This past weekend Macdonald Drive Junior High was proud to host the 2017 Skills Canada Intermediate Challenge. As a school, MDJH won second overall in the Junior High Skills Canada competition, and we also had more participation and more success than we have seen in the past 6 years!

Congratulations go out to all our competitors, and to our medal winners:

• Rebecca Abbott and Dana Stanbridge. 2D animation. 1st Place.
• Julia Andrews and Kate Rowe. Junior chef challenge. 2nd Place.
• Momin Anwar. Public speaking. 1st Place.
• Daniel Blackmore and Thomas Porter. CBDC pitch. 3rd Place.
• Julia Haire and Sarah Walsh. Junior hairstyling. 3rd Place.
• Sarah Healy. Job skills demonstration. 2nd Place.
• Joshua Keyte. Web site development. 2nd Place.
• Shreya Parmer. Photography. 2nd Place.
• Devon Oldford and Jason Wang. TV Media. 3rd Place.
• Lego Robotics – Team 1. Core Values Teamwork
• Lego Robotics – Team 2. 3rd Place Project

Report Cards are going home with students today. If a student is not in school today, their card can be collected from the office.

Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held on Thursday, November 30th from 1:00 to 7:00 pm. Students will be dismissed at the start of the regular lunch period (11:21 am), and there will be regular bussing at that time.

To arrange for an interview, parents/guardians are asked to refer to the OPTIS document (please click here to view a copy) for instructions. The OPTIS system will be open today from 2:30 pm today (Monday) until 9:00 am Thursday morning. Once OPTIS is closed, please contact individual teachers to arrange for an interview.

To go to the OPTIS site, please click here, or click on the OPTIS button on the left sidebar.

Congratulations to our team of mathematicians for placing 3rd at this weekend’s Junior High Math League competition. Only one question seperated them and first place. We’ll regain the title in the spring!