A magazine for students and parents in langley - School District #35

For students with the right aptitudes thetrades offer great career prospects.At the plumbing station some students worked assembling apipe puzzle, while others raced against the clock to constructa street hockey net out of PVC piping. At the electrical benchthey built basic motors using magnets, batteries and coilsof copper wire. At the woodworking station they assembledwall shelves. And in the welding shop the sparks were flyingas students cut steel and performed MIG welding.“It’s really fun,” Betty Gilbert student Kaedn said. “So farwe’ve only been doing welding, but we’re moving on toplumbing and electrical after.”Pat said the middle years are a good time to give interestedstudents a hands-on experience of the trades. “We’re tryingto give them a view so that, first of all, when they go into ourhigh schools they can look at our elective classes, our tech-edclasses. And then starting at Grade 11 they can consider ourACE IT Program and our Secondary School ApprenticeshipProgram as well.”ACE IT is a ‘dual credit’ program, which allows seniorstudents to earn post-secondary credits in the trades at thesame time as they are working toward high school completion.Secondary School Apprenticeship allows students to achievefirst level certification in the trades while they are still workingtoward high school completion.There is more information on these and other CareerEducation programs at www.sd35.bc.ca (click on CareerEducation under the Programs and Services menu item).Betty Gilbert student Ashley thinks there is definitely a placefor women in the trades. “It’s good, I like it,” she said of theTrades in Action experience.She and her fellow students in the Trades in Action tourspent the day having fun and broadening their knowledge ofimportant options that will be available to them when theymove on to secondary school.For a video version of this item go towww.sd35.bc.ca/Pages/news.aspx?IID=173“ I love art so much, I just want toput paint all over myself...Of course, that’s not toogood a thing to do.At our ART STUDIOS wecan teach you how to put iton canvas, paper, plus allsorts of other things.We have lessons for verybeginners, people who havetried it a little, and of coursefor artists who have done itfor quite a while.We have classes for ArtAngels ( 5 to 7 year olds)Junior Artists 8 to 12 years,And adults 13 to 83!TMThe ART STUDIOS areopen Monday to Saturdayand classes are held at...10am, 1pm, 3:30pm & 7pm.We have Life Drawing...and Portfolio preparationclasses, we do workshopsfor all kinds of styles andmediums.WE have art classes forMoms & Tots, we have specialclasses during thesummer for children. Weeven have Art Seminars forbusinesses.If you would like moreinformation call us, theART STUDIOS open dailyMonday thru Saturday at9:30 am.20059 92A Avenue, Langley BC 604 455-0344 www.theartschool.comwinter edition 13