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Food, glorious food! The workhouse children get together for the opening songin the Zorra Highland Park production < of "Oliver" last week at the school. The production played to a full house and solid reviews from those assembled. (Laura i Green Photo) . ' Paper chain'ssymbolize' links: By LAURA GREEN onorra Highland ParkSehool Week's theme "Community Metres and metres of paper to remind students, staff and Links." chains ranthrodghoutthehalls visitors of the 1996 Education Since the early Pioneers, ' schools have been a focal point for each community. The schoolhouse and the church were the first buildings to be built for a new community. Education was as important to these citizens as it is today. A full week of activities were planned with the theme link-- ing each day together. Staff members Scott Naisbitt and Christine MacDonald were co- planning the events. Events included a kick-off assembly with the staff dressed as community members and an art gallery day with stu- dents' work from Junior kin-- dergarten to Grade 8 on dis-- play. Zorra's HPS'S major fund raising activity in the form of - differentztypes of ----a--thons for'eacli' level was held on Tuesday. "Our community at work" day was the largest link of the week. "Students were given the op- Quilt crazy Piecemaker's '96 Biennial Quilt showwas put" on by the Stonetowne and Huron-Perth Quilters Guilds. 'The event, was held at the community centre over' three 'days last week and drew more than 1,700 people. W portunity to meet various' members of the community as' theydisplayed theirtalcntsand community roles," explained .' Scott Naisbitt about this day's ' theme. a Community roles were the i fire chief, a nurse, a police ' officer, a dairyfarmer, bank manager and township counf i cillor. Talents displayed were, woodworking, photography. quilting and landscape-gar-. dening. ' Some of the guests were knownto the studentsas mem-' ' bers of Embro and West Zorra Optimists, Embro and Zorra Agriculture Society, BrooksdaleWomen'sInstitute. Zorra's Home and School As-- sociation, Girl Guides, Scouts- lstEmbroorfromtheirchurch. Our community at work theme emphasizes the fact that community people can and do wear many community hats. A parade of students dressed as community members con- cluded the community links assemble and education week on Friday.