Saturday Nov 5th-The JMH Alumni association held their first gala dinner to raise money for the James M Hill theatre capital project. The gala recognized past teachers who had a major impact on James M Hill. The first 4 people inducted into the wall of fame were John Hawkes, Greg Morris, Lloyd Cameron and Robert Corlett. Mr. Gopee’s drama camp was on hand to present a sneak peek performance from The Lion King which is being put on at the James M. Hill theatre on November 18th -21st .
Girls Tommie soccer team played a hard fought game this weekend in provincials against Southern Victoria High school. They played at 10am with frost covering the field and temperature below 0. They started off the game slow and were down 1-0 at half, but stepped up their game and with just minutes left in the game Abby Desveaux scored!
The Remembrance Day Ceremony is always a few hours of remembering the soldiers who fought and are fighting to keep Canada free and help keep many other countries free as well. We have this Ceremony every year so that we remember the soldiers who helped shape our world into the way it is. This years’ Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held on November 10th 2016, and is being planned by Mrs. MacDonald’s English 11-1 class.
Girls Tommie soccer team are off to Perth Andover today for provincials after winning regionals, beating out LJR 1-0 and then winning the seeding game against Tantramar 3-0. The girls are travelling after school today to play Saturday morning at 10 against the home team Southern Victoria High School and that game determines if they move on to the finals at 2:30 later that day.
Basketball season is now up and running, all four teams are working hard at practices and giving it all they have. November 17th (Thursday) will be the start of the Annual Hoop Classic Tournament, so be sure to come support your boys and girls varsity basketball teams, the girls will have home court advantage in front of the student body against MVHS on the 17th and our boys will be traveling over to MV playing their boys. We wish both teams good luck! Reminder that day is also green and gold day so wear your colours and show support!
On November 2nd 2016, the grade 9’s are off to bring your kid to work day. This allows them to experience a day on the work field, and learn more about the job they may want to have as life goes on. As a grade 11 student, I participated in this event 2 years ago. It was a great experience for me I learned a lot.
