Acting Vice-Principal: Melinda Cyr

Dates to Remember : Mark Your PARENT PAGE Calendars January 2015 Boys District Badminton Tournament Principal: Cynthia Lorette Jan 8 4:00 pm at OHS (rescheduled from Acting Vice-Principal: Melinda Cyr December) Administrative Assistants: Crys Myrie, Cindy Allain Jan 12–Feb 6 “Teens for Jeans” campaign School Website: (506) 357-4070 Jan 14 Candle 2:30-3:45 http://haroldpeterson.nbed.nb.ca/Welcome.html Jan 15 Quebec trip installment $100 Harold Peterson Middle School: Jan 28 Candle 2:30-3:45 Wellness, Communication, Knowledge Jan 29 Dance – 6:30-8:30 $5 Thought for January: “Your success Feb 5 Report Cards and happiness lies in you. Resolve Feb 11 Candle 2:30-3:45 to keep happy, and your joy and Feb 12 Valentines Sock Hop 2:35-4:00 pm you shall form an invincible host Parent Teacher Interviews 5:00–7:00 Feb 12 against difficulties.” pm Helen Keller Parent Teacher Interviews 9:00 am Feb 13 -3:00 pm Feb 13 No Classes for Students “ Teens For Jeans” Feb 16 Quebec trip instalment $100 Feb 18 Heritage Fair 9:00-11:30 am Candle will be hosting a “Teens For Jeans” Feb 25 Candle 2:30-3:45 campaign January 12th to February 6th. All Feb 25-27 Winter Celebration school families are invited to participate. Mar 2-6 March Break The national campaign, run by Aeropostale, collects gently-used jeans to be given to homeless youth. Go to QUEBEC TRIP NEWS https://canada.dosomething.org to read more about Happy New Year, Quebec trip Parents! it or to share the idea with friends and family. Congratulations to Rosezann Roy, the Many students are starting to outgrow their jeans winner of the Christmas basket. and may have even received some new ones for Further fundraising for the Quebec Trip Christmas. If you have jeans that you would like to Januarywill begin 29 th near Dance the end of– 6:30-8:30 January. $5 Stay($3 with item for donate to the Teens for Jeans drive, send them in tuned!!!! Breakfast Program) to school. We will have collection boxes in various The JanuaryThe next danceinstallment will beof $100.00our semi-formal is due since the locations around the building and welcome any Decemberby January dance 15 thwas. cancelled due to bad weather. donations. Prior to turning in what we collect, we will Students may dress up if they wish. be having a “take a pair” for students in our own school. Heritage Fair Our school-based Heritage Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 18th, 9:00-11:30 in our school’s library. Parents are welcome to attend. All students are given the opportunity to Teacher Interviews after Achievement Reports are participate in this enrichment project. The school sent home. will arrange 2 after-school sessions for students to work on their Heritage Fair project here at the As a school, we will be holding Parent Teacher school. However, the remainder of the project Interviews during the following times: must be completed at home. All Social Studies teachers will provide more details to those Thursday, February 12th 5:00-7:00 pm interested in participating. One winner will be selected from the participants to represent HP at Friday, February 13th 9:00 am-3:00 pm the Regional Heritage Fair. Parent Teacher Interviews are hosted by Caribou Math Competition homeroom teachers and are by appointment only. The Caribou Mathematics Competition is a worldwide If you feel you would like to discuss your child's online contest that is held six times throughout the achievement with a particular subject teacher, school year with the goal of providing challenging and please contact the teacher via e-mail or phone the fun math activities for interested students in grade 3-12. The Caribou Cup is the series of all Caribou Contests school. Sign up for Parent Teacher Interviews in one year. Each student's ranking in the Caribou Cup will be sent home with your child's is determined by their performance in their best five of Achievement Report. six contests through the school year. Before Christmas, approximately 60 students in grades School Driveway Congestion 7 and 8 participated in this competition. The next date We are noticing that our driveway is becoming quite for writing this competition is Wednesday, January 14. congested at the end of day when parents are waiting to pick up students. With the snowbanks, the driveway The remaining three dates will be February 11, April 1, can become quite narrow and May 6. and, with cars waiting on Participating students may check their own results on both sides, can the day of the competition by signing onto the website become impassable with their code for the contest. They will be able to see for other vehicles how they placed within the district, the province and trying to drive the country. through. This becomes a safety Teacher Websites Mr. Nash: http://dnash4.wordpress.com concern for students. We request that drivers pull as Mrs. Taylor: http://hp8la.wordpress.com far over as possible when waiting outside the school to Ms. Robbins: http://www.remind.com and enter your code ensure that a passage remains down the middle. to join, if necessary, or Text (778) 654-5953 and enter Please do not block the right-of-way. Thank you. code - 8A@05e8a or 8B@8bmathp or 7/8E@math78e Mme Steeves-Blacquier: http://asteevesblacquier.wordpress.com Mme Hunter: http://mrsmhunter.wordpress.com A Note From Our Librarian Mme Gardiner: http://mrsagardiner.wordpress.com Ms Levesque: Please remind your child to return HPMS https://morganlevesqueblog.wordpress.com library books once they have finished Mrs. Guilfoyle: http://www.guilfoyle.wikispaces.com reading them. There is a $10 fee to Mr. Wall: http://mrwallhp.wikispaces.com Mme Polegato: http://mmepolegato.wordpress.com replace lost books. Mme Thomas: http://mspthomas.wordpress.com Thank you for your support. Ms Charlton: http://tifanycharlton.wordpress.com Mrs. McCullough: http://mrsmccschooldays.com

ACHEIVEMENT REPORTS – Feb 5 th Achievement Reports (Report Cards) are scheduled to be sent home on Thursday, February 5th. As a District and with parent feedback, we have decided that it is essential to have Parent