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Skate Canada NL Winners Regan Scott, Georgia Scott, and Katie Warford are the Skate Canada NL Synchronized Skating Provin-cial Champions in the Juvenile Category. Georgia Scott and Maria Keough earned themselves a Bronze in the Elementary Category
in the Skate Can-ada NL Synchro-nized Skating Provincials. They competed in Gander this past weekend, repre-senting the Prince of Wales Skating Club, St. John's. Congratulations!
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March 17, 2017
Spelling Bee Champ!
Vincent Burton is no stranger to hard work, and he applied that work ethic well in the weeks be-tween the school-wide spelling bee and the 2017 Telegram Spelling Bee on Saturday, February 25. He studied steadi-ly with the help of his parents and, on the day of the competi-tion, emerged victorious after 14 rounds.
Vincent faced heavy competition from 65 spellers who were win-ners in their schools from across the province. In the final round, Vincent easily spelled parvitude, to win $2000.00 and a place at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. this May.
Way to go, Vincent Burton! Macdonald Drive Junior High is very proud of you. Good luck at the big competition in May.
Heritage Fair
This year’s Heritage Fair was a big success. Thirty-two students partic-ipated in the school-wide fair and as usual, it was a challenge for the judges to pick just three projects. The students who will attend the Regional Heritage fair in May are Victoria Smith (Burin Tidal Wave, 1929) Ella Walsh (Fairies of New-foundland) and Moman Anwar (Beaumont Hamel). We congratu-late them and wish them the best of luck at the regional fair.
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Student Council News
Spirit Week/ Green Apple Days
MDJH Green Apple Days were held the week of March 6-10. There were theme days for students to show their spirit each day and many different lunchtime activities. Thanks to all students who participated.
Volleyball Game Teachers/Interns versus Grade 9 girls team. It was a hard fought game but the girls won two sets.
Dodgeball Game Teachers/ Interns versus class reps from all grades. Teachers were the victors in Dodgeball, defeating the Grade 7 and Grade 9 teams. The teachers were, however, defeated by the Grade 8s.
Basketball Game
RNC Cadets versus Grade 9 boys. The game started off with the RNC cadets taking the lead. However, the boys managed to pull off a win with a 10 point difference in the total score.
Purple Day - Friday, March 24th
Students and staff are asked to wear purple on Friday, March 24th to raise epilepsy awareness. Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Last year, people in dozens of coun-tries on all continents including Antarctica partici-pated in Purple Day!
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Celebrating Student Successes
We want to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of the students of MDJH. We have a wall of celebration where we place a certificate of acknowledgement highlighting participation and success in a variety of activi-ties. We want to know if your child has partici-pated in any plays, musicals or has been on a team that has won some title or has been recognized in any individual competition. We need your help with this. Please let us know so we can proudly display this on our wall. Please email [email protected] with Celebrate YOUR CHILD’S NAME in the subject line.
Yearbook Photos
Anyone that has a team or group photo to submit to the yearbook, please email their photo to [email protected]. Any pictures taken from a cellphone should be sent selecting “actual size” not “thumbnail” to ensure the quality is correct for uploading to the yearbook.
Team pictures are needed. If any parent, student or coach has a picture of a school team, please email it to [email protected].
2015-2016 Yearbooks
All yearbooks have been distributed to our current students. Last year’s yearbooks have been deliv-ered to Holy Heart and Gonzaga for distribution with a list of the names of who ordered them. Order forms for next year’s yearbook will be available soon. Parents will be able to order them on parent teacher night.
Photography Club Next photography club meeting is Wednesday, March 15th. All members are reminded to submit their photos to [email protected].
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Heritage Places Poster Contest
Congratulations to Samantha Ryan (7-1) and Dana Ryan (9-4) for receiving Honourable Mention in the 2017 Heritage Places Poster Contest. The Heritage Foundation of New-foundland and Labrador received approxi-mately 100 posters from 62 schools across Newfoundland and Labrador. Beautiful work Samantha and Dana!
Provincial Dart Champion
Congratulations to Paul Burke who participated in a Provincial Dart tournament which was played in Gander. He placed sec-ond out of 46 students and will be travelling to Saint John, New Brunswick, to participate in the National Dart Tournament in May.
