The Miramichi Young Professionals and Involved Entrepreneurs (MYPIE) recently recognized Miramichi Rural School Teacher Mr. Adam Hayward as the organization’s “Professional of the Year”. Although teaching for fewer than 5 years Mr. Hayward has an impressive record in education, inside and outside the classroom. Among his involvements that resulted in this recognition are ...
An enthusiastic group of District 16 science students took their research work to Fredericton on Friday April 15 for the River Valley Regional Science Fair. Seven project entries from Middle and High School were presented to the judges and four were recognized with medals. In the junior category ...
So say the Rotary Interact Clubs of Miramichi Valley and James M. Hill high schools and they used this as a title for the benefit event they organized and held Thursday April 14 to raise money and awareness to support the recovery process in Japan, following that country’s recent devastating events. The well attended concert program, put together through a joint effort between ...
The District 16 Spelling Bee was held Friday last at Croft Elementary School with a total of 100 participants from kindergarten to grade 8.The respective winners are: Kindergarten - Rayann Hussein Gretna Green, Grade 1 - Dustin Stewart Millerton, Grade 2 - Griffin Doucet Croft, Grade 3 - Travis Stewart Millerton, Grade 4 - Isaac Tozer Croft, Grade 5 - Aiyana Augustine Croft, Grade 6 - James MacMillan – Millerton, Grade 7 - Kristen Trevors - Dr. Losierand Grade 8 - Nathaniel Litcher - NSER.
Schools throughout District 16 have held their annual science fairs for 2011 and their schools’ top projects have moved on to the district level expositions which were held over the last two weeks. The judges at the district fairs have been very pleasantly surprised and impressed with the quality of the student research. Many of the questions investigated were the result of student curiosity. The experiments designed were ...
A video conference with Dr. Victoria Hipkin of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was an eye opening experience for grade 5 students at Gretna Green Elementary School this past Friday.Dr. Hipkin, a science specialist with CSA, was able to talk “face to face” with the students and answer their questions regarding earth’s atmosphere, planets and conditions on the moon. She also led the students ...
On this past Saturday, once again the kitchens of Miramichi Valley High School were filled with the aromas of wonderful dishes prepared by the contestants in the annual District 16 Culinary Technology Competition. Seven students from James M. Hill High and Miramichi Valley High, chopped, stirred, poured,sprinkled, fried, steamed and baked all morning to prepare ...
Grade 11 English students of Mrs. Krista Cabel at Miramichi Valley High School received a challenge recently. An assignment they were given required them to write a profile about an individual they are not acquainted with, using information collected by means of an interview with the “stranger”. While some students developed interesting and authentic stories gathered from ...
Many school students of District 16 have been enjoying the trails of the Miramichi Cross Country Ski Club this winter under the direction of their teachers and volunteer members of the club. Although most of the young skiers have been from local elementary schools, middle school and high school students have also had an enjoyable introduction to the life-time recreational activity that is considered to be one of the best forms of cardiovascular exercise. The visits, usually lasting about ...
