Pictures through Life Touch Photography will take place on Monday, October 28th, here at Juniper Ridge Intermediate. Photo options and packages will be sent home with students as soon as they arrive back from Life Touch.

Parents of students at JRI, please note that the school has been given approval to hold a Professional Learning day this Friday, October 11th. Classes for students will not take place on Friday as teachers will be participating in a variety of Professional Learning opportunities during the day.

Curriculum night at JRI will be hosted on Thursday, October 3rd. The evening will begin at 7:00PM. Parents are encouraged to proceed to their child’s classroom in grade 5 & 6 (there will be signage and staff present to assist with directions).

Grade 7 parents are asked to proceed upstairs by the main stairwell. Tables with students schedules will be there for parents to take a schedule and proceed to the classes indicated. Parents in Grade 7 should be aware of what class your child is in (7-A, 7-B, etc, to 7-H).

Parking is available in the front and rear of the building.

On Thursday, May 30th, JRI was visited by MusiCounts Canada, who came to officially donate $10,000 worth of musical instruments to the JRI Music program. Ms. Deanne Coady, who applied for the grant money, was overjoyed that Canadian Artist, Corey Hart, came along to speak to our students and be part of the presentation!! An amazing show followed on Friday evening, with 400 tickets given to the school to distribute to students who attended the concert at Mile One Stadium… what a blast!!

Tuesday, May 28 Grade 6 Musical (Keating, Hawco, Kiss, and Crummey)

Matinee at 1:30 p.m.

Evening Performance at 7 p.m. Ticket information to be communicated when we get closer to that date

Thursday, May 30 Grade 6 Musical (Barrett, Chippett, Barnes, and Maloney)

Matinee at 1:30 p.m.

Evening Performance at 7 p.m. Ticket information to be communicated when we get closer to that date

Wednesday, June 12 Band Concert (all band students from Grade 5-7)

Matinee time TBA

Evening Performance at 7 p.m. Ticket information to be communicated when we get closer to that date  

Congratulations to our Grade 7 “Pi Day” Winners. Each Math class had a mini-competition to recite as many digits of PI as possible in celebration of International PI Day (March 14th – 3.14, clearly!)

Winners include:

7A – Sarah McQueen, Jada Whittle

7B – Tyler Sampson, Lizzy Morey, Claire Lockyer

7C – Fiona Parks, Kennedy Quigley

7D – Hannah Elliot, Teanna King

7E – Taylor Browne, Victoria Tapper

7F – Alex Simmonds, Nathan Ellard

7G – Patrick McGrath, Nicholas MacLean

Special Shout-out to Sarah McQueen as the Pi Memorization Winner with 131 DIGITS !!

Please be advised that the deadline for Grade 7 Ski Trip forms and money is listed on the form as Monday, March 18th. Since this is a District Holiday, we will be accepting the forms first thing Tuesday morning. Please return them to the office as soon as you arrive on Tuesday. Thank you!

This is a reminder to all parents/guardians to complete our School Development Survey. We are committed to working with our school community to ensure that we are establishing a school that we are proud of, and where students have a quality educational experience in a safe and supportive environment. Therefore we are asking for your input by completing our School Development Survey. This survey will provide us with valuable information that will direct our school development process.

As a thank you to those who complete the survey, we will be conducting a random draw among all respondents for a $50 Gift Card for Cara Foods! Once you complete the survey simply click on the ‘Gift Card Draw’ link, enter your name and contact information, and that’s it! If you have already completed the survey, please be sure to enter your name for the draw!

Please find the survey and gift card draw links below. The deadline to complete the survey is March 15th. Thank you for participating and good luck in the draw!

Survey Link: https://www.research.net/r/SDFamily1819EN

Gift Card Draw Link: https://goo.gl/forms/FGWJ6JU0J4W3rHME3

If these links do not work, please copy and paste into a web browser. Please call the school if you need assistance.

Students in Grade 7 can check out the Mini Enrichment courses which re being offered this year at MUN, Marine Institute and College of North Atlantic. Take a look at the Courses Offered. If you are interested, you can fill in the application as announced last week. Deadline for applications is Tuesday, March 12th.