The school will be hosting a Fine Arts Night in February. Our students participated in drama productions and completed art projects during the Fall term. We will be displaying framed student art pieces at most grade levels. As well we hope to launch our video on PDM-The Game Show which has been in production since last June. The play was performed at the NB Drama Festival in May, 2009. Everyone is invited to attend. The date of the Fine Arts Night will be announced in two weeks.
Our school web site will be updated over the next month. It is now hosted by District 16. Teachers may use the site to post messages for their classes. The site will be user friendly so we anticipate that there will be more postings by students and teachers. Stories, pictures and student projects will be posted on our site shortly.
On Monday, October 3rd, an Eel Ground produced video, "Two Buffalo", will be featured on The Link on APTN. The program airs at 5:30PM.For more information on other Eel Ground video content being featured on The Link.On November 7th, Eel Ground students will present 'The People vs. Mary Moses' at the Burnt Church School at 6:30 PM. This presentation is part of Eel Ground School's continuing effort to increase knowledge and awareness of FASD.On November 10th, Eel Ground School will be hosting parent-teacher day from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM including noon hour.
In 2005, the Eel Ground Grade 7 and 8 students produced a flash animation as part of a video project for the First Nations On-Reserve Housing Liason Committee. The animation was called 'The Mold Man' and focused on indoor air quality. Tonight the animation will be featured on The Link, a new program on APTN. The program airs at 5:30PM.
The Grade 8 students left this morning for the Mikmaq Maliseet Annual Health Conference in Dartmouth, NS. The students will be presenting a blacklight production and the "People vs Mary Moses" DVD in the City Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Dartmouth at 7:00PM.
On Thursday October 5th, the grade 8 students presented the 'People vs Mary Moses' DVD at The Healing Journey: Family Violence Prevention in Aboriginal Communities conference. The students got a chance to meet Susan Aglukark at the conference.On Tuesday October 17th, students will be traveling to Dartmouth, NS to present the DVD and parts of the play at the Mikmaq Maliseet Annual Health Conference. Students are excited to see Francis Perry again, who will be attending the conference.
Fire Prevention Week in Canada was held from October 8th to the 14th. On October 12th, local firefighters visited the Eel Ground School to speak to our students. One of the first digital videos ever produced at the Eel Ground School was a Fire Safety Video. The video was done by Mrs. Ward's Grade 1 and 2 class in 2001. (Can you recognize any of the voices?)
Eel Ground School has recently learned that several of our video projects that we have done over the past few years will be featured on a new program on APTN called The Link. The Link is a new show that focuses on Aboriginal Youth.
