There were a lot of teachers, students, and staff wearing their jerseys today in memory of J. D. Trainor. Here are some of the teachers and staff displaying theirs.

Invitation for Boys & Girls ages 9-14 to participate in the Knights of Columbus Basketball Free Throw 2025 Championship.

The students’ age for this competition is determined by age as of January 1.

Event Details
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Time: Registration will take place from 11:30am – 12:00pm and the competition will begin at 12:00pm.
Location: Macdonald Drive Junior High Gymnasium (Enter off Toronto Street)
All participants will complete a registration form upon arrival. A parent/guardian will have to sign the registration form.

This event is sponsored by the St. Paul’s Knights of Columbus Council #11776.

Donald Mackey (MDJH teacher) is the coordinator for the event. Any questions please contact donaldmackey@nlschools.ca.

The winners of this event will advance to the District level competition on Sunday Feb. 2, 2025. Same time & location.

You may have heard that we have lost one of our NL Schools students to cancer over the past week.

Tomorrow, January 22, is his Celebration of Life.

While many of us are unable to be in attendance, we are asking all students and staff to wear a Jersey in memory of JD Trainor. 

The January Newsletter is ready for you!

Click here to read it!

Memorial Engineering Outreach is delighted to announce that registration for our Winter Engineering Club will open tomorrow (January 21) at 12:00 noon.

The Engineering Club is for students in grades 7-10 and will run for four Saturdays, starting Feb. 1. Each session will be from 9:00am to 12:00pm and will be led by our talented team of engineering students. There is no fee, but registration is required, and spaces are limited.

Topics may include programming, design challenges, forces, motion and more!

The program will be based in the S. J. Carew (Engineering) Building on campus in St. John’s.

Please check out this link for the registration information. The link will be live tomorrow at noon.

Here is a note from MDJH Guidance.

With midterms next week, check out this slideshow for tips and tricks on how to manage tests and test stress:

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• Jan 20th – Mid Term Examinations begin
• Jan 27th – PL Day (no classes for students)
• Jan 28th – Term switch for semester 2 electives
• February 21 to 24 – Mid Winter Break (no classes for students)

Students are expected in school for regular classes in the morning session. 

Exams will take place 4th period starting at 12:15 promptly. Students are expected to bring something to read in the event they finish their exam early. They will not have permission to leave the exam classroom until dismissed for the bus at 2:10 pm. Buses will be running their regular schedules. 

Students are expected to come prepared for the exam with their pencils, pens, calculators, and / or protractors ( grade 7 only ).  

Holy Heart of Mary Regional High School will be hosting a public information session for parents and grade 9 students interested in pursuing the International Baccalaureate Program. 

The session will take place at the Holy Heart Theatre on Thursday, January 16 at 6:30 PM.

For more information on the IB Program, click here to visit the Holy Heart IB site.

Happy Holidays to all in our community from the teachers and staff at MDJH!

See you back on January 6th, when it will be Day 7 on the calendar.