Finding new ways to engage students can be a challenge, especially these days. Mr. West keeps them coming back, wondering what outfit he has on today.

As part of Pink Shirt Day, Ms. Pickett put together a video that highlights teachers and staff at MDJH offering positive message to our students. We viewed this video in our classes today, and thought that the community might enjoy it as well!

Pink Shirt Day will be tomorrow, Wednesday, February 24th.

Wear pink to (virtual) school! Post your Pink Shirt selfies, and you can tag @mdjh and hashtag #pinkshirtday and #BeKind.

There is an upcoming online chess tournament hosted by one of our Grade 9 students on Saturday, March 13th. This is open to all chess players in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on a website/platform called Lichess.org. Please see the link below: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nlchess/permalink/1622281831311733/

Interested in Science/Technology? Join our online STEM community!

Learn from successful women how to set yourself up for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) career. With a digital clubhouse, monthly STEM kits, regional events, and a provincial conference, you choose how and when you participate.

STEMforGIRLS Club is an interactive province-wide STEM community delivered by Women in Resource Development Corporation (WRDC). STEMforGIRLS programs empower female (non-binary, two-spirit, gender fluid, agender, or third gender inclusive) youth with information and the self-confidence needed to build successful futures in STEM. They are provided free of charge thanks to the support of our sponsors.

Please contact Ms. Riggs if you have any questions.

STEMforGIRLS

https://stemforgirls.ca/

Registration for the winter Afterschool STEAM program will be on Wednesday, February, 24th at 12:00 noon. This virtual program is FREE and is designed for youth ages 9-11. Sessions will be offered from 3:30pm – 4:30pm on March, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Students will require access to a device with an internet connection and the ability to take part in live calls. A list of household items to be used in the sessions will be shared with all families that register in order to help with planning.

Registration will be available from our Upcoming Events webpage, see link below.

https://www.mun.ca/engineering/community/outreach/upcomingevents.php

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kathryn Hong (she / her)

Here’s a handy tip! If you want to be able to watch your Google Meet while doing work at the same time, you might want to try splitting your screen. Here are some tips from The Techie Teacher.

Here is the revised schedule for the last week of February.

In addition, please remind your children not to take pictures of their classmates during Google Meets.

We hope you are all staying safe and getting used to this new virtual teaching environment. Although we are not in the building, we are still available to you virtually.

Your guidance counselors will be hosting a Virtual Lunch check-in on Wednesdays from 11:20-12:20 for MDJH students who would like to come and chat.

This lunch check-in will be starting tomorrow Wednesday, February 17th. The Google Meet link will be posted in our Google Classroom.

Feel free to join our MDJH GUIDANCE CORNER (Google Classroom) where we will post various resources and tools, as well as the link to our Google Meet.

Class code is: peb3w63

If you have trouble getting into the classroom, just email us and we will invite you.

deanaward@nlesd.ca or christinawatton@nlesd.ca

Take care everyone!

Ms. Watton and Ms. Ward