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Former Teacher, Nick Volpe enjoying
Reunion fun in The 90s.
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DECADE
EIGHT: The Nineties
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Facts & Figures...
Although traditions are
maintained, Port Credit changes with the times. Students approach the Year
2000 with renewed political and social awareness. Spirit Week and Niner
Night are still autumn highlights; the Athletic Council hosts the Sadie
Hawkins Dance; music fills the auditorium for concerts in winter and
spring, and every day the hallway rush between classes is inevitable. But
new classes such as World Issues, Science and Technology, Peer Tutoring,
Parenting and the Pacific Rim provide students with new insights into
their world.
Before long, the 1200 students at P.C.S.S. begin to act on their beliefs.
Chapters of Students
against Drunk Driving and Amnesty International open. The Multicultural
Club, and later "United Colours" bring together students from over 25
countries and help new members of the community
overcome language barriers. Learning more about each other, club members
prove that friendship
is a universal language. Under the umbrella of "Project Earth" young
environmental activists point
out ways to be better stewards of the planet. Black History Month,
culminating in an hour-long
assembly, gives students a fresh perspective on a history which has often
been overlooked.
The school paper gets a face-Iift and a new name. Changes, however, are
not merely cosmetic.
From its first issue, The Rumour features editorials questioning
municipal politics, censorship in
the media, political correctness and school board policies alongside
articles highlighting P.C.S.S.
events.
Student reporters can't compete with professional coverage, however, as
the school makes the front pages of the Globe, Star and Sun, and
the 6:00 news on CBC, CTV, Global and CITY-TV on January 31,1994. Prime
Minister Jean Chretien comes to visit- his first official trip to any high
school in the country- and P.C.S.S. basks in a national spotlight! |