ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tuesday February 4th,2025: WEEK #2; CYCLE DAY GLAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
We would like to acknowledge that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw people.
We would also like to acknowledge people of African ancestry, whose histories and legacies have contributed to Nova Scotia for over 400 years.
Upcoming Dates/Reminders:
February is African Heritage Month
February is Registration Month
February 17 is Heritage Day (No classes) Honouring Nora Bernard
Yearbook
Any Gr. 9 student interested in helping to create our school yearbook is asked to come to Mr. Lukenda’s lab at lunch on Tuesday February 4th.
We are looking for pictures of you and your friends here at Astral. If you have any pics of you participating on any teams, clubs, or school events, please share them through Google Drive or e-mail them to Mr. Lukenda at dlukenda@gnspes.ca
Girls Basketball
Congratulations to the girls basketball team on their win against Graham Creighton yesterday. Next, the girls will play their first playoff game again Bi-High tomorrow.
Drama Club
The drama club will meet today after school in the library from 2:30 to 3:30.
African Heritage Month - Get to know:
Carrrie Mae Best b.1903 – d. 2001
Carrie Best was a Black journalist from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Growing up in a period of extreme racial discrimination, she became a civil rights activist and in 1946 co-founded The Clarion, the first newspaper to be owned and published by a Black Nova Scotian. Best used the paper to call for an end to racial discrimination.