Halloween Colouring Contest Winners

School's In Podcast for October 31, 2014

Host Kelsey Keenan shares news from Blackville School for the week of October 31st, 2014. School's In podcast are heard on Life Radio Friday evenings.  Podcast edited by Perry-Jay Peterson.

Viewpoint: Halloween

People's Picks (27 - 31 Oct)

Student of the week is Kiefer Crawford. Kiefer is from Barnettville, and his favourite sport is hunting. Kiefer's favourite class is Drama and he also likes to hunt in his spare time. Congratulations, Keifer!

Teacher of the week is Mrs. Angela Moody. Mrs. Moody obtained her education at the University of New Brunswick, and she has been teaching for a total of 8 years. Her favourite subject to teach is Language Arts and she enjoys attending her children's sport events in her spare time. Congratulations, Mrs. Moody!

Staff of the week is Mrs. Pam Underhill. Mrs. Underhill obtained her education at the University of New Brunswick, and has been teaching for 29 years. Mrs. Underhill's favourite subject to teach is Language Arts and she enjoys walking or reading during her spare time. Congratulations, Mrs. Underhill!

Shannon MacLeod visits the Journalism 120 Class

Shannon MacLeod came to visit the Journalism 120 class Tuesday, October 28. She is a journalist and photographer from the Miramichi Leader and came to mainly talk about criminal and court reporting. 

Left to right: Leah Hennessy, Graham Manderville, Shannon MacLeod,
Ashley Vickers, Brody Nash and Mariah Hallihan 

People's Picks (Oct. 20-24)

The student of the week is Lincoln Colford. Lincoln is in kindergarten and is from the Rapids. Lincoln's favourite part of school is recess. Congratulations, Lincoln!










The teacher of the week is Mrs. Lori-Ann Curtis. Mrs. Curtis graduated from Saint Thomas University with her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, and she also graduated from the University New Brunswick with her Master of Education. Mrs Curtis's favourite class to teach is Language Arts, and she likes to sing and help out with choir in her spare time. Congratulations, Mrs. Curtis!


The staff of the week is Ms. Breau.  Ms. Breau is from Miramichi and has been teaching for 7 years now. She received her education from the University of New Brunswick. Ms. Breau enjoys spending what spare time she has with family. Congratulations, Ms. Breau!

Compiled by Trent Thibodeau and Dan Wilson

School's In Podcast for October 24, 2014

Host Leah Hennessy shares news from Blackville School for the week of October 24. School's In podcasts are heard on Life Radio , Friday evenings. Podcast edited by Perry Jay Peterson.

Opinion: Halloween, A Trick or a Treat?

Photo from http://morguefile.com/archive/#/?q=halloween

Some people do not celebrate Halloween for different reasons. Do you think Halloween is a holiday that everyone should celebrate? Do you enjoy or dislike Halloween?

Every year on October 31 we celebrate a holiday which we call Halloween. People celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating or through Halloween parties, wearing costumes, carving jack o' lanterns, lighting fires, watching scary movies and listening to frightening stories, playing pranks and visiting haunted attractions. These Halloween activities make some people like Halloween but they are also activities that puts others off the idea of Halloween.

Andy Thibodeau Presentation

Guest speaker Andy Thibodeau (top far right corner) with the Middle School WEB,
High School Boomerang and High School Student Council. 

Middle and High School students at Blackville School had a guest speaker on Wednesday, October 22. Andy Thibodeau is a motivational speaker and very comical. Both the students and teachers enjoyed his presentation that focused on being active caring members of the community and the importance of school involvement and spirit.

To see more photos from the Andy Thibodeau presentation today, click here!

Andy's Contact Information:

London, Canada

andypresentations.com

Facebook: Andy Thibodeau, Impact Speaker

youtube.com/andyspeaks

Photo taken by Riley Sherrard and Justin Donahue

Viewpoint: Hockey

School's In Podcast for October 17, 2014

Host Leah Hennessy shares news from Blackville School for the week of October 17. School's In podcasts are heard on Life Radio, Friday evenings. Podcast edited by Perry Jay Peterson.

