Media Release - Feb 25, 2009

ANOTHER EYE POPPING RESULT FOR EYE SPY a HIDDEN TALENT EVENT!
Interactive, on-line contest proves to be even more popular than last year!!

There are a lot of Hidden Talents to Celebrate! All students, teachers and members of the community in School Districts 6 & 8 made another huge splash when they logged-in to the EYE SPY a HIDDEN TALENT website recently!

This fun, easy, interactive event was part of our Celebrate What’s Right with the World initiative.

What was the Result?
A whopping 13,915 entries were received from the greater Saint John community! That’s even more than last year! This figure combines the 6,788 entries from School District 6 and the 7,127 entries from the School District 8 region.

Here are the winning schools…the schools with the highest percentage participation:

In School District 6, we chose the Top 6 in District 6:
1st Pals Hampton
2nd Kennebecasis Park Elementary
3rd Fairvale Elementary
4th Apohaqui Elementary
5th Macdonald Consolidated
6th Lakefield Elementary

In School District 8,

Our Community Winners…
Congratulations to the winners chosen from the hundreds and hundreds of wonderful entries received from community members of Greater Saint John:
Trudy – Hampton
Stephanie Mackellar – Quispamsis
Janeen Douglas – Rothesay
Mathew Hansen - Sussex

How did it work?
Between Feb 9th and Feb 13th, students, staff and members of the community will have the opportunity to log-on to our EYE SPY a HIDDEN TALENT website and tell us about the Hidden Talents in the people around you! Everyone who participates will be eligible for a prize! Schools with the greatest participation will win prizes too! It’s that easy!

Finding out someone’s Hidden Talent is all about:
• Getting to know that person better & understanding that person more
• Celebrating that person
• Recognizing that everyone has talents, some are more obvious, and more celebrated than others, but they are all talents, just the same
• Recognizing the talents and gifts in every person, because everyone has them
• Recognizing that some talents are more widely accepted and recognized than others

It’s those hidden talents that help remind us that everyone has something worth celebrating!  Everyone!
For more information on the Celebrate what’s right with the world initiative, visit: www.district6.nbed.nb.ca/Celebrate  and www.district8celebrate.org 
 
About School District 6
District 6 has approximately 10,340 students in twenty-four schools and two alternate education centers in the communities of Sussex, Sussex Corner, Apohaqui, Norton, Belleisle, Hampton, Kingston, Quispamsis, and Rothesay. There are over 650 teachers in the District, and additional support staff. The district Office is located in Rothesay.
The mission at School District 6 is to work in partnership with parents and the community to create a safe, nurturing learning environment that provides a high quality education which prepares all students to be productive, well-rounded, life-long learners.

About School District 8
School District 8 encompasses the City of Saint John and rural communities from Browns Flat and Grand Bay-Westfield to Fundy Shores to St. Martins. Our 35 schools include 17 Elementary, 8 Kindergarten to 8, 5 Middle Schools, 4 High Schools and 1 Alternate Education Center. We are the second largest school district in the province of New Brunswick with over 13,000 students. The Mission of School District 8 is to provide, responsibly and cooperatively, all students with the opportunity for learning, to a measurable standard, through quality instruction in a safe environment.

Contact Information
Joan Wilkins
CELEBRATE what's RIGHT Coordinator
School District 8
Saint John, NB
(506) 643-6884
(506) 639-6087 (Cell)
Email: joan.wilkins@nbed.nb.ca

Kim Houlahan
Celebrate What’s RIGHT
Community Coordinator
School District 6
Rothesay, NB
(506) 848-6626
email: kim.houlahan@nbed.nb.ca