Grade 9 students can apply for a bursary to attend a summer program offered through Campus Notre-Dame-du-Foy. The Grade 9 program is open to all Grade 9 students in Core French or in Immersion, regardless of their level of French (beginner to advanced). In 2022, the Department of Education is offering students a choice between applying for an in-person program (3 weeks) or a virtual program (1 week).

Application deadline: March 4, 2022

For more information and the application, please visit https://www.gov.nl.ca/education/k12/french/bursaries/#Grade9

The final tryout is going ahead today 3:00 – 4:00pm at Jack Byrne Arena.

Due to the weather, there will be a three hour delayed opening for today, Tuesday, February 15. Doors will open at 10:45am, and buses will run three hours after their regular time.

There will be no cafeteria service today. Any orders placed on-line will be refunded .

Students are asked to go to their Period 3 class when they come in today, and it is Day 7 on the schedule.

Due to the impending weather, all scheduled practices for today (Monday, February 14th) are cancelled.

School Development Surveys are conducted annually to gather feedback from students, staff, and parents/guardians to inform the school development process. The survey results will be provided to your child’s school and used with other data to identify the school’s strengths and challenges. Your child’s school will then create and implement a plan to build on successes and address areas of challenge.

The survey is anonymous, which means that we cannot connect your survey responses to you. We encourage everyone to participate so that we have the most accurate representation of family perceptions at your school.

The Family Survey will be available on February 14th, 2022. Please complete the survey by March 25th, 2022 by clicking on the following link: https://www.research.net/r/SDFAMILY2122EN. If you do not have internet access contact your school.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the school development surveys, please contact:

Allan Johnson at 709-729-7831 or allanjohnson@gov.nl.ca or

Patricia Emberley at 709-729-6850 or patriciaemberley@gov.nl.ca

Thank you for your participation and for being a valued member of your school community.

This Friday, students and staff are encouraged to wear red or white or Canada clothing to support our Canadian athletes competing in the OLYMPICS!!!

All extra curricular sports practices can resume as of Monday, February 14th.

Please follow the schedule below for the start up times for your Volleyball/Basketball practice.

Monday, February 14th

• 2:30-4:00pm: Grade 7 Boys Basketball
• 4:00-5:30pm: Grade 9 Boys (B) Basketball
• 7:00-8:30pm: Grade 8 Girls Basketball

Tuesday, February 15th

• 2:30-4:00pm: Grade 7 Girls (A) Volleyball, Grade 8 Boys Volleyball
• 4:00-5:30pm: Grade 7 Girls (B) Volleyball
• 5:30-7:00pm: Grade 8 Girls Volleyball ( Both Teams)
• 7:00-8:30pm: Grade 9 Girls (A) Volleyball, Grade 9 Boys Volleyball

Wednesday, February 16th

• 2:30-4:00pm: Grade 9 Girls Basketball
• 5:30-7:00pm: Grade 9 Boys (A) Basketball
• 7:00-8:30pm: Grade 7 Girls Basketball

Thursday, February 17th

• 5:30-7:00pm: Grade 7 Boys Volleyball
• 7:00-8:30pm: Grade 9 Girls (B) Volleyball

Friday, February 18th

• 2:30-4:00pm: Grade 8 Boys Basketball

Final Hockey Tryout:

• 3:00-4:00pm: Tuesday, February 15th at Jack Byrne Arena

• PL Day Monday, February 14
  There will be no school for students on Monday, February 14. School will reopen for students on Tuesday, February 15, and it will be Day 7.
• Kenny’s Pond
  We had our first incident this winter with students attempting to walk on the ice at Kenny’s Pond. Local residents called the school, and the Fire Department was notified. Please take time to speak to your child about how unsafe this action is.
• Staff Appreciation Week
  Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is February 14-18. Our student council would like to ask our school community to show appreciation for the staff of MDJH by providing treats at lunch. As in past years, we would like to have grade levels provide individually packaged and school safe treats on different days.
  • Tuesday, February 15 – Grade 7
  • Wednesday, February 16 – Grade 8
  • Thursday, February 17 – Grade 9.
  • The school council is coordinating a pizza lunch for staff for Monday, February 14, which is our PL day.
  • If you are able to send along a treat, or if you prefer to give a monetary donation to contribute to the pizza lunch or to the treats, please send it to the attention of Colette Quann colettequann@nlesd.ca. Monetary donations can be sent to the office with Staff Appreciation Week clearly labelled.

Memorial Engineering Outreach is excited to announce that they will be offering a three week virtual Engineering club for students in grades 7 through 9 starting on Feb. 19. Sessions will run via WebEx from 9:00am to 12:00pm on February, 19, 26 and March 5. What a great way to add some fun to your Saturday mornings! Kits are currently being planned for this group and will be available for curbside pick-up from the engineering building, or mail out for families that are a little farther from St. John’s. Kit details will be shared next week with all registered families. Online registration is required and will be available from the link below on Monday, February 7 at 12:00 noon.

https://event-wizard.com/events/VirtualWintEngClub2022/

This is a free program, spaces are limited.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Best regards,

Kathryn Hong (she / her)

• Coordinator for Outreach Activities
• Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
• Memorial University of Newfoundland
• T 709 864-3108
• EN3011