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The Vancouver Giants closed out training camp Wednesday, but the Western Hockey League team will continue at the Ladner Leisure Centre with the first of three preseason games tonight against the Kelowna Rockets. For more on the team, see Page 39.
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New academies and expanded elementary music program among additions as school year begins Tuesday
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Some exciting additions are coming to the Delta school district, says board chair Dale Saip. In an interview with the Optimist at the district’s administrative offices in Ladner earlier this week, Saip talked about some of the changes that will be coming to Delta schools this September. New this year is an expansion of the music program for grades 6 and 7, which will include theory as well as instrumental instruction. “We’re not really spending any
new money but we’ve been able to reallocate some of the monies we have in place,” Saip said. “We’re asking people to donate used band instruments.” A film production academy will launch at the Delta Manor Education Centre in Ladner, which will also see students in the acting academy at South Delta Secondary involved as there’s a tremendous synergy between the two programs, noted Saip. The district is also starting a lacrosse academy at Delta Secondary and an academic academy with a Sustainable Earth theme at SDSS, although the lat-
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Holly Elementary kindergarten teacher Susan Stockill (front) and Grade 1 teacher Kristin Brind are busy preparing for another school year.
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