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Text Box: She's the school grandmother, the dispenser of countless Band-Aids, tissues and advice, and she knows the answer to every question about our school. Every year, Mrs. Ambrose looks forward to September and the upbeat, exciting mood of a school filled with curious children, freshly decorated classrooms and energetic teachers. When prospective parents come to tour the school in the summer, she worries that -- despite the impressive new building -- they've "missed the flavour of the school." "It's just a building when the children aren't here," she said. "It's the children that make it. It's a real family feeling."

Text Box: If she seems to be the resident historian, it's because Mrs. Ambrose has been involved since the very beginning, when a group of parents met in 1966 to talk about an alternative school to the public and Catholic systems. The young mother of three boys went along to see what it was all about. The group heard different ideas, including a presentation from Dr. Mario Montessori, son of Maria Montessori who pioneered the education methods that bear her name. The group was most attracted to the ideas of Harry Giles, a Toronto lawyer who had started the Toronto French School. Mrs. Ambrose remembered that the Waterloo Region parents were inspired by the thought of

Text Box: something short and memorable that reflects what we’re all about. To engage the school in the spirit of this publication, we’re having a contest, inviting the students to submit name ideas. Classes will be encouraged to brainstorm ideas together and the class with

September, 2004

Text Box: Dates to Remember: Tuesday, Sept. 14, Curriculum night for Grades 4 through 8 Wednesday, Sept. 15 Curriculum night for Kindergarten A,B,C Thursday, Sept. 16 Curriculum night for grades 1, 2, 3. Wednesday, Sept. 22, Welcome Barbecue Annual Terry Fox Run. Date to be announced. Monday, Oct. 11 Thanksgiving Day December 1 & 2, Interview days (no school)

Inside this issue:

See page 2, “Mrs. Ambrose”

Welome to our snazzy new newsletter! The “Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School Newsletter” has graduated from a typed and photocopied piece of paper, to this publication with pizazz.

But our new newsletter needs a catchy name,

a bilingual education for their children. French immersion was not offered in public schools at that time.

The school began in fall 1966 in the basement of St. Columba church on Mayfield Avenue in Waterloo. Right away, Giles started negotiations to buy the old stone Rummelhardt school house at Erb Street and Erbsville Road, where we are now situated. The price: $14,000.

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