Welcome to Forest Hills
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Literacy Night/Pajama Jam
Literacy night will be held Thursday February 11th from 6:00- 7:30 pm. The theme for this evening is Valentine's Day and students from K-5 can wear their pajamas. Stories, games and crafts are just some of the activities planned . All are welcomed to celebrate literacy at FHS. Treats and door prizes.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Grade 3 Registration for Fall 2010
Grade 3 Registration Forms will be sent home this week with all students in Grade 2. Please complete and return to your child's homeroom teacher as soon as possible. This information is critical for the District to determine sites for the Early French Immersion Program (entry at Grade 3) and the number for English Prime classrooms required at each school. Deadline for returning forms is February 19th.
Friday, February 05, 2010
High School Registration
Please see below for important dates regarding High School Registration and Open Houses.
DATES AND DEADLINES FOR
SEPTEMBER 2010 REGISTRATION
February 5, 2010 High School Registration Forms will be distributed to grade 8 students by their homeroom teacher.
February 26, 2010(Noon) Deadline for completed registration forms to be returned to the student?s homeroom teacher.
OPEN HOUSES:
February 08, 2010 Simonds High School
February 08, 2010 Harbour View High School
February 09, 2010 Saint Malachy?s Memorial High School
February 10, 2010 Saint John High School
February 11, 2010 Snow Da
Monday, February 01, 2010
Fundraiser for Hockey
Dear Parents,
We would like to inform you of a few upcoming events that have been organize by our volunteer hockey fund raising committee. This group of parents and coaches have come together, with your children in mind, to insure the longevity of our Forest Hills Hockey Program.
On Feb 20, 2010 at Kacey's Pub, there will be a Steak & Stein followed by an auction that same evening. This event will start at 6:00 PM. Tickets are limited and are being sold through our forest hills hockey coaches to our hockey parents first. They will become available to everyone after February 6, 2010. The tickets are $17.00 each and include your meal and beverage as well as admittance to the event. If you have and item or can get an item for this auction please let us know at our upcoming fund raising meeting, listed below as Feb. 4th, 2010
On February 28, 2010, Kevin Beshara (Parent from Sr. team 1) will be hosting a poker tournament at Jakes Steakhouse & Pub. These tickets are being sold on a first come first serve basis. Tickets are $25.00 with a second buy in at $20.00. If you require further information regarding this event please call Mr. Beshara at 658-0619 during the evening hours.
If you would like to be kept up to date with our hockey program or wish to help out with an event or donation, please come to our next regularly scheduled meeting this Thursday evening February 4th, 2010 at 6:00 PM in the middle school library. (in the event of a snow storm this meeting will be rescheduled for Monday February 8th @ 6:30PM in the same location)
Hockey events can not continue without the support of its parents.
Thank you
Friday, January 15, 2010
Tutoring for French Immersion
January 19 Tuesday Grade 3 Gobeil/McLaughlin
January 21 Thursday Grade 4 Moreau
January 26 Tuesday Grade 5 Hicks
January 28 Thursday Grade 6 Walsh
February 2 Tuesday Grade 7 Ross/Mannette
February 4 Thursday Grade 3 Gobeil/McLaughlin
February 9 Tuesday Grade 4 Moreau
February 11 Thursday Grade 5 Hicks
February 16 Tuesday Grade 6 Walsh
February 18 Thursday Grade 7 Ross/Mannette
February 23 Tuesday Grade 3 Gobeil/McLaughlin
February 25 Thursday Grade 4 Moreau
3:30-4:30 Tutor: Oumar Dicko
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tutoring
Tutoring will begin Monday January 18th and will occur every Monday until February 22nd.
Dates: January 18th, 25th
February 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd
Grades K-2 2:25-3:25 in the elementary library. Parents must pick up their child at 3:25.
Grades 3-5 3:30- 4:30 in the elementary library. Students must have a drive arranged or walk home at 4:30.
Grades 6-8 3:30-4:30 in the middle school library. Students nust have a drive arranged or walk home at 4:30.
For further information please contact Mrs. MacLennan or the school 658-5338
Tutoring for French Immersion classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Schedule for FI classes will be posted on Friday January 15th.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Home & School
Our next Home & School meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 13th at 7:00pm in the Middle School Library.
Parents, Grandparents and community members are all welcome. Even if you have never attended a meeting, we value everyone's opinions and ideas.
Hope to see everyone there!
Thank you!
Joanne Masson
Joanne Masson
Monday, December 14, 2009
Forest Hills Sports Field Annoucement
Recreation: ACOA comes through with needed final third of funding to repair Forest Hills facility
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
SAINT JOHN - Wendy Papadopoulos used to walk by the decrepit Forest Hills field with her two children and wonder how it could go to waste.
Wendy Papadopoulos, with her daughter, Mary, beside her and Mary’s friends, sisters Amy and Natalie Walker, at the Forest Hills field.
"I saw a field that could otherwise be used by the kids in the neighbourhood and it's all fenced in and not safe," she said.
As a member of the parent school support committee at Forest Hills school on the east side, she thought there might be a way she could make a difference.
"I picked up a ball that several different people had been running with over the past 10 years," she said.
And after a year of meetings and negotiations, Papadopoulos finally got the call she was waiting for on Wednesday afternoon.
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency told her it would cover a third of construction costs to repair the old field this spring.
"It's really great news," she said. "It's a big project and an important project for our neighbourhood."
It could cost around $800,000 to repair the field, with the province paying for a third and the City of Saint John and School District 8 covering the rest.
The field was rebuilt for the Canada Games in 1985 but by 1998, sinkholes started to appear, which made it dangerous for sports and activities. The field has been closed because it is unsafe.
"This field has been on people's radar for a long time," Papadopoulos said.
But it has been difficult to get all levels of government together to find a solution.
The field is owned by the province but sits on school board land and is used by city groups.
Over time, the sinkholes have only worsened, said Roly MacIntyre, MLA for Saint John East.
The field was built around wood pylons contaminated with creosote, he said.
"What's starting to happen is the soil is starting to work its way around the old pylons," MacIntyre said, adding the Department of the Environment had to be engaged to deal with soil issues.
"It's an awful mess to have around the school," he said.
But, "we're going to build the field for the kids, no matter what. A promise is a promise."
He expects a call for tenders to go out within the next three weeks.
The field has also been a major priority for Coun. Bruce Court, who represents the city's east ward.
"I'm glad to see it's going to come about," he said Wednesday. "It'll be a benefit for all the kids in east Saint John."
Papadopoulos said the closed-off field was highlighted as a priority in Senator John Wallace's recreation report released four years ago.
There were times she thought the project would never happen, but perseverance has paid off, she said Wednesday, after hearing the news.
"I think it's just a healthier community if you can just finish your supper and walk over to the field," she said.
"Everybody needs to do what they can to do their best to make their community a better place to live.
