The 2019 Big Crunch

As part of promoting healthy eating and learning about local and global food systems, elementary and middle school students at Blackville School participated in the Big Crunch today. 

To see more photos, click here. 

To learn more about the Big Crunch, click here.

Students and Staff Ratchet Up Support for Renous Arena as Hockeyville Voting Days Approach

Students and staff at Blackville School held a rally on Tuesday to show their support while also promoting the Tom Donovan Renous Arena in the 13th Annual Kraft Hockeyville challenge.

A promotional song was created as well as a video that included drone footage and photos capturing the window decorations that students created throughout the school building.

Students and staff sported signs and t-shirts in memory of Thomas Dunn who died last June. He was a student at the school and also played hockey.

Encouraging people to vote for Renous, NB, the school will also be open for people to drop by and vote online at the school. The voting starts on the Kraft Hockeyville website at 1:00 pm on Friday, March 29 and ends at 9:30 pm on Saturday, March 30.

To see more photos from the rally on Tuesday, click here. To show support and vote, click here to register on the Kraft Hockeyville website.

Photos by Maggie Jardine
Video Editing by Christopher Underhill and Malcolm Vickers
Singer: Jayda MacDonald
Voiceover: Christopher Underhill

Video Promotes Support for Tom Donovan Arena in Kraft Hockeyville Challenge

The Tom Donovan Arena, located in Renous, NB, is in the final Top 4 for Kraft Hockeyville.

In the video below, students are challenging everyone to support the school community's efforts by voting for the Tom Donovan Arena on March 29 and 30 on the Kraft Hockeyville website.

 

Students Artwork to Appear in Upcoming Book

Mya Underhill and Allie Hallihan

An illustration created by Grade 3 students Allie Hallihan and Mya Underhill was selected to appear in a book that will be published this spring.

Both young artists students love to draw and were very excited when they heard the news in February.

Their teacher Mrs. Lindsay Turner was informed of the illustration challenge by Vice Principal Mrs. Angela Moody.

"I asked if anyone in the class had any interest in participating. Allie and Mya jumped at the chance, and they started the project right away," Turner explained.

"Although we don't have a copy of the actual drawing as it was submitted. They drew the theme chinchilla in great detail," Turner added.

Turner knew that both the girls enjoyed drawing, and she said, "they possess great talent for eight year olds."

"They completed it together, without any assistance from peers or teachers. They came up with the idea themselves and how they wanted to organize it and their end result reflected that," she added.

The illustration challenge was organized by "5210 A Way of Life." According to the website, it "is an initiative that partners with communities across the Northumberland County to promote healthy behaviours."

It centres around the vision that "Northumberland County lives, works and plays in an environment where the healthy choice is the easy choice."  For more information, visit the 5210 website. 

Pizza Pie for Pi

Cassidy Hallihan and Hayley Underhill

Two high school students received Pizza Trio gift certificates for remembering quite a few digits in Pi during the Pi Day contest on March 14.

Grade 11 student Hayley Underhill could recite 60 digits of Pi from memory while Grade 10 student Cassidy Hallihan completed 52.

A Dino-Mite Book Fair Planned for Next Week

Blackville school will be holding the Scholastic Book Fair in the school library from March 18-21. This year's book fair is titled "Dino-Mite." 

Students can guess how many dinosaurs are in the large dinosaur painting for a chance to win a $10 value in books. 

The Book Fair will be from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Family night is Wednesday evening from 5-7pm. 

There will be a family draw event and anyone who enters has a chance to win $25 in books and $25 in books for a class.

You can also check out the latest Wimpy Kid and Peppa Pig offerings along wth sports and video game books. 

Everyone is welcome. All purchases benefit the school.