Home & School Fundraiser

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Symphony New Brunswick Free Concert on May 2nd

On May 2nd at 12 noon the members of Symphony New Brunswick's 'Saint John String Quartet' will be performing a FREE CONCERT FOR KIDS on Level I Brunswick Square in the centre court. Throughout the school year the Quartet, on behalf of SNB, travel to over 40 schools in the province providing educational and interactive concerts for kids in grades K-8. Aliant sponsors 20 of these concerts, and this event on May 2nd is being put on jointly by SNB and Aliant to promote and show the public what is done in the schools. This will be a very fun event for all and we hope to see you!

Congratulations to Grade 6 Immersion!

The grade 6 Immersion students entered a contest through NB Power on ways to save energy which relates to our Social Studies curriculum. Both classes did Power Point presentations on different ways and different areas we can save and how important it is for our future. The students won 1000$ for the classroom. The prize money needs to be put toward something technological to benefit students' learning. We plan on putting that money toward a Smartboard.

PWACSWNB Short Story Contest

James Venner Russell Foundation

PWACSWNB Short Story Contest

Students 18 years and younger, attending school in the counties of Kings, Queens, Charlotte or St. John are invited to write and submit a short story of up to 1,500 words to submit to the South West chapter of the Professional Writers Association of Canada's short story contest. Stories written in English or French are acceptable. All entrants are invited to attend the presentation ceremony to be held at the Imperial Theatre, Saint John, NB September 21, 2008 at which time10 authors of winning entries will each be awarded certificates of achievement and cash prizes in the amount of $250.

Applicants should carefully read the following rules and regulations;

1. All entries must be original works, in English or French.

2. No entry fee is required.

3. All rights to the story will remain the property of the author.

4.To be eligible, entries must not exceed 1,500 words in length.

5. Hand written entries will not be accepted.

6. All entries should be either typewritten or a computer printout in black ink on white paper, double-spaced, with numbered pages.

7. All other formats will be disqualified.

8.Each entry must have a separate cover page with the title of the work, the author's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and word count. All subsequent pages must carry the story title and a page number .

9. THE AUTHOR'S NAME MUST NOT APPEAR ON THE STORY PAGES..

10. All entries must be postmarked no later than midnight on April 30, 2008.

11. The decisions of the judges are final

Entries will be judged by professional authors.

Manuscripts will not be returned after judging.

A certificate of achievement and a cheque for $250 will be awarded each winning entry at the awards ceremony at the Imperial Theater, Saint John, NB.

Applications should be sent to: PWAC Short Story Contest,

c/o Dorothy Dearborn,

P.O. Box 1068, Hampton, NB

E5N8H1

or e-mail: Dearborn@nbnet.nb.ca

Lynn Robertson's Girls Summer Basketball Camp

Open Forum on Electronic Media at Forest Hills

Dear parents,

At Forest Hills School, our highest priorities are the safety and learning of all students. As a response to further engaging parents in this effort, we are holding a meeting on:

MONDAY, APRIL 21 6:30 pm Middle School Library

The focus of this meeting will be to address the issues of Electronic media, privacy, violence as entertainment, and publication of school/student photos.

This meeting is intended for parents who have questions and concerns around these issues. It will be an open forum where we will work together as partners to become better informed, and therefore better equipped to address some of the emerging issues that are resulting from the very easy access to electronic publication devices (cameras, phones, computers, internet sites).

All schools in district 8 are governed by a provincial policy 311 regarding the Acceptable Use of Computers, as well as a district policy on Cell Phone and Other Electronic Devices.

It is a universal concern, and is presenting itself as a particular concern to Forest Hills. Our concern is that children are disregarding the ban on access to electronic devices and cell phones during school hours. As a staff, we had considered ourselves to be VERY vigilant in this area. We are alarmed at how easy it is for students to hide these devices and still use them. While this practice may seem as innocent entertainment in many instances, it has ultimately led to the publication of violence, of demeaning and private situations/locales, and has increased a level of stress on the whole school community.

Our parents are our partners, and we need to begin a discussion about how to address this growing phenomenon. The particular issue is currently pertaining to our middle school students, but we welcome all grade level parents as we take this issue seriously and know that electronic media will be a permanent part of our culture, and long-term solutions will be needed.

We hope to have you attend. Susan Holmes, guidance learning specialist, will be in attendance as well. Our focus will be mainly to bring this issue to light, and to hear the voice of parents. We want our students to learn in a safe environment, secure from privacy invasion and the broadcasting of peer violence. The school plans to do sessions with our student body as well.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school.

Bake Sale for Dance Groups

Dear Parents and Students,
On Thursday, April 17th, of this week the Elementary and Middle School Dance Groups will be hosting a bake sale for the entire school. All monies raised will be used to outfit our dancers for our end of the year performances. In order to make this sale a success we are asking for any donation of baked goods. It would be helpful if the goods are individually wrapped ready for sale. If you would like to support our sale please send in baking on Wednesday or Thursday morning of this week. The sale will be held on Thursday from 9:00am to 11:00am. (Due to the fact that some of our children have peanut allergies we prefer that none of the baked goods contain nuts.) Thank you for your support!!

Sincerely,

Ms. Cyr

Fundy Regional Science Fair Awards

Congratulations to the following FHS students for their placements in the Fundy Regional Science Fair:

Junior Earth and Environmental Sciences:
First PlaceLe Recyclage de l'eau/Recycling water. Students: Alicia Donovan, Justin McLellan

Junior Life Sciences (Divisional):
First place: Le Pouvoir De Voir. Students: Justin Cosman, Devan Mahaney
Second place: The Cat's Meow. Student: Kevin Hubbard

SJ Seadogs Prize (Other):
How fast Chips Melt Ice based on Sodium Content. Student: Peter Alexander

UNBSJ Department of Biology Award (Special) & Grand Prize 1:
Small is powerful. Student: Abby Herrington

You Get To Go To Cranked Writing Assignment

All Middle school students are invited to submit an entry for a draw to attend the performance of the musical drama “CRANKED” which will be held at the Imperial Theater on Thursday, May 8, from 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Successful student entrants will be transported by bus to the Imperial, leaving at 9:00 AM and returning by 11:00 AM.

To enter the contest, students must write a minimum, two- page, double-spaced essay, using paragraphs. Your writing focus must be on “The Effects of Drug Addiction”. Essays can be either typed or neatly handwritten and must also include a title page. All essays must be passed into the main office by April 25th.

All essays which meet these criteria will be entered in a random draw during which 40 names will be drawn to attend this special enrichment event.

All entries will be available for viewing in a special binder to be kept in the middle school library following the draw.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!!

Forest Hills Home & School Association Presents

Thursday, April 10th at 3:30pm, Forest Hills School Theatre

Tickets will be $3.00 each or $10.00 for a family. They may be purchased Wednesdays and Fridays in the volunteer room. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.