People's Picks!

Student of the Week
This week's student of the week goes out to Taylor Gillespie. Taylor is a hard working grade 12 student. She was nominated by Mr. Grattan for her hard work in her shop class.
Teacher of the Week

Teacher of the week goes out to Mrs. Trudy Underhill. We asked Mrs. Underhill what she likes best about her job and she said, "The best part of my job is the students. The students at BHS are awesome." We also asked her what she likes to do in her spare time. She said, "spending time with Hayley and Owen."


Staff of the Week
This week's staff of the week is Andrea Donohue. Andrea won staff of the week for her extra hard work helping the high school student council and the high school students with their Christmas formal. Andrea works hard during school and also after school on her own time.

Mr. Johnston has Beard Dyed for Josie Foundation Fundraising Efforts

Abby Donovan applies colour to Mr. Johnston's eyebrows
 as other middle school students watch excitedly.

A teacher at Blackville School got a makeover in recognition of the school's fundraising campaign for the Josie Foundation.

Mr. Johnston pledged to have his beard (and eyebrows) dyed if the students and staff could raise $500 for the Josie Foundation. Almost $500 was raised at the middle school dance on Thursday evening, November 28, and other fundraising efforts are continuing into next week.

The Josie Foundation is a non-profit organization whose aim is to establish, receive and maintain a fund for the relief of economic hardship for individuals (families) within the Miramichi area who may be encountering financial difficulty as a result of chronic illness.

The Josie Foundation's colour is a dark maroon, however purple was used to make his beard colour even more dramatic.

For more information on the foundation, visit www.josiefoundation.ca. 

Mr. Johnston's new look

Bucket Filler for Week of November 25, 2013

The bucket filler for this week is Myles Curtis. Myles was chosen for the bucket filler because he is a super classroom helper and is always willing to help a classmate in need.

Congratulations from everyone here at BHS! Keep up the great work, Myles !

MLA Jake Stewart Speaks to Students at Blackville School

MLA Jake Stewart with Student Council members
Whitney Tucker, Cassandra Waugh, Candace Purcell
and Graham Manderville

On Monday, November 25, MLA Southwest Miramichi Jake Stewart visited Blackville School to speak to middle and high school students about the importance of community leadership, giving back, and the Josie Foundation.

During the presentation, Jake Stewart, local MLA, founder of the Josie Foundation and an active community member, recalled times in his life when he felt he was not doing enough to help others.

While on a Thailand vacation in 2004, he had been present for the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which was the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph, and killed approximately 275 000 people. Fear stricken, he, his now wife, and two friends were stranded in the plane to their destination, all of them were unaware of the disaster unfolding below.

Eight hours after landing, they finally made it from the airport to their hotel, which was miraculously saved. Panicked, they arrived at the hotel and realized the magnitude of the natural disaster. The next day, when asked to help collect dead bodies and search for survivors, he had declined out of fear of catching fatal diseases such as malaria. He went on to say that this decision is one that he will forever regret, but insisted that he may not be the person he is today if he had not have said no.

After this experience, he had realized the importance of giving back. A few years later, he had founded the Josie Foundation; a local, nonprofit organization aimed to financially help and support people dealing with a chronic illness. Jake Stewart had stressed the importance of helping others, and encouraged the student at Blackville School to look out for one another, and help the community in any way possible. For more information on the Josie Foundation, visit www.josiefoundation.ca.

Article by Cassandra Waugh

Photo by Taylor Gillespie

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