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Dear Students in New Albany
 
1.The population of Fort McMurray is approx. 40,000.
The population of our school is approx. 400, but 100 of them are not in junior high (7-9) they are in grades K-6 in our Francaphone program (that means all of their scool day is in French).
 
2. Fort McMurray started along time ago as a hunting and trapping fort. Now people are here to work in our oilsand plants. This is where they take sand from the ground and extract oil from the sand. 
 
3. No there are not many problems with gangs, but there are certain groups or gangs such as skin heads and skaters. They dress differently , wear their hair differently and use different "language", but cause no problems.
 
4. Most of the students speak english, but we have  taken  french classes since grade four. Also, we have quite a few native kids who speak Cree and some who speak Spanish.
 
5. The most popular type of music in St. Johns school is rap, heavy metal, and dance music but GUNS UNU ROSES is most favorite.
 
6. In our spare time we enjoy playing school sports such as basket-ball and volley-ball.  Alot of us play winter sports like hockey, ringette, skiing, snow boarding, and figure skating.
 
7. Yes we were insulted because we didn't think people could make such a foolish mistake.
 
8. 9S and 9M means which grade we are in (9) and M & S stand for our homeroom teacherUs name. The students in 9S will stay together  all day except for a few blocks during the day when some of the native kids take cree and others take band. 
 
9. In one day we have 5 sixty minute classes. Our classes include math, science, social studies, language arts, computers, health, band, industrial arts, home economics, religion, physical education, and cree (for the native students).
 
10. No, we don't have to wear school uniforms, we dress as we wish. Some of the things we wear  are gap, guess, mondetta, polo, club monaco, starter sports wear, and  espirt  (Augi is popular brand also and it is sold by a 19 year old Fort McMurray fellow who looks like a promising young enterpreneur). 
 
 
Good Bye from 9S/9M students of St. Johns School.


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