Month: October 2024

Student Safety and Awareness off School Grounds

We are reaching out to you today to reemphasize and renew our communication about student safety and awareness when they are off school grounds.

The health and safety of our students is our top priority and we do everything we can to make our schools a safe environment for our students, staff, and the school community. There are challenges when students are off school grounds during lunch hour. We are acutely aware of the assaults that have occurred at Toronto Street Park and the surrounding areas during the lunch hours, and we raise this awareness with our students before they leave the school.

The safety of our students requires cooperation with all of our community partners. We have engaged with local police and asked them to monitor the area during the lunch hour. Police have been responsive and patrol the area, but are sometimes called away to attend to other matters which require their attention. As parents and guardians we ask that you talk to your child or children about safety awareness when off school grounds and to be aware of the recent incidents.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

MDJH Hockey Tryout Schedule

TRYOUT GROUP A – DARK – SCHEDULE:

  • MONDAY, NOV. 4, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (PRACTICE).
  • MONDAY, NOV. 18, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (PRACTICE).
  • MONDAY, NOV. 25, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (GAME VS GROUP B).
  • TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (GAME VS GROUP B).

TRYOUT GROUP B – LIGHT – SCHEDULE:

  • TUESDAY, NOV. 12, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (PRACTICE).
  • TUESDAY, NOV. 19, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (PRACTICE).
  • MONDAY, NOV. 25, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (GAME VS GROUP A).
  • TUESDAY, NOV. 26, 2024:
    • 3:00PM – 4:00PM @ JACK BYRNE ARENA (GAME VS GROUP A).

NOTES:

  • WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH JERSEYS FOR EVERYONE, ONLY THE FORWARDS ARE ASSIGNED JERSEYS AND NUMBERS. THESE JERSEYS MUST BE RETURNED AT THE END OF EACH SESSION.
  • DEFENCE AND GOALIES MUST WEAR THEIR OWN JERSEY FOR THEIR GROUP, PREFERABLY ONE WITH A NUMBER AND/OR NAMEBAR. PLEASE WEAR THIS JERSEY FOR EVERY TRYOUT SESSION.

For other information including tryout fees, group rosters, jersey numbers, please contact Mr. Adam Drover @ adamdrover@nlschools.ca and/or Mr. David Penney @ davidpenney2@nlschools.ca

Creative and Confident Girls 6-week Workshop

This six week workshop provides a wildly creative space where girls can ignite their confidence, creativity and critical thinking skills. Each session will include activities geared toward giving girls more tools to love themselves. Sessions will encourage girls to take a critical look at how they are portrayed in the media, and to challenge/re-route the messages into a creative display of their ambitions, strengths and skills. In these sessions, girls will engage in confidence-building games and soul-igniting creative arts in a peer-supported setting.

About the Facilitator

Megan Morrison (she/her) has over 25 years of experience working with youth. She is a mother, an artist and has been a leader with Girl Guides for more than 10 years. She has facilitated wellness-based creativity opportunities in the community for all ages. Megan holds a PhD in Community Health, a Masters in Gender Studies and is a professional Wellness Strategist working in the psychological health and safety field.

Registration Details

This is a six week session occurring once a week (Nov 13-Dec 18th) (Wednesdays) from 6:00-7:30pm. The workshop takes place at The Lantern (35 Barnes Road). This session is open to girls ages 10-13. The session cost is $200. The registration form is below. You will receive a confirmation email once registration fee and form are received. Please register by EMT to creativeconfidencenl@gmail.com.

Parent/Family Responsibilities

A memo from Terry Hall, Superintendent of Schools

Dear NLSchools Families:

NLSchools strives to create and promote a safe and caring learning environment for all students and staff. All parents, guardians, families and partners play a pivotal role in achieving that goal. As outlined in the Safe and Caring Schools Policy, parent responsibilities related to maintaining a safe and caring school environment include (but are not limited to):

  • Modelling positive social behaviours, both in person and online;
  • Practicing positive social interactions both in person and online; and,
  • Engaging in positive, nonviolent, conflict resolution.

As an employer, NLSchools has a legal obligation under its Workplace Harassment and Prevention of Workplace Violence policies to prevent and protect employees from workplace harassment from all people. NLSchools takes its responsibilities to protect students and staff very seriously and will take any necessary intervention to address inappropriate behaviours directed to school staff. We encourage all families to visit the NLSchools website to review school policies as needed. Included in this memo as well is a copy of a “Respect Poster” to share with your school community. Please click here to view.

Once again, thank you for your support and continued efforts to promote kindness and respect throughout the NLSchools system. We look forward to working with you this school year.

Hockey Tryout

Any male or female student, who hasn’t previously signed up, and is interested in trying out for the MDJH Hockey Team will need to go to Mr. Drover’s room (room 215) during the second half of lunch (11:45) today (Tuesday) to sign up.

Tryout details will be communicated on Wednesday Oct. 30.

The first ice time is Nov 4 @ 3pm at Jack Byrne Arena.

Students can also sign up via email if they are not in attendance to: adamdrover@nlschools.ca