The field hockey team had four back to back games on Saturday the 29th at their KV tournament. The first game was at 9am against Harbourview High School. They lost that game 2-0. At 11am they took took on Saint John High School, they were down 1-0 but with just two minutes left, Maddie Dickson did an awesome backward sweep and tied up the game. They had to go into a shootout, Abbie Martin, Maddie Dickson and Olivia Cripps were the ones picked to shoot. They all scored the first time through the line up. They went a second time, Abbie and Olivia scored again. They had won in a shootout.

Mi'kmaq story teller and singer came to James M. Hill on September 28th to speak on Orange Shirt Day. Augustine spoke to students about the history and customs of the Mi'kmaq people, as well as different types of medicine and healers they have used for ages. To finish the presentation she sang a song of Mi'kmaq culture and asked students and staff to sing along with her. Donna Augustine is a Mi'kmaq traditional elder whose spirt name is Thunderbird Turtle woman.

The first meeting for the 2020 trip to Africa was held in Mr. Theriault’s room Tuesday. The trip is for students in grades 9, 10 and 11. The group will be heading to Rwanda for late February to early March 2020, and will be participating in various activities there, such as meeting with an Interact group in Rwanda, visiting a genocide memorial and going on a safari. WRED will be involved in fundraising for the trip, and Interact likely will be as well.

 On Monday October 1st, Blue shirts roamed the hallways throughout James M Hill Memorial High School. Mostly everyone was wearing blue to help raise awareness of bullying prevention. The leading national anti-bullying and cyberbullying prevention organization created blue shirt day to signify the importance of national bullying prevention awareness month each October, and this year, James M Hill went out of the way to make this one special!