January’s Principal’s Message

To all members of our school community, Welcome back and happy 2020! I hope that you all had a great break and that you are well rested and ready for the mad dash to exams. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who participat-ed in the many fundraising and charity events organized by our staff and students in December. I am very proud that we, as a group, are able to give so much back to our community and show so much support for those in need. Please know that your efforts do not go unnoticed and that your compassion makes a huge difference to a lot of people. January is always a very busy month that can be quite stress-ful for students, parents, and teachers. Please know that we have many supports in place to help deal with this stress. Guidance, the Teen Health Center, or the Office are just three of the many places that you can go if you are feeling overwhelmed. Enclosed in this newsletter is a copy of the exam schedule. Please check it carefully and make sure you know when you are writing. Before we know it, exams will be over and second semester will be in full swing. Please take a few minutes to look forward at your second semester schedules and make sure that you know what courses you are registered for. This can be done on PowerSchool. If you have questions about possibly chang-ing a course or what courses you need to graduate, you should book an appointment with someone in guidance as soon as possible. I hope that you all have a great month! Cheers, Matt O’Toole, Principal

Pictured at right are 2019-2020 Co-Presidents Hannah Warren and Ethan Mathias

Hey Nighthawks!

We want to say thank you for making the month of December such a success! It was a busy month for sure but we made it to the new decade! Our Environment Committee held a Tropical Fruit Salad sale to raise money for Bee City organization which was a hit! Community Relations Committee helped students get involved in the Ugly Christmas Sweater Run which was hosted by the Pictou County Wellness Centre. The Spirit Committee coordinated a fan-tastic spirit week and many people got involved which was awe-some! In addition, the Grads and International Buddies Committees held Christmas parties to celebrate before the holiday break. On another note, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to all stu-dents and staff that participated in any way during the New Glas-gow Christmas Parade! Northumberland once again received the “Best School Spirit” award! Awesome job to everyone that was there, it keeps getting better every year and can’t wait for the next one in the new year. We wrapped up the month by having an activ-ities afternoon before the holiday break which included a basketball game between the varsity school teams and our Unified Sport

team.

We hope everyone had a great break for the holidays and wish everyone a great start to the 2020’s. Although January tends to be a quieter month leading up to exams, we can’t wait for what’s

ahead!

“CAW!!” Hannah and Ethan

January’s Students’ Council Notes

Important Dates for 2019-2020 January

January 27—30—Exams January 31—Assessment and Evaluation Day—No Classes February

February 17—Africville Heritage Day—No Classes February 24—Professional Development Day—No Classes March

March 16-20—Spring Break April

April 8—Parent-Teacher—6:00—8:00 P.M. April 9—A.M.—Professional Development—No Classes P.M.—Parent-Teacher—1:00-3:00 P.M. April 10—Good Friday—No Classes April 13—Easter Monday—No Classes May

May 18—Victoria Day—No Classes May 21—Grade 8 Orientation & Open House June

June 25—Prom June 26—Assessment & Evaluation Day—No Classes June 29—Assessment & Evaluation Day—No Classes June 29—Graduation—7:00 p.m. June 30—Last Day of School

NRHS Takes Home Most School Spirit Trophy

from the New Glasgow Santa Claus Parade

Stark International Makes Donation

Pictured from left are Stark International Representatives Wendy Earle and Nancy Walsh, with NRHS Principal Matt O’Toole in the centre. Stark International supports NRHS students by making a generous annual holi-day contribution to the school. Thank you so much!!!

West Pictou Schools Catering Society

Three Week Rotating Menu for High Schools—January and February—All Meals are $5.50 unless otherwise specified

Items Available Every Day

Sandwiches Snacks Baked Good 3.75—Egg 1.20—Yogurt 1.25—Muffins (Large) 4.85—Turkey 1.25—Large Apples .80—Cookies (Small) 3.75– Tuna 1.00—Small Apples 3.75—Lean Ham .25—Crackers (pkg. / 2) 4.50—Lean Ham & Cheese 1.10—Nutrigrain 3.70—Grilled Cheese 1.10—Oranges 1.10—Cheese and Crackers 1.10—Cheese Strings 2.00 / 3.50—Veggies Miscellaneous Beverages Soup (Homemade) 4.45—Cheeseburger .40—Milk 1.70—Small 5.60—Caesar Salad with Chicken 1.60—Small Chocolate Milk 3.00—Large 3.65—Deli Roasters (Small) 2.50—Large Chocolate Milk 5.00—Cold Veggie Sub—9” 3.95—Deli Roasters (Large) 1.50—Juice 4.75—Tossed/Caesar Salad (Small) 4.90—7” Garlic Fingers 1.50—Water 5.25—Tossed/Caesar Salad (Large) 1.10—Toast / English Muffin 3.00—Rice 1.35– Bagel 4.85—Large Wraps 2.70—Egg/Cheese/Ham on English Muffin 3.90--Hamburger

