Morning Announcements

Friday, February 13, 2026

Day 8

Griffy’s Grill Lunch Special:

Daily Special: 

Spaghetti and Meat Sauce

Shake & Bake Chicken with Potatoes and Veg

General Announcements

• There is an item in the main office for Star Ronbeck.
• Next Tuesday, Feb 17 at 2:30, there will be an information meeting concerning Virtual Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The meeting will be held in Ms. Verri’s room, 2014. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please send an email to Ms. Greene, and confirm with your fourth period teacher for Day 3. There is no school on Monday, so please confirm today. 
• The Lieutenant Governor’s Medal is awarded to two (2) students in grade 11 who have demonstrated:

➢ qualities of leadership and service in the school and community, and

➢ commendable performance in the courses in which they are enrolled.

Students in grade 11 that are interested in an application for this award need to email Mr. Routledge.  After the student makes contact, Mr. Routledge will share an application with the student to complete.  Interested students must complete the application by midnight Tuesday MARCH 10, 2026.  A committee of teachers will be formed to review the applications. 

Student Services Announcements

• Permission forms for the Saint Mary’s University bus trip on February 19th are due TODAY. Please return your signed forms to student services as soon as possible.
• Saint Mary’s University will be visiting Horton at lunch today in the main lobby. Stop by to chat with them about scholarships and life at SMU.
• There is a volunteer opportunity for students to help one-on-one with students in grades 1-6 with reading and homework. The link to sign up is on the google classroom.
• The University of New Brunswick will be visiting Horton at lunch on Tuesday. Make sure to request your transcript through the google classroom. If you would like to meet with the UNB recruiter during 3rd period on the 17th, please see Amanda in student services to sign up.
• Dalhousie Medical school is coming to Horton on February 19th! Members of the Dalhousie medical outreach team are coming to present to Horton to discuss topics about and around Cancer Research. This presentation in the PC will be offered last period on Feb 19th(day 5). Classes and individual students (with their teacher’s permission) are asked to sign up with Student Services. If you are interested in medical research or the medical field this is a presentation to attend! Dal Med is also recruiting for their rural medicine mentorship program; this could be a great opportunity to get some face time with some of the potential mentors! Contact Mr. Brown or Student Services for more information.

Clubs and Activities Announcements

• The meeting for the Greece trip that was originally scheduled this week will now be held next Wednesday, February 18 at lunch.
• Unfortunately, with the snow day yesterday our dance was canceled and is a tbd postponed date.
• Candy grams are being sold today at recess, and we will be extending them until next week! 

Music Dept Announcements

• Technical rehearsals for the musical continue today after school! Please review the rehearsal schedule for more information. 
• There will be no Vocal Ensemble rehearsal today at lunch. There will not be any rehearsals for Concert Band, Jazz Band, or Vocal Ensemble next week.
• Tickets for Into the Woods are on sale now. You can find the link to purchase on Horton’s website or by scanning the QR code on one of the posters around the school.

Athletics Announcements

• There is NO badminton today afterschool.  We will look to begin next week. Stay tuned for an announcement.
• The D1 Girls BB team hosts KES tonight at 5:30 in their Regional Semifinal.  Go Griffs!
• The D1 Boys BB team will host Parkview tonight at 7:30 in their Regional Semifinal.  Good luck!