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Mrs.L. Millard-Smith Thornbury Mr.C. Jones
QCI is bidding farewell' tp Ji good fyiend,;t~acherlmentrr ana
Barbadoes
Mr.R. Atkinson
Hawkestone
beredas a car~n w atiy:b
.Jackie Plater will be fondly
student&givetheii\ter '
with CCL First as a
Geograpqj,C~-oparid,thGSoci
bom,aild raised in f:o1Jingwood where,she received her element
education. She headed ,south to Ryers,on University, Hert') ,
Bachelor of ,Applied Arts· degree., Jackie contjnuetl
ob.tainjog her Bachelorpf Education from 1he Ontario Teacher Edrica
~lid l a t e r h e r Ty~ A t e a c h i n g c e r t i f i c a t e f r o m t b e F~cult:Y o f Educatio~1 ~ t h e
'University ·of Toronto. Later she added Specjal Edu<:atton and Co-op qualifications.Jackie has eQriched the lives. of _students in many ways besides ' teaqbing. Being.involved in t.h.e rQ.any musicals p~oducedby CCI as we)las being part of the coJilmencemenLcommittee form:iny years allowed Jackie·to interact withstudentsoutsideoftheclassroom. Jac.kie'sloveof.Skiiqgs_awhercoachthe
in~Special , , , manitie,spepartm
AlpineSki Team for 5 years as.wen:as coach the:Blue
Alpine Ski team for 8years. :Being i!ivolved inthe C
Collingwood communitY all~w<ed to be recognized as.:reac~e.r
iri 4004, by the Collingwood and Chamber ofComnierce. All
will reme~berthekiM w~rdswrt~which Jackie approached each,of us. Her sense ofhumorlr, her exceptional organi'Zation skills ilL, b e r e m e m b e r e d b y e v e r y o n e . T h o s e w h o h a v e b e e n l i l l n} e r fa~ a n d t y r n p e r e d m a n n e r s h e brou~Wtto t h e s t u d y o f a l l t ; h e $ u b j e c t s t h a t sb~ taugh~. . She bas known llli!OY "Collingwood families, ha,ving taughr ,both par.ents al)ld the1r
reo. When aslCed to reflect on her time at CCI Jackie said, ·"CCI is like p1y ents roy children and the4staff m will
s of CCI." After 30 years Ot teaching ear her She and her.husband s'teve ~illcontinue to spend their time in
gwood skiil!g, golfing and flying their plane.
l:Jel;lasta<Ightoyerten.difl'erentsubjectswhilebt;reatcq.butthepnesubj,ectthat went to univ~rsityfor btnever taught in CoiUngwopd however he did get'a
chMce. to teacli it af.~CIfor one semester. After ·
OJyrppic)i well ds the :Year
by
betwee
Mr, Ley·when oack and
Collegiate tor one semel(ter. Mi: Ley started here
t a u g h t S c i e n c e , Pbysics,'Electr~nics, C o m m u n i c a t i o n . T e e Manufacturing, Wood Manufacturi,llg, G:t:acte 9 Integrated Engineering. MrLey's rtshasseenhun CI a position he will continue to w after
with "the boys''. and nas-'been a.staff adv
in thC early 90's (1991) !illd · ·
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