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Controversial Self Design High’s EOS program will make history this spring when its first graduating takes a huge step into an exciting future. before they get coast there, More than 65 years ago Japanese Canadiansclass were forcibly removed from their homes on But British Columbia’s report card this group of 14 peopleValley are determined makeofathe difference the present and brought to internment camps in places likeyoung the Slocan during the to height Secondin World War. Today those who lived through the ordeal tell stories of struggle, sadness, and forgiveness. Here’s one such tale... rates Nelson area schools GREG NESTEROFF
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ongtime Nelson resident Yosh Tagami mi remembers working for 25 cents an KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND n hour building internment shacks on Nelson Starthe Reporter Popoff farm near Slocan City. He was 17 controversial and his familyannual would soon move intoo The report one of those houses, which measured by the Fraser Institute is out with 14 x 25 rankings feet. its of several schools in the “The first winter wasdistrict cold with four feet Kootenay Lake school along of snow, and icicles formed inside with their provincial counterparts. so we putThe cardboard fromonboxes the walls,â€? Report Card B.C.’son Elemenhe says. tary Schools 2013 rates 853 public was no insulation andThere independent elementarybeyond schoolspaper and shiplap, and no indoor plumbing. based on 10 academic indicators using data from annual Wooden bunkthe beds lay atFoundation either end of Skills Assessments (FSA)inadministhe house with a kitchen the middle. tered for the B.C. Ministry of Edu- and They used a wood stove for cooking cation. heating. “By pinpointing theand subject areasgreen “Rice was rationed we made in which individual schools are im- had a garden tea from alfalfa leaves,â€? he says. “We arden and also proving or declining and how their bought vegetables fromHigh the EOS DoukSelf sDesign programABOVE students —Even were preparing for their masquerade ball which takes place this Saturday night. The academic performance compares hoborsto who came horse-driven driven evente isinanhorse important fundraiser for their ambitious Kirsten Hildebrand photo before World War grad II, projects. that of other BC schools overwagons. the pastâ€? Japanese Canadians The EOS students are celebratThe cooperative approach fosters five years, our report helps educators KIRSTEN Tagami, now 85, wasHILDEBRAND born at like Yosh Tagami self-motivation and teaches “life ing graduation by volunteering prioritize learning challenges in their Nelson Star Reporter Genoa Bay on Vancouver Island were ďŹ ngerprinted is learning.â€? while exploring other cultures and schools,â€? says Peter Cowley, director and raised at Paldi, a sawmill and photographed Fourteen Grade 12 students are “Everyone has to be so self- landscapes. They’re taking action of school performance studies at the communitymaking near Duncan. He for identity cards the transition from be- motivated, â€? says student Brynn on something that matters deeply Fraser Institute. had four brothers and twoto influential; ing influenced their that people want to them, says graduating student Kootenay Lake School District when theyForsey. turned “Seeing 16. sisters. Their father Jirosaku, a perspective on graduating sets a— ThouCobi Delfiner. to learn is empowering.â€? superintendent Jeff Jones explains RIGHT millwright, was injured tipping point. in a fall “We were looking for someRather than the typical graduthe FSA exams, designed by teachsands of internees work, so the sons SelfDesign High is graduating this group is dedicated to a thing a bit more meaningful,â€? she ers, help educators see trends.and Theunable to were sent ation, to Slocan as teenagers. the first group of youth from its graduation district does an analysis of eachbegan test logging City where they en- with a difference. They says. “Our program to begin with EOS program this year. dured The al-primitive have living been preparing, research- is so diverse. It breaks through the item to see how they can respond to ternative school ing, and planning for months, Story continues to leads students conditions. Story continues to as theyon learn through experience with some new and innovative Story continues to ‘Tagami’ Page 3 (Tak Toyota photo) ‘Students’ on Page 11 while completing group projects. approaches. ‘District’ on Page 27
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