TalkMail Sent Wednesday, Feb.11th, 2010

Hello Everyone,

 We are happy to announce a special event the school district has arranged with the Saint John Sea Dogs on February 20 at 7 pm  during their game against the Shawinigan Cataractes.

 Both District 6 and 8 will be CELEBRATING by handing out posters, calendars and post cards with the CELEBRATE theme to the public at the game.

All staff, students and families have a chance to get some special ticket prices for the game ($9/tickets for anyone; youth or adult).

To get tickets:

·         You have to purchase on-line (www.tickets.harbourstation.ca)

·         Choose the Feb. 20 game

·         Type in the word “CELEBRATE” in the Promotional Code box (it will give you a message that the word is accepted).

·         You will then see a new price appear “Promo Adult - $8.00” (use this one for ALL tickets, youth included)

·         This price is only available for upper bowl seats (only numbered sections)

·         Choose your quantity of tickets, if you have a preferred section put it in, otherwise leave section blank and “Seat price zone” to “Find Best Available”

·         Click Get tickets

·         There is a decoder screen and you will have to type in random letters/numbers click “Continue”

·         If sections are good click Continue (note there is a $1 service charge for each ticket)

·         You will be asked to set up a Harbour Station account so that your tickets can be e-mailed to you.

·         You can choose download “print at home”

·         Choose your method of payment and click “Buy” and an e-mail will be sent to you with your tickets. Print them off and enjoy the game.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the school or contact Kent Staal

the School District 6 Coordinator of Community Schools at kent.staal@gnb.ca

TalkMail sent Friday, January 29th,2010

Hi HES family,

We want to thank everyone who donated so generously to our Hat for Haiti day and bake Sale. We raised over 813.00 thanks to your donations. As well we collected over a hundred pair of shoes to send to Haiti .

Once again thank you so much for your generosity. Have a great weekend!!

TalkMail Sent Friday Jan.22nd, 2010

Softmoc shoe store is collecting gently worn shoes to send to Haiti.  The Saint John store has extended the date until this Monday, Jan. 25th.  All the schools in Hampton are being asked if they want to collect shoes from the students.  We will have a collection box in the lobby on Monday, here at HES for anyone who would like to donate gently worn shoes to this cause. The shoes will be picked up after 9:00 a.m and delivered to SoftMoc.  Here is a link if you want to check it out...   http://www.softmoc.com/. If you have time this weekend to sort through any footwear that isn’t used by anyone in your household, and send it in to the school on Monday, we would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance for any donation you make to this cause and have a great weekend!

Talkmail sent Monday January 18th, 2010

Fundraising efforts for Haiti

The staff and students of HES would like to support the relief efforts of the Canadian Red Cross in Haiti after the earthquake that has left so many Haitians, hungry, sick and homeless.

This Friday we will be having a Bake Sale (led and organized by some of our grade 5 students) and a “Hats For Haiti “day. Students will be allowed to wear their hats and ball caps in the school for a small donation (any amount will be accepted) to the Haiti Relief Fund. As well at recess and noon on Friday we will have home baked goods such as , fudge, cookies etc. on sale for .25- $1.00.

The staff will be donating their dress down money for the months of January and February to the Red Cross as well.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give us in our fundraising efforts.

TalkMail Sent Thursday Jan.7th, 2010

1. Step in Time Dance troupe is having a private screening of Madagascar 2:Escape to Africa at Empire 10 Studio in Saint John on Sunday January 10^th at 10:00 a.m. You can purchase tickets for this event by calling Krista Orchard at 832-3773 or Michelle Dunn at 832- 3584.Tickets cost $5. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door. We are advertising this only because we feel it is an event that the children at HES and their families might be interested in participating in.

2.  Information Nights will be held, according to the following schedule, for Grade 5 students and their parents entering Middle School in September 2010.At this time, information will be provided on two of the programs available at the Grade 6 level: English Prime Program and the Late French Immersion Program. Parents/guardians are invited to attend the meeting held for their school or one of the other meetings being held near you.

                GRADE 6 INFORMATION MEETINGS 2010

3. We are beginning to collect pennies, nickels, dimes etc. for our Foster child, Fanuel , who lives in Turbana, Bolivar. We will continue collecting for the month of January so if you have any lose change lying around your home we would welcome your donation and contribution.