Parent-Teacher meetings for the first term Reports will be held on Thursday, November 24th. Details will be emailed to parents as we get closer to the date of meetings.

October is Rett Syndrome Awareness month and to support the awareness of Rett Syndrome, we are encouraging the students and staff of Juniper Ridge Intermediate to wear purple tomorrow, Tuesday October 29^th.

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!