Parents in School District 16 are reminded that a public consultation on the review of the entry point of early French immersion will be held at St. Andrews Elementary School at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14th. Parents play a significant role in the development of their children and are encouraged to participate in this public session. Should you wish to pre-register for this session please call 1-855-453-8158.
The Drama Club’s presentation this year is part of our Christmas Concert. They will beperforming “Santa’s On-Line Adventure” under the direction of Mrs. Hosford and Miss.Hitchman.This year, our Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday, December 20th. In an attempt toalleviate the large crowds, we are going to have our concert at two different timeson December 20th. The first show will be at 10:00 a.m. and the second show will be at 12:30p.m. Both concerts will be identical so we are asking parents to choose just one time to attend the concert.Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Mr Stewart recently dedicated two full days to the training of our new Gretna Green Peer Helpers. We now have a fully trained group of helpers who are equipped with the skills to help their peers. This program will assist our students to resolve issues and address concerns that they may have within our school. Mr. Stewart has made this program a success in other schools and we look forward to making it a success at Gretna Green! Check out this video from our friends at St.
A special day unfolded for our students today. Thanks to Mrs. Cabel and
her students from MVHS! Her entire literacy class created story books,
SMART presentations and activities for our students and shared them
today. The experience was a positive one for all of our students and
teachers. Thanks so much Mrs. Cabel and students. We make great partners in literacy!
Chess is off and running once again at Gretna Green. Thanks again to our chess leaders Dylan, Matthew and Ben for organizing this year's chess club. Students in grades 3-5 play every Thursday and it has proven to be a big hit for our students!
The Newcastle Rotary recently visited Gretna Green to educate our students on the need for polio vacinations in third world countries. The students responded to the need with a two week penny drive. The rotarians were thoroughly impressed with the generous repsponse from our students. They finished off their presenation with a moc polio immunization.
We are very pleased to announce that we can now run a Grade 2/3 basketball program for girls. Many thanks to Mrs. Sara Trevors who has volunteered to run this program! If you would like to assist her with this program she welcomes the help! The first practice will be this Thursday from 2:30 to 3:30.
Basketball starts this week for grades 4 and 5. The boys practice will be on Monday from 2:30 - 3:30 and the girls will practice on Wednesday from 2:30 - 3:30. Students must make arrangements to be picked up at 3:30. Unfortunately we are not able to offer the grade 2-3 program right now. It has been challenging find people that have time to coach. If you are interested please call the school at 778-6099.
Miramichi Hoops Association will be offering a program for grade 3 and 4 girls on Monday evening at 6:00 at Gretna Green. This will begin this week.
Fathers, grandfathers and members of our community had a special mission at Gretna Green on Saturday. They wanted to build a skating rink. Guess what? Mission accomplished! The students of Gretna Green now have their own rink, yeah! Thanks so much to all the great volunteers who came out and made this a reality for the students and community at Gretna Green. We look forward to the many great memories it will create for years to come!
