Kindergarten Registration will be taking place at New Brunswick Elementary Schools from Tuesday October 14th to Friday October 17th. It is important that all children turning 5 by December 31, 2015 and starting kindergarten in September 2015 are registered for school as soon as possible*. Parents and children will be invited to participate in special events throughout the school year to help with the transition to kindergarten. The following information is required for registration: Birth Certificate and/or Medicare Card and Proof of Immunization.
Hundreds of ASD-N high school
students in senior grades are having an opportunity this week to take a serious
look at their future career options. Each high school in turn is hosting a travelling
exposition organized by the Atlantic
Association of Registrars and Admissions Officers (AARAO). Universities and
colleges throughout the Atlantic Region participate in this annual event, sending displays and personnel, which
allows students a close to home “one
stop” opportunity to talk to the representatives and explore many of their options once they graduate from high
The fall sports programs have begun in schools across the
district. Yesterday more than 200 elementary school students, grades 3 to 5,
participated in a cross country running meet at Gretna Green Elementary School
in Miramichi. This was the first of 4 weekly meets that make up the fall
schedule for yesterday’s participants. Meets, held Wednesday afternoons, will
be hosted by North and South Esk Elementary, Croft Elementary and Blackville School in coming weeks. Schools across the ASD-N will be
participating in a wide variety of outdoor fall sports over the next 2 months
This past Saturday Jen McEathron
and Kaitlyn Frost were tucked away in a corner of the Chatham Market, quietly
supporting third world development. They were seeking donations from those
passing by to help provide children in Uganda and Dominican Republic with
school supplies. The James M. Hill High School students are members of an
organization at their school called WRED. The goal of their on-going project is to
raise enough money to purchase 20 school supply kits for Uganda and 175 kits
for Dominican Republic. Each kit is valued at $20.00 and would include pencils
The Campbellton Junior A Tigers found time
in their busy pre-season schedule to welcome back students at Tide Head School.
The partnership created last year by Community School Coordinator Aysleigh
Lefurgey and Head Coach Troy Ryan continued as players dedicated an afternoon
to help students prepare their school garden for the fall. Tide Head School’s
discovery garden was initiated in 2013 and has become a fundamental part of
learning for students. The school garden not only educates students about
growing plants and produce organically but also encourages wellness and healthy
Miramichi Valley High School has been selected by a
group called Brilliant Labs to do a technology project for the Fall of
2014. ‘Underwater Robots on the Miramichi’ will allow students an
opportunity to explore the Miramichi River with OpenROV robots (Remote Operated
Vehicle) and capture live video of their exploration. The
class will be posting updates on their expedition throughout the
semester and encourages everyone to follow the project by visiting
the link... OpenExplorer
.
Are you looking to share your love of reading and get involved in your community? Elementary Literacy Inc. is a not-for-profit charitable organization with the mission to work closely with educators, parents and communities for increasing literacy rates across New Brunswick. To support this effort, Elementary Literacy Inc. offers the Elementary Literacy Friends Program (Elf) in Anglophone schools across NB. The Elf Program is a one-on-one reading achievement program matching trained community volunteers with grade 2 children who require additional reading practice.
The "ELF" programs in ASD-N schools are looking for volunteers for sessions that will begin in October. Elementary Literacy Friends (ELF) is a volunteer-based literacy program that helps Grade 2 students who would benefit from additional one-on-one literacy activities.
Again this year a number of ASD-N schools began
the school term on September 2nd with programs for new students called
WEB (Where Everybody Belongs) and Boomerang (You get back what you put in) for
Middle School and High School respectively. These programs are designed to make
the students’ transition to secondary school a positive and supported
experience with events organized and lead by teachers and volunteer older
students. Through their participating in a warm and welcoming activity-based orientation
the new students were given an opportunity to get to know each other, their new
Generous support for
the music programs in ASD-N schools was received from the Miramichi radio
station 95.9 Sun FM. The presentation of a cheque for $5000 was made to ASD-N
superintendent Beth Stymiest and music teachers Candace Curtis and Chantal
MacDonald this past Wednesday at the District Office. Shown in the above photo,
left to right are Mrs. Stymiest, Ms Curtis, Ms, MacDonald, and representing 95.9 Sun FM are general
manager Dan Gallant, program director Mel Sampson and news director Darcy
McLaughlin.
