Celebrating Student Success – Northeast Eagles

Congratulations to the Northeast Eagles Hockey Team, who have several MDJH students on their roster including Matthew S., Reid P., Josh C. , Ned R., Aidan P., Jacob L., and Adam B.. They recently won the DJHL U15 league gold medal. Congratulations to all involved!

If you know of a student you think is deserving of recognition, fill out our form by clicking here.

Celebrating Student Success – Andrew B.

Congratulations to Andrew B. Andrew (goalie) and his teammates on the U15 Prospectors team, won gold in the St. John’s Minor Hockey House League Tournament this past Sunday, April 2. It was an exciting final game that came down to a shoot out! Congratulations to all the players involved over the weekend.

If you know of a student you think is deserving of recognition, fill out our form by clicking here.

MDJH at the Provincial Science Fair

We have a lot to be proud of…

Alpita P. received the following awards:

  • Gold medal in the Intermediate Life Sciences category
  • Sanofi BioGENEius Award
  • Women in Science and Technology (WISE) Award
  • NL College for Medical Laboratory Science Award
  • Alpita was also selected to represent NL at the Canada-Wide Science Fair. She will be travelling to Edmonton in May.

Joyetta G.:

  • Gold medal in the Junior Life Sciences category

Vidya C.:

  • Bronze medal in the Junior Life Sciences category

Way to go, Grizzlies!

Sports Updates

A big shoutout to our boys and girls grade 7 volleyball teams who played in their provincial tournaments this past weekend in Clarenville. Our grade 7 Girls had a great tournament making it to the quarter finals. The boys placed first and took the banner for their division. Congratulations to all! The boys decidedly won the provincials this weekend without losing a set all tournament. We’re very proud of them. Jason Lane, the gym teacher at Clarenville and the head referee made a point of letting us know he was impressed that the boys were gracious sportsmen, very courteous and well mannered. Well done Grizzlies!

Celebrating Student Success – Seth H.

Congratulations to Seth H., who was named the Youth of the Year 2023 by the City of St. John’s in their Applause Awards ceremony this past week. For more information on Seth and the other Applause Award winners, please visit the City’s site by clicking here.

If you know of a student you think is deserving of recognition, fill out our form by clicking here.

Drama Club Performance

Congratulations to the members of the MDJH Drama Club for their performance in the Drama Festival yesterday. They had a fantastic production, and Lydia D. won a best actress award, and the club won for best ensemble. A big firework to Ms. Donna Mills for being the creative force behind the club, the interns who assisted, and the other teachers and staff who lent a helping hand.

Some of our drama club students in the audience at the Arts & Culture Centre.

Some of our drama club students in the audience at the Arts & Culture Centre.

Weather Cancellations

The latest weather report issued by AMEX is forecasting 50cm of snow beginning 4pm today and ending early Sunday morning, Due to this forecast and uncertainty of the snow clearing of the parking lot MDJH will be cancelling all tournaments, practices and games for their teams for the upcoming weekend (Friday,Saturday and Sunday). Teams will not be permitted to travel or practice at the school.

Reminders for March 23 & 24

Parent-Teacher Interviews will be held tomorrow (March 23) from 12:30pm to 6:00pm. If you would like to book an interview, either virtual or in-person, please use the OPTIS booking system by clicking on the OPTIS box below, or on the side of the website.

Click here to go to the OPTIS booking system

Due to the Parent-Teacher Interviews, students will have an early dismissal on Thursday, March 23. Students will be dismissed at 11:21am, and the busses will be here for their regularly scheduled runs.

There is also a scheduled Professional Development Day on Friday, March 24. There will be no classes for students on that day.

Regular classes resume on Monday, March 27th, and it will be Day 1 on the schedule.