Thank You, Spencer O’Brien
On Friday, September 22nd, we had the privilege of listening to one of the world’s top snowboarders, Spencer O’Brien, as she delivered an inspirational message on the importance of hard work, perseverance, patience, resiliency and family support in order to achieve one’s goals in life. Born in Alert Bay, she is proud to say that her love for the sport started in the North Island.
Thank you for the visit Spencer, and NISS wishes you the best in your future endeavours.
Please see the attached info sheets regarding new curriculum:
Timeline: 191851-parent-letter_curriculum-timeline
NISS students and staff attended the Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce Awards on Friday, October 22, 2016. A student and three teachers received awards during the evening.
Youth Entrepreneur – Danielle Lacasse
Professional Merit – Greg Muirhead
Innovation Award – 1-Eleven Coffee (Doug Abbot and Mark Taylor)
Well done, team!
School District No. 85 has made it into another provincial publication. “Career Focus BC, 2016”. Below is a link to an e-version. Check out pages 8 & 9.
Congratulations to the NISS Class of 2016
Tre Alfred, Robert Aman, Shayla Beattie, Ryan Benwell, Dawn Briscoe, Kacie Brittain, Robert Burgess-Griffith, William Chan, Cassie Conley, Shantal Cook, Brandon Cyr, Keifer Daly, Noreen Dick,
Peri Donaghy, Justin Ellis, Beth Ford, Mason Friman, Eric Glendale, Evan Gordon Valan, Madison Guldager, Matthew Harder, Aliyah Harper, Terry Hooper, Jessiah Macko, Riley Matson, Chance McClendon,
Miranda Mountain, Darian Murgatroyd, John Nelson, Sarah Nelson, Benjamin Pahti, Kiara Peterson, Asia Prest, Bessy Prevost, Brandon Purdey, Patricia Rufus, Hannah Sadler, Anthony Schofield,
Alex Scott, Mahalia Smith, Kyle Sparling, Christopher Speck, Cody Swanson, Thomas Symons, Madison Tremblay, Nathaniel Valleau, Devin Williams, Brodie Wilson
Please see the information recently released from the Ministry of Education regarding the changes in the Provincial Assessment process.
Through his Skills Exploration class, Brendan Murray created this games table with wood donated by Windsor Plywood for the Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department.
Great job, Brenden!
We are proud of this group of students for volunteering to assist with cooking, decorating and serving tables during the Climbing Wall Gala which took place on Saturday, April 30, 2016.
Over 100 community members from the North Island enjoyed an evening which included dinner, entertainment, and a fun cash auction.
It was a fun evening with everyone coming together around the common goal of getting a climbing wall built at our school.
During the evening the Port McNeill Rotary Club presented a cheque to the school for $10 000.00. By the end of the evening another $10,000.00 was donated by the guests through the auction and other fun activities.
Feedback today from community has been very positive about learning in School District No. 85. Most of all people have been talking about the wonderful student volunteers that helped make the evening a success.
Many thanks to the staff and students who helped the Rotary Club with the evening. To date we have now raised over $40 000.00!
Thanks to the North Island’s commitment to our youth, we will be building our climbing wall this summer.
Congratulations to the students who made the Honour Roll and Vice Principal’s List for Semester 1 2015/2016.