Please see attached PDF.

Newsletter_March_26_2016

 

Happy Easter

Johnson’s Horizon Scholarship 2016

Attention grade 9 students: The Johnson Horizon Scholarship 2016 is open to grade 9 students across the province. It is valued at $1200.00 ($200.00 received in August of this 2016; $1000.00 applied automatically to tuition upon entry to Memorial University). Selected candidates are then welcomed into a leadership development program that will work with them throughout high school and will extend into their time spent at Memorial University of Newfoundland. All schools in the NLESD with a grade nine class are eligible to nominate one student to enter into this program. Please note that MDJH will select and submit one student from its applicants to the Horizon’s Selection Committee. Not all applicants will be awarded a scholarship.

Please return applications to Ms. McCue or Mrs. Hackett by Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016. There will be NO extensions to accepting these applications, thus students who do not pass it in on time will not be guaranteed that their application will be entered. Please see the link for more details.

Johnsons-Horizon-Scholarship-2016

The MDJH Grade 8 Boy’s Basketball team won the 2016 East Coast Provincial Banner this past weekend. This is the second year in a row that the boys have won the Provincial banner. The season saw many player injuries and some tough losses. However, this past weekend at the MDJH gymnasium a healthy school team came together beating Corner Brook, Brother Rice, and St. Peter’s in the round robin. In the championship game MDJH defeated St. Paul’s for the banner and gold medal. Well done to the players, coaches and parents.

Player of the Game : (championship game): Ian Shears
MVP: Michael King

Front Row: Aiden Nguyen, Simon Bailey, Josh Cooke, Luke Connors,  Lucas Rizkalla, Matthew Torraville

Back Row: Stacey Bailey( Coach), Sean Coady, Ian Shears, Adam Powell, Brendan Porter, Evan Roche, Michael Porter, George Kirkland, Ali Alwaznee, Michael King, Ibrahim Oudah, Matthew Renouf, Jordan Button, Steve Torraville ( Head Coach)

Due to weather concerns, report cards will be distributed to students at the end of today, March 17th.

Parent-Teacher interviews for Term Two will take place on Tuesday, March 22. Students will be dismissed early (at 11:39 am) and buses will be available to do the early run.

Interviews can be scheduled with teachers using the OPTIS system. Click on the OPTIS logo below to go to that page.

Guidelines for using OPTIS can be downloaded by clicking here.

OPTIS will be available for scheduling interviews as of 3:00 pm on Friday, March 18th and will close on March 22nd at 9:00 am. Appointments will run from 1:00 – 5:00 pm and 6:00 – 8:00 pm on March 22nd, and the last appointments for the day will conclude at 8:30 pm.

Please limit your requested meetings to three (3) teachers.

For a letter listing next week’s schedule, as well as other upcoming important dates, please click here.

Please see attached for a wealth of information of things happening at MDJH. File is in PDF.

Newsletter_March 11th_2016

We have all seen an increase in the price of food at grocery stores in recent months.  Doing more with less has become something many families have had to do to adjust to the rising cost of food in this new economic climate.

Our Kids Eat Smart Clubs are no different.  During this school year, we have seen a significant increase in the cost of food and supplies for our Kids Eat Smart Clubs.  Our KES Club volunteers are very cognizant of the need to ensure the best quality of food for our children at the best possible prices.

It is important to increase awareness and fundraising efforts to ensure we sustain our Kids Eat Smart Clubs.   This new initiative, for Wednesday, March 16, 2016, is a food drive focusing on Breakfast items to fill our Kids Eat Smart Club cupboards.

It is important, that your school participate to help collect food.

We are asking businesses, community organizations and individuals to collect food for your KES Club and drop it off to your local school on March 16th.   For people who wish to contribute but cannot make it to your school, they can DONATE online at http://www.kidseatsmart.ca/donate.  Online donations can be designated directly to your school.

Please reach out to your local KES Regional Coordinator (information listed below) with any questions or if you require assistance, please call us (877) 722.1996 or email cstoyles@kidseatsmart.ca 

Thank you for everything you do, every school day.

Celina Stoyles, Executive Director

Once again, students from Macdonald Drive Junior High have the chance to participate in the Enrichment Mini-Course program . These two day, out-of-school courses give students a chance to explore new and interesting topics, or to brush up on their skills in areas near and dear to them. The courses are held throughout April and May and are hosted at Memorial University of Newfoundland  (MUN), College of the North Atlantic (CNA), Marine Institute (MI) and District School (DS).

Many of these courses offer limited enrollment, and registration is first-come, first-served. Students wishing to participate must complete an application form, and select their four desired mini-courses in order of preference. Students will only be able to participate in ONE course, but those who list four choices will gain preference over those selecting only one to three courses.

The cost for participation is $40 (non-refundable if a student is chosen for a mini-course), and the fee and completed application form must be returned to the MDJH Main Office by end of school on Monday, March 14th. Cheques can be made payable to Macdonald Drive Junior High.

Application forms are available from the MDJH Main Office, or you can download a copy by clicking here. Please note that you will have to hold on to the Mini-Course Waiver, as the student must bring that with them to the mini-course on the day that they attend.

To see the full catalog of mini-courses available, please click here.