So the advertisement for the telephone companies once said, and it is still true, but now with something perhaps Dick Tracy would appreciate. Today’s classrooms are reaching to the far corners of the globe taking advantage of the high tech and low cost of Skype. Grade 6 students of Greg Theriault and Joanne Robichaud at Eleanor W. Graham Middle School in Rexton recently had a “video conversation” with local residents Tom and Judy Snowdon who are presently in Egypt with fellow Menonites providing humanitarian aid. The students had many questions for Mr.
School District 16 held its fourth annual CUTE Awards ceremony on Wednesday February 16th at the James M. Hill High School Auditorium. This annual event celebrates the Creative Use of Technology in Education. Students and Teachers had been invited to submit digitally created work produced over the previous 12 months in a variety of categories. Finalists were decided and samples of their work were displayed at the awards gala prior to the award recipient being announced.
The annual District 16 Sport Stacking Championships were held Wednesday February 9th.at the Miramichi Valley High School gymnasium. The event involved 52 participants from kindergarten to grade 12, the age span perhaps making this event unique. A list of the winners is given below.
District 16's Fastest Sport Stackers:
· K - Alexandre Comeau - St. Andrew's
· Grade 1 - Carter Richard - St. Andrew's
· Grade 2 - Jaden Claire - Elsipogtog
· Grade 3 - Emily Sock - Rexton Elementary
· Grade 4 - Mya Francais- Elsipogtog
District 16 has released the list of finalists for the 4th Annual Creative Use of Technology in Education (CUTE) Awards , see below. The names of the recipients of the awards in each of the 12 categories will be announced at a ceremony to be held at James M. Hill High School auditorium on Wednesday evening February 16th. The event begins with a display of 21st Century Learning in the lobby at 6:15 pm. That will be followed by the ceremony in theatre, beginning at 7:00. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no admission charge!
Representatives of the international aid organization Free the Children made a presentation recently to students attending Blackville School. The focus of the presentation was drinking water and the issues around the conservation of drinking water and the environmental impact of bottled water. Following the presentation a workshop was held to develop a plan of action for Blackville School and identify a village in India the school can support in its efforts to improve its quality of water.
The Miramichi Rotary Pond Hockey Tournament takes place this weekend and once again students of District 16 will be involved in video recording games and interviews from the ice surface. This is the third successive pond hockey tournament in which students have had the opportunity to use technology to present the tournament to a broad audience via the internet. This authentic community based involvement gives the students a chance to apply classroom learning in a direct and meaningful way and have their efforts published.
Gretna Green Elementary School in Douglastown-Miramichi is thrilled to announce a partnership with local Tim Hortons businesses that will help them realize the refurbishment to their Story Land Park. Visit Remarkable Donation at the Gretna Green Elementary School web site.
