School Supply Lists 2009-2010

Please Note: School Supply lists are on our website under the heading "homework". Just click on homework and choose the grade your child is entering to get a copy of the supply list. We will also be dropping off copies of the lists to Staples. However, Staples usually does not make these available to the public until some time in August.

Final Year Comments

Last day of school Friday, June 19th, 11:30 am dismissal.

Busses will be leaving the school between 11:30 and 12:10.

Report cards will be issued on Friday. Any reports not collected will be held in the office. The office will be open Monday and Tuesday, June 22nd and 23rd.

School supply lists will be sent home with progress reports – also available all summer on the school website: http://foresthillsschool.nbed.nb.ca/ under the “homework” tab and check grade level blog.
READ, READ, READ over the summer. Check out the east Branch Library and these websites for info on “Summer Learning Loss”.
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/pdfs/LessonsInLearning/Jun-12-08-Summer-Learning-L.pdf
http://summerlearning.org/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/summer_reading.htm
http://www.reading.org/General/Publications/REadingToday/RTY-0804-summer.aspx
http://www.readingrockets.org/webcasts/3002

School office reopens Thursday, August 27th.

Students begin classes Tuesday, September 8th.

Kindergarten Students will do a split entry – half on Tuesday, September 8 and half on Wednesday, September 9th. All K’s will continue together on Thursday, September 10th. Parents will be contacted in August.

Grade 5 Intensive French Program ~ Parents will be contacted this summer as to your child’s placement. One class will do the IF Program from September to January, the other class will do it from February to June.

PLAY, PLAY, PLAY over the summer. Be outside, be active, move J

Welcome & Farewell: We are pleased to have new staff join us and are sad to see our great teachers take on new learning opportunities and retirement adventures J.

Retirements: Brenda Greenlaw
Elizabeth Sutherland
Susan Stevens
Ella Blanchard

School Changes ~ leaving staff:

Trudy McGrath New Principal of River Valley Middle School
Melissa Savoie New Vice Principal of River Valley Middle School
Dave Cochrane Ed Leave: Master at U de M
Sarah Blanchard Mat. Leave
Brittany Rickett Grand Bay Primary
Alice Hayward Secretary at St. John the Baptist/King Edward
Jean Harquail Moved to Nova Scotia
Heather Hudson District Literacy Lead
Catherine King Awaiting Placement
Jill Delano Awaiting Placement
Lisa MacPherson District Literacy
Kari Parsons Leave – Masters
Charles Teed Enrolled in BEd Program
Debbie Negus Custodian, Bayside
Christina Farmakoulas-Walker ~ Bayside

Welcome to New & Returning Staff:

Marc Godin New Vice Principal
Wanda Jefferson Custodian
Wanda Sampson Grade 7 Teacher
Melissa Blucher Kindergarten Teacher
Karen Dunlop Grade 3 Teacher
Gina Fifield Grade 6FI Teacher
Amy Long Grade 7 Teacher
Sheri Fowler Grade 8 Teacher
Sarah Dewitt Elementary PE, 1 day per week

Attention Volunteers! Big Brothers Big Sisters, NB Association of Community Living and FHS Partnerships

Forest Hills School is partnering with NB Association for Community Living to look for “Circle of Friends” facilitators. Training and information is provided and commitment is for in-school activities only.

The purpose of Circle of Friends is to break down barriers of social isolation and assist students with an intellectual disability in building relationships and friendships with their peers. Circle of Friends is a club unlike no other in schools today. It is open to all students regardless of their interests or skills and is an opportunity for kids to come together to simply share their interests and learn the importance of building and maintaining friendships. Allowing all children to have an opportunity to be themselves with other children is integral to their social development and overall well being. Circle of Friends is simple and straightforward program that is held at school during lunch time. The program has been an overwhelming success because it fulfills our most basic needs to be understood and to have someone to call our friend.

For more information about Circle of Friends or to learn how you can become a Circle’s Facilitator at your school, please contact NBACL’s Marc Gathercole by phone at (506) 453-2191 or via email mgathercole@nbacl.nb.ca. or contact Ms. T. Whitney, school principal, at 658-5338 for more information.

PLEASE consider this opportunity as a way to support our community children.

Forest Hills School is partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Saint John to look for in-school mentors for next school year. Training and information is provided and commitment is for in-school activities only.

Remember when you were a kid? Didn’t you love it when an adult paid attention to you? We have a number of GREAT kids who are waiting with anticipation for a Mentor in our In School Mentoring Program throughout Districts 8, 6, and 10.

To be a Mentor, it only takes:
* One hour a week
* On school property
* During the school year

Our program is flexible to meet your needs as well as the needs of the child. Your mentoring hour can be arranged for any time during the school day, not just over the noon hour.

You can:
Make crafts, play sports in the gym, read books, tell jokes, walk in the schoolyard, plant flowers, do puzzles, work on a project, build a model car, play board games, teach new skills, and much more!

Why not “Share your Lunch with a Child” and be a “kid” yourself. Call 635-1145 or visit www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/saintjohn or contact Ms. T. Whitney, school principal, at 658-5338 for more information.

PLEASE consider this opportunity as a way to support our community children.