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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2013
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VOL 116 NO. 43
Charting the new course of education School District 51’s new superintendent of schools, Kevin Argue, reveals his educational philosophy JIM HOLTZ
Grand Forks Gazette
If there is a thread that runs through the career of School District 51’s new superintendent, Kevin Argue, it is perhaps the idea that good teachers can have profound impacts on their students. It was Argue’s own experiences with good teachers growing up in Surrey that created his life-long interest in education, and it is that same experience that he would like to continue to foster in SD51 as superintendent. “I had so many fabulous teach-
ers, and they were my role models,” Argue said in an interview with the Gazette. “I so connected with what they did and what I got from them that I never really had any other idea of what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a teacher.” The positive impact of educators continued during Argue’s teaching career. At the junior high in Surrey where he worked for five years he learned from two highly motivated administrators. “The principal and vice-principal both had such an amazing impact,” he said. “The school was in North Surrey,
with a real high-risk population of students, and there were a lot of reasons to make excuses about things, and they did so many amazing things in our school with our staff, our kids and our community that I saw you could do a lot more than just with the kids in one class, but have an impact on a greater number of people and on a community. I thought that was something I might like to try.” Argue decided to stay close to his parents when they moved to the Kootenays and accepted a position as a vice-principal at Grand Forks Secondary School and then as prin-
cipal of Perley Elementary. Argue credits the previous two superintendents with working closely with principals in the district, work which helped prepare him for the transition to his current job. “We got to work on a leadership team with them, so I had that sense of what the educational side of the job was, and that was what I aspired to, thinking, okay, now you can have an impact on this level, on principals and on all schools and the community,” he said.
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A beautiful stretch of the Kettle River Valley and the sky that framed it north of Rock Creek were reflected in the water as it meandered through the river bed. The leaves were getting ready to turn colour, painting an even brighter palette across the landscape.
City selected for Head Start program for young women CRAIG LINDSAY
Grand Forks Gazette
City council received notification that Grand Forks has been selected to participate in the Head Start
for Girls and Young Women program. The program is an initiative of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). Grand Forks is set to
become one of only seven municipalities across Canada to deliver the project. “That’s an exciting program,” said Mayor Brian Taylor. “As one of those
parents of girls, as much as you prepare your daughter to enter into public life and take a role in a number of areas, they are limited by society. I think this is a really progressive program.
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