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Expression of Interest – MDJH Cricket Team

A message to the MDJH school community from a parent interested in organizing a MDJH Cricket Team for Grade 7 Boys and Girls:

My name is Arif Shaikh.  I am a parent of Grade 7 student and would like to introduce the game of Cricket for Grades 7 boys and girls at Macdonald Drive Junior High School. Cricket is a very widely played sport in many countries and is gaining popularity in Canada too. I am a member of Cricket NL which is the official body that organizes cricket league in St John’s and have represented NL in Eastern Atlantic Cricket Tournaments. I invite new members to participate in learning this sport. The gym at the school is available to us on Mondays from 02:30 pm to 04:00 pm.

We will practice batting, bowling and fielding activities during our sessions. We will also have brief sessions to introduce the fundamental rules of the game. Students who would like to play only need a pair of gym shoes.  No experience with the sport is necessary as we will begin with basics. The purpose is to have fun while developing Cricket skills, I also intend to develop a team that would play matches with teams from other schools and participate in interschool tournaments in future.

In order to gauge interest and to get a sense of numbers beforehand, I would appreciate if you could email me if your child is interested in playing.  Please respond to arifkfupm@yahoo.com.  I would like to begin the sessions on Monday, October 8 but the registration is open until October 19, 2018.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions in the meantime.

Arif Shaikh

Bus Route Changes – October 3rd

Sometimes it can be a challenge getting to the bus on time at the end of the day. To help with this, the buses will be leaving the school parking lot five minutes later – at 2:20 pm. This will hopefully give students time to get everything they need from their lockers without having to run in the halls or out the doors.

This change will apply to all of the buses at MDJH, and takes effect on Wednesday, October 3rd.

For more information on bus routes and times, please visit our Bus page.

PowerSchool App Issue

There is a currently an issue preventing PowerSchool app from loading completely on certain devices. It may manifest as a “syncing issue”. NLESD personnel are working to resolve it.
In the meantime, students and parents can always access their PowerSchool information through the web browser on their computer or mobile device by typing pschool.nlesd.ca in the address bar.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

The MDJH Food Drive for the Thanksgiving Assembly will be starting this coming Monday, September 24th and run until October 5th. At the annual Thanksgiving Assembly on October 5th the school will present the Community Food Sharing Association with the collected food items.

Students can bring in Non-perishable Food items for this worthy cause to Room 108 starting Monday September 24th.
Thanks for your support in this worthy cause!

Bike Fest – Sunday September 16th

Interested in bikes, or in showing off your skills? Check out Bike Fest! This is a free event, and will be on Sunday, September 16th.

Event details:

    • Sunday, September 16th 2018
    • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
      Rain of Shine
    • Location: Water Street (Between Bishop’s Cove and Beck’s Cove)
    • Prizes, Obstacles Course, Long & Short Guides Rides, Entertaining, Vendors, Bike Decoration and Parade, Free Bicycle Equipment Safety Checks and much more!

For further details please visit bikestjohns.ca