I’m Rici and I’m from Germany.

I’m so happy that I had the chance to come to Fort St. John! I met so many new people and I made so many new friends. Fort St. John is like my second home now. I had the chance to travel lots due to soccer and it was awesome! I went to Vancouver, Grande Prairie and I even had the chance to go to Costa Rica. I didn’t only make friends in Fort St. John, I also have friends in Costa Rica and in Grande Prairie now (due soccer). Everyone is very nice and welcomes you directly. It is like everyone says, “Canadians are very polite and try to make your life -far from home- a little bit better.”

Fort St. John might be a very small town but everyone cares about you and makes you feel welcome. The school district has some trips and activities planned that you can participate in (if you want to). You can, for example, go camping at a lake or go on a ski trip and much more. You become friends with other international students while you’re there and you can have a great time together. These trips are (especially at the beginning) very helpful to get to know a few people and become friends so that you can experience your exchange year together!!! You become friends with other international students and you have a great time together.

I love that I was able to come here and I am going to miss everyone so much even, Mr.Campbell! I hope that I will see everyone again and that some people come and visit me back in Germany. I would definitely come back for another year!!!

Ricarda

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Students had a chance to visit and stay overnight at Camp Cameron, School District 60’s very own outdoor education centre.  It was a great opportunity to make new friends and have new experiences in the Canadian outdoors.

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SONG CREDITS: Trinity Desjarlais, T.J Sochan, Nikita Apsassin, Douglas Apsassin, Tichia Davis, Charlie Yahey & Remington Davis.

Youths from Blueberry River First Nations with the help of Sage Birley collaborated with N’we Jinan, a music and video studio to create the music video ‘Where Happiness Dwells’. They were featured on Alaska Highway News and their song is currently available to download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/where-happiness-dwells-single/1317998462

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The Christmas Band Concert will be at the Cultural Centre this Thursday, November 30.  The event starts at 6:30 with the Beginning Band, and then continues at 7:00 with the Grade 7 band, with the Senior Band playing at approximately 7:30.  The Senior Band will be playing music from Les Miserables, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and more!

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Nov 30, 2017 ~ Work BC’s Find Your Fit tour stopped in Fort St. John this week. This event showcases working men and women who do the daily work in occupations students may have an interest in and is an opportunity to have kids visit and chat. Students can gather information from post-secondary representatives and professional organizations like the ITA (Industry Training Authority), who oversee certification in trades.

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Well, I’m doing really good. I consider myself really lucky to have my host family, since they treat me as one more of the family and are really nice and open; I feel like I can talk to them if there is something wrong or to ask for help.

I find North Peace Secondary really good and I love my classes (especially foods). I have many friends and the teachers are really good.

What I have done so far in Canada?  I don’t know where to begin. We went to a friend of Jen and Scotts’ and ate marshmallows around a fire, I really liked them! We also went to Grand Prairie to shop for things for winter and visited the Halloween store. It was really amazing since I have never celebrated Halloween!

Thanksgiving was really fun, since we celebrated it twice (one at a friend’s house and the second at our house). Heather, Jacob and I did a cheese cake with the recipe of my grandmother. We also visited a farm and I have started doing Brazilian jiu jitsu.

I really liked was the trip we made with the other international students to Camp Cameron, it was really fun.

I will volunteer at the library starting next week and right now it’s snowing very much, I am looking forward to freezing this winter ).

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