Provincial Basketball Winners
Congratulations to the MDJH Grade 7 girls basketball team who went undefeated at the Grade 7 Girls A Provincial Tournament.
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MDJH School Science Fair 2017 Our school science fair on March 17, was a success again this year. We had over 200 projects with about 300 students presenting; 23 members of the St. John's scientific community came to our school as judges. They were very impressed with the overall calibre of the projects and enjoyed the experience of talking with our students. The teachers in the science department are proud of all our students who participated and are excited to announce the top projects of the MDJH Science Fair 2017. Grade 7
Sarah Healey
James Drover & Ethan Pittman
Carter Tratton
Olivia Marr
Rachel Dawe
Ian Walsh
Sam LeDrew
Jacob Skinner & Stéphane Noseworthy
Grade 8
Momin Anwar
Sam Sheppard & Maxwell Brown
Lewis Peters & Daniel Courage
Cassidy Roff
Emma Haynes
Lauren Palmer
Willem Tulk
Grade 9
Bridget Hall
Nathan Young
Emily Meade
Avery Nixon & Sara Humes
Linda Zhang
Aaron Sarkar
Juli Koen-Alonso
Elin Maskova
Music News!
Our music ensembles are performing in the Rotary Music Festival this year.
All ensembles will perform April 26th at the Holy Heart The-atre on Bonaventure Avenue, starting at 7:00pm.
Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students.
Daytime clinics will be held at MUN School of Music and the times are as follows:
Vocal Ensemble- April 25th 8:30am
Concert Choir- April 27th 2:20pm
Gr 8/9 Jazz Band- April 30th 10:50am
Gr 8/9 Concert Band- May 2nd 11:50am
Gr 7 Concert Band- May 4th 10:10am
Presentations to Ms. Andersons Grade 7 Health Classes The Smokers’ Helpline visited our Grade 7 Health classes and delivered presentations on lung health issues, how to quit smoking, the dangers of smoking and second hand smoke. They brought displays on a healthy lung and an unhealthy lung to show the students. Their interactive presenta-tion was appreciated by students and teachers alike. Anyone interested in quitting smoking and
would like help can call the Smokers’ Helpline: 1-800-363-5864
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SPCA Pet Drive
The 3rd annual SPCA pet drive was a great success this year. The Macdonald Drive Junior High Outreach Team collected items at the office during February. We also had a ticket sale on a Movie Night at Cineplex and the money raised was given to the St. John’s SPCA. Many thanks go to all the people who donated and helped with this drive, but we want to say a special thank you Morgan Escott who brought in many items that will be greatly appreciated by all the animals at the SPCA.
Thanks to the Macdonald Drive Junior High community for their support once again.
Dates to Remember:
Report cards released - Friday, March 17th Parent teacher interviews - Thursday, March 23rd (students dismissed at
11:21 am)
Last day of classes before Easter Break—Thursday, April 13th
First day of classes after Easter Break—Monday, April 24th
We’re on the web!
http://mdjh.info
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Macdonald Drive Junior High
110 Macdonald Drive
St. John’s, NL
A1A 2K9
Phone: 709-753-8240
Fax: 709-753-1243
E-mail: [email protected]
Parking Lot Reminder Coming off of Toronto Street, there are two lanes. The right lane is for buses and traffic going around MDJH. The left lane is for parents/ guardians dropping off their children. PLEASE pull up to the STOP sign before letting your child out. The drop off lane should only be used for quick stop, drop and go, even if the doors are not open yet. If parents do not want to leave until the doors open, they should park in the parking lot. Please take a moment to watch MDJH Drop off Video… the people may have changed, but the instructions are still the same! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptikIbLLhvo
School Leaving Carnival
Grade 9 Parents / Guardians, please return permis-sion forms with $20 for the Grade 9 School Leaving Carnival, scheduled for May 25, 2017, 6:30-9:00. Also, we are asking for prizes and/or Gift Cards so that all of our Grade 9s will walk away with a prize.
Grade 8 Parents, if you are able to volunteer for the Grade 9 Carnival, a form has gone home with all grade 8 students. A copy can also be found on our web page at http://mdjh.info
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