Astral Drive Junior High

April 24th, 2018

IMPORTANT DATES
April 24th            Yearbook Orders Due

We acknowledge that we are in Mi’kma’ki, which is the traditional ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people.

GUIDANCE NEWS
The Guidance outer-office is open from Tuesdays to Thursdays at lunch.  20 people maximum.  Please bring your lunch as it is first come, first serve!
• Tuesdays - Wii day where we will play games on the Wii.
• Wednesdays - Board Game day
• Thursdays are Movie day

- There will be no GSA or Girl's group this week.  Stay tuned for next week meetings!

- Book club members are asked to meet on Friday April 27th, in Ms. Bonin's room for their first meeting about the novel, SEKRET.

- Peer tutors are asked to meet today - Tuesday at lunch in Room 206.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Attention all Dukes.  Our last training session will take place tomorrow - Wednesday at 11:45 am.  Dukes are asked to bring their maps, route cards and lunch to this training.  See you then!

TRACK & FIELD
There will be a track and field tryout for anyone interested in running sprint events tomorrow at 3:15 at Beazley Field. Any athletes looking to try-out for the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints should be at Beazley by 3:10pm, and be warming up. Students must find their own way to and from the field. If you have any questions please see Mr. Elliott or Mr. Carew!

FREE THE CHILDREN
Members of Free the Children are reminded that your pledge forms and money are due to Ms. McKenzie or Ms. MacDonald today.  If you haven't already dropped it off and are able to be excused from your class please bring it down after announcements and, if not, you can bring it to the meeting today at lunch.  Today's meeting will only be for students participating in the walk on Thursday.

LIBRARY CLUB

Calling all poets!  There are now only 2 days left to submit your pieces for the Poetry Contest.  If you have a great piece of work that you want entered for a prize, submit it to Ms. Demers by the end of Thursday. 


BEST BUDDIES
Best Buddies will meet Wednesday at lunch.  Don't forget to wear your t-shirts!


Attention staff and students…

Astral Drive wants to celebrate your abilities!

We are planning to host our ADJH talent show in June and are looking for participants!    Abilities could include, but are not limited to:
• Dancing
• Singing (individual or group)
• Musical instruments
• Juggling
• Yo-yo
• Gymnastics
• Spoken word poetry
• Joke telling
• Cup stacking
• Human calculator abilities

We would love to see you share your talent with the school! 
Our first sign-up meeting will take place tomorrow - Wednesday at 11:45am in Mr. Tetford’s room (106).
Hope to see lots of participants!

YEARBOOK
If you did not purchase a yearbook in September when you paid your student fees and would like to purchase one, please come to the office to pick up a Yearbook order form.  The cost of the yearbook is $35.  Orders are due by today - Tuesday - April 24, 2018.  Please give your order form and payment to Mrs. Eaglestone.
*You can also order one on-line.

AFTER SCHOOL BUS DUTY
Mrs. Bonin & Mr. Carew