Issue 17 • June 2011 • sjcommunitynewspaper@gmail.com • TAKE ME I’M FREE
Soap Box Derby A Success By Kate Hefferman St. John the Baptist-King Edward School had the opportunity to participate in Saint John’s All-American Soap Box Derby on Saturday, May 28, at Rockwood Park. We were very fortunate to have two cars sponsored by Master Promotions and Irving Oil. Haden Dow and Kalan McGillivray. Haden Dow and Kalan (Photo by Kate Hefferman) McGillivray were our drivers and Jenny Vautour and Brian Adams were our pit crew members. Both teams did extremely well and Kalan and Haden ended up racing each other! Staff and students came out to support the event! It was a great day!!
Saluting Our Volunteers: Tammy Calvin By Juanita Black In April 2008, a group of community members and partners started meeting to plan a new community newspaper that was going to focus on the positive things in our priority neighbourhoods. The Old North End was represented by Tammy Calvin. For anyone who knows Tammy, you also know she is very dedicated to (Photo by Vibrant Communities) everything she does. Tammy has street smarts, something that comes from years of volunteering for many groups and caring about what happens to not only her community but her city. Around The Block is one of those groups that Tammy volunteers for. She has been there from day one in April 2008. For issue after issue, picture after picture, and more stories, Tammy has been a constant volunteer who contributes to Around The Block. Tammy focuses on positive events, that is what all those first meetings were all about, positive things in our communities. Around The Block salutes Tammy and says thank you.
The SMART students with the captain aboard the Digby Ferry. (Photo by Krista Turnbull)
Shamrocks That Rock By Krista Turnbull Shamrocks that Rock is a reward program for the students at St. Patrick’s School. Each day students are encouraged to follow their SMART Code. SMART stands for Safety, Manners, Attitude, Respect and Teamwork. When a student is seen going above and beyond to follow their SMART Code, their “good deed” is recognized by being read aloud on the morning announcements and their name is then entered into the monthly reward trip draw. At the end of the month, Mrs. Turnbull, our Community School Coordinator, draws one name from each class and those students participate in a reward trip. This is a trip somewhere that is fun and at no cost to the students. Our fantastic driver, Greg, takes us everywhere we need to go on the Kids on the Go bus. For the month of May, the students enjoyed a visit to somewhere in their own backyard, the Digby Ferry...a place where they had never been!! Nancy Cousins and Jamie Hutchison from Bay Ferries gave the students a fantastic tour of the MV Princess of Acadia. Captain Oral Hamilton also joined the students, to give them an exciting tour of the bridge. The students took a turn at the wheel and investigated how the radar on the ship worked. This was a wonderful learning experience for all of them and we thank the folks at Bay Ferries for the wonderful tour...and treats!!
Coordinator Comments: Focus On Youth By Juanita Black, Coordinator, Around the Block. Phone: 647-4850. Email: sjcommunitynewspaper@gmail.com At Around The Block we like to share in the good news stories, success, future plans and pictures. In this issue, the theme is “Youth.” You will be very pleased at how the youth are proud members of their communities. They might be serving breakfast for mothers at the ONE Change Mother’s Day Breakfast, helping their communities in one of several clean-ups or winning a scholarship for journalism school. We celebrated the 10th anniversary of the PALS (Partners Assisting Local Schools), the soap box derby, and oh yeah, there is a team called the Sea Dogs, a group of young men who took on the best in Canada and WON. Way to go. As you read the many youth related stories in these pages, I know all of Saint John will be proud. Our youth are our future. Give them a smile and say thank you.
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