On December 21st, it was the last day for students and teachers. Everyone was excited for the break to start that on the last day of school, James M Hill hadn a bunch of activities plannes during the afternoon, such as Christmas caroling, Dodgeball in the gym, and even the movie "The Polar Exspress" showing in the lounge! All the students and teacherts had a fun day before Christmas break!
The girls hockey team was suppose to have a rescheduled hockey game against Tracadie this Wednesday on their home ice but due to a day off school because of the snow it got cancelled again and they will reschedule it again. The girls will be taking on Lameque, Saturday January 12th at 3PM in Caraquet and another away game on Sunday against Shippagan in Shippagan at 1PM. Wish your girls good luck on the weekend!
On December 20th 2018 it was “Ugly Christmas Sweater day” at James M Hill. Ugly Christmas Sweater Day got a lot of support as many students were roaming the halls that day wearing Christmas sweaters in different colors and patterns. The students who participated have said that it was a very festive and a fun day and a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. Those who did not wear an ugly Christmas sweater have said that it was fun to watch all the wacky concoctions of different sweaters that were worn.
If you’re thinking of ordering a yearbook, it’s a great time to do so - remember, the price of yearbooks will increase from $50 to $60 after Christmas. A deposit of $10 is all that is required to reserve a book. Also, yearbooks can be personalized for an additional $5. The total balance can be paid at a later date or at time of pick-up. There are a limited number of yearbooks that will be ordered, so buy now to avoid being disappointed.
The girls hockey team had a home game on Wednesday night against PLM. The girls took a hard loss. The final score was 13-3. Two of the three goals were scored by Kara Allison and the third goal was scored by Zoe Bourque who had gotten an awesome rebound off the other teams goalie. The girls won't be playing again until January 4th. They will be playing their river rivals, MVHS at the civic center at 6:50. Good luck and go support your girls!
This weekend the JV boys played 3 games on an overnight trip. They won two of them with a blowout and only lost one game to sugarloaf by 17 points. Overall they had an amazing weekend. The first game they played Grand Manan, the score was 76-36. Saturday morning they had lost to sugar loaf with a score of 59-76 and Saturday afternoon they won to ESN with a score of 90-47. They also play them Monday night in Bathurst. And a home game on Wednesday.
