Christmas Cheer is Here!

This Tuesday and Wednesday staff and students belted out the Christmas hits in the main foyer for all to hear. Who would have thought that they would have sounded so good? Way to go! Donations were collected for the Christmas Baskets.

HRHS Olympic Torch Relay

On December 10th, twenty Heritage staff and students (and Chinook) had the honour of participating in the Olympic Torch Relay. Very cool!

Heritage Hockey

The PeeWee Boys Hockey team will be playing Selwyn House School at 3:00 on Thursday. Tickets can be purchased in the gym office.

Trip to Florida / March Break

This year's trip to Florida for the sec. 5 students has been launched. It is estimated that approximately 90 students will be taking part in this educational event. Students will be accompanied by approximately 8 adults. It promises to be a success. The dates are Feb. 27th- March 7th. Organizing the trip are Mr. Tilli and Mr. Thomson.

Trip to Costa Rica

Our second trip to Costa Rica is rapidly approaching! Eight students and two teachers (Ms. I. Romero and Ms. M. Skrutkowska) will be leaving for Costa Rica on February 26th, 2010 and returning ten days later on March 6th, 2010. We will be spending March break living with Costa Rican families, going to Spanish school 3 hours a day, and doing volunteer work such as visiting an orphanage and helping out, planting coffee trees on a cooperative coffee plantation and painting a house for an underprivileged family. We are also collecting and bringing shoes for small children to donate to the orphanage. Of course, there will be a little tourism - two days at the beach, as well as visiting local sites such as the rainforest and a volcano. It's very exciting! We're looking forward to our departure.

Trip to NYC

This year due to the overwhelming demand two buses filled with Secondary 4 students, accompanied by chaperones, Mr. Wallach, Ms. Di Genova, Ms. Saha, Mr. Sandilands, Ms McGill, Ms. Guyot, Mr. Payne, Ms Heron, and Ms Francois will make their way to the Big Apple on March 23, 2010. Highlights of the trip include visiting Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, getting a view of the city from Top of The Rock (Rockerfeller Center), walking through Little Italy, Chinatown, Times Square and 5th Avenue. Everyone knows how the shopping is endless in NYC (Toys R Us, NBA Store, Disney Store, Macy’s, Niketown, Abercrombie n Fitch...). The students will also have a guided tour of NYC where they can visit Ground Zero, see the Empire State building, Trump Towers and take a picture of the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park. The students will make their way to Madison Square Garden to watch an action packed live NBA game as the Knicks host the Denver Nuggets. Finally, in true NYC style, the students will attend the Broadway musical “The Lion King”. Students and chaperons alike are anxiously awaiting this ever so popular school trip!!!

Festival of Gifts

It’s that time of year again! The Festival of Gifts Campaign has officially begun so it’s time to start bringing your non-perishable food items to local D-119! This campaign is dedicated to feeding over 40 families in OUR community so please be generous! We have two and a half weeks to fill over 200 boxes so let’s get started Heritage! Show your Huskies Spirit!