As part of our grade 9 leaving celebrations, we are preparing a slideshow. Each grade 9 student will have a slide with their baby picture or picture when they were younger along with their current picture. This slideshow will play during their carnival on May 26th and again on the last day of school.  Tomorrow, May 19th, is the deadline for submitting pictures. Please forward a baby picture to colettequann@nlesd.ca. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Chair: Goronwy Price

C.E.O./Director of Education: Anthony Stack

MEMO

To: Students and Families

From: Ed Walsh, Associate Director of Education (Programs and Human Resources)

Subject: Masking Policy; COVID-19 Protocols

Date: May 13, 2022

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Dear Students and Families,

Further to our April 13, 2022 memo regarding masking and COVID-19 protocols, please be advised that, in consultation with Public Health, the District has determined that current masking protocols in schools and on school buses will remain in effect until May 20, 2022.

Commencing Tuesday, May 24, 2022, the masking protocol will become family choice. However, masking remains highly recommended for students and staff.

By continuing to strongly encourage masking, it is our hope that it will continue to reduce the transition of germs and viruses within the school environment and help us preserve valuable instructional time and extracurricular activities as we near the end of the school year.

To that end, we encourage you to continue with the following:

● Individual hand washing and sanitation; and,

● Ensure individuals utilize the daily school screening questionnaire and remain home when unwell.

Thank you for your continued attention to these matters.

Friday, May 13

Good afternoon,

A couple of items to share:

Recycling Blitz!
We would like to share with the community that MDE/MDJH will be having a recycling blitz tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 14! Please drop off beverage recycling containers (Listed here) between 9am and 11am in the MDE school parking lot by the Gym! The money raised will go towards a new composting program for both schools.

Community Clean-up on Sunday

Grade 9 Graduating Class
We are planning a gift of a picnic table from the Grade 9 Graduating class to complement the school’s outdoor classroom. Your homeroom teacher will be collecting pocket change from students for the picnic table. We will place a plaque on it inscribed with “Donated by the 2022 Grade 9 Graduating Class.” Show your support and leave a memento of your time here!

Baby Pictures
All grade 9 students are asked to send in a baby picture, or a picture of you when you were younger, to colettequann@nlesd.ca. The deadline is May 19.

Updated Mask Protocol
Please see the newly released memo regarding the Masking Policy and COVID-19 Protocols.

Latest Newsletter
Check out the MDJH Newsletter for May!

Thank you for your support. Enjoy your weekend!

Summer camps for the Newfoundland and Labrador Basketball Association are now open for registration.

For more information please click here.

Due to staffing shortages, there will be no cafeteria services today. Please contact Chartwells for refund for online orders. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The May Newsletter is available for you!

Due to staffing shortages, there will be no Cafeteria services tomorrow. Please contact Chartwells if you ordered online to receive a refund for online orders. The space wll be open for students to eat packed lunches.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Monday, July 25 to Friday, July 29, 2022
Every day 9:00am-4:00pm
$275 per student

MUN Junior Band Week is a week-long summer program for band students in grades 4-9. Students work with MUN professors, educators, and professional musicians to hone their musical skills. Activities include small group coachings, improvisation, private lessons, and band performances.

Junior Band Week offers a Fast Track program for outright beginners designed to teach them what they need to know about their instrument of choice in order to succeed in the first year of school band.

Whether you want to keep your chops up over the summer or get a head start on a beginning instrument, Junior Band Week has something for you!

Registration deadline: Friday, July 8

For more information, email juniorband@mun.ca.

Are you a school athlete looking for a new challenge? You might be interested in the Indoor Triathlon on June 4th.

Date & Time: Saturday, June 4, 2022 9 AM – 1 PM
Eligible Athletes: Grade 7 – 12 (Born 2005 – 2010)
Place: MUN Pool & Field House, Westerland Road, St. John’s

Categories:

• Junior Girls (13 – 15 years)
• Junior Boys (13 – 15 years)
• Senior Girls (16 – 18 years)
• Senior Boys (16 – 18 years)
• Individual champions in each category
• School champions in each category based on teams of three
• Swim 15 minutes, Spin 15 minutes, and Run 15 Minutes (10 minutes each for Junior category)
• Earn points for distance completed – most points wins!
• All you need is swim suit and running kit, or tri suit; swim goggles

What is Indoor Triathlon?
Similar to an outdoor triathlon, indoor triathlon is a multi-sport event with swim, cycling, and running components. The swim is conducted in the MUN pool, while the Field House is the location for the cycling component on spin bikes, and the run using the indoor track.

There is a 12 minute transition between swim and bike, and a 3 minute transition between bike and run.
The athlete’s competition is completed in 1 hour. Athletes will compete in groups of 10, called waves.
Indoor triathlon is well suited to novice athletes in triathlon. There are minimal equipment requirements
– basically swim suit and goggles, and running kit. Concerns about large groups in open water, or road
cycling are completely avoided. This event is well suited to athletes with good endurance.

For more information, click here to see the Athlete’s Guide, the information poster, and the participation advisory.

This event will be limited to 100 participants. The registration fee is $10.00, plus associated fees.

Click here to visit the registration website (Note: this is an external site and not related to NLESD)

The date of the Grade 9 Farewell Carnival is fast approaching! On the evening of May 26th, Grade 9 students will come together in the school to have a fun time with friends, activities, and food! This is a non-academic event where the Grade 9s will come together as the graduating class of 2022!

For more information and the permission form, click on this link.

We are asking parents to make sure the permission forms and the $20 fee are returned to the homeroom teachers as soon as possible.

As well, if you are able to donate gift cards that will be given away to students during the event, please send them in to the office.

Every year, Mme. Quann puts together a slideshow of our graduates to show at the carnival. We are asking all of our Grade 9 students to submit a baby picture to Mme. Quann, either by email at colettequann@nlesd.ca, or by bringing in a physical picture that will be scanned and returned to the student. The deadline for submitting a picture is Thursday, May 19th.