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!!

Hockey Registrations

Reminder - Hockey registrations are due by October 6th.

Kindergarten Registration Week

Kindergarten 2011-12 Registration week is Oct 12 - 15th. Please register at your neighbourhood school during regular school hours. There will be an evening session at School District 8 Office on Oct. 13 from 4pm - 8pm.

Influenza Vaccine for Children

This fall, the province of New Brunswick is offering free seasonal influenza vaccine to all children from 6 months to 18 years of age. Children under the age of 5 are at risk for more complications from influenza disease. Influenza disease spreads quickly among school-age children and they will pass it on to other family members and friends.

Stay Healthy! Make a flu shot appointment today with:
1) Your family doctor
2) VON, 635-1530
3) Some pharmacists are offering flu shots for anyone eligible who is 6 years of age and older - Please check with your local pharmacy
4) Public Health for children 6months to 5 years of age - call your local Public Health office for an appointment

Fore more information visit http://resources.cpha.ca/CCIAP/data/176e.pdf

Fundraiser in October

The Forest Hills Home and School Association will soon be fundraising to purshcase a new sound system for our school theatre. Within our school, the theatre is used for many different activities and also creates rental revenue for our school.
We are selling tickets on a $500 Canadian Tire Gift card. The tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. The Gift card will be drawn October 28th. A $100 Canadian Tire Gift Card will also go to the student who sells the most tickets. In addition every child who sells any tickets will have their name put in for a draw for 1 of 3 Canadian Tire Gift Cards.
Every student will receive 1 book of 10 tickets to bring home. All monies and unused tickets should be returned to homeroom teachers. Additional tickets can be provided up until October 22nd by contacting the Forest Hills Home and School Association.

Terry Fox Walk at FHS

Grades K-8 will be participating in a Terry Fox walk on Thursday, September 30th in support of the Terry Fox Foundation and cancer research. Our goal is to raise $750 - approxiametly $1 for every student and staff at Forest Hills. Donations of any amount are kindly appreciated. www.terryfox.org