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A warm welcome Clayton Heights reaches out to this year’s Grade 8s
By Jennifer Lang of how best to ease the transition to high If things go according to plan, school. When it doesn’t go smoothly, it Clayton Heights Secondary’s newest crop can negatively impact a student’s entire of Grade 8s will always remember their high school career. “We want to reshape the whole [school] first day of school. But it won’t be because they got lost on culture to be more accepting,” said Monttheir way to class or because they couldn’t gomery, who explains the Link Crew is find a friendly face in the crowd, thanks about striving to make all of the new students feel at home. to something called the Link Crew. On Aug. 30, the Grade 8s were Clad in bright blue t-shirts invited to an orientation session and consisting of 50 friendly that began with a welcome asstudents from Grades 11 and 12, sembly in the gym. the Link Crew members have With attractions like a town stepped forward to act as mencrier, VIP section, and “bleacher tors and role models to the Class creatures” assigned to pump up of 2017. the crowd, it wasn’t your average That first day in a big, new Grade 8 orientation, where stuschool is always a bit scary. dents pay fees, get their locker “They’re going from being at combinations and maybe a the top of the ladder in Grade 7 quickie tour of the school. in a small school to being overPaulina Pekova The newbie Grade 8s were whelmed,” explained Clayton then split up into groups for Heights teacher and Link Crew coordinabreakout sessions with Link Crew student tor Sheri Montgomery. Montgomery is one of a growing num- leaders. “We’ve all been there. We’ve all been ber of educators in Canada and the U.S. who have been trained under the Boo- through Grade 8. We know the anxiety. merang Project, which now reaches 1 We know the fear, and some of the bagmillion students a year. The Link Crew is See LITTLE THINGS / Page 2 Clayton Heights’ response to the problem
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The sunny side of life
Joyce, who’s in her 90s, smiles while sharing a dance at Sunnyside Hall in South Surrey in May. The group hosts weekly Old Time Dances Mondays at 1 p.m. at the hall. The events feature live music. All seniors are welcome. To view more of photographer Lani Hyde’s work, please visit www.lanihydephotography.ca.
Close call for local father Jordan Hugh, centre, with sons Kylar and Dallas.
By Jennifer Lang A young family is reaching out for love and support of the community in the wake of an accident. Two weeks ago, Jordan Hugh, 29, suffered a fall at work that resulted in a head injury and a fracture in his neck. He was installing siding at a home in West Vancouver when he slipped and fell, landing head first on a rock.
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He initially lost some sensation in his hands and feet, but soon regained it, to his family’s immense relief. However, he must be careful as the swelling subsides. “He can’t even lift a two-litre bottle of milk,” his wife Jessica, 26, said a few days after Jordan was released from See WE THANK GOD / Page 5
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The father of two young boys was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, where he needed 50 stitches to patch him up. A loving and kind-hearted father, Jordan is in a great deal of pain because the injury has caused massive swelling to his head. He has also fractured his C7 vertebrae, putting his spinal chord potentially at risk.
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