IT'S BEEP TEST TIME

Just a reminder to grade 7 & 8 Students that it is that time again during the second term for them to " boldly go where no beast has gone before "and put forth their best effort for the "Beep Test" . Students are reminded to have proper gym attire including shoes. Many students do not where proper gym footwear now that winter weather is upon us.
The beep test will comense on Monday February 5th, we will running the test durning 2nd class in the afternoon throughout the week just to make sure everyones cookies stay intacked. Good Luck!

Basketball Tryouts

Boys Basketball tryouts are Wednesday and Thursday this week, from 3:15 to 4pm.

Girls Basketball tryouts are Tuesday and Thursday mornings. See Ms. Ireland and Mr. Johnson for exact dates and times.

Early Dismissal

Students were sent home early today, as there was no hydro or phone lines available in the morning. School will continue as usual tomorrow.

Tonight's boys basketball tryout is cancelled.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19TH

TEACHERS VS. STUDENTS II - THE REMATCH

The students are hoping to finally win one on Friday, after jumping out to a huge lead in the last match. We will only spot you a few this game! Good Luck!!

DANCE/KARAOKE:

There will be a dance/karaoke in the pm on Friday. If you have a karaoke disk for your favourite song, bring it in!!! You could be the next J.C. Hill Idol and belt out a tune. Friday is the day!

Forms, Events, Fun Days Ahead

Snowsnake forms and boys basketball forms went out today. Tryouts begin tomorrow and Thursday for basketball from 3:15 to 4:00. Snowsnake is scheduled for February 9th, providing there is snow. An alternate date is Feb. 16th.

A school skate and hockey game is planned for Friday. A dance is also rumoured for the afternoon.

Don't forget: Tomorrow is wear your PJs to school day and crazy hat day. The Peer Helpers are putting this on to have students show their school spirit. The class with the most spirit will win a pizza party. Get into the fun!

All Buses Cancelled.

Buses cancelled today. Freezing rain, with snow expected later in the day.
Keep working on speeches and drama presentations.

No word on the Home and School meeting for tonight.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."²

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!³

HOMEWORK SUPPORT PROGRAM

Greetings from the Homework Support Program. The program is offered at Six Nations Polytech on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Grades 6-12 students are welcomed to bring their homework, projects and assignments to work on and/or complete. We have a Math/Science Tutor and an English/General Subjects Tutor on both nights.

Yes, there are some dedicated students from J. C. Hill that come to the program every week. If you need help in your subjects or just that quiet space to work, please come a join us.

We also have computers for completing project assignments and researching on the Internet!

Math programs are available to help you with working through problems and we also have access to the Literacy Program that will prepare you for the grade 10 testing.

Tell your high school friends and family about the Homework Support Program.

See you Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings. Remember to bring your homework with you!!!

Goodbye 2006, Hello 2007!

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