14th Annual Skills Canada Intermediate Challenge  – November 26, 2016

College of the North Atlantic- Prince Philip Drive Campus

We are looking for competitors to represent our school in the upcoming Skills Canada Intermediate Challenge.  These competitions are open to students in Grades 7, 8 and 9.

The deadline for the identification of candidates to represent our school is 2:30 pm of Monday October 17th.  If we get more students interested than we are allowed to send for the specific competition then we will have an in-school competition to help us with the selection.  Once the selection is made, the registration forms and fees will need to be submitted to be Mr. Gillard in Room 119 by 2:30 pm of Monday October 31st.  This year all student competitors are required to pay the $10.00 non-refundable registration fee.  Each registered student will receive a T-shirt and snack on the competition day.

Our school is pre-registered for the following competitions. 

• Graphic Design (One student)
• Public Speaking (One student)
• Job Search (One student)
• Job Skill Demonstration (One student)
• The Pitch (One student)
• Website Development (One student)
• Workplace Safety (One student)
• Model Wind Turbine Challenge (Team of Two)
• Junior Chef Challenge (Team of Two)
• Hairstyling Challenge (One student)

When they become available, the competition scopes (the details specific to the individual competitions) will be posted at http://www.skillscanada-nfld.com/competitions/intermediate-competition

Last year’s competition scopes are currently posted so you can see what is involved.  Most scopes vary very little year to year.

We pre-registered for the following competitions as well.  Note that the following competitions have their teacher mentors in place and these mentors are conducting a separate student selection process in these areas based on the extracurricular groups they sponsor.  If any students are interested in the following competitions please contact the teacher noted to see if the competitors to represent our school have been determined yet or not.

• IT Network Systems Administration (Team of Two) Student Selection and Mentor – David Walsh
• TV Video Production (Team of Two) Student Selection and Mentor – David Walsh
• Lego Robotics (Team of Ten) Student Selection and Mentors – Caleb Thorne and Phillip Smith
• Photography Student Selection and Mentor – Colette Quann

Any questions? … do not hesitate to contact Mr. Gillard in Room 119 or email wadegillard@nlesd.ca.

MDJH’s popular video game club will be starting up again this Friday. This is a drop-in club where students can engage in friendly competition, good sportsmanship, and socializing. The club will run from 2:15 to 4:15 in the LRC, and all students are to be picked up by 4:30.

Students are reminded that if they bring in their own games, consoles or accessories, they should be dropped off to the office before school or locked securely in a locker. The school is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

If you would like more information, please click here for the Video Game Club page.

Please note that there will be no Game Club on Friday, October 7th due to the Professional Development Day.

Interested in travelling to Europe in 2018? There will be a meeting for parents at Brother Rice Junior High on Tuesday, Oct 4th at 7:30 pm. Please attend if you are thinking about going on this trip.

Our breakfast club is up and running, and is off to another great start!

We are always looking for parent helpers. If you’d like to volunteer, please contact the school office!

Reminder that Friday, October 7th will be a Professional Development Day for teachers, and there will be no classes that day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, October 11th (after the Thanksgiving holiday), and it will be Day 3 on the schedule.

If you weren’t able to make it to Curriculum Night, or you want to review something from the Administration Slideshow, you can click here to download your own copy. 

Picture Day is almost here! This Thursday, September 22nd, we will be taking pictures in the LRC. Look sharp!

Catch up with the new and important information at MDJH! Click here to download our September newsletter.

On Friday, students were given sheets with their current demographic information (address, contact names and phone numbers, etc.). In order for us to have our files up-to-date, we ask that if there are any changes or corrections that you make these changes on these sheets and return them to the homeroom teacher.

These sheets also contain the Computer Use and Media Release agreements. These agreements need to be signed and handed in to the school as soon as possible, as we cannot give students access to the school’s computer network until they are returned.

If the demographic sheets have become lost or misplaced, please contact the school office to get it re-issued.