published by The Anglophone East School District - Changing Places - Math for All Ages - Achievers - Wrestling, Yoga and Yoyos - Cougar Racing ...and more! How do you Cheer Ad-Achieve Mag-Spring13_How do you Cheer Ad-Achieve Mag-Fall10 2013-03-27 1:09 PM Page 1 HOW DO YOU CHEER FOR OUR BUDDING ENGINEERS? There may be other interests you encourage, but engineering is a career that inspires a kid’s imagination and engages their out-of-the-box thinking. And few other careers offer as many exciting opportunities the world over. It’s a great reason to encourage your children to continue with math and sciences. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ENGINEERING CAREERS AT WWW.INGENIOUS.CA 5 9 Contents 4 Superintendent and District Education Council Chair Welcome 5 Can Educational Television Develop Language in 10 Preschoolers and Prepare Them for School? 7 Planning for Life After High School 9 Junior Teachers 10 Changing Places 12 MHS Breakfast Program 13 Our Raised Bed Vegetable Garden 14 Partners for Youth 15 Eastern College Enrichment 16 ASD-E Achievers 18 Early Years Math 21 Math Olympics 22 The Benefits of Yoga 16 22 23 Wrestling: a place for every kid 24 Yoyos and Youth 25 Skateboarding in Schools 27 Cougar Racing 28 The After School Teaching Kitchen District 2 29 The Salem Butterfly Garden 27 30 Vital Role of the Educational Assistants 31 Student Art Volume 7, Number 1 Achieve production: Achieve is published Ach evers twice a year by the ASD-E i communications inc. 506.855.6503 1077 St George Street Moncton, NB Moncton, N.B., E1E 4C9 (506) 856-3222 Circulation 20,000 Ad Sales and Magazine Production 31 Carole Murphy Caroline Gingles Community Engagement Coordinator, Anglophone East School District Information provided in this publication is Achieve Publisher/ Editor - in - Chief meant to stimulate interest for quality educa- (506) 869-6004 tion. 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Regardless of school district. The re-organization how you say it the reality is has certainly been challenging, that the school year seems but overall the Anglophone East to go by quickly. Schools school district has confronted the have roughly ten months , changes and illustrated to the each year to bring students community and the Department of from where they are in September to new levels of Education and Early childhood Education that we are true leaders in knowledge, experience and educational maturity. This has our province. The commitment of our Superintendent and the many to be done in an environment that respects the social and dedicated teachers and staff that he leads has been outstanding. emotional needs of the learners at their level. All levels of It amazes me to see how much the staff of our district accomplishes the Education System work together to provide a positive in these times of fiscal restraint. learning environment for students where learning is accessible In this first year of the current mandate of the District Education to all students. Council, we have been busy learning what our role is and how best The stories in this issue of Achieve are examples of the to work together to help drive education in our district. One thing dynamic learning environments that exist in our schools. We is certain, it takes an entire community to make education for our know a lot more now than we did in the past about how the students the best it can be! brain learns. This knowledge has led to changes in the way that Looking ahead to the last months of school, there will be many teachers plan, execute and follow up on the learning process graduations, awards ceremonies, and class trips. A high point that I in their classrooms. We also know that to be successful in the and my fellow DEC members look forward to each May in our district 21st Century students will need a skill set that goes beyond the is the Annual Turnaround Awards. The students recognized at the ability to memorize facts and answer questions that have a pre- Turnaround Awards are chosen in their schools by teachers and support determined right answer. Skills like collaboration, cooperation, staff for achievement in turning around their personal circumstances. communication and creativity cannot be taught but must be Some of these students come through great adversity; some mature learned through experiential activities that simulate real life and realize that they must take control of their lives; some meet problems. As you can imagine this creates some real challenges a mentor that sparks their love for education. Through it all, these for teachers and for the education system but if we get it right students have to work extra hard to change their lives for the better. I our students will be as well prepared as students anywhere to for one am very proud that our district strives to ensure that students, embrace the world they are about to inherit. no matter what their success happens to be, are recognized for their I would like to take this opportunity to thank those that efforts and their accomplishments. Congratulations to these students support us by placing an advertisement in Achieve magazine. and their peers for changing their lives for the better. This allows us to produce the magazine and distribute to our As William J Clinton says: families and community at zero cost. “If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn I hope you enjoy reading about some of the ways our schools from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not are bringing learning alive for our students. how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.” Sincerely, Yours in Education, Gregg Ingersoll Tamara Nichol Superintendent Chair, District Education Council 4 Spring 2013 Can Educational Television Develop Language in Preschoolers and Prepare Them for School? We know that too much television is not good for children. But when we do allow our little ones to sit down to watch a show, what are the better educational television programs that will help preschoolers get ready for kindergarten? By Marie-Marthe Collette, Speech Language Pathologist s a speech-language pathologist with the Talk With Me program, I am experiences. Since television watching is a passive listening activity, it reduces often asked this question. I’m always happy to hear from parents that the child’s opportunities to express his or herself. Likewise, in a household where they are thinking ahead to when their child will be entering school and the other members of the family are frequently engaged in television, computer Athat they want to learn more about how to help prepare them for this or smartphone use, the child may not get as much practice with language skills wonderful new experience. Speech-language pathologists are specialists in the because he or she has no one with whom to practice. area of language learning. Research has shown, time and again, that strong What about good “educational” programs that focus on teaching the child language skills are the best predictor of reading success and therefore, school new things? Well interestingly enough, two studies have found that even watching success. This being said, is television the best medium for developing strong shows like “Sesame Street” has a negative effect on language development language skills? for children younger than 24 months. For older There has been more and more research, preschoolers, if the material/concepts presented in recent years, on the impact of television on in the show closely match the child’s present level young children. Although these studies have of development and language use, learning will shown media use may lead to everything from occur. Unfortunately, the television show may be sleep issues to obesity to increases in aggressive too far above or too far below the child’s present behaviours, we will focus on research that looked level of understanding in order for the child to reap at the impact of electronic media on language any cognitive or educational benefit. Remember, development in young children. a television program will not stop to answer your The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) , in child’s questions or repeat an explanation that he October 2011, released a policy statement on the or she did not quite understand.