The
launch of the Go for 42 Initiative was held on Friday, May 8, 2015 at Harkins
Elementary with students, staff, parents and community members in attendance.
This Kindergarten to Grade 8 initiative is led by MANGO
and will take place in local Miramichi area schools from May 11th
until June 12th. Students will attempt to accumulate 40 kms of
running/walking during that time. They will receive colorful shoe tags to mark
their progress. On Sunday June 28th at 11:00 am students are encouraged to
participate in the Mango Kids Fun Run which will complete the last 2.2 kms.
Twenty-five students from the south region of ASD-N were recognized at a dinner in their honour at the Rodd Miramichi River Hotel on Thursday May 7th. The students were presented with Turnaround Achievement Awards in recognition of their developing attitudes and approaches towards academics and school life in general. The dinner, sponsored by the Chatham Rotary Club with support from Beaubear Credit Union, was well attended with family and school staff present to recognize the accomplishment of each of the recipients.
Four schools in the northern region of Anglophone North School District, along with the Bathurst Education Centre, recently completed a very successful clothing drive in partnership with the New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL).
Genius Hour is a concept where students of all ability levels are encouraged to explore their own passions in a special one-hour-per-week time reserved for this activity. After identifying a passion or a huge interest, the students then learn how to research, organize and share their knowledge in diverse ways. At Gretna Green, 2 classes of Grade 4 students took on Genius Hour this winter. For 3 months, once a week, 25 students pursued vastly different interests with the help of their classroom teachers: Carolyn Simmons and Linda Dickson.
Throughout April Skills Canada New Brunswick holds a series of province wide skills competitions for High Shool students in ten different trades at various locations in N.B. On Saturday April 17th the competition for Automotive Service was held at Nepisiquit High School in Bathurst. Four ASD-N students participated in this event and it was a clean sweep for ASD-N with Kolen Jones of James M. Hill H. S.
