Hello to our Black Kat Community!
Our Admin Team is happy to send out the following information, as well as a revised ‘Dates to Remember’. A reminder of our social media pages for information as well:
| NEW School Website | https://frederictonhigh.nbed.ca/ |
| @FHSkats | |
| @fredericton_high | |
| https://www.facebook.com/FHSkats | |
| Instagram Athletics | @fhsathletics72 |
We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Dates to Remember:
March/April- Ramadan
March 24- Theatre New Brunswick Performance
March 30- Grad Event- Rawries
April 6- Report Cards
April 7- Good Friday, No School
April 10- Easter Monday, No School
April 13- Parent Teacher Interviews (5:30-7:30 pm)
April 14- Parent Teacher Interviews, No School for students
May- Mental Health Month
May 1-5 – Mental Health Week
May 5- NBTA Council Day, No school for students
May 15- NBTA Meeting, No School for students
May 11- Grad Event- Mardi Gras
May 22- Victoria Day, No School for students
June- Pride Month
June 19- Prom/Safe Grad
June 21- Graduation
Grad Fees – Admin
This year, the grad fee will be $100.00 per graduate. ($104.75 with online processing fees)
The fee covers various costs associated with graduation, including things like the grad gown, v-stole, cap and year charm (all or which the students will get to keep!), along with various other graduation ceremony items, supplies, regalia and Safe Grad initiatives. The fee will need to be paid through School Cash Online. The window to pay this fee has opened and will remain open until May 26th. Please direct any grad fee questions to the Vice-Principal attached to your student.
The Virtues Team
The Virtue Of the Week (VOW) for this past week was “JOYFULNESS”.
The Virtue for this coming week (March 27-31) will be “GRATITUDE”.
As Denis Waitley wrote:
“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed.
Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”
Student Parking- Admin
As noted in our FHS Student handbook regarding student parking: students are assigned the parking lot off Priestman Street by the sports fields. The following guidelines apply to all students who park cars on FHS property: 1. For security and protection of personal property, all vehicles must be locked. 2. Parking may only occur in designated areas. Parking on fields/grass, in fire lanes, or other unauthorized areas may result in the loss of parking privileges, fines and/or vehicle towing at the owner’s expense. 3. Students are not permitted to smoke, vape, or eat their lunch in their vehicle while the vehicle is on FHS property. 4. Students are not permitted to loiter in parking lots at any time throughout the school day. 5. Students must refrain from littering in parking lot areas.
Course Selections (Grade 10 & 11)- School Counselling Department
On March 28th (during Period 2) Grade 10 and 11 students will be submitting their course requests on PowerSchool. They should come prepared with their 10 choices (and 2 alternates). Course selection guides were distributed before the March break and have also been posted to our school website and on Homeroom teachers Teams page, along with the PowerPoint presentations. MyBlueprint.ca is an excellent web-based tool to assist students with identifying their strengths, interests, and potential career paths, along with direct links to Canadian post-secondary institutions. It is linked on our FHS website and login information is in the back of our course guide.
Counsellors are available by appointment for consultation/support or students can drop by for a quick question before or after school, during the lunch hour or on a break between classes! If students are unable to book an appointment before Tuesday, please be submit course requests as best they can and counsellors can make edits to the submitted requests once they meet.
Our timetable for next year is built based on student requests so we ask that careful consideration is given to this!
Grad Event – Grad Class Homeroom & Mrs.Miller
It’s almost time to roll out the red carpet for the next Grad Event, The Rawries. The event, which is a comedic award ceremony for grads, will take place on Thursday, March 30th, from 7pm – 9pm in the TMT here at FHS. Tickets will be on sale on SchoolCash online starting Monday (March 20th) and will cost $7 in advance and $10 at the door. Come enjoy an evening of laughter with some of your teachers and fellow grads. Hope to see you there!
Prom Tickets
Prom tickets sold from: Friday March 3rd– Monday May 8th
Price: $30 , on CASHLESS SCHOOLS
Date of Prom: Monday June 19th 2023
Loaction: Wu Center, UNB Campus Fredericton
Only eligible graduates may purchase tickets for themselves and one guest. Guests may be no older than 21 years of age. Your guest must be approved by your Vice-Principal, if your guest is asked to leave failure to follow school code of conduct, you will be asked to leave as well. If you are bringing a guest, please buy both tickets at the same time.
After purchasing any ticket(s) you MUST fill out this form : https://forms.office.com/r/P3vH1CTZg8
Guest Approval: If you do NOT hear back from your Vice-Principal regarding your guest, then you can assume that your guest is approved and can attend prom. If your guest is not approved– your VP will contact you and your money will be refunded when requested (or you can choose a new guest for approval at that time).
Physical Tickets will be printed and picked up in the cafeteria at a later date.
Youth Mental Health Symposium- May 24th
The Centre of Excellence for Health is hosting a Youth Mental Health Symposium on May 24th. The link with all the information is below and the registration for students is now open!!! Students need to register themselves and there are 50 seats available to ASDW students (on a first come, first served basis). The keynotes and breakout sessions are AWESOME and we would love to have FHS students attend the event!! (centresofexcellencenb.ca)
UNB Go Girl Code Event
Please see the following poster for the UNB event: UNB Go Girl Code- Career Opportunities