Schools
across ASD-N last week recognized Pink
Shirt Day. The purpose of the day is
to help establish awareness about the harm of bullying and to finding means to
educate students on how to work towards a bully-free school. Typically the day is organized by students
themselves and it uses a peer to peer approach. Here are some links to photos of activities in
several ASD-N schools. Bathurst High
School, Saint
Andrews Elementary, Dr. Losier Middle
School and Miramichi Valley High
School.
Campbellton
Middle School (CMS) wrapped up their annual Cans for Kindness Food Drive last
week. Students collected over 1175 items (approx. $1100) for community members
in need. For a number of years, CMS has been
collecting non-perishable food items, but recently they have expanded by adding
personal hygiene products (such as toothpaste, soap, deodorant, toothbrushes),
to their drive. The collected items were donated to the Restigouche County
Volunteer Action Association (RCVAA). After years of
hosting fall drives, CMS shifted to a winter collection as the RCVAA expressed
Miramichi Area Chess Tournament will be held at Rexton Elementary
School on March 21st. Schools are invited to send two students per grade
level to the tournament. (Cancellation date - March 28th). Winners
will advance to the provincials in April. Please forward the
names of participating students to jacqueline.petrie@nbed.nb.ca by March 13th.
ASD-N Students! Does your teacher have a classroom or subject web page that supports your classroom experience? Are you and your fellow students so proud of your school that you are busting to let others know about it? Have you used technology in your classroom to help you learn? If so then the 2015 ASD-N CUTE Awards are for you. · NOMINATE your Teacher’s Web Page (parents can also make nominations for this award), · Get involved with making a School Spirit Video - You school could win an Ipad Mini Videography Kit (sponsored by Kinsmen Club of the Miramichi).
Taylor Kennah, a student at Bathurst High School has been
selected to participate in the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program, in
Ottawa, May 3, 2015 to May 6, 2015. The 4 day program includes students from across Canada sponsored by
Rotary Clubs from across Canada. She and two of her school mates spoke at the February 23rd Bathurst Rotary Club regular meeting on the topic of “What it is like to be a Canadian”.
In the above photo, left to right are: Robert
Vautour, Event chair, participants Taylor Kennah, Olivia Hamilton, and Catherine
Friday, May 8th is no longer listed in the provincial school calendar as a Professional Learning Day. It will be a regular school day instead in consideration of the number of student contact days lost this year due to weather.
Pink
Shirt Day across Canada is Wednesday February 25th. Pink Shirt Day originated
in Nova Scotia when two students organized the day to protest against bullying
in their school. They distributed pink shirts to all of the boys to wear in
empathy with a boy who was being bullied. The day has grown over the years and
now we are all asked to wear pink on this day to help stop bullying. A number
of schools in ASD-N are marking this day, on or about Feb. 25th. On-going
ant-bullying campaigns are conducted throughout the school year in many
schools. For more information visit Pink
Shirt Day .
Over the past few weeks a number of ASD-N schools have celebrated Family Literacy Day with special events. The importance of hard copy books and personal interest in reading were emphasized. Here are some examples. On Tuesday, February 10th, Harkins Middle School hosted their first annual Family Literacy Night. Students, Staff and their families enjoyed milk and cookies while listening to stories, student book talks and a reader's theatre. Lots of books were given out as prizes and a great time was had by all school staff report.
The girls’ AA
basketball team of Sugarloaf Senior High School, Campbellton, and the boys’ AAA
basketball team of Miramichi Valley High School, Miramichi, have been
recognized with the 2015 Fairplay Award presented by
Basketball New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic
Association. This award recognizes the
coaches of the respective teams for their leadership in developing a sense of
sportsmanship and the “on court” fair play demonstrated by the players. The
awards will be presented at the Final 12 Provincial Basketball Championships to
