Welcome to St. Paul's Junior High School

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Newsletter #7 (March) is available by clicking HERE.

What's new...

Report Cards, Interviews and Professional Development Day

• Report cards will be released on Tuesday, March 16th
• Interviews will be held in the gymnasium on Thursday, March 18th from 2:00 - 7:00 pm.  These interviews are on a first-come, first-served basis
• There will be no classes for students on Friday, March 19th due to a Professional Development Day.

Mini-enrichment Courses

Mini-Enrichment Courses are being offered again this year.  Students should have a look at the bulletin board on the lower floor next to the Home Ec room. All courses are listed there. Also, application forms are located in the office. All completed applications must come to Mr. Osmond by Thursday, March 18th with the $35.00 fee.
CLICK HERE for the list of mini-enrichment courses being offered.
CLICK HERE for the application forms.

Course Selection - Grade 9 students

Representatives from Holy Heart were at St. Paul's on February 8th to talk about course selection with Grade 9 students.  For any parents who were unable to attend the parent meeting at Holy Heart, CLICK HERE for a .pdf copy of the presentation.

Semesterized Courses - Term 1/Term 2

Term 1 courses (Art/Music, Home Ec/Tech Ed, Religion/Health) will finish on January 29th.  Students will switch to Term 2 courses on Monday, February 1st.

New gym schedule

ClassAct  - Email for Students

On Tuesday, November 10, 2009 students were given a form for completion which would help them gain access to a school-based e-mail account. This service is provided by the Department of Education's CDLI division and is explained in the link below. From a school's perspective, e-mail services such as G-Mail and Hotmail will not be permitted for use on our school's computers. The deadline for submitting completed forms is Monday, November 16, 2009. Should the form not be passed in, your child will not have e-mail access at the school. The students' ClassAct account is accessible from any computer and helps provide more Internet safety and discretion for your child. The form has been attached in the event that your child has misplaced the one that was passed out or as a result of a student's absence on Tuesday.

Thanks for your anticipated understanding and co-operation with this movement.

http://classact.k12.nf.ca/english/about/

Updated homework policy:
A note was sent home on Friday, October 9th with details of the updated homework policy.  Please review the new policy, then sign and return the bottom portion of the note.  The online student handbook has also been updated with the new policy. 

Cafeteria Service:

Chartwell's is providing our cafeteria service this year . The cafeteria menu is available by clicking HERE.

School opening and closing times for 2009-2010

Doors open at 8:30am

Morning Homeroom 8:50

Lunch 12:07pm

Afternoon Homeroom 12:57pm

School Dismissal 3:00pm

Reporting Schedule for 2009-2010

TERM ONE September 6, 2009 - November 27, 2009 (56 Days)

• Term One ends November 27, 2009
• Reports released December 1, 2009
• Parent/Teacher/Student Conference Thursday, December 3, 2009

TERM TWO November 30, 2009 - March 12, 2010 (67 Days)

• Term Two ends March 12, 2010
• Reports released March 16, 2010
• Parent/Teacher/Student Conference Thursday, March 18, 2010

TERM THREE March 15, 2010 - June 24, 2010 (67 days)

• Reports released on Thursday, June 24, 2010

A letter to parents

Please read the attached letter, Dr. David Allison, Medical Officer of Health, Eastern Health, advises that people should continue with their regular routines, conduct good hygiene practices and stay home if not feeling well.

NEW!!! SynreVoice

We have just recently been trained in the use of a valuable tool for contacting the home. The system is called "SynreVoice". It will be used to send announcements, by telephone and email, to our school community — these announcements could relate to an up-coming school event, to school closures or for other reasons that the school deems necessary. This automated system will also be used to keep parents/guardians informed about their child's attendance at school. Normally, absence calls will go to the home telephone number. This system will leave a message on an answering machine. The school receives a report of all calls made and the result of each attempt.

All students have received a 'Contact Information' sheet.  If you have not completed this and returned it to the school, please do so asap so we can ensure that we have accurate contact information for you.

At St. Paul's we strongly believe that contact with the home is crucial to the academic success of our students and look forward to implementing this system later this month.

Royalty-Free Music.com - music for school use

Students and staff can use a variety of award-winning stock music for a variety of non-profit educational projects such as background music in theatrical productions, tech-based programs, film, television, PowerPoint presentations, web sites, and many more.

Please see Ms. Hatcher for username and password information, and then go to http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/ to get started.

Support our Bingo

Play bingo at Mary Queen of Peace Parish Hall on Macdonald Drive every night at 8:00pm. Money raised through this bingo is used to benefit St. Paul's School.