Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Winnipeg free press Fridev March 1996 the education Page also available on the free press Homepage each monday editor Gerald 6977231 email Paris on school Agenda elite Canadian schools Dot Europe its not the time at an elite school in Europe that makes the reporter Stevens wild its the like weekend jaunts to Florence and setting carries Price things you should know or can to improve educational want to give your child a Spe Cial educational experience Here Are a few and the Neuchatel Junior College location Switzerland grades Ontario academic credits number of students 85 Cost per depending on amount of other attractions students live with local French Swiss Canadian College Italy location Italy grades Ontario grades and Mac number of students 50 Cost including residence is Ling expenses Are other attractions classes Are in a medieval building students study at a world class scientific research Facil Lychee Canadien in France location France grades Ontario grades and Mac number of students 80100 Cost approximately per other attractions students have Access to a ski chalet in the French imagine skiing the Alps after or flying to Amsterdam or busing to Paris for the How about spending Christmas holidays in Spain believe it or there Are Canadian High schools where the students actually go skiing in the Alps and take exotic weekend the catch is the schools Are All in Europe and they Are All a series of qualified Canadian High teach ing Ontario approved curriculum and using Canad an exists in the South of France and a year at one of these elite schools could Cost As much As a Cost that escalates As the value of the Canadian Dollar declines against other cur for the privileged few who can afford them the schools Are the experience of a Winnipeg resident Brett attended Neuchatel Junior in Switzer from september 1993 to february and he said it was Worth every it gave me a Chance to said now a firs year management student at the univer sity of it want just Chance to tour indeed it want just Henderson and his classmates got a Chance to see London and As Well As take a bus trip through and there were trips to Belgium and As Well As Christmas in Spain and the travelling is an important part of the school said Neuchatel Junior College representative Dayle the travel is what the school Leishman its a Uncein lifetime this years easter break will be in and and there Are weekend bus trips to but its not As though the year was an extended holi a graduate of Silver Heights said he benefited academically from the which offers Ontario academic credits the former Grade i find it really helps me in firs year University of Henderson Winnipeg lawyer Sandra Swystun looks Back with 1995 Chrysler new yorker dual Ster of warn Low Royal on Regent Price 1996 intrepid 22c 161 dual air air 4 windows i7reight Low Royal on Regent Sale Price lease 1995 intrepid dual Power of 1996 caravan dual air Sale 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she got the hang of living in i did find that for the first couple of weeks i was a bit said who was 17yearsold at the then i relaxed and by december i Felt very with 85 is not the Only Canad an school in to tips teenagers who like to the place to go m is Lychee Canadien in which is located in the South of just outside of the which offers Ontario Grade and Ontario academic advertises its weekend ski chalet located High in the French they can use it explained Lychee representative Susanne when there is no Snow they hike or horseback ride or just the school will be located this fall at about a 10to 15minute drive East of the Lychee is in the process of moving to larger quarters from nearby Jean Cap the 42acre Campus will have facilities for 80 to 100 who live in this years March break will be spent in any year there Are trips to Braun a third Canadian High now in its second is the Canadian College located in Lan in Central Italy near the Adriatic trips Are organized every second weekend to Desti nations such As Florence and Naples As Well As Switzerland and during the coming academic students will enjoy trips to Spain and the South of the Spring break will include a tour of the greek they do a lot of said school representative Marisa Dicarlo offering grades 11 and 12 and Mac to 50 the school is located in a 14thcentury they get the sense of being in a medieval Dalessandro one of the attractions of the school is its association with Mario a major pharmaceutical and scientific research the students take their classes at the Institute and use the a prominent Winnipeg family is sending their daughter to Canadian College Italy this the family declined to allow an interview with their saying they did not want their employees to know they were paying Cost of plane ticket buys Hope for future 1995 intrepid 03982 1996 caravan j3952 1966 Neon j3b45 plus Security i 30 Low freight rebate la f a yesterday i spent time at the Winnipeg Airport say ing goodbye to a group of special students from our Westgate mennonite seven senior 3 Grade 11 Stu dents Are off to Germany for three months where they will be hosted by their Exchange part ners and during the schools fall we had the privilege of hosting the German the Airport was filled with a sense of anticipation and excite ment As students from Public and Independent schools said Farewell to friends and Twenty eight students were boarding the plane and those of us who were watching knew they would return changed by this Public schools and Independent schools participate in this Mani student Exchange program which is a cooperative venture Between the department of education in Manitoba and its counterpart in the Northern Ger Man province of lower Saxony at Westgate mennonite Colle this has been a popular educational experience since our consistent participation in the program is fuelled not Only by the educational benefits which lessons Learned Reg Klassen the school and the Exchange part ners but also by its Cost one plane ticket purchased at a group rate is the Price of a three month stay in in comparison to other similar this one is by far the least the benefits to our students last for a they realize that the German language in Manitoba is not Only a heritage language spoken by grandpa but also a modern As the immersion experience greatly improves their Lan Guage most is the developing appreciation out students gain not Only for another but for differences Between this attitude shift affects not Only the seven students directly involved but also the entire student just before our German Exchange students left last Westgate had an Al school remembrance Day the Exchange students got up in front of our entire student body to say expressed an awareness of the atrocities that conflict and War can and Are As committed As we Are to world what a wonderful moment for two countries to share on november making friends from another culture has improved our under standing of each and May help ultimately to in some Small future for me As the Prin Cipal of a mennonite Christian school grounded in the Anabaptist commitment to nonviolent conflict the German Exchange program has far greater potential than an Inex pensive life and language expert it helps to bring about a global perspective which at its Best can promote respect for our differences and world Reg Klassen is principal of Westgate mennonite lessons published each is a column open w All Edu to Cal Janice Armstrong at Manitoba teachers w Gerald flood at the free ;