Book Fair Next Week

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We have a severe “book watch” in effect as the Scholastic Book Fair Blizzard heads our way! Reading Radar shows a large accumulation of great reads moving into our area and is expected to arrive at our school on December 5th through 8th. But this is just the tip of the iceberg!
You will be blown away when you plow through the entire assortment of cool books firsthand! The fair will also be open for parents during parent teacher interviews when the flurry of excitement will snowball on December 10th.
The fair is a great place to pick up some wonderful Christmas gifts AND it is a great fundraiser for the school library – where every cent we make will be plowed back into brand new books for the library.  This will be the coolest event of the season so dress warmly and get ready to chill out with a cool book!
Ask your child for their wish list that they picked up and filled out at the fair! Stocking stuffers with no guesswork!  How cool is that?
Thanks so much to the helper elves!  We wouldn’t be able to pull this off without you!
Here is the class visitation Schedule:
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Parent-Teacher Interviews

Parent-teacher conferences will take place on Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 1:00 – 7:00. Students will be dismissed from school at 11:21 AM. Buses will be available to transport students home.

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Parents/guardians can schedule meetings with teachers using OPTIS. New parents/guardians should review these attached guidelines for accessing OPTIS. OPTIS will become available for parents after 3:00 pm on Friday, December 2, 2016.

Please limit your requested meetings to three teachers.

There will be a professional development day for teachers on Friday, December 9, 2016. Therefore, school will be closed for students.

For more information, please click here.

 

Athletics Awards

Congratulations to our MDJH athletes on their recent games. Congratulations in particular go out to:

  • The Grade 9 Girls Volleyball team, on winning Silver at their recent tournament

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  • The Grade 9 Boys Basketball team, for winning the November Madness tournament

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  • The Grade 7 Girls Basketball team, on winning gold in the HTH Tournament

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  • The Grade 7 Boys Volleyball team, on winning silver in the regional Tournament

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  • The Grade 9 Boys Volleyball team on winning Gold at Volleyfest 2016

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  • The Grade 8 Girls Volleyball team, on winning Silver at their recent tournament

Congratulations to all our school athletes!

Skills Canada / LEGO Robotics 2016

It was a great day for MDJH at the Intermediate Skills Canada / LEGO Robotics Challenge 2016 at the College of the North Atlantic. Students participated in events ranging from Hairstyling to Junior Chef to TV / Video Production. 

MDJH scored well in the awards as well, earning four medals and two awards for the Robotics teams. The final tallies were:

IT Scavenger Hunt – Adam Seviour: Bronze

Public Speaking – Momin Anwar: Bronze

Junior Chef – Anna Rowe and Victoria French: Silver

Photography – Leah Burke: Gold

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Robot Design 3rd Place — MDJH Team #1

Core Values Inspiration Award – MDJH Team #2

Congratulations to all our students and teacher mentors!

Not Too Late To Order School Photos

As Christmas quickly approaches many of you may have forgotten to order your child’s school portraits. Some of you may have misplaced your proof sheet or just thought that maybe it is too late to order. It is not too late and you do not need your proof sheet.

Please call 1-800-473-5090 and one of our professional sales team members will help you with the ordering process. All orders received by December 7th will be delivered in time for Christmas.
If you have your proof sheets just go to MYLIFETOUCH.CA to order your portraits and take advantage of our wide variety of background selections.

 Thank you and Merry Christmas from Lifetouch!