Artisans from across Atlantic Canada will be
exhibiting their work at the Rexton Elementary’s Home and School Annual Tea and Craft Sale on November 17th.
Over 60 exhibitors will display crafts and baked goods that will be for sale at
RES’s only fund raiser for the year. It’s a wonderful opportunity for purchasing
seasonal items while supporting the school . The fair will run from 9:00 a.m.
until 2:00 p.m. at Rexton Elementary. A warm invitation is extended to all to
join in the fun and fantastic Christmas shopping. See attached.
The final elementary school cross country meet of the season for ASD-N sub-districts 4,5,and 6 took place at North and South Esk Elementary School on Wednesday October 24th, 2012. Twelve area schools were represented by more than 130 runners who enjoyed fine fall weather and a well planned one kilometer course. The results from the 6 races of this final meet of the season had St. Andrew’s Elementary win the overall championship for the girls division and Croft Elementary win the overall championship for the boys division.
The introduction to Kindergarten program for those entering the school system in 2013 begins this week. Sessions for those attending Harkins Elementary and Harcourt schools will be held at those schools on Wednesday October 24 and Thursday October 25 respectively starting at 6:00 pm. A second follow-up session will be held at each school later in November. For a complete list of Kindergarten introduction sessions in Anglophone North School District sub-districts 4,5,6, and 7 please see the attached documents below.
Ms Campbell - CenterMr. Henderson - CenterMs Pugh - CenterThree teachers in Anglophone North School District have been recently recognized by their peers for their work in Physical Education. Ms Mae Cameron of Sugarloaf High School, Campbellton, Mr. Jamie Henderson of North and South Esk Elementary School, Sunny Corner and Ms Denise Pugh of Nelson Rural School, Miramichi each received their awards at the New Brunswick Physical Education Society’s (NBPES) annual conference in Fredericton on October 10th.
Dan Lane, Manager Sobeys Bathurst Audrey Ronalds, provincial chairperson for Breakfast for Learning™ and George Daley - Vice Principal Bathurst High School.The Bathurst High School’s community provides a service considered very important to student learning. That service is breakfast. Bathurst High School (BHS) is not alone in Anglophone North School District, nor the province, in providing this service but is actively seeking volunteers to support the program.
United Commercial Travelers 827 is proud to announce that Veda Haggarty, a student at the time at Parkwood Heights Elementary School, Bathurst, placed second in the North American international UCT 2011-2012 Safety Poster Contest. Her theme centered on the importance of wearing a helmet in a variety of recreational activities. Having previously won at the local and provincial level her second place international award was announced at the UCT’s Supreme Convention in Calgary Alberta in early summer.
This month a number of schools in Anglophone North School District are participating in the International Walk to School program that encourages students to be physically active and to take advantage of such opportunities in their daily routine. International Walk to School Day has been designated as Wednesday October 10 and the day chosen by Harcourt School for this event. North and South Esk Elementary held their walk to school event on Friday October 5th. Some of their students and leaders are shown in the accompanying photograph. For more information visit Walk to School .
The beautiful September weather that has continued into October has been great for the outdoor after-school sports programs for ASD-N schools. High participation rates at the elementary and middle school levels in both cross country running and soccer seem to be the norm as shown by Thursday’s events at Nelson Rural School. Visit Fall Sports .
Hair was flying at Croft Elementary on Thursday, September 27th 2012 in remembrance of Terry Fox! Alexa Matchett, a grade 5 Croft student, had her ponytail donated to help make a wig for cancer patients. Mrs Robichaud also donated her ponytail which was cut-off by student Rebecca Hare. Tickets were sold to students for $1 each for a chance to cut-off the teacher’s ponytail. In total the hair cutting event raised $143 for the Terry Fox Foundation. A special thanks goes out to Glamour’s Tara Drisdale for volunteering her services during the event and of course to our brave student Alexa Mat
