Gentle Reminder that tomorrow, September 30th, will be honored as Truth and Reconciliation Day. There will be no classes.

Classes will resume Wednesday, October 1st and it will be Day 7.

Truth and Reconciliation Day is being honored on Tuesday, September 30th. There will be no classes on that day. Please note that Wednesday will be Day 7 when students return.

Students and staff are asked to wear orange shirts on Monday, September 29th in recognition of Truth and Reconciliation Day.

We’re excited to begin preparing for this year’s Skills Canada competitions and would love for you to take part!

To get started, students should join our Google Classroom using the class code: x5bwi2t.

Inside you’ll find:

• A Google Form to express your interest and select your preferred competition category.
• Descriptions of each category under Classwork to help guide your choice.

A few important notes:

• Skills Canada is an independent opportunity. We are looking for motivated students who are ready to take responsibility and commit to their preparation.
• If multiple students or teams select the same category, priority will go to Grade 9 students, followed by first-come, first-serve.
• If you are not chosen for your first-choice category, don’t worry! There are many other categories, and we strongly encourage you to get involved—it’s a fun, challenging, and rewarding experience.
• All updates and competition details will be communicated through Google Classroom.

Check out the categories, complete the form, and take the leap—Skills Canada is your chance to learn, grow, and shine!

For more information, please get in touch with Ms. Jacklyn Ghaney.

There will be sign up sheets in Mr. Drover’s room (217) on Monday, Sept. 29 and Wednesday, Oct. 1, for any player (male or female) that wishes to tryout for the MDJH Hockey team.

Tryouts will take place October 20-22 & October 27-29.

All ice times are from 3:00pm – 4:00pm at Jack Byrne Arena.

Tryout schedules and fees will be sent out prior to the first tryout session.

We want to send out a big “Thank You!” to everyone who donated to our 2025 Terry Fox Walk. Thanks to your generosity, we raised $3225.00, smashing our target goal! It’s not too late to donate – we’ll still accept donations today, and the homeroom with the highest total will win a pizza party! Visit https://schools.terryfox.ca/102114 if you would like to make our total soar even more.

Yesterday was a great day for our walk. Each grade walked around Kenny’s Pond and back in the sun. A huge thanks go out to Mr. Mark Tobin for organizing the walk!

There will be Senior Girls Soccer Open Tryouts for grade 8/9 on the following dates:

• 1) Friday, September 26th 2:30 – 4:00 pm – Open Tryout #1
• 2) Monday, September 29th 2:30 – 4:00 pm – Open Tryout #2
• 3) Wednesday, October 1st 2:30 – 4:00 pm – Open Tryout #3

This is a friendly reminder that we are hosting an information session for the upcoming Quebec Trip tonight, September 24th, at 7:00 PM at MDJH in Room 221 for interested grades 8 and 9 students.

This meeting is for the trip scheduled from May 26-30th. Please find the attached PowerPoint presentation which includes all the trip details and pricing.

If you are unable to attend tonight’s meeting, the final slide of the presentation contains a QR code you can scan to register. Please note that registration will be open until October 1st, and a $150 discount will be applied to all registrations completed by this date.

For any further questions, please feel free to email Jillian Abbott-Dalley directly at jillianabbottdalley@nlschools.ca.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kids Eat Smart Night is on Saturday, September 27th at the NL Regiment Hockey Game.

Support our local Breakfast Clubs by getting your hockey tickets at www.kidseatsmart.ca.

$5.00 from every hockey ticket sold through www.kidseatsmart.ca goes to Kids Eat Smart Foundation NL

This year, our school is proudly taking part again in the annual Terry Fox School Walk to continue Terry’s dream of a world without cancer. Our walk will take place on Thursday, September 25th.

This year MDJH has a fundraising goal of $1,500.00. Last Year we raised $1,330.00 so we really want to try and break that mark this year. Whichever homeroom raises the most money will also be awarded a class pizza party.

How to DONATE:

• Click on link https://schools.terryfox.ca/102114
• Then click on donate – donate to this school – then there is an option – Please indicate the classroom you are supporting and write the child’s homeroom!

Any questions, please forward to Mark Tobin at marktobin@nlschools.ca.

A new pay-for-what-you-can lunch service will start MDJH in mid-October.

It had originally planned to start in on October 1 but it has taken a little longer to get some kitchen equipment in place than expected.

There will be a further update when the new start date is confirmed.

In the meantime, Chartwells Eats will continue to provide retail school lunch service. You can place your order on www.chartwellsk12.ca