Schools

This month at the Athenaeum Society, Dr. Colin Starnes delivers a presentation about the innovative King’s College Foundation Year Programme, its unusual origins, and its offshoots in Halifax: Humanities 101 for street people and the King’s Seminar for working and retired people.  He also considers future directions for post-secondary education in general.

Dr. Starnes is the former President and Vice Chancellor of the University of King’s College. He’s been involved in the King’s Foundation Year Programme since its beginnings in 1972. FYP is the gold-standard of interdisciplinary studies for 1st year students across Canada--often imitated but never duplicated.    

Join us: Sunday, September 18th, 2:30 PM  

For: The King’s Foundation Year Programme--Looking Backward and Forward: An exciting initiative in post-secondary education.  A presentation by Colin Starnes Ph.D at the Athenaeum Society of Nova Scotia

At: Ocean Swells Community Centre in Northwest Cove, 2726 Hwy 329 (Hwy 103 Exit 6)

This is our Home and School’s largest fund raising event of the year.  All money raised goes to support the students and the school. Some of the many projects funded by our Home and School are:

• Playground Improvements
• Gardening
• Student Trips
• Lights of Love
• Musical Instruments
• Sound System
• Artist in the Classroom.
• Connector Trail

These are just a  few of the very well received & financially supported  programs made possible through the funds raised by our Home and School Committee and  other parent/staff volunteers.

At the school starting 6:30 pm.  The community is welcome to join the students at ACES to help light their tree, sing Christmas songs, enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and some Christmas social time.

Everyone's invited to our annual tree lighting celebration. The scouts serve hot chocolate, parents provide holiday snacks, the tree is lit in lovely white lights, carols are sung and all have a good time kicking off the holiday season.

Be sure to "adopt a light of love" for $2 and, if you like, dedicate it to a loved one. The names of loved ones appear on the Lights of Love school web page and in a scrapbook on display in the school lobby.  As the lights are adopted, the tree changes from white to red "lights of love" over the holiday season.