Post by dogcatcher on Feb 19, 2008 12:11:47 GMT -4
Saint John Sea Dogs and Canaport LNG Launch 2nd Season of ‘GET FANatical About Math’ Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SAINT JOHN, NB --- The Saint John Sea Dogs and Canaport LNG launched the second season of their joint educational initiative, the ‘Get FANatical About Math’ Program today. More than 200 students, teachers and school administrators at the Glen Falls Elementary School took part in the Math rally launched by Saint John Sea Dogs players.
Sponsored by Canaport LNG, this comprehensive program is designed to foster math skills of students from kindergarten to grade eight in School Districts 6, District 8 and Samuel-de-Champlain school. An upwards of 14,000 students in 600 different classrooms are expected to participate in the program, which applies math principles to Sea Dogs hockey.
“We’ve seen some great success with this program last year and we’re expecting even better results this year,” said Get FANatical About Math Program developer, Derek McCallum. The ‘Get FANatical About Math’ program, which is supported by the Atlantic Math Curriculum, uses both hockey vocabulary and Sea Dogs player numbers/statistics to help young people apply and develop their arithmetic skills in a fun and exciting setting.
Jorge Ciacciarelli, General Manager of Canaport LNG, said his organization is pleased to be supporting this initiative once again.
“If students during these formative years can understand how useful math will be to them and how they can apply math skills to everyday situations, they open up great opportunities for themselves.”
“This program is one way to help students get excited about math,” he said. “Our hope is to see students in New Brunswick excel in math and we wanted to do our part to encourage this area of learning.”
Canaport LNG has committed to a three-year sponsorship of the program.
About Canaport LNG: Canaport LNG Partnership Limited is a partnership between Irving Oil Limited and Repsol YPF. Canaport LNG is to begin operation as a world-class liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal in late 2008. Situated at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Canaport LNG will have a send-out capacity of 1.2-billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas a day, destined for markets in Canada and the northeastern United States. The project will create approximately 700 jobs during construction. To learn more, please visit www.canaportlng.com.
About the Sea Dogs:The Saint John Sea Dogs are a member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and are one of 59 member clubs of the Canadian Hockey League. More information is available at www.saintjohnseadogs.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SAINT JOHN, NB --- The Saint John Sea Dogs and Canaport LNG launched the second season of their joint educational initiative, the ‘Get FANatical About Math’ Program today. More than 200 students, teachers and school administrators at the Glen Falls Elementary School took part in the Math rally launched by Saint John Sea Dogs players.
Sponsored by Canaport LNG, this comprehensive program is designed to foster math skills of students from kindergarten to grade eight in School Districts 6, District 8 and Samuel-de-Champlain school. An upwards of 14,000 students in 600 different classrooms are expected to participate in the program, which applies math principles to Sea Dogs hockey.
“We’ve seen some great success with this program last year and we’re expecting even better results this year,” said Get FANatical About Math Program developer, Derek McCallum. The ‘Get FANatical About Math’ program, which is supported by the Atlantic Math Curriculum, uses both hockey vocabulary and Sea Dogs player numbers/statistics to help young people apply and develop their arithmetic skills in a fun and exciting setting.
Jorge Ciacciarelli, General Manager of Canaport LNG, said his organization is pleased to be supporting this initiative once again.
“If students during these formative years can understand how useful math will be to them and how they can apply math skills to everyday situations, they open up great opportunities for themselves.”
“This program is one way to help students get excited about math,” he said. “Our hope is to see students in New Brunswick excel in math and we wanted to do our part to encourage this area of learning.”
Canaport LNG has committed to a three-year sponsorship of the program.
About Canaport LNG: Canaport LNG Partnership Limited is a partnership between Irving Oil Limited and Repsol YPF. Canaport LNG is to begin operation as a world-class liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal in late 2008. Situated at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, Canaport LNG will have a send-out capacity of 1.2-billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas a day, destined for markets in Canada and the northeastern United States. The project will create approximately 700 jobs during construction. To learn more, please visit www.canaportlng.com.
About the Sea Dogs:The Saint John Sea Dogs are a member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and are one of 59 member clubs of the Canadian Hockey League. More information is available at www.saintjohnseadogs.com.