A big welcome to our new and returning students! We’ll see you next week on Wednesday, September 6th!

We’re hard at work getting ready for the 2023-24 school year.

Here is a message to our MDJH family from the admin team. It has a lot of information concerning our first week back, and some upcoming important dates later in the month.

Please click here to read it.

Here is the recommended school supply list for the 2023-24 school year:

• 1 inch binders for Core Subject (Math, English, Science, Socials, French)
• Exercise books, preferably not coil
• Loose leaf
• Graphing paper
• Pencil case
  • Pencils
  • Pens
  • Erasers
  • Highlighters
  • White out
  • Scissors
• Coloured leads
• Math Set
• Scientific Calculator

For French Immersion students, it also recommended they have:

• French-English Dictionary
  • These can be difficult to find in town during back-to-school season. This dictionary contains a good selection of words, is a portable size, and can be purchased online through Amazon.
• L’Art De Conjuguer – Bescherelle

We’ll see our new and returning students when school reopens on Wednesday, September 6th!

Congratulations to the MDJH Band. They had a great spring concert, then did a tour of the MDJH feeder schools. A great time was had by all!

For the last days of the 2022-23 school year, we’re going to do a few theme days to celebrate!

• Friday, June 16 – Rainbow Day
• Monday, June 19 – Pajama Day
• Tuesday, June 20 – Adam Sandler Day
• Wednesday, June 21 – Hawaiian Shirt Day

Show your spirit to finish off the school year!

This past Friday and Monday, students in the LEARN and EAL programs at MDJH shared some of the beautiful and personal artwork they created in this year. Ms. Catherine Wright, a local artist, spent 12 hours with students in the LEARN program exploring culture through printmaking and held a 2 hour intensive workshop with students in the EAL program. Both groups created some amazing work. We were happy to share this with other students, teachers, school board personnel and families this week.

To see the details of the more intensive LEARN project (“Sharing our Cultures through Printmaking”), please click on this link:
https://read.bookcreator.com/FpTqp8u2xXUtnOZb1qXr2a47DXN2/ha8fPFvOTjmzuJaLbO6rYQ

The chilly summer weather can’t keep us down! Recently, some of our students at MDJH braved a cold June day to plant potatoes in the MDJH Community Garden with Jackson of Gaze Seeds. Students learned how to prepare the beds, plant the seed potatoes, fertilize the soil and care for the plants. Thanks again to Gaze Seeds for helping us “grow”!

As part of our Wellness Wednesdays, St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Zeke will be making his second appearance at the MDJH gym at lunchtime on Wednesday, June 14th. Any student or staff wanting to chill with our canine companion are welcome to drop by!

Get your pride gear ready! Next Friday, June 16th is Rainbow Day at MDJH. We’re inviting all students and staff to dress in rainbow and/or pride colours in celebration of Pride Month.

Happy Pride Month! 

Here are some items proudly displayed in our corridors:

The City of St. John’s has kicked off a process for feedback related to three new shared use paths for the city that our school community may be interested in. These paths aim to improve active transportation for all ages and abilities and help to build the interconnected network outlined in the city’s bike plan.

The proposed paths are:

• an upgrade and extension from Airport Heights/Majors Path to the Paul Reynolds Community Centre on Carrick Dr. via Penney Crescent
• a new shared-use path connection along Columbus Drive from Canada Drive, across Waterford Bridge Road to connect to the T’railway in Bowring Park
• a shared-use path from Portugal Cove Rd. to Logy Bay Rd via MacDonald Dr. and Tupper/Laurier Parks

Each of these projects is early in the design phase. For more information on these proposed paths, please visit the project page. People can also share their feedback online or via email at engage@stjohns.ca.