Yesterday was Jersey Day/School Colours at MDJH, and staff and students got into the spirit of things.

Tomorrow will be Pink Shirt Day!

Congratulations to our MDJH Grade 8 Girls Basketball team, who won the Leary’s Brook Grade 9 invitational tournament this weekend. The MDJH team went undefeated and beat the Mobile Grade 9 team in the Championship Game!

Congratulations also to the Boys Grade 7A volleyball team! They won the Tier 1 Provincial Championship this weekend!

Also this weekend, MDJH students, Meredith O., Emma S., Eva M. and Violet A. represented our province at Canada Cup this weekend in Waterloo, Ontario. Their Novice Synchronize Skating team placed 10th overall!

Way to go, Grizzlies!

Here’s a handy guide to SnapChat, and something you may wish to go over with your teen if they are using it.

Today is the first day for Spirit Week!

On Thursday afternoon, we’ll be having a School Dance in the Gym, hosted by DJ’s Sharpe and Thorne. If you’d like to request a song, please enter the info into this Google Form.

Due to the threat of impending weather, all afterschool activities are cancelled for today, Thursday, February 22.

The MDJH Student & Family Handbook / Code of Conduct has been newly revised for the 2023/24 school year.

Click here if you would like to review it, please click on the link:

• https://mdjh.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/mdjh-handbook-and-code-of-conduct-sept-2023.pdf.

Due to impending weather, all practices at MDJH for Sunday, Feb. 18th are cancelled.

Representatives from Gonzaga visited our Grade 9s today to discuss course selection for next year. Students were all given sheets to plan their courses, and they have to be returned to the office or homeroom teacher by Friday, February 23.

If you would like more information on high school courses, you can check out the Handbook for Grade 9 Students and Parents (https://www.gov.nl.ca/education/files/Fourteenth-Edition-English-2022.pdf).

A copy of Gonzaga’s Grade 10 Course Selection sheet can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UHrn-GrTG-8_ecDkvynF_umXihykJZqP/edit.

Another snow day! Be careful shovelling today.