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

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eadmasters Message Your editor, Vita Wilson, has given me copies of my ten messages from Paidia . They make interesting reading - for some! I thought that this year I would broaden my theme and write a bit on a topic derived from our title, education, and, particularly, about a Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School education. Education at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School is a total microcosm. Having small, young students going to school with large, older students, is only one facet of our education. I feel this is important as it helps to make us all the more concerned for and considerate of others and it provides role models for young and hindsight for the older students. The enthusiasm of younger pupils is infectious and it tends to abrogate the sophistication of the older pupils. The co-curricular program Cnotice, we are trying not to use Hextranl is of vital importance to an S.T.S. education. This program is the mortar that cements together the other more academic parts of the curriculum. Each subject we study is intrinsically important, but without the involvement in sports, house leagues and interscholastic activities, without involvement in plays, in trips, in clubs, in public speaking and the many other endeavours we do, the academic bricks remain isolated. Recently I attended a conference on the impact of computers on education in the future. One scenario pointed out was of individual pupils in their homes going to Hschooln without ever leaving the house. Their entire Heducationu would be individualized and presented on a large screen through their own computer. Access to every kind of lesson and libraries in North America would be available. I can certainly see some valuable assistance taking place through computers, and everyone at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir will be able to use a computer, but we are human beings and as such we need other human beings to be educated. It is the class Hspiritu, the interaction between human being and human being that is true education. That is why, at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School, the teachers are so important. There are no two alike and the freedom each teacher has to structure, motivate and innovate in the classroom is a key ingredient to education. Each teacher has been chosen, not only for his or her expertise at a particular grade level and in a particular body of knowledge, but for his or her broad background. These men and women have been involved, involved in so many different endeavours, that they are educated Their attitudes, their way of doing things not only reflect their academic qualifications but their total education. All of us benefit by this. Our Hcompulsory-optionu program is another ingredient in an S.T.S. education. I feel that the broad liberal base that we teach is essential to an educated person. when we make a decision we call upon our entire thinking to decide all of the many small experiences and facts that come into play on each decision. For this reason every subject from English to Art is important. To conclude, I must point out that this year's HHeinz 51 Varietiesu, the graduating class, are on their way to being educated. They have been so involved in so many different things that they have truly shown what I mean by an education. You know that this is only a start. Your continued involvement for the rest of your life is extremely important in your education. But I would like to thank you for the leadership you have given the school directly and indirectly,by doing so much. You showed us all what education is all about. I know you will do well in the future. Good luck and God bless you. w.A. Heard

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