All parents/guardians are asked to note the following:
– Please Click Here for a memo regarding the upcoming reporting period and scheduling Parent/Teacher Meetings in OPTIS.
– School will close at 11:50am on Thursday, March 28th to accommodate Parent/Teacher Meetings.
– School is closed on Friday, March 29th for a Teacher Professional Development Day.

Thank you!

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.

Check out or NEW calendar link on our website to find out events which are coming up at JRI !!!

Congratulations to our Grade 6 girls Basketball team who, this past weekend, won the Provincial Girls 6A Basketball Tournament. A challenging weekend, the team took first place against some great teams and brought us home a new banner to hang in our gymnasium!!

A cheering student body welcomed them on a tour around the school on Monday morning to celebrate their victory!! Go Jaguars!!

There are lots of talented students at JRI. Please be aware of the following events:

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 @ 10:30AM. There will be a Band concert in the school gymnasium. Tickets $5 at the door

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 @ 7:00PM. There will be a Lip Sync event taking place in the gymnasium. Tickets for sale at the door ($5/adults $2/students)

Thank you to the parents of the Grade 6 students who will be attending this trip next November. Registration in time for the discount date was Thursday, January 31st. If you submitted your form but did not get an email from Mr. Hammond, please email him at walterhammond@nlesd.ca immediately so that you can get registration information. Thank-you.

Congratulations to Hannah Horlick and Charlotte (Charley) Sandeman on being selected to represent Juniper Ridge Intermediate at the Regional Spelling Bee in February. In a silent auditorium filled with the entire school population, nine of our top spellers in the school competed for the top two positions and the chance to go on to the next level of the Spelling Bee Competition. After multiple rounds, taking over an hour, we were down to our two finalists, both of whom would represent JRI. After 8 more rounds, it was decided that it would be a tie and that these two I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E spellers would be co-champions of JRI. Congratulations to you both!