Parent Newsletter
Macdonald Drive Junior High, January 2022
Macdonald Drive Junior High
Email: macdonalddrivejrh@nlesd.ca
Website: mdjh.info
Location: 110 Macdonald Drive, St. John's, NL, Canada
Phone: 709-753-8240
Twitter: @mdjh
Dates to remember
Bell Let’s Talk Day - January 26
Term 1 ends - January 31
Teacher PD - February 14
Grade 9 Carnival - Thursday, May 26
What's Been Going On
Welcome Back!
Hello to our MDJH community. We hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Christmas break. School started on January 4, in an on-line format.
Here are some notes to help you have a successful time back at MDJH.
Here is our daily schedule:
- Period 1 – 8:13 – 9:10
- Period 2 – 9:11 – 10:0
- Recess – 10:08 – 10:23
- Period 3 – 10:24 – 11:21
- Lunch – 11:21 – 12:14
- Period – 4 12:15 – 1:12
- Period 5 – 1:13 – 2:10
Attendance will be taken in each period. Students are expected to attend every class, just as if we were in the school itself.
Recess and lunch breaks are built into the schedule. Students should use that time to stretch and move about, use the washroom, or grab something to eat.
Classes may not last the full scheduled period, and will be a combination of different teaching strategies. There may be direct teaching, group work, individual assignments, etc.
Each class will be conducted at the discretion of the teacher in charge.
The Google Meet link for classes will be in each teacher’s Google Classroom.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s subject teacher, or the administration. If you need a Chromebook to use at home during this time, please contact bethpower@nlesd.ca
Virtual Learning to Continue For Second Week of Classes
Due to the recent changes in the COVID-19 situation and proactive prevention measures, on December 29, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced that online learning would be the format for students returning to school in 2022. On January 6, the Province indicated that schools will continue with online learning for the week of January 10 to 14. A further decision on subsequent weeks will be made by Thursday, January 13, at the latest.
Please see the complete Public Advisory issued by the Provincial Government.
Additionally, families are asked to take time to review the District's Digitial Readiness web-resource in preparation, as well as for tips and ideas.
MDJH Guidance
Happy New Year folks!
Ms. Ward and Ms. Reardon have a guidance space set up for anyone who would like to avail. The Google Classroom code is:
- peb3w63
This is completely voluntary. The classroom was created to help students with stress reduction while they are home during this online learning process. Feel free to contact us through email or Google Classroom message if you have any questions. We will try to post tips and strategies to this classroom on a regular basis.
We also have a virtual classroom that you can take a look in! There are some pretty neat things in there!
And finally, a website you can view that has some really great resources!
Thanks!
Ms. Ward & Ms. Reardon
A Few Current Snaps
Ella the cat
Insta-worthy
Ms. Hardy and fam
Christmas Recap
MDJH Adopt-A-Senior 2021
Thank you to all our generous donors for our Adopt-A-Senior program. Thanks to you, the residents of St. Patrick’s Mercy Home had a bit of a brighter Christmas! Here, some members of our student council get the gifts ready to take over to St. Pat’s!
MDJH Annual Christmas Food Drive
Our annual MDJH Christmas Food Drive was a big success again this year! Food donations went to the Bridges For Hope food bank. A big Thank You! to all our generous donors!
MDJH Music - Christmas Cheer
Christmas Cookies and Deep Learning
The math project completed by some of our grade nine math classes came to fruition on Saturday, December 4, when we had about 25 students volunteer their time to bake cookies! With the help of some of our teachers, these students baked over 1000 cookies which were pre-sold to teachers and to students in a school-wide bake sale. We are happy to say EVERY SINGLE COOKIE WAS SOLD!
Once costs were factored in, we raised a total of $500 to support animals in need in our community. Many thanks to everyone who supported this deep learning project in some capacity - it would never have been a success without you all!
And The Winner Is…
In December, we held the draw for the winner of our 50/50 raffle.
Clarence Hickey won $8183.00! Sophia B. was the winner of the $200.00 Best Buy gift card. She sold $1100.00 worth of tickets!
Thanks to everyone who participated and supported our school!
Merry Squidmas!!!
For the latest round, the classes competed in a Christmas-themed version of the honeycomb challenge from the Squid Game series. In this version, students only had a toothpick to take the shape out of the sugar cookie without breaking it.
After the final round later this year, the team with the most points wins and will face the winning team of the other class for the chance to win a movie day. A big thanks to Ms. Gambin for her help, and a huge thanks to my wife for baking the cookies. - Mr. Hayward
Other Christmas Fun
Teachers
Ms Petten's Kitchen
Trigger
Mme Quann's Christmas Puzzle
Suspect #1
Suspect #2
MDJH Sports
December Sports Updates
Way to go Grizzlies!
Macdonald Drive Junior High
Email: macdonalddrivejrh@nlesd.ca
Website: mdjh.info
Location: 110 Macdonald Drive, St. John's, NL, Canada
Phone: 709-753-8240
Twitter: @mdjh