As announced in the press conference today, masking in schools and on buses will be extended until at least May 13th.

Congratulations to our former Grade 8 student Rose Rashid, who won third place with her entry to the provincial Diversity and Inclusion Project.

Click here to see all the winners.

Guess how many eggs are in the jar, and you could win the eggs! Guesses must be handed in to your homeroom teacher or to the office. In the event of more than one student guessing the correct number, a winner will be selected from a random draw of the correct guesses.

The winner will be announced after lunch on Thursday!

Students of MDJH…
2022-2023 is the 50th Anniversary of our school!

To celebrate, we invite you to create
a new school logo!

To participate:

• Submitted designs must be the original work of the entrant
• Participants agree entries will become MDJH property and may be edited and/or reproduced

Suggestions:

• Highlight activities that take place at MDJH
• Feature events happening around us that connect with our community

Forward your designs to alannapenney@nlesd.ca, colettequann@nlesd.ca or chesleywest@nlesd.ca
or drop hard copies to the Art Room (Room 227)

The deadline for entries is Monday, May 2nd, 2022!

This past weekend the Eastern Regional Newfoundland Science Fair was held and many students from MDJH participated. The following is a list of the award winners:

Junior Life Sciences

Bronze Medal
The Concentration of Vitamin C in Citrus Fruits
Alexander Evermann – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Bronze Medal
Teeth Whitening Strawberries
Alishba Azrin & Nate Lake – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Bronze Medal
Influence of Caffeine on the Stroop Effect
Joyeeta Goyali – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Silver Medal
Does the Five Second Rule Work?
Vidya Chedella – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Gold Medal
Algae: The Future of Biofuels
Alpita Patro – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Junior Physical Sciences

Bronze Medal
How Sugary Drinks Affect Your Teeth
Matthew Earle & James Piercey – MacDonald Drive Jr. High

Silver Medal
Which Super Glue is Stronger?
Abbey Janes – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Silver Medal
Do Rubber Dryer Balls Reduce Drying Time?
Millie Janes – MacDonald Drive Jr. High

Intermediate Life Sciences

Gold Medal
Growing An Organ: How Stem Cells Can be Used to Bioengineer An Organ
Adhira Ganesh- MacDonald Drive Jr. High

Intermediate Physical Sciences

Honorable Mention
Effect of Surface Tension at Air-Fluid Interface on Floating and Sinking…
Orpa Hawlader – MacDonald Drive Jr. High School

Special Awards

2022 Sanofi Biogenius Canada Award – Eastern Newfoundland
Algae: The Future Of Biofuels
Alpita Patro – MacDonald Drive Jr. High

Alpita’s project was named one of the best three projects in the fair this year and Alpita was also chosen to be part of Team NL at the upcoming Canada Wide Science Fair!

Logo Design Competition

The onsite Logo Competition won by Doris Chavey Juarez in Grade 7.

Huge congratulations to all who participated!

There were a lot of games at the Provincial Championships this past weekend. Congratulations to the following teams:

• Grade 9 Girls Basketball Team
  Grade 9 Eastern Provincial “A “Basketball Champions
• Grade 9 Boys “A” Basketball Team
  Grade 9 Eastern Provincial “A” Basketball Champions
• Grade 8 Boys Volleyball Team
  NLVA U14 Provincial Champions
• Grade 7 Girls “A” Volleyball Team
  3rd place ( Bronze Medal) at Grade 8 Provincial Tournament.

Congratulations go out to all the participants. Way to go, Grizzlies!

MUN Engineering is moving ahead with plans for full-day, in-person camps for the summer of 2022! The programs that are being scheduled for this summer include;

• Robotics and Junior Engineers (grades 3-6)
• Girl Quest (grades 3-6)
• Explore Engineering (grades 10-12)
• Teen Circuit (grades 7-9)
• Nano Engineers (grades 1-2)

Registration will take place online, a schedule and more details will be coming soon.

Click here to view it.

Due to circumstances there will be no Cafeteria service today. Students will still use the space to eat but there will not be any food items to purchase. Refunds for online orders will be processed through Chartwells.

MDJH will be partnering with Gonzaga High School to provide a wonderful learning opportunity to our students. The Tutoring for Tuition program allows high achieving, trained tutors from Gonzaga to work with our students in specific areas where they would benefit from extra support and instruction. This program is free for participants.

These sessions will tentatively take place at Gonzaga High School on Thursdays from 3:00 to 4:00 (with the possibility of additional sessions being added if requested). Parents/Guardians would be responsible for transporting their child(ren) to Gonzaga. There will be no session on Thursday, April 14 as that is the last day before Easter Break, but then we will proceed every Thursday after the Easter break, up to and including Thursday, June 16.

There will be an Orientation/Meet and Greet on Thursday, April 7, at 3:00 at Gonzaga School for students who are interested.