St. Paul’s Junior High

340 Newfoundland Drive St. John’s, Newfoundland,

A1A 3R9 Ph. (709) 753-6630 FAX

(709) 753-4974

F O L L O W S T . P A U L ’ S O N

T W I T T E R @ S T P A U L S J H

Viper News Volume 3: November 2016

IMPORTANT DATES

Friday, November 11

Remembrance Day. School is closed.

Tuesday, November 22

School Board Elections

Tuesday, November 29

Report Cards go home to parents

Thursday, December 1

Parent -Teacher Conferences

(Students dismissed at 12:07)

Friday, December 2

Staff PD day. No school for students.

Wednesday, December 7

Junior Achievement (Gr.9 students)

Tuesday, December 13

Christmas Concert, 7:00 PM

Wednesday, December 21

Last day of school before the holiday break.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Tuesday, January 3

Classes resume

Tuesday, March 14

Term 2 Report Cards released

Thursday, March 16

Parent Teacher Conference (Students

dismissed at 12:07)

Friday, March 17

Staff PD day. No school for student

Thursday, April 13

Last day before Easter Break

Friday, April 14 - Sunday, April 21

School is closed for the spring break. It will

reopen on Monday, April 24.

Monday, April 24

School reopens

Monday, May 22

May 24 weekend holiday. School closed.

Thursday, June 22

Report Cards released / Last day for

students. Happy Summer!

School Scene

Congratulations to Chloe Penney, Hailey Robichaud, Brynn Furlong, Annika Healey, Mahiba Khan, Zaira Freda, Charlotte Muise, Samantha Noel, Evan Natsheh and Vanessa Brown for preparing and participat-ing in "Who wants to save a life" What an educational experience for our school community. The next stage is the semi-final competition against another junior high school.. Go Vipers Go! Thank you to all who participated . Both teams of students and their sponsors, Ms. Hatcher and Mr. Abbott, put in a lot of work prior to this event. Congratulations to all involved. Ms. Janes & Mme. Webb's Grade 9 science classes exploring modelled meteorite 9-6 tech-

nology class test- ing out their wind pow- ered vehicles

A successful Cross country running season has ended for this year with the recent Provincial Championships in Gander. St. Paul's were represented by Brynn Furlong and Annika Healey in the Midget girls race. The girls did well, Brynn finished 3rd and Annika 4th. For students who want to continue training through the Fall and do winter competitions, Pearlgate track and field club has a year-round program with an indoor facility. Keep in mind that the NLAA will have an indoor school track meet in the spring at MUN Fieldhouse and then the June outdoor Hershey meet at Mount Pearl track, which St. Paul's has excelled in for years.

P A G E 2

V I P E R

Remember to download the

SPJH APP.

Eastern Health Anxiety Workshop

Eastern Region District Conference Centre (40 Strawberry Marsh Road) Invites you to a presentation for parents. Registration is required. ANXIETY: WHAT IT IS & WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP Monday, November 7, 2016 [Focus on children] Monday, December 5, 2016 [Focus on adolescents: 6:00 – 7:30 PM: Presentation 7:30 – 8:00 PM: Questions & Answers TOPICS include: Nature of anxiety: what is normal & what is not When to seek professional help Strategies for helping your child How parenting style plays a role PRESENTED BY: Hazel Russell & Krista Marshall Social Workers Dr. Sandie J. Cook Psychologist

Mental Health & Addictions Program

Please contact Laurie to register (seating is limited ) 777-4020

School Board Elections

On November 22, Newfoundland and Labrador’s English School District (NLESD) and le Conseil sco-laire francophone provincial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (CSFP) will hold elections, to select repre-sentatives for school communities on matters relating to education and the province’s school system. You can find more information here: http://www.schoolboardelectionsnl.ca/en/index.php

Halloween Fun @ SPJH

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 3

Project Overseas- Mr. Drover’s Visit To Sierra Leone

This past summer our Principal, Mr. Drover had the opportunity to visit Sierra Leone as a volunteer with Project Over-

seas- Teachers’ Action for Teaching . You can read his story in this month’s NLTA Bulletin found here: http://files.nlta.nl.ca/wp-content/uploads/public/documents/bulletins/bultn_sept_oct16.pdf

Europe Trip 2018

Students currently in Grade 7 or 8 have the option of participating in an educational trip to Europe, March 18- April 8, 2018 . Information about this trip can be obtained either by visiting www.explorica.ca and under 'find a tour' enter Engram-4333 Or by emailing Mrs. Coady (paulacoady@nlesd.ca)

Europe Trip 2017

If any grade 8 or grade 9 student is interested in travelling to Europe this Easter, April 2017, there is still space available. Please contact Mr. Hale.

Grade 9 Mathematics Trip to Boston & New York

During the long weekend in May, St. Paul’s will be offering a Math trip for any grade 9 students interested in going. We will be

leaving Friday, May 19, 2017 to fly to Boston. We will be taking a train to New York and then we will return on Wednesday,

May 24, 2017. If you would like more information or would like to sign your son/daughter up for the trip, please contact Ms.

