Tournament kicks off soccer season
Hay River soccer players kicked off their indoor season with a tournament at Diamond Jenness Secondary School this past weekend. The tournament hosted around 120 students in three age divisions. J.J. Hirst, outdoor education co-ordinator, said it was a great weekend for soccer players to test their skills in all areas of the game.
Low turnout doesn’t stop tournament
Despite having fewer teams than they hoped for, organizers said this year’s NWT High School Hockey Championships went on without a hitch. Only three teams were involved in this year’s competition, and Yellowknife’s Sir John Franklin took the title after beating out Diamond Jenness 3-2 in the final. SJF, DJSS and Kiilinik from Cambridge Bay [...]
Local high school opens following air quality scare
Hay River’s high school reopened Thursday afternoon after being shut down for two-and-a-half days due to an air quality issue. Diamond Jenness Secondary School principal Paul Theriault said staff and students had been locked out of the school since the afternoon of Oct. 25 after results from an air quality test conducted on Oct. 21 [...]
HR plays host, PA cleans up at Elks soccer
Hay River was bustling this weekend as youth soccer teams from across the territory met for the annual Elks Soccer Tournament. The weather conditions were ideal for the 30 teams who met across town, hoping to finish at the top. Classes ranged from the 10 and under age group to the 19 year olds, but [...]
GRAD @ DJSS 2010
The 2010 Diamond Jenness Secondary School Graduation Ceremony photos are now online. The Hub is offering print services for your convenience – call us at 867 874 6577 or come by our office to fill in an order form. Payment is required upon placement of the order. Click on the links below for direct access [...]
DJSS grads set to face challenges head on
While they may be heading off in different directions in the coming years, the latest graduates of Diamond Jenness Secondary School promised to do so while remembering where they came from. The forty-two students who graduated from Hay River’s high school on Saturday will be the final class to graduate from the school in its [...]
Relay fights back against cancer
“Life is for living, not for cancer.” When Anne Firth-Jones spoke to the crowd at this year’s Relay For Life, she wasn’t just addressing a crowd. She was speaking to her peers. The two-time cancer survivor spoke to a row of men and women wearing yellow shirts, all of whom have won, or are winning, [...]
Twentieth track meet a grand success
This year’s Northwest Territories Track and Field Championships has come to a close, but another successful year is on Hay River’s record. Over 1,000 kids from 17 communities across the NWT were in Hay River from June 2-4 competing for a territorial title. Despite potential complications with the construction of the new trades centre at [...]
Track meet set to kick off today
This week 1,177 students from across the Northwest Territories will be meeting at the track field at Diamond Jenness for this year’s NWT Track and Field Championship. Out of all the participants, 339 will be locals, with 104 coming from Princess Alexandra, 16 from Chief Sunrise, 62 from Diamond Jenness, 76 from Harry Camsell and [...]
DJSS track receives a makeover
Diamond Jenness Secondary School isn’t the only thing getting a makeover this year. The DJSS track, which has played host to the Northwest Territories Track and Field Championships since 1991, will be modified this year due to the construction of the school’s new trade centre. “It certainly is a different look out there,” Tim Borchuk, [...]
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