Is your kid interested in learning to play chess? Or perhaps they want to fine tune their skills?
Connaught Heights Elementary School’s chess club meets every Friday morning at 8:15 a.m. The club is open to students in Grade 3, 4 and 5. Players of all skill levels are welcome, including beginners.
Student wins $5,000 scholarship
Congratulations to Angelyna Mintz, who won a $5,000 scholarship for sharing her story with the Horatio Alger Association of Canada.
The national organization awards scholarships to high school students who have overcome adversity and are seeking a post-secondary education, according to an association press release.
Angelyna lives in New Westminster and attends Byrne Creek Community School. She was one of 80 recipients who received $5,000 towards their post-secondary education.
For more info on the Horatio Alger Association of Canada, visit https://horatioalger.ca.
Be active
Do you have a child in Grade 5? Did you know they can get access to all parks and recreation drop-in programs for free?
New Westminster offers a Get Active pass free of charge to Grade 5 students in the city. The students must be born between January and December 2007.
If your child is in Grade 6, they can get 10 free entries to any drop-in parks and recreation programs run by the city through its Stay Active pass program. Students must be born between January and December 2006.
Both the Get Active and Stay Active passes are open to students who live and/or attend school in the New West. Both passes are good from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 3, 2018 (so there’s still lots of time to take advantage of this great program).
Application forms can be picked up at any New Westminster school. For more info, email [email protected].
Bust a move
There are still seven spots left in a six-week breakdancing and hip hop program starting at Fraser River Middle School in February.
The community schools program runs every Thursday from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. from Feb. 8 to March 15 in the multi-purpose room at Fraser River Middle School. It costs $30 and is open to any students in grades 6 to 8.
To sign up, go to ecommunityschool.ca and search course code 10281 or call 778-874-5457.
Kudos
Pat yourselves on the back, Connaught, because you raised $1,804 at the Scholastic Book Fair in December.
The money will be used to buy new books and kits for the library and the school. Way to go everyone!
Interested? Line up outside the undercover area by the top field portables on Fridays. Ms. Sara will open the doors at 8:15 a.m.
