A Busy Festive Season at Blackville School

Choir and Band Christmas Concert

As Christmas day approaches the Blackville School community held many different holiday events. One of the earliest events was the Choir and Band Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 8 in the school cafeteria. Click here for photos from the concert.

Students from K-5 held the "The Good Ole Country Christmas Special"  in the cafeteria on Wednesday December 16 and Thursday December 17.  The program featured Red Green, the Elementary Drama Club and the K-5 Christmas Singers. To see photos from this event, click here.

The Good Ole Country Christmas Special: Gift Wrap 101 

The High School Drama club held their play Santa-Napped on Thursday evening December 17.

The High School Student Council organized the Christmas Chaos Week (December 14-18). Throughout the week there were many activities played at lunch and each day was a different dress up day.

Monday was Red and Green, Tuesday was snow day, Wednesday was Ugly Christmas sweater day, Thursday was Santa's workshop day and Friday was PJ day.

Also on Friday the Student Council hosted a pancake breakfast for High School students and had karaoke for anyone who wanted to participate. Many of the students and teachers had a great time singing and dancing up on stage in the cafeteria. To see photos from the Christmas Chaos Week activities, click here.

Christmas Sock Hop

Elementary students from K-2 held a Christmas Sock Hop Friday afternoon, December 18. This was followed by a Christmas Sock Hop for Grade 3-5 students. For photos from the sock hops, click here.

The Middle School Formal was on Thursday December 10. To see photos from this event, click here.  The middle school students also had a pancake breakfast that week.

The High School Formal was on Friday December 4th. To see photos from the formal, click here.

Article by DeAnna Donovan
Photos by Jules Keenan, Robyn Stewart, Laura Jardine, Maria Williston, Kali Nicholson and Cassidy Jay

Blackville School Christmas Concert 2015

School's In Podcast for December 18

Hosts Dylan Keenan and Brooke Underhill shares news from Blackville School for the week of December 18, 2015. The "School's In" podcast can be heard on Life Radio on Friday evenings.

Christmas Colouring Contest Winners

Viewpoint: Christmas

People's Picks (Dec. 7-11)

Teacher of the week is Ms. Underhill. Ms. Underhill is a great teacher that is well liked by the students. Sometimes, if you're lucky, she'll even give you candy. So make sure to stop in for a say! For Christmas, she said she would love to get clothes. Her favourite type of music is country music and her song is "Amnesia." Also her favourite colour is blue.

Staff member of the week is Mrs. Moody. Mrs. Moody works great with her students and is always around in case you need someone to talk to. Ask Philip Underhill about her. He'll tell you that she is a very nice lady. He spends more time in her class then in his actual class. For Christmas all she wants is for her friends to be healthy and happy. Her favourite colour is blue. Her favourite type of of music is rock, and her favourite band is Aerosmith.

Delanie is student of the week. Ms. Coughlan is a hard working and funny grade 10 student. She is always in good spirits. Her favourite colours are pink and green. Her favourite type of music is "Kenny and Dolly's Christmas."

Written and photos by Amelia Underhill, Philip Underhill, Jacob Donahue

Students Participate in the Hour of Code

Blackville School students in Broad-Based Technology 10
 participated in the 2015 Hour of Code

Grade 10 students in Broad Based Technology participated in the Hour of Code this week.

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. This year it was held from December 7-13. 

The event has been held annually the last few years to promote coding and programming during Computer Science Week. 

Through different online tutorials students are introduced to the basics of coding. 

For more information, you can visit the Hour of Code website, by clicking here.
 

School's In Podcast for Week of Friday December 11

Hosts Dylan Keenan and Brooke Underhill shares news from Blackville School for the week of December 11, 2015. The "School's In" podcast can be heard on Life Radio on Friday evenings.

Athletes of the Week (Dec. 07-11)

Our High School Male Athlete of the Week is Dylan Storey. Dylan was chosen because of his leadership on and off the basketball court and his "never give up" attitude. When asked how he felt getting athlete of the week he said it was a great honour. 

Our High School Female Athlete of the Week is Abby Donovan. Abby was chosen because of her leadership on and off the basketball court and her hard work ethic. When asked how she felt about getting athlete of the week she said it was a great honour and she feels great.

Photos and articles by Jared Vickers and Connor Duffy

Anti-Bullying Art Contest Winners

Lydia Sullivan, DeAnna Nordin and Micah Lynch

Three students from Blackville school developed some creative ideas for Anti-Bullying Week.

Student of all ages were asked to draw a picture about how to stop bullying in Blackville School or the community.

Winner were selected from Elementary, Middle and High School. The winners were Grade 5 student Lydia Sullivan, Grade 8 student Deanna Nordin and Grade 9 student Micah Lynch.

This contest was sponsored by the High School Student Council during Anti-Bullying week in December.

Article and photo by Calvin Furlong

School's In for Friday December 4

Hosts Dylan Keenan and Brooke Underhill shares news from Blackville School for the week of December 05, 2015. The "School's In" podcast can be heard on Life Radio on Friday evenings.

Viewpoint: Christmas Formal

People's Picks (Nov. 30-Dec. 04)

Staff member of the week is Jamie. Jamie is a loved staff member here at Blackville School. After school when she goes home she likes to lay back with her feet up and relax. Her favourite type of music is country and her favourite colour is purple. She said that there's nothing in particular that she wants from Santa for Christmas. 

The teacher of the week is Mrs. Hallihan. She is a very caring and loving teacher here in our elementary. The students love her as a teacher. After school she enjoys going home and spending lots of time with her grandkids. She also loves good old country music. Her favourite colour is purple, and the only thing she wants for christmas is to be healthy and have fun with family and friends. 

Kenley Estey is in Mrs. Norton's kindergarten class. Kenley enjoys watching TV and the colour purple. Kenley is a very good hard working student! Kenley asked Santa for makeup for Christmas this year.

Photos and articles by Jacob Donahue, Amelia Underhill and Philip Underhill