Did you recently receive a text message from NLESD? This is a service that grants permission to the school to send you messages via text. It is something that was scheduled to go out on March 13th but got delayed due to the pandemic. It is completely voluntary. We will still continue to send out school wide messages via phone, email, website and social media!

Kids Help Phone has launched a phone counselling service in Arabic, facilitated by Arabic-speaking interpreters. For more information, visit their website at https://kidshelpphone.ca/get-involved/programs-resources/supporting-arabic-speaking-youth/.

On Friday, May 15, curbside pickup of personal items will be available for parents/guardians for the students in their household.

To make arrangements, parents/guardians must email Ms. Pike at christinapike@nlesd.ca and indicate:

• Student Name and Homeroom
• Locker Number, if known
• Personal item(s) to be retrieved. Please identify clearly what items are needed. You must be specific as there are students that share lockers.

Once the request is received, parents/guardians will receive a specific time on Friday, May 15, to retrieve the item(s). It is very important that parents/guardians adhere to this time as item(s) will be bagged and organized using these times.

The bagged item(s) can be picked up curbside at the student entrance of Macdonald Drive Junior High. To limit contact and to follow safety protocols, parents/guardians are asked to pop the trunks of their vehicle and the item will be placed in the trunk. Parents and guardians will then close the trunk, as staff personnel are not permitted to touch vehicles.

There will be no entry to the general school area.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Ms. Pike at the address above. Take care. Stay safe.