, Mr. Bauman took his Grade 5B class for their camping trip on the Highwood at the end of May - early june. A most successful trip, it was eagerly awaited by all the 5Bs. Special thanks to Mr. Ray for all his help and to parents who drove and collected the students.

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TRAP CLUB Senior Trap Shooters: Kevin Pearson, Mr. l. Hay, Steve johnson, Brian Peacock. This year the Trap Club, under the direction of Mr. Hay, has made great progress. In the fall a father-son trap shoot was held and attracted sixty competitors. In the spring a very successful biath- alon was held. Our shooters have become so proficient that we hope to be able to host some inter-school shoots next fall. Brian Peacock THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST Seventy-six semi-finalists in the annual public speaking contest arrived on the fine spring even- ing of May 25th to compete for six coveted trophies. During the preceding week excitement began to mount as the eliminations were held by the homeroom and English teachers. Students practised speeches on the buses, in the corridors, and out in the grounds. After the eliminations, 21'70 of the student body were selected for the semi-finals. The topics of their speeches ranged from 'fThe Tooth Fairy flennifer Kerr, Grade 17 to Watergate tAlex McNiven, Grade XIIJ. The action began at 7:30 p.m. when the 76 semi-finalists entered nine rooms where the selec- tion process for the finalists began. School Gov- ernors and friends of the School formed the judging panels. One hour later groups of parents and students were seen clustered around door- ways anxiously awaiting the decisions. And out they came, one by one, and the twenty-one final- ists moved to the gym for the final round. With the transportable swimming pool oc- cupying one-half of the gymnasium and serving as an interesting background, the finals began in earnest. Two hours later the judging panels re- turned with their decisions. The champion speak- ers were as follows: Grades 1 84 2 - Laura Shaefer My Grandmother Grades 3 81 4 Grades 5 84 6 Grades 7 84 8 Grade 9 Grades 10-12 Paul Proctor f'The Seven Ancient lA!on- ders of the World David jackson Freddie McCall - A Canadian Hero Betsy Harvie The Effects of Scientific Technology Shauna Blake Bernini Bill Marks Satisfaction Sponsored by the English Department of the School, the Public Speaking Contest again proved to be a success. It began as an annual contest at Strathcona approximately forty years ago and has bceome part of the school tradition, a tradition which has continued at STS. To our teachers, the organizers and the judges, we express our appreciation for their support and encourage- ment. DEBATING This year's debating season was both de- manding and frustrating. In the first place a heavy schedule of competitions had been slated for the year, but at the same time debaters had to cope with changes in debating style introduced by the provincial debating association. The frustrating feature of the season was the clash between de- bating competitions and other school and sports activities in which our debaters also participated. However, the year was not a total loss. john Brown attended the very successful Workshop at Lake Isle in November. In December, lanice Heard and lohn Brown participated in the Queen Elizabeth High School Workshop which prepared participants for the TV series Debate In janu- ary our debaters attended an impromptu debat- ing competition hosted by Sir Winston Churchill High School. The All Alberta Model Parliament was held in Edmonton, February 2nd and 3rd. Some of the debates were actually held in the Legislature. Leigh Currie represented STS at this grand event. Our final event for the year was our appear- ance in the TV series Debate We competed against Lord Beaverbrook High School and the topic was: That binding arbitration should re- place the right to strike in labour-management disputes. We had the affirmative case and lost to Lord Beaverbrook. We hope next year, with the return of our seasoned debaters and with a close eye on the calendar, to have a very successful season.

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