Citadel High School

September 25th, 2018

Daily Announcements
  • TODAY BLOCK SCHEDULE:  B, A, D, C
  • The Varsity girl's soccer team beat Sir John A yesterday 6-1. Jane MacDonald, Rebekah Bercovici, Anna Pancura, Brinly Holt, and Mychael Paris scored.
  • The first Citadel Guys' Group of the year will be held today during A-block, second period, in the Youth Health Centre on the second floor.  New members are welcome.
  • Health Action Team is holding their first meeting today at lunch in the Youth Health Centre. Come and check it out.
  • A representative from Western University Ivey School of Business will be here today at lunch in room 202 to meet with any interested students.
  • A representative from Dalhousie University will be here on Wednesday in room 201 at lunch time to meet with any interested students.
  • A representative from Mount Allison University will be here on Thursday at lunch in room 201 to meet with any interested students.
  • Any student interested in attending an information session from University of Calgary, please sign up in guidance office
  • Picture retake day will be October 11, anyone wishing retakes or didn’t get your photo taken, please make sure you get one taken, location will be announced when determined
  • Any student wishing to be nominated for the Lester B Pearson International Scholarship or the University of Toronto National Book Award please check the grad board or your gnspes 2019 classroom for more information.
  • All Grade 12 students are asked to sign into the GNSPES Class of 2019.  The code to enter the classroom is g8hl9k5  The Code is also posted in the hallway across from the guidance office. 
  • Army Reserves Open House & Job Fair will be held on September 29 from 9 am to 3 pm at Willow Park, CFB Halifax.
  • Alderney Landings Fear the Darkness Haunted House is looking for volunteers immediately for help in scaring, line-ups, escape room assistants, painting and set up. The house runs the month of October, but work is done through the year. Alderney signs off on volunteer hours for community service for school and jobs. A sign-up sheet is available in the guidance office or online.
  • If you wish to have more information on these announcements please read the full version on the main page of Citadel High website.
  • Representatives from mindyourmind will be coming to Halifax the weekend of Sept. 28-30 to work with some folks from the Laing House and Heartwood organizations. We're going to be running a Design Lab workshop weekend, which will essentially be facilitating some group conversations about the mental health issues that young people in Halifax are facing and then building some new resources for those issues. We're looking for a few more youth ages 15 - 25, who can participate in the entire weekend, Friday evening, saturday and sunday 9:30- 3pm each day and are willing to talk about what issues are facing their peers.  They don't need to disclose any personal information.  It's free to attend, and we provide food and volunteer hours too. Come to guidance office if you are interested and we will give the contact information.
  • YMCA is looking for tutors to sign up for the Peer Tutoring program offered for our CHS new comers and immigrant students. Your time spent tutoring will count towards volunteer hours of " leadership and service" , get a certificate, meet and make new friends. If you are interested please fill out the form  available at room 2B second floor. for more info contact Ms. Dayga (YMCA Support Staff) Thank you.
  • There will be an Ultimate Frisbee practice this Tuesday (September 25th) after school in the gym. Everyone is welcome.
  • There is an upcoming event called India Fest of Lights (Diwali).  Diwali is a celebration that spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. Its celebration that includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed. In the celebration of this we invite the Citadel community to come out on October. 5th, 6th and 7th (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) at the Halifax Forum.  The event timings will be : Friday - 3pm - 10pm, Saturday 11am - 10pm and Sunday 11am - 10pm.  During this 3 day event we will be having performances, food, henna tattoos, a photobooth, fireworks (8:30pm on Saturday and Sunday), games and an open dance floor for the public to join in. We will be giving all students who show their student ID at the front door free admission.