New Brunswick will celebrate Heritage Week
from February 9th to 16th, 2015. The Theme this year is “Hope
Restored” . To learn more details and
find out about resources visit the NB Tourism, Heritage and Culture Department’s
Heritage
Week web page.
CBC Television News for New Bunswick recently aired a
story about Brazilian students attending classes at Dalhousie High School. To view the item, visit International Students in ASD-N Classroom . To see photos
of International Students enjoying winter in the Dalhousie area visit Winter
Activities .
Simon Scott, a grade 5 student at Janeville School, has
had his design selected as the 2015 NB Elementary School Drama
Festival logo. This logo will be worn on a button by by all students
participating in their district's respective 2014-2015 elementary drama festivals. The ASD-N festival
will take place at James M. Hill High School on May 12.
The greater Bathurst region
once again this Christmas had a very successful Spirit of Christmas campaign to
support many senior citizens in the area. Although this project brings many
aspects of the community together, it is from local ASD-N schools that much of
the generosity and effort is received not to mention organization and
logistics. More than 200 local seniors who might have otherwise done without
and would have had very little human contact over the Christmas season, were
personally presented in their homes with bags of goodies and gifts as well as a
Kidplayhouse Productions, a not-for-profit performing arts workshop for children, youth and adults, is accepting registrations for their winter programs. See brochure below and find out more at Kidplayhouse
Productions .
Below is a letter from a parent of ASD-N students expressing delight in a Christmas time collaborative effort between students from James M. Hill Memorial High School and Ian Baillie Primary School.
The Elementary Literacy Friends (ELF) program is now up and
running for the first year at Tide Head School. ELF is a 10 week, one -on-one tutoring program designed for grade 2
students who need additional support with literacy. AV Cell (Aditya
Birla Group) in Atholville, N.B. has been a great support as the company allows
worktime-release for employees who are willing to become ELF tutors. An AV Cell employee is currently tutoring an ELF
student at Tide Head School. Community School Coordinator Aysleigh
Lefurgey is very pleased with the partnership, “AV Cell is a wonderful
Students at Lord Beaverbrook School (LBS) were
thrilled to have a very special guest to read to them on Monday. The
Minister of Energy and Mines, Donald Arseneault, visited students and shared
some classic Christmas stories. For the
last nine years, in partnership with the Campbellton Centennial Library, MLA
Seasonal Stories has been a favorite holiday event for students at LBS. in
addition, a generous donation of books was given to the school library,
including the 30th anniversary version of the classic Canadian story, “The
The New Brunswick government has
declared Wednesday December 17th to be Anti-bullying Day. To show
support for this initiative students and staff of ASD-N are encouraged to wear
the colour blue. For more information visit BLUE
DAY .