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1 1/2 Garlic Fingers

& Caesar Salad

Hot Turkey

Burger & Fries

Spaghetti &

Garlic Bread

Loaded Philly

Burger & Tossed

Salad

Cold Plate &

Baked Ham

Week 2 Macaroni &

Cheese

Loaded Grilled

Chicken on a

Bun & Rice

1/2 Cold Sub &

Small Soup

Fettucine Alfredo Meat Loaf,

Potatoes, Carrots

Week 3 Grilled Cheese &

Tomato Soup

Cheeseburger

Platter

Corn Chowder &

Ham Wrap

Lasagna & Garlic

Bread

Fish, Potatoes,

Carrots

NRHS Students, Athletes, Artist and Staff of the Month - December 2019 The Appleseed Restaurant and NRHS School Advisory Council sponsor the Students of the Month Program. Students of the Month are nom-inated by NRHS staff according to the following criteria:: someone who is caring and thoughtful; someone who is a good citizen; someone who is an active participant at NRHS; someone who is achieving at his/her academic ability level; someone who demonstrates NRHS’s Guiding Prin-ciples: (Safety, Opportunities, Achievement, Respect). Students who are selected as Students of the Month receive certificates and Mr. O’Toole will take them to The Appleseed for lunch.

Students of the Month Rory MacDonald Kennady Morrison Emily Giles Carson Cameron Jake Rehill Ashton MacLean

Staff of the Month

Alex Wolf Margaret MacLean Athletes of the Month Josie Dunn—Girls’ Hockey Connor Jones—Boys’ JV Basketball Artist of the Month

Katie Aucoin

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NRHS January 2020 Exam Schedule

Monday, January 27

Tuesday, January 28

Wednesday, January 29

Thursday, January 30

EXAM DAY 1

EXAM DAY 2

EXAM DAY 3

EXAM DAY 4

Morning

Mathematics 9 Mathematiques 9 Imm CEP English 10 CEP Canadian History 11 CEP English Comm 12 PreIB Mathematics 10 IB Mathematics 11 IB Biology 12 English 10 English 11 Global Geography 12

Morning

English Language Arts 9 CEP Science 10 PreIB Science 12 IB Mathematics 12 IB Geography 11 Mathematics 10 Mathematics at Work 10 Biologie 11 Biology 11 English 12

Morning

Science 9 Sciences 9 Imm IB Biology 11 IB English Literature 12 English Communications 11 Mathematics at Work 11 Mathematics 11 Mathematics at Work 12

Morning

Integrated French 9 Français Immersion 9 IB French 11 IB French 12 Physics 11 Physics 12 Biology 12 Oceans 11

Afternoon

PreIB French 10 Histoire Du Canada 11 IB Chemistry 12 Science 10 Chemistry 11 Chemistry 12 English Communications 12

Afternoon

PreIB Geography 10 IB Histoire 11 IB Histoire 12 African Canadian Studies 11 Canadian History 11 Mi’Kmaq Studies 11 Global History 12 Law 12 Psychology 12

Afternoon

IB English Literature 11 Pre-Calculus 12 Mathematics 12

Afternoon

Conflicts – 26 students will write an exam during this time.

In the Event of a Storm Day…

In the event of a storm day, all exams will move ahead one day. For example, if there is a storm day on Tuesday, those exams will move to Wednesday, and Wednesday’s will move to Thursday and so on. In the unlikely event that we will have two storm days in a row, all exams will simply move ahead two days.

Students from Karma Yoga Project Visit Valley View Villa

Ms. B's Yoga 11 students visited Valley View Villa on Tuesday December 10 as part of their Karma Yoga project. They performed holiday classic tunes with Mrs. Alcorn-Martin on piano, they made hot chocolate treats, Christmas cards, and visited with the residents. Yoga students pictured: Asia Arse-nault, Taylar Austin, Jasmin Creed, Casia Fraser, Jenna Graves, Kylee James-Weir, Jeremy Johnson, Maggie Langille, Josey LeBlond, Lauren MacDonald, Hanna MacGillivray, Abby MacInnis, Everyln MacLeod-Dutt, Lydia Manley, Madison McLaughlin, Anna Smith, Keely Stevenson, Kieran Thompson, Celine Tran. A special thank you to Hannah's mother Kathleen MacGillivray who helped us organize the event, as well as the

recreation staff Lisa White.

