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
Autism
Miramichi has recognized the work of ASD-N Educational Support Teacher, Bill
McGinn, for his work with autistic
children in the Miramichi area, naming him as the Autism Professional of the
Year.
Six Anglophone North School District
educators have been recognized recently by the New Brunswick Association for
Community Living (NBACL). At a ceremony hosted by
the Honourable Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick and
the patron of NBACL, Lorena Joseph, Lorraine Whalen and Julia Murray, Educational Assistants at
Harcourt School, were presented with National Inclusive Education Awards. The
NBACL press release following the ceremony stated,
“From the Harcourt School,
three educational assistants, Lorena Joseph, Lorraine Whalen and Julia Murray, whose team
Lieutenant Governor of New
Brunswick, the Honorable Jocelyne
Roy-Vienneau spoke Monday February 9th to an assembly at Ian
Baillie Primary School to open New
Brunswick Heritage Week 2015. Selected to
represent all of New Brunswick, the school was proud to host Her Honour, the
Lieutenant Governor, as well as New Brunswick’s Minister of Tourism Heritage
and Culture and MLA for Miramichi-Bay du Vin the
Honourable Bill Fraser and Lisa Harris MLA,
Miramichi Bay-Neguac. During the assembly Ian Baillie students performed songs
The
Campbellton Jr. A Tigers returned to Tide Head School recently for "Tigers Activity
Hour"! For the next few weeks, players under the leadership of head coach Troy Ryan,
will be visiting Tide Head School to conduct a fun and educational sports
program with students. For the second year the team will focus on teaching
students basic skills of a variety of sports on Wednesday afternoons. Community
Schools Coordinator, Aysleigh Lefurgey remarked that “Tide Head School is
thrilled to have the Tigers back for Activity Hour! The program was a great
