Haunted House

Every year at Halloween the grade 7 and 8 students at Eel Ground School design a haunted house for the rest of the students. This year's haunted house was the scariest yet. Check out the video to get a first person point-of-view of what the haunted house experience was like. WARNING! This video is scary. Viewer discretion is advised.

Play Video (If you dare!)

Spooky Podcast

The Eel Ground Podcast Club has completed it's latest podcast. It is a special Halloween episode! Check out their blog.

Upcoming Happenings...

On Monday, October 3rd, an Eel Ground produced video, "Two Buffalo", will be featured on The Link on APTN. The program airs at 5:30PM.
For more information on other Eel Ground video content being featured on The Link, see the following post: Eel Ground Videos to be Featured on APTN.

On November 7th, Eel Ground students will present 'The People vs. Mary Moses' at the Burnt Church School at 6:30 PM. This presentation is part of Eel Ground School's continuing effort to increase knowledge and awareness of FASD.

On November 10th, Eel Ground School will be hosting parent-teacher day from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM including noon hour.

Watch The Link Tonight

Tonight an Eel Ground produced PSA titled, "Words Hurt", will be featured on The Link, a new program on APTN. The program airs at 5:30PM.
For more information on other Eel Ground video content being featured on The Link, see the following post: Eel Ground Videos to be Featured on APTN.

New Podcast

The Eel Ground Podcast Club has completed it's latest podcast. Check out their blog.

Tonight's the Night

In 2005, the Eel Ground Grade 7 and 8 students produced a flash animation as part of a video project for the First Nations On-Reserve Housing Liason Committee. The animation was called 'The Mold Man' and focused on indoor air quality. Tonight the animation will be featured on The Link, a new program on APTN. The program airs at 5:30PM.
Click the image below to watch the animation:

On The Road Again...

The Grade 8 students left this morning for the Mikmaq Maliseet Annual Health Conference in Dartmouth, NS. The students will be presenting a blacklight production and the "People vs Mary Moses" DVD in the City Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Dartmouth at 7:00PM.

Students Meet Susan Aglukark

On Thursday October 5th, the grade 8 students presented the 'People vs Mary Moses' DVD at The Healing Journey: Family Violence Prevention in Aboriginal Communities conference. The students got a chance to meet Susan Aglukark at the conference.
On Tuesday October 17th, students will be traveling to Dartmouth, NS to present the DVD and parts of the play at the Mikmaq Maliseet Annual Health Conference. Students are excited to see Francis Perry again, who will be attending the conference.

Fire Prevention Week

Fire Prevention Week in Canada was held from October 8th to the 14th. On October 12th, local firefighters visited the Eel Ground School to speak to our students. One of the first digital videos ever produced at the Eel Ground School was a Fire Safety Video. The video was done by Mrs. Ward's Grade 1 and 2 class in 2001. Click on the image above to view the video. (Can you recognize any of the voices?)

Eel Ground Videos to be Featured on APTN

Eel Ground School has recently learned that several of our video projects that we have done over the past few years will be featured on a new program on APTN called The Link. The Link is a new show that focuses on Aboriginal Youth. The show is driven by viewer videos and interviews.

The Eel Ground videos will be aired during the following episodes:
On October 17th at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Mold Man'.
On October 19th at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Legend of the Young Warrior'.
On October 23rd at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Northern Lights' animation.
On October 25th at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Words Hurt PSA'.
On October 30th at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Two Buffalo' animations.
On November 8th at 1:00 PM and 5:30 PM (ADT) the 'Drugs = Failure PSA'.

Several of these videos were done as part of 'Aknutmaqn' - Mi'kmaq Storytelling Project. Other videos can be seen on the video gallery page of the Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk's Digital Video Webpage.

Eel Ground Podcast Episode #4

The Eel Ground Podcast Club has produced the first podcast of the year.
Visit the Eel Ground School Podcast Blog to listen to the latest broadcast. Hosted by Ryan, the podcast gets us up to speed on what has been happening at the Eel Ground School over the first month of school.

Pumpkin Patch and Apple Cores

Last week students at the Eel Ground School went on a couple of field trips. On Thursday, the kindergarten students visited a pumpkin patch and on Friday students from kindergarten to grade 2 visited McAllister's Farm, an apple orchard in Bryenton.