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Interview with Sandra Farynuk
Enderby Schools

Sandra has lived in Enderby all of her life, and she attended M.V. Beattie and A.L. Fortune schools from the year 1954 to 1966. She went to M.V. Beattie for grades one through six, and A.L. Fortune for grades seven through twelve. She has many memories of both of these schools.

Sandra remembers vividly the lunch hour dance classes held every day at A.L. Fortune. Another 'not so fond' memory of her school years was the school track meet at Riverside Park. In between races, she lay down to rest in the grass and the next day she had poison ivy all over her
arm so badly she had to wear a sling.

Sandra will always remember the girls and boys volleyball road trips. After their games, the girls always raced out to the bus first, and each selected one seat; when the boys finally came, they had to pick which girl they wanted to sit with. From there, the rumors started to fly!

The school population remained about 130-150 kids throughout her years there. Each class had about 30 pupils.

The social part of school was remembered mostly for the basketball trips, the school plays and the gymnastic displays, which were always well attended by the community. There were also dances put on for the school on Friday nights.

Sandra remembers her math teacher being a frightening man. No one would ever talk in his classes. She remembers one time when a student forgot to bring his pen, the teacher got so mad that Sandra remembers sitting in her desk shaking, because she didn't have a pen either. However, he never noticed, and she brought her pen unfailingly thereafter.

Another teacher (who was later admitted to a mental institution) was picked on by all the students. Once, while he had his back to the class, someone threw a water balloon and it exploded beside him on the blackboard. Needless to say he had a fit, and apparently never fully recovered! Sandra also remembers the boys of this class giving this particular teacher a hard time. They ran strings through the legs of their desks so when the teacher walked by he would trip and fall on his face.

Sandra thinks the major difference between the modern day schooling and schooling in her time is the way in which we are taught. She feels the teachers never checked on their schoolwork the way they do now. Future planning wasn't an issue either, and there were definitely no computers to help you out. She also notes that students weren't nearly as fashion conscious back then as they are now.

These are just a few memories of schooling for Sandra Farynuk (MacPherson).

Janine Farynuk
ALF School 1989