SCAT student top in Canada

A first year student at Cap was one of
only 13 students in Canada to achieve a
perfect score on the University of
Waterloo's Sir Isaac Newton (SIN)
scholarship exam. Grant Firby, a North
Shore resident and SCAT student is now
eligible for a University of Waterloo
scholarship valued at up to $7,000. Cap had
a total of six entrants and they turned in
an excellent performance, with an average
score of 30.3 (out of a possible 52),
compared to an overall national average of
12.8. 5,068 students from across Canada
wrote the exam, which has been held every
year since 1969.

On another scholarship front, SCAT student
Ali Motami was this year's recipient of
the T. Buck Suzuki scholarship, which is
awarded to the student completing a first
year science program at Cap with the
highest grade point average. The Suzuki
scholarship is worth $500.

12 polish instructional skills

"It is the responsibility of all
institutions to raise all of the people in
them to a higher level of quality as
persons and as workers than they would
achieve on their own."

- Sidney Greenleaf, "TEACHER AS SERVANT"

It was to this end that the Career/
Vocational Division again presented the
"Instructional Skills Workshops"! for
faculty members as part of their possible
May professional development. Completing
the three day session of teaching
experience were: Lila Plant, Willie
Laurila, Jo-Anne Mah, Nancy Hall, Donna
Phillips, John Fairlie, Martin Whittman,
Anne Morley, Richard Riopel, Kiff Holland,
Andree Vajda-Janyk, and Anne Savill.

- Hilary Clark

Health Services schedule

Health Services is closed for the months
of June and July, and will reopen on
August 1st. First Aid coverage will be
available during this period by dialling
"Oo", Dr. Jensen will return to the campus
in September.

English immersion cont.

students, there are six who are paying
their own way. Two of the students are
from New Brunswick, and the rest come from
all over the province of Quebec. While in
North Van. they are being billeted with
host families, many of whom are return
hosts, having billeted French students in
previous summers. And there have been
quite a few previous summers—this program
has been run every year since 1977.

Since the students sign up for the bursary
to come here and then are drawn by lot,
they all have different levels of skills in
English, ranging from those who are fully
bilingual, to near beginners. Many, says
program coordinator Marlene Fry, have
taken English in school but haven't had
much chance to use it in everyday
conversation. Instructors Kirk Costello,
Nick Collins, and Tony Souza and four
monitors, are giving them workshops in
four subjects: theatre, newspapers,
photography, and volunteering in the
community. (But Costello's real claim to
fame these days is that he broke his leg
playing soccer, and the students took him
an autographed soccer ball.)

This weekend the immersion students are
heading over to visit Victoria and Long
Beach, and they'll be leaving for home on
July 6. Before they go they'll get to burn
their pledges.

Panel taped for TV

The "Excellence in Teaching"! panel
discussion which took place May 16 in the
Dynamics Lab, had about 25 in attendance,
with several late-comers viewing from the

control room, reports Hilary Clark. This
event was video-taped for future use by
Channel 10, and will also be sent on loan
to other community colleges. Clark would
like to add an apology for the locked
studio doors—the organizers weren't aware
of the problem until too late or they
would have opened the doors during
intermissions.