Halloween Literacy - Spook Trail

On Wednesday, October 27th, the teachers and administration of Forest Hills School invite your family to an evening of fun filled reading and web site activities. Our theme is Halloween and we invite you to return to school in your Halloween Costumes or Halloween colors for a Fun Session of Reading and Literacy and visit our Spook House!

Wear your Halloween Costume or Halloween Colors!

What? Come to enjoy stories. Teachers will model different reading strategies for parents, guardians and grandparents. Enjoy a web site session which you can have access to at home. These games and stories will reinforce grade level skills and give you ideas for helping your child with daily work. Have fun in our Spook House!

When? Wednesday, October 28th. 6:00-7:00pm

Where? Forest Hills School. Please use the two Elementary doors leading in from the front and back parking lot. Please don’t use the Office door.

Why? To promote family literacy, and to share learning with your child in a new way.

Pictures: We will have a set up where you can have your picture taken. They will be $3.00 each to be paid that evening.

If possible please bring a food item for our local food bank. Thank you!

Upcoming Hockey Practice Infor

Please Note: Both Elementary Hockey Teams Practice together. All practices below are at 8:15 - 9:15 am at the Belyea Arena

Oct. 24 - Elementary
Oct. 31 - Middle School
Nov. 7 - Elementary
Nov. 14 - Middle School
Nov. 21 - Elementary
Nov. 28 - Middle School

Please bookmark the hockey team website in your favorites: http://falconsfever.webs.com

Invitation to meet Alexandra Cousteau

On Saturday, October 23^rd, the N.B Museum in partnership with ACAP Saint John will host a public engagement featuring Alexandra Cousteau &her Expedition Blue Planet. This free, one time public event will take place from 4:30pm - 5:30pm. Come out and meet the internationally renowned environmental advocate and her team, while on their Saint John stop of the Expedition Blue Planet2010 tour. Saint John is one of only 6 communitiesin Canada selected by Alexandra for this tour, andwill be their last stop inCanada. The Expedition Blue Planet team will be available to field questions and discuss issues with the general public. This is a great interactive learning experience, and opportunity to get informed on water issues facing us today and in the future.

The expedition Blue Planet team has partnered with National Geographic to travel across North America on a five-month interactive exploration of critical water issues. This initiative was started in 2008 by Alexandra Cousteau to engage individuals around the world through telling the story of our water planet. The expeditions show the interconnectivity of water and what we must do to protect our most valuable resource. On Saturday, October 23rd, Alexandra Cousteau and her team will be in Saint John to highlight and support the Marsh Creek Restoration Initiative, and document its contribution to our global water system.

2nd Annual Arts & Craft Sale

Forest Hills School will be holding its 2nd Annual Arts & Craft Sale on Saturday, November 6th from 10:00am to 3:00pm. The Home & School will be running a canteen during the event and we need your help.
Volunteers are needed to make food to sell in the canteen . Some ideas: homemade soup, sandwiches, subs , wraps, muffins or other individual baked items. If you are able to provide any of these items please let me know.
Also volunteers are also needed to help during the day of the event and also for set up and clean up. Please let me know how you can help and the times you are available to work.

Thanking you in advance.

Joanne Masson
President, Forest Hills Home & School Association
696-6246

Home & School

Home & School meeting this Wednesday Oct.13th in Middle School Library. Start time 7pm. Items on the agenda: elections, Christmas Craft Fair, raffle update and next movie day. For additional items to be discussed please contact Joanne Masson.

Joanne Masson
President, Forest Hills Home & School

Change Your Life...and Someone Else’s

If you knew donating just 1.5 hours of the 168 you have available per week

could change 10 kids lives forever, would you do it?

Here’s your opportunity. When you volunteer as a kids.now coach-mentor, you become a positive

influence during a critical developmental period in a kid’s life. It’s a time when kids make choices that can change the course of their lives forever. A major US study found that young people with mentors are:

• 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to begin using alcohol

• 52% less likely to skip school and more confident in their performance in school work

• able to get along better with their families

Now here’s the best part: As a coach-mentor you’ll improve your life too! Research confirms that people gain a multitude of skills from volunteering, including enhanced interpersonal skills and improved ability to understand people, motivate others, and deal with difficult situations. In fact, kids.now coaches often confirm they apply the skills they developed through the program to their daily lives.

Do you have what it takes? Are you:

• Fun and enthusiastic?

• Able to relate to kids?

• Open to other cultures and diversity?

• At least 21 years old?

• Committed to making a positive difference in kids’ lives?

• Interested in developing new skills that could improve your

own life?

If you answered “yes” to the above, then kids.now is the right choice for you.

What’s involved?

• One six-hour training session with other coach-mentors

• Weekly 1.5 hour sessions for 12 weeks (fall or spring programs)

• Half-hour prep time each week for 12 weeks

Convinced? Great! Here’s how you sign-up:

• Complete and submit the online application at

kidsnowcanada.org/be-a-coach

• Pass a personal reference check and a police check

• Attend a personal interview with a kids.now program manager

For more information: Visit Coaches’ Corner at kidsnowcanada.org

or contact: Len Riendeau, Program Manager – New Brunswick

Email: lriendeau@kidsnowcanada.org or Tel: 506.636.0178

District 8 Kindergarten Registration

Are you 4? We're having a party and you're invited! If you live in District 8 and will be attending kindergarten in 2011 please come and register on Tursday October 14th at Just Play from 9am-12pm and 1pm-5pm. (Event is free for 4 year olds, regular admission applies to siblings. ) You can sign up now by emailing areyoufour@gmail.com and you will receive updates and information. Please be sure to bring your birth certificate and immunization records and don't forget your socks!!