Elementary Colouring Contest Winners

People's Picks (October 13-17)

The student of the week goes to Justin Donahue. His favourite class is Co-op. Water Polo is his favourite sport. He is from Blackville. In his spare time he likes to cruise around.

This week's teacher is Mr. Carter. He has been teaching for 12 years. His favourite subjects to teach are Journalism, English, and History. He went to university at UNB and St. Thomas for his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education and Memorial University for his Master of Education.

The staff member of the week is Loretta Gorbett. Her favourite class is law. Loretta is from Blackville. In her spare time she enjoys coaching and traveling.

By Dan Wilson and Trent Thibodeau 

Dungarvon ATV Club Donates $1000 to Blackville School

Front Row: (left to right) Bailey Curtis, Camden Curtis, Derek Gilchrist, Brayden Duffy and Abigail McEvoy

Back Row: (left to right) Principal Mr. Buggie, Blackville Mayor Andrew Hawkes, Ted Corcoran (President of Dungarvon ATV Club), LeRoy Stewart (Director of Region 4 ATV Federation), Carla Allison (Events Coordinator Dungarvon ATV Club) and Len Allison (Executive Member)

(Missing- Milton Sullivan and Emery Brophy, executive members of the ATV Club)

Photo by Moranda Frennette 

School's In Podcast for October 10, 2014

Host Leah Hennessy shares news from Blackville School for the week of October 10. School's In podcasts are heard on Life Radio, Friday evenings. Podcast edited by Perry Jay Peterson.
 

People's Picks (October 6-10)

Peoples Pick's Student of the Week is Laura Colford. Laura is from Blackville (Howard Road). Her favourite class is gym and enjoys spending her spare time playing soccer, which is also her favourite sport. Congratulations to Laura for being selected the student of the week!




Peoples Pick's Staff of the Week is Brent Wilson. Brent is from Blackville (Howard Road). Brent's favourite sport is baseball, and he enjoys watching it and resting in his spare time. Congratulations to Brent for being selected staff of the week!

Peoples Pick's Teacher of the Week is Mr. Mason. Mr. Mason has been teaching for 18 years and teaches Phys Ed in elementary and middle school. Mr. Mason graduated from the University of New Brunswick. Congratulations to Mr. Mason for being selected teacher of the week!

by Trent Thibodeau and Dan Wilson

Viewpoint: Hunting

Turtles find a winter home at Blackville School

Ashley with the turtles.

Blackville School has some new friends, but they're not students!

Grade 12 student Ashley Vickers worked during the summer at the Atlantic Salmon Museum in Doaktown. While she was there she had the opportunity to work with turtles.

The museum is closed for the winter leaving the turtles with nowhere to go. With Ashley's experience with them, Mr. Johnston, a teacher at the school, asked the principal, Mr. Buggie, if it would be okay if the turtles lived at Blackville School for the winter.

Destination Leadership: CSLC 2014

“Leadership is not about titles, positions, or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.”
- John C. Maxwell.

I have seen this quote before, but I had never actually experienced the full meaning of what the author of this quote was saying, until this past week. I had the opportunity to attend the annual Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CSLC) alongside 1000 other youthful leaders all converging on Kelowna, Colombia by plane, train and automobile.

These 1000 other students, just like me, were leading members of their school student bodies, either as part of a leadership class or holding a high position on the student council. Regardless of their reason for being chosen to attend, every student that was registered for CSLC 2014 was there to become a more effective leader in their school and in their lives. At CSLC 2014, we all took part in numerous leadership building activities, heard keynote speakers share their secrets on leadership and made friendships that would last forever.

Opinion: Longer Lunch Hour Welcomed, More Activities Required

At the beginning of this school year we were informed that we were not having a flex period anymore, and to top it all off… longer classes. The majority of us would agree that we were disappointed in this change and about the fact that it was no longer available to us.

Another change we had at the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year was that since we no longer had a flex period we now also had a longer lunch hour. This was somewhat exciting news at the start because last year we mostly complained that our 30 minute lunch was way too short. Now, that we have a 45 minute lunch we still find ourselves complaining, but about the fact that we think it’s now too long. Some enjoy the long lunch hour, and others just find that it drags on and gets boring.