The new MDJH clothing orders are arriving, just in time for the holidays!

Please note: If your order is meant to be a gift and not given to the student immediately, please let the office know so that we don’t accidentally spoil the surprise.

Basketball practices scheduled for today will be cancelled due to the impending weather. 

Our first Parent-Teacher Interviews for the 2025-26 School Year will take place on Thursday, December 11th from 12:30 to 6:00 pm.

To schedule an interview, please visit our OPTIS scheduler page.

• If you are new to using OPTIS, please click on the “Create New Account” button.
• If you can’t remember your password, please use the “Forgot Password” link.

Due to the Interviews, students will be dismissed at 11:19am on December 11th.

Monday, December 8, is the start of our 2-week Christmas Chaos events! The Student Council is happy to announce some fun activities for students and staff. See schedule below and in Google Classrooms!

Monday is the start of our Door Decorating Contest which is a class competition. Doors will be judged on Wednesday, Dec. 17 after school – one winner per grade level. Prizes will be distributed on Thursday, Dec. 18. Students are responsible for getting the materials on their own. Teachers may help if they wish. Do not ask the art teacher or the office for art supplies.

On Monday, we will also be selling Candy Cane Grams in the lobby at lunch for $1 until Dec. 15. All proceeds go to MDJH needy families. Please support this cause by purchasing a candy cane gram for someone special. Grams will be delivered on Dec. 17.

Each homeroom is asked to sign a Christmas card for our Adopt-a-Senior project on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Our class reps should take care of this. Cards will be provided.

We will also be asking students to dress for our theme days. Our first theme day is on Wed, Dec. 10, and it is Christmas Plaid Day.

Congratulations to the Grade 8 boys basketball team who won the St. Peters Invitational basketball tournament this past weekend!

Way to go, Grizzlies!

Due to the inclement weather, schools in the St. John’s Metro Region – including MDJH – will be closed for today, Wednesday, December 3, 2025.

Have a safe snow day!

There will be a parent meeting at MDJH on Thursday, December 4, 2025 from 5:00-5:45 pm. This meeting is to see if there are sufficient numbers to participate and to discuss other pertinent details.

Please enter the school at the main office entrance.

The December Newsletter is ready for you.

Click here to view it.

We would like to congratulate all the MDJH students who participated in the Skills Canada NL Intermediate Challenge over the weekend. Job well done !

We would also like to congratulate and thank the teachers who mentored the participants, as well as those who graciously volunteered to assist our students and attend on Saturday.

MDJH received second place overall for all schools who participated.

We are super proud of this achievement and so proud of our students.

Individual Results:

• Ana Dawe Del Rio – Photography (Bronze)
• Zhengbiao Guo – IT Network Systems (Silver)
• Mehak Humayun – Workplace Safety (Bronze)
• Bridget Smith – Graphic Design (Gold)
• Lily Hong & Erin Ryan – The Pitch (Silver)
• Charlotte French & MillieRose O’Dea – Video Production (Bronze)
• Tanav Sharma & Ayush Patro – Web Technologies (Gold)

Way to go, Grizzlies!

Every year during the holidays our MDJH Guidance Counsellors, along with the help of others at the school, oversee a Holiday Families Initiative, which aims to seek donations of both holiday wish list items and gift cards to be distributed and donated to families in our school community who are in financial need. The initiative relies on the kind donations of community members, local businesses and organizations and individuals to continue to assist the families in our school community. Over the past three years alone, dozens of families have received donations to make the holidays a little lighter; made possible by the generosity of our donors.

This year, the need is great. Those who would like to know more about or who would like to donate to this year’s initiative may do so by contacting our guidance team (either Ms. Moores at deboramoores@nlschools.ca or Ms. Peddle at gillianpeddle@nlschools.ca), or simply by contacting the school at (709) 753-8240.