North and South Esk Regional High School is hosting a Spaghetti Supper and Silent Auction at the Beaverbrook Kin Center, Miramichi West, on Wednesday November 28th. The guest speaker at the dinner will be Bruce Beaton a former professional football player and author of “Little Athletes Big Leaders’. The title of his talk is Effective Sport Parenting. There is a free presentation for sport coaches prior to the dinner. For ticket information and further details please click on image on the left.
Well known children’s author Sheree Fitch is returning to Miramichi as part of the celebration for the 25th anniversary of the publication of her first book, Toes in My Nose, on Tuesday November 27th . Three one hour visits with grade 2,3 and 4 pupils are planned for Gretna Green Elementary (9:00 a.m.), St. Andrews Elementary (10:30 a.m.) and Blackville School(1:00 p.m.). Other area schools are arranging visits to these schools to share the excitement on the 27th.
National Bullying Awareness Week is being observed this week and supporters are asked to wear blue on Friday November 16th. The theme for the week is “STAND UP”. Visit Bullying Awareness Week . This morning a web site was launched in Campbellton as part of a campaign to counter bullying. The site has been created by Intimidation Restigouche, a consortium of community agencies, service clubs and educators. Visit Intimidation Restigouche . The wristband shown above may be ordered through info@bullyingawarenessweek.org while supplies last.
A website dedicated to reducing bullying is being launched on Thursday November 15th - http://IntimidationRestigouche.com . A campaign by schools, community agencies and service clubs in the Dalhousie and Campbellton areas will use the site to feature bullying awareness videos created by students as well as other content and generally act as a resource for young people, parents and professionals working with victims of bullying behavior.
Many district school students observed Remembrance Day on Friday Nov. 9th at ceremonies held at their respective schools. Their participation was not limited to attending the hour long programs. Several weeks of effort went into choir rehearsals, preparation of audio-visual presentations and the making of decorations, providing ample time to reflect. Former members of Canada's armed forces, including WW II and Korean War veterans, attended and were made to feel welcome.
Now that Halloween has passed and
Remembrance Day is upon us, as to be expected, local retail stores are
anxiously anticipating Christmas with the hope of a rush of people passing
through their doors. Local food banks throughout the Anglophone North School
District are also getting ready for a busy time. It turns out that many school
children are aware of the needs of others in their community and will be
actively involved in collecting non-perishable food items and delivering them
to the needy, usually through local food banks. Members of the public are asked
Harkins Middle School recently enjoyed the science enrichment activities provided by Fredericton based Science East™. Two days of classroom demonstrations culminated in an evening community based event titled "ILLUMINATE", Thursday November 9th. The purpose of this showcase was to “shed light” on how science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are used by professionals in the Miramichi region.
Several Anglophone North District schools arranged for their
students to collect food items for local food banks when they visited their
neighbours on Halloween. Most food bank inventories are getting quite low according
to recent media reports. The Miramichi Food Bank for instance, is presently supporting more
than 400 familes and so the organization was very grateful when 2 district
schools delivered more than 1.8 metric tonnes of non-perishable food on
November 1st. Please visit Delivering to the Food Bank
to see photos.
Recently, Campbellton Middle School held a fun evening for boys from CMS and their fathers, grandparents, or other male adult role models. Mr. Graham, our vice-principal, says that “The goal of the event was to welcome fathers, grandfathers, and father figures into the school. They play a huge role in the lives of the young males at CMS, and we don’t often get to see them, as mothers are most often involved when it comes to anything to do with their children’s education.” Some of the younger and “older” guys played basketball, others played floor hockey and some played video games.