Foote at susanfoote@nlesd.ca

Math Tutorial Videos

Teaching videos for grade 7 and 8 math are available for student home use. To preview, check out Mr. Hale's webpage. Links are posted there. They are available English for 7 and 8 and French for grade 7 with French version coming soon for grade 8.

After School Tutorials

Students are encouraged to consider taking advantage of our Wednesday after school tutorial program open to all stu-dents. Check with your teacher for location.

Breakfast Program

Breakfast Club is up and running. We offer a wide variety of food each morning, including gluten free items. On Day 5, we will have a special breakfast treat. All students have been given a request sheet to bring home. We are hoping, if you can, that you might donate one or more of the mentioned items to help stock our cupboards for breakfast. Be sure to check us out!

On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 our school participated in a Breakfast Blitz, to help fill our KES Cupboards. We are asking you to please send along a breakfast item or a donation to support our school’s Kids Eat Smart Breakfast Program. If you wish you may make your donation online at www.kidseatsmart.ca and designate our school to receive your gift. It’s important that we fill our KES cupboards to ensure our children start their days well nourished and ready to learn.

Recycling

Anyone who wants to donate their recyclables to the school can do so by dropping their items by the shed on the side of the school.

Books, locks, lockers

All lockers must be locked with a school supplied lock. Lockers are the property of the NLESD. Parent/guardians are respon-sible for ALL books assigned to students and if lost, replacement cost of the book

needs to be sent to the office before a second copy is issued. If this is a concern

please contact the office.

Busing

Please note that , students are only per-mitted to ride the bus which they are as-signed to, which is their neighbourhood bus. They are not permitted to ride any other bus without permission. You may check the NLESD web site for information on bus routes for SPJH

Absences

According to the School’s Act, students are expected to be in attendance if school is open. If, for some reason, a student is absent a parent/guardians should notify the Homeroom Teacher and the school secretary, Allison Sheppard so that your child is not marked absent unexcused and you will not get a call from Synrevoice. In addition, absent notes can be sent in via the school app and then Power School will be updated accordingly .

Important Information

Parking Lot Safety

Parents/guardians enter at the lower entrance (by School Crosswalk– nearest to Logy Bay Road) and exit at top entrance (by Carrick Drive). In the morning, parents/guardians can form a second line alongside the parking spaces to drop of students then proceed onto the EXIT. Please note before moving to exit or back of school parents must stop. The busses will park besides the school in BUS LANE/FIRE EXIT to drop off students. In the afternoon, to ensure the safety of all students, parents/guardians can pick up their son/daughter at the back of school at the lower entrance. Parents can find a diagram on the school webpage under Parents for more specific directions as to traffic flow relating to the school parking lot.

Please note: The recycling program at SPJH holds monthly recycling drives where parents can drop off dona-tions to the school. The first Friday of every month will be recycling day. Items can be dropped off during the morning. Please drop them to the left of the shed, on the side. Thanks for your support with this initiative!

Active Living Update

To show our support of Active Living we have the following practices: Students go outside during second half of lunch break when weather permits so students should dress appropriately. There are times that students go out in very light clothing and we do not want them to risk getting sick. Students and staff are encouraged to wear “Active Wear” on each and every Day One in the cycle. Fridays are designated Nature Trail Walk Days when the weather is suitable. We are lucky to be located in close proximity to the Virginia Park Trails and when the opportunity arises then this is a great way to allow learning to go beyond the class-

Assessment and

Evaluation Policy All policies are available on-line at www.nlesd.ca. If parent/guardians would like to request a paper copy, please contact the office.

Happy Holidays to One and All !

10th Annual Poinsettia Breakfast Club Fundraiser

Let us help decorate your home for Christmas, while you help set our table for breakfast! While purchasing a beautiful Poinsettia for your home or business, you can also donate to the St Paul’s Kids

Eat Smart Breakfast program. All funds raised are matched by the KES Foundation, so that’s double the donation for every flower ordered!

$5 from each plant will go directly to our breakfast program.

Flowers will be ready for pick up at the school on

Sat. Dec 3rd, ( 11:30 – 2:30 pm ), in the school lobby. ***

Due to allergies of these flowers by a couple of our students, it is important that you please pick

up your flowers on that day.*

Order Form

Quantity:

_______ Small 6” (1 plant per pot) ……………………………………… $ 15 ( HST included )

_______ Large 10” ( 3 plants per pot) ……………………………………. $ 33 ( HST included )

______________________________ __________________________

Student Name Homeroom Teacher

I will text a reminder on Sat morning for pick up of flowers, as I know it it easy to forget.

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Orders must be made by Thurs., Dec 1st, so that the nursery can be contacted with respect to numbers

of plants needed. Confirmation by payment must be made to the school before Friday, Dec 2nd.

Only paid orders will be forwarded to the nursery.

Cheques can be made out to : St. Paul’s Jr High School