Due to the inclement weather, schools in the St. John’s Metro Region will be closed for Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

Thank you to all those who attended the information session for parents and students on February 9. If you were unable to attend, please see the attached travel brochure, which includes the itinerary and registration details. It is important to note that this trip is ONLY for current grade 8 and 9 students (not current grade 7’s). Providing there is still space available, up until Friday, February 24, ONLY STUDENTS may enroll.  After this date we will also allow parents to enrol as paying travellers. This will allow the parents who wish to travel to take advantage of the early enrolment discount (until the end of February). The purchase of travel insurance is mandatory – see information attached. Please be sure to read all the terms and conditions before signing up.

Furthermore, any student travelling with us is expected to be well-behaved at all times. Please consider this carefully before registering your child and read the code of conduct information attached. The school and district reserve the right to remove students from the trip who are not behaving in school up until we travel – this includes those at Gonzaga next year.

Once everyone is enrolled, we will be using email as our main means of communication. We will get email addresses from the students and establish a group email.

Please email me with any questions – Jodi Sauvé (jodisauve@nlesd.ca).

Travel Brochure: Europe 2024 brochure.pdf

Code of Conduct: Code of conduct.pdf

Travel Insurance: Travel Insurance.pdf

Next week is Spirit Week! Check out the schedule below for daily activities!

Very sorry for the short notice, but there will no cafeteria service today.

As well, there will be no cafeteria service tomorrow.

All sporting activities (games and practices) are cancelled for today due to school closure.

Due to the weather, we are staying closed for the day. See you tomorrow for Day 2!

Due to the weather, we will be closed for the morning today (Wednesday, February 15th). A further announcement will be made at 10:30am. Be careful outside this morning!

Due to the inclement weather, we will be closed for today, Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

Have a safe and enjoyable snow day!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be no cafeteria service on Monday, February 13th and Friday, February 17th.

The cafeteria will still be open for students to eat if they have brought a lunch.

Alex Newhook, an MDJH alumnus, joined us on Friday, Feb. 3rd through google meet to participate in our 50th-anniversary spotlight speaker series. He attended MDJH from 2013-2015. Always smiling and positive, this late French Immersion student found balance with school, friends, family, and extracurricular activities. Often seen playing in the school band or competing on the soccer pitch or hockey rink this 13-year-old left his home in St. John’s and headed to St. Andrew’s College in Aurora, Ontario to chase his hockey dream. Two years later, he joined the Victoria Grizzlies of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League and represented Canada on the world stage twice. Two more years saw this person suit up in NCAA Division 1 for the Boston College Eagles. As a first-round draft pick (16th overall) of the Colorado Avalanche, he got the call to the “big leagues” toward the end of his Collegiate career. The rest is history.

Current students and staff were excited to have Alex join us. Alex answered questions students had submitted. He is a role model for our current students and an exceptional example of where potential and diligence can take you.