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Millbrook Students and Parents
On-Reserve lunch cheques will be available Friday, November 5th 21, 9-12 noon and Monday, November 8th 21, 9 to 430pm. After 4:30pm, any leftover cheques will be put in the mail.
Off-Reserve lunch cheques will be going out in the mail today.
**New students and those who have changed their banking since last school year.
Please make sure that you have handed in your Direct Deposit forms for your student allowance. You can scan and email to edu.assistant@millbrookband.com
Millbrook on Reserve students and parents,
The September Lunch allowance cheques for elementary, middle and high school students will be available for pick up at the band office this morning.
Staff will mail out those not picked up by the end of the day (September 15th, 2021).
Off-Reserve students - cheques were placed in the mail yesterday.
Essential Skills classes (GED) will be starting on Monday, September 13th, 9 am to 3 pm Mon. to Friday. Applications can be picked up at the Band Office. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Carla Asprey at the Band Office or by email: millbrookemployment@eastlink.ca
NOTICE TO PARENTS Please be advised that due to unforeseen circumstances the 21/22 school supply Cheques scheduled to be ready on the 27th will be delayed until September 1st. We apologize for any inconvenience. Wela’lin, Millbrook Educational Services
Post Secondary Cheques will be delayed a few hours. However, they should be ready for pick up by 3 pm and then mailed out at the end of the day.
School supply cheques will be available for pick up at the Band Office on August 27, 2021.
Hello, I am the new director here at MEEC. My name is Sara Riley. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays. September and a new school year are quickly approaching. I am now looking at our classes and student lists for the upcoming year. Many exciting learning opportunities are in the works for this coming school year. Please ensure that your child/children are registered and all forms are submitted as soon as possible. Registration will continue right up to September 7th, which is our first day of school.
Have a safe and happy summer. Looking forward to meeting each and every student and family this September. Feel free to come to speak with me anytime.
Sara Riley Director
Hello MEEC families, it sure is a rainy stay inside kind of day. Our power here at Millbrook early childhood center has gone out once today. This is just a precautionary notice to all families with children in attendance today. If we lose power for an extended period of time we will close the center for the safety of our children and staff. A call will be sent out to all families with children in attendance today and it would be necessary for you to come and pick up your child/children as soon as physically possible. Any concerns please call Sara Riley Director of Millbrook Early Education Centre at 902-324-9331
The application period is now open for the Loretta Saunders Community Scholarship Fund.
The Scholarship Fund aims to support Indigenous women in their chosen field of study who are attending a post-secondary institution in Mi’kma’ki, Nunatsiavut, or Atlantic Canada and who have completed the equivalent of one year of post-secondary education in the previous two years.
Applicants will be adjudicated upon the basis of their scholastic achievement, service to Indigenous communities, community potential, and financial need.
Notice: The Millbrook Early Education Centre will be closed due to Covid 19 Protocols until June 1, 2021.
Should you have any questions, please contact Art Stevens at education@millbrookband.com.
https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/restriction-updates/
Effective Monday, April 26, 2021
All students in public schools (pre-primary to grade 12) must wear a non-medical mask.
Millbrook First Nation is seeking Graduation photos from Band Members. Band Member’s Grad photos will be placed on banners to be displayed throughout our community.
May 7, 2021, is the deadline to submit Grad photos.
Please submit your graduation photos to Art Stevens at education@millbrookband.com.
There has still not been a final decision made as to what September will look like for students. However its important to prepare for all three possible scenarios. As we know things can change very quickly, the province is hoping to have a final decision by the end of July or early August.
"The most likely of the three options is having students going back to school in September with social and physical distancing guidelines in place.
The second option would see students rotating days between going to school, and working from home.
The last option, and at this point the least likely, would be to have all students stay home and do their schooling remotely."
At Conundrum Press, we support Black Lives Matter and stand in solidarity with anti-racist protestors fighting for crucial change against systemic racism in the US, Canada, and elsewhere. We also recognize that police brutality disproportionately impacts our Indigenous communities. As we reflect on these issues, as well as our own privileged position on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, we’ve also been considering ways that we, as a small independent publisher, can contribute.
With that goal in mind, we are offering an annual $1000 bursary to a Black or Indigenous person living in Canada, for the creation and production of a mini-comic. The selected creator will also receive help with distribution through Conundrum Press. Limited to developing and emerging creators but all ages and genders welcome.
To apply for the bursary, send 3-5 sample pages to sarah@conundrumpress.com before December 31, 2020.
* UPDATE FOR GRAD PHOTOS ** We need a digital copy of the grad photo, a picture of a picture is low quality and wont be able to be printed on the banner. You can contact at pridhamsrobj@eastlink.ca or call them at (902)895-1694 and they will send a digital copy of the grad photo to my email free of charge! thank you
Hi Everyone, Lunch cheques from March will be going out next week, with a hopeful date of being put in the mail by April 15th,All students will receive funds for 10 days for March. ALL cheques will be mailed (on and off reserve so if you typically picked up your cheque it will be put in the mail). If your address has changed since you applied in September please send me your updated address ASAP to my email at edudir@eastlink.ca. Student will also receive a payment of $125.00 each to support their at home learning, this amount will be combine with the March Lunch allowance to reduce the amount of cheques. Thank you, and hope everyone is staying home and staying safe while continuing their learning online.
Hannah Asprey Educational Services Director
Grade 12 and Grade 12 Parents,
If you missed the email and the allotted time to make an appointment at CEC for you/your child to pick up technology, the principal has agreed to make some time for us Friday morning (tomorrow) by appointment only to pick up needed technology,
You will need to send bill an email to make an appointment for tomorrow morning if you would like to use this service,
Please see attached the email that was sent out, please read it’s entirety before booking an appointment with the principal to visit the school,
I do not have any further or exact details on how the rest of the year will work at this time, just the details given in the attached letter
Thank you, and hope everyone is continuing to stay safe,
Thank you