Before holiday break, Ms. MacDonald’s Citizenship Class completed ser-vice work as a requirement for the course. Students choose, researched, planned and prepared different projects and broke into groups to initiate action. A Bake Sale raising $87.00 for The Tearmann House was initiated by Mya Currie, Nolan Fraser, Maddie Long, Rory MacDonald, Lucia Mason, Jasmine Pellerine and Zoe Wilson. Marcus Coady, Kaiden Hoffer-Haywood, Caden MacDonald, Cejay MacKenzie, Brady Martin, Joe Walsh and Ben Strickland collected goods for the SPCA. A large amount of toys were collected for Toy Drive that was initiated by Katie Ward, Sommer Marsh, with some help from Dante Hamilton-Pelley and Braden Janes. Ashton Simpkins-Ross cut firewood for seniors in his community. A group who called themselves “Boys in the Halls” did tasks around the school, including pickling up garbage, moving boxes and furni-ture; decorating for the Holidays. This group included: Braydon George,

Kohen Hawkes, Cater Lycett, Zack MacLean; and Conner Pye.

Pictured at left delivering supplies to the SPCA is Brady Martin, Marcus

Coady and Joe Walsh.

Students Complete Citizenship Service Work

Kelsey Hann Documentary Premiere

On Thursday, January 9, at 7:00 p.m., the Kelsey Hann Documen-tary will premiere at the deCoste Performing Arts Centre in Pictrou. Kelsey is a grade 12 student at NRHS and a Canadian Karting Racer. Please join her and her family for the premiere of the Black Sheep Productions documentary “Winning Is a Close Second” based upon Kelsey Hann. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. The Hann Family is very excited and hopes you can join them for a night of excitement and celebration.

Pictou County Athletics ( PCA ) – 2020 Registration

PCA - the most successful track and field club in the Province over the last 7 years. Come out and join this amazing group. We will be begin-ning our season in January and are looking for new team members. Everyone participates and encourages others in track and field. It's fun and rewarding. Come join us! The 2020 season will kick off on Friday, January 3rd at the Indoor Soc-cer Facility in Stellarton. Registration for all age groups (Trailblazers 9 years old and up, Age group 13 years old and up, Masters 35 years old and up) will take place beginning at 4:30 with a workout starting at 5pm. Other registration times will be held prior to each of the first week’s prac-tices. Sunday, January 5th and Wednesday January 8th. Friday's workouts are from 5pm to 6:30 at the Indoor Soccer Facility for all groups. Sunday's workouts are at NNEC – Trailblazers and Masters from 2pm to 3:30. The 13+ program is from 3pm to 5pm. Wednesday's the 13+ program also works out on from 6:45 to 8:30 at the YMCA. Fees for the upcoming year can be found on PCA's website – pictoucountyathletics.com PCA is coming off another strong year (2019 ) and with an addition of some experienced coaches PCA will again be in contentions for both Provincial and Atlantic club banners. Individually in the 2019 season Keighan DeCoff became PCA's fourth Canadian Champion ( U18 Shot Put ) and first PCA female to win this honour in PCA's seventh year of existence. PCA competes in four indoor track and field meets. This includes all age groups mentioned above. These competitions are in either Halifax or New Brunswick. Our first competition is in Halifax on Saturday, January 18th. Our outdoor season begins in late April and runs to early August with five track and field meets slated. Registration inquiries email – Olivia Stroud at – oliviadhstroud@yahoo.ca Trailblazers inquiries email - Trevor Boudreau at – trevorboudreau@hotmail.com 13+ inquiries email - Pat Carty at cartyab@hotmail.com Masters inquiries email - Joyce Simpson at jasimpson926@yahoo.ca

La Tablee des Chefs

Mr. Paul Heighton is working with students from NRHS in a program that helps them cook good, nutritious food for themselves and oth-ers. The program lasts 22 weeks. You can check out more at latableedeschefs #kitchenbrigade @Northumberland Regional High School.

Donations to NRHS Karma Closet

We would like to thank all those who made donations to the NRHS Karma Closet—both businesses and personal.

Your generosity is very much appreciated.

Proudfoots Home Hardware Staff The staff of both Stellarton and Pictou Proudfoots Stores made a donation of supplies and also a cash donation to our Karma Closet

Pictou County Branches of RBC

Pictured from left: NRHS Student Jessica Stewart, RCB Representatives Leslie Otter and Melanie Beck, and NRHS Student Raven Eldstrom.

Stellarton Sobeys Store

Above—Pictured from left: Cherie Stone, Sobeys, Raven Eldstrom, NRHS Stu-dent, and Lynn Larsen and Christa Gallant from Sobeys.

Sobeys Head Office Employee

Above right—Pictured from left: Jessica Stewart, and Raven Eldstrom, right, hold bags delivered by Jay Turnbull, centre,

Sobeys IT Security Department

Pictured above—Debbie MacKenzie, Sobeys, left, makes a presentation to Jessica Stewart, centre, and Sara Sher-man, right.