We are proud to officially announce a very significant school-community project that we have been planning and working on for the past several months – Grizzly Gardens! This 1/2 acre shared use, school-community garden will be built on the vacant school property, between MDJH and Toronto Street.

It will be used as a teaching and learning space for both Macdonald Drive Elementary and Junior High, where we will integrate the benefits of gardening and the growing of healthy, sustainable food into our curricular studies.

In addition, we are especially excited that we have connected with Tiffany Village – Retirement Home, The Association for New Canadians, MacMorran Community Centre, and Food First NL to be active users of the garden as well. Once constructed, we will also be inviting families from the MDJH Community to come grow with us.

With a project like this, there is a lot of work to be done and a lot of funds to be raised. Among our fundraising efforts, we have set up a 50 / 50 raffle for this spring. We are hoping that you will support our project by purchasing a ticket and helping us to spread the word of what we are building at MDJH. If you believe in hands-on learning, food sustainability and security, and the power of a community working and growing together, this is likely a cause you would want to support.

To learn more about our garden, please visit us at Grizzly Gardens – we hope our vision is something you will want to join in. To enter our raffle, please go to MDJH Community Garden Raffle or connect, on the Grizzly Garden Website.

Finally, we really appreciate your support … If you would like to learn more, please drop me a line: chesleywest@nlschools.ca.

On Tuesday, June 4th, at 6:00pm there will be a meeting in the school library for all parents of students that will be enrolled in either Grade 8 or 9 French Immersion for the 2024-2025 school year that are interested in registering their child to travel with EF Tours in May, 2025.

At this meeting there will be information provided of the cost and itinerary of the trip. After the information session you will be provided with an access code to register. It is first come first serve and will go live at the end of the meeting.

If you cannot attend in person you can get the code that night on the school website.

If you have any questions please reach out to jillianabbottdalley@nlschools.ca

Congratulations to the Boys Baseball team on winning the St. John’s Minor Baseball Tier 2 championship last night by a score of 10-4 over St. Paul’s! It was a full team effort as the team persevered despite playing on a very cold evening. Congratulations to the team!

The next tryout for the Girls Baseball Team will be today, Tuesday, May 28th from 3pm – 4pm at the Techniplex in Pleasantville. Players are reminded that there is a one time $5 fee which can be paid at the Techniplex upon arrival.

The next Newfoundland and Labrador School Chess Association (NLSCA) tournament will be the Vanier June 2024 Open. This tournament will be held on Saturday, June 1st at Vanier Elementary School.

For full details on this tournament, please click here.

On-line pre-registration through Eventbrite is now open.

For more information on NLSCA, please click here.

Congratulations to the Ultimate Frisbee team on a great tournament this weekend! The team played really well and improved with each game, finishing fourth overall in the provincial tournament.

Way to go, Grizzlies!

Venture Camp is an Entrepreneurship Summer Camp which aims to spark the business and entrepreneurial mindset of teens and helps them unleash their creativity and innovation potential. It is taking place this summer here in St. John’s and registration is now open.

Find more information and registration at this link: https://venturecamp.ca/

A chilly but successful clothing drive! We collected 67 bags of used clothes for donation!

Thank you to everyone who donated to help divert waste from our landfills… every little bit counts. A special thanks to our student volunteers along with Mr. West and Mr. Porter!

Any students who will be in Grade 8 or 9 French Immersion next year are eligible to attend a trip to Quebec/Montreal in May 2025.

There will be a parent meeting in the library on June 4th from 6-7 pm where you will be given a code to sign up.

Information for the trip will be posted to the school website for anyone who is not able to attend the meeting.

Due to extenuating circumstances, there will be no cafeteria service this week. We apologize for the inconvenience.