• Monday, June 21, is a special day. Not only is it Pride Month, it is also National Indigenous People’s Day. We would like to celebrate pride month and the retirement of Madame Brunet by asking students and teachers to wear rainbow colours to support our 2SLGBTQ-mmunity OR we would like to show respect for National Indigenous People’s day by wearing orange.
• We will be having regular classes next week and Chartwell cafeteria services will be offered until Wednesday, June 23.
• Our last day with our students is Thursday, June 24. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 on that day.

On Monday, June 21 we will be celebrating our Pride Day! Please wear rainbow colours or one of the colours of the rainbow to show your support for our 2SLGBTQ-mmunity. As well, we want to honor the retirement of Madame Brunet and join her in showing our true colours!

The dedication for the Outdoor Classroom will be Monday, June 21 at 3:30. As well, the dedication for Ethan Paul’s bench will be Thursday, June 17 at 6:00.

Our new planters for the outdoor classroom are looking good, and there have already been several people and families who have stepped forward to dedicate a boulder in our second outdoor classroom, which is under construction. If you would like more information on dedicating a boulder, please email Ms. Pike.

Some pictures of the new planters:

STEMforGIRLS Club is a career exploration community that aims to empower female and gender-diverse youth across Newfoundland and Labrador with the information and self-confidence needed to pursue STEM careers. At our “Summer Summit” we will be exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math week by week for the month of July with chances to WIN a Microsoft Surface Go 2!

Registration for this event includes year-round access to STEMforGIRLS Club opportunities to meet women working in STEM, learn new skills from professionals, connect with STEM groups and postsecondary schools, access career development tools, and much more.

For more information, visit stemforgirls.ca.

MDJH Spring Concert Rebroadcast – Thursday, June 17 · 8:00 – 9:00 pm

For anyone who may have missed it or was unable to attend, our Spring Concert will be shown again this evening at a later time of 8 pm.

Please try this link first:
Live Stream https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/70e14ebb-adef-4f39-afbb-e88862410e13
*This is the preferred viewing platform, especially if you are using your child’s NLESD email.

Google Meet (non-NLESD emails)
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/net-iokp-ekq

• If using this platform, you will be live in the Google Meet. Please remember to turn off your video and audio.

The link will be active 10 minutes before the start time.

Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might enjoy the show.

Limited spaces are available in the following City of St. John’s, Recreation Division youth programs!

Register now:  

• Online www.stjohns.ca through RECconnect
• In person at either H.G.R Mews Community Centre or Paul Reynolds Community Centre
• Telephone at (709) 576-8499

Youth & The Arts

Improv, painting, drum circles and so much more for youth to get artistically creative outside the lines!

Date:                August 2^nd-August 6^th, 2021
Time:                9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Ages:               12 to 16 years
Location:          H.G.R Mews Community Centre
Cost:                 $ 100.00

Youth Yoga and Mindfulness

Simple yoga and breath, meditation for focus and calm, and teachings that nurture awareness and kindness in their relationship with themselves and each other. Must bring own yoga mat.

Date:                July 13^th, 2021
Time:                9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Ages:               12 to 16 years
Location:          Paul Reynolds Community Centre
Cost:                 $ 24.00

Youth Coding Workshop

Learn to code and problem solve alongside skilled Brilliant Lab instructors. Build and program robots, learn to program videogames, build websites and much more!

Date:                July 26^th, 2021
Time:                1:00 -pm to 4:00 pm
Ages:               12 to 16 years
Location:          Paul Reynolds Community Centre
Cost:                 $ 21.00

School Community, we need your help!

Given the popularity of our existing outdoor classroom, our Staff and School Council wanted to pursue a second outdoor classroom. Construction has already started to the left of the bus / student drop off, where we have grubbed the area and are in the process of laying gravel.

It will be MDJH’s 50th year anniversary in September 2022, and we thought that this outdoor classroom could be dedicated to our past students and families, which is why we decided to reach out. If a family or families would like to purchase a boulder for $150, it can be dedicated to a person or family and will be memorialized by a small plaque embedded on the boulder.

If you are interested, please contact Ms. Pike at the office.

Our community garden is ready to plant! Lots of hard work by MDJH students to prepare all 7 beds.

A case of head lice has been detected in your child’s school. Anyone can get head lice, mainly through direct head-to-head contact but also from sharing hats, combs, hair brushes, headphones, helmets, hair accessories and other personal items.

Parents or guardians may feel frustrated or embarrassed, however the problem has nothing to do with standards of cleanliness. Please do your part to prevent the spread by checking your child daily for the next few weeks and weekly thereafter. Lice infestation is much easier to treat if caught early.

If your child has head lice, please start treatment immediately and notify your child’s school. A booklet called Managing Head Lice at Home is available through your school or school nurse, this booklet may help you. This booklet can also be found electronically on the Eastern Health website:

 Your Health> Healthy Living A to Z>Head Lice> Managing Head Lice at Home (PDF)

Once a case of head lice has been found all family members should be checked as well.

If you have further questions, please contact the Public Health Nurse.

Treena Walsh

752-4234

treena.walsh@easternhealth.ca