On September 29, international students from Dalhousie Regional High School, Dalhousie Middle School, Sugarloaf Senior High School and Campbellton Middle School got together, along with their host families, at Les Aventuriers Biathlon Building.The students enjoyed the agility course and a walk to the Charlo Dam amidst the beautiful fall colours. ASD-N Senior Education Officer, Craig Caldwell, escorted the students to supper playing the bagpipes. It seemed like they felt honoured by this.
October 1st to 7th is Wellness Week in New Brunswick and a great time for schools to make a Wellness Commitment. We are asking schools in Anglophone North to make a commitment to participate in Wellness in Action. By making this commitment your school will be entered in a draw for a Wellness Grant prize of $500. Each school will receive a Wellness Wheel and they are encouraged to post pictures or information about activities that they do in the four pillars from October 1st until the end of February 2014. Why don’t you submit your story to be posted on the Join the Wellness Movement website?
Preparations
are in full swing for having Roots of Empathy in classrooms in New Brunswick including
once again, here in Anglophone North
School District. While Key Point People coordinate families, classrooms and
instructor,s another important part is
also taking place. Fifteen new instructors and 4 returning instructors from
around the province are gathered at the Education Center Miramichi this week
for training. When the 3 day training is completed they will then return to
schools in their respective areas and deliver this evidenced based program
Kindergarten registration will take place at your local
school from October 14th to 17th for children who will
turn 5 by December 31, 2015 and who start school in September 2015. Register
your child for Kindergarten this October and receive information and
invitations to be part of activities to support your child’s learning.
This term Anglophone North School District is hosting eighty international students in a number of its middle and senior high schools. Students, billeted in local homes, come from Germany, Mexico, China, Brazil and Columbia and are here for 3 months, one full semester or for the complete school year. They attend classes with their Canadian classmates and have extra-curricular cultural excursions and social events arranged for them by six local Home-stay Coordinators. ASD-N Schools hosting these students are Sugarloaf Senior H.S., Campbellton M.S., Dalhousie H.S.
A
number of ASD-N Schools are seeking community volunteers to assist with
literacy for some Grade 2 students. They are preparing to implement a program
called “ELF”. To quote from the organizations brochure:
“Elementary Literacy Friends (ELF) is a
volunteer-based tutoring program that helps Grade 2 students who are struggling
with literacy. ELF provides training,
materials, feedback and all of the support necessary for the tutor to make a positive,
lifelong impact not just on an individual child, but on how that child will
contribute to society throughout his or her life.”
Once again the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick (APEGNB)
is holding its annual Pumpkin Fling at Waterford Green to highlight careers in science
and engineering with proceeds going to school breakfast programs. This year the
event will be held on the afternoon of Saturday September 28th and
will include pumpkin
painting, pumpkin auctions and a gourd roller coaster with new events this year
including the Pumpkin Rebounder, Pumpkin Bowling, Pumpkin Toss, Angry Pumpkins
and Upgraded Plinko boards. Come along too to enjoy the great Rotary
Many ASD-N schools from Rexton Elementary (Thursday September19, 4:00 to 6:00 pm) to Sugarloaf Senior High, Campbellton (Tuesday Sept. 3rd) are inviting parents to visit their children’s schools as the new school year begins. Check your school’s web site for details. ASD-N School Web Sites
To view photos taken at some of the ASD-N middle and high schools that participated in the first day of school WEB/Boomerang programs visit "Welcome to Your New School".
