This past week we celebrated Administrative Professionals' Day. We would like to acknowledge the fantastic work that Ms. Sooley does at our school taking care of the students, staff and community members. We really want to thank Ms. Sooley for all her hard work and dedication.

We also wanted to recognize all the staff/student/family/community volunteers that help our school through the breakfast program, through coaching, guest speakers, our School Council and in numerous other areas. Your time and efforts make a real difference in our students lives and the St. Kevin's Junior High Community as a whole.

There are a number of professional learning days for St. Kevin's Junior High staff during the month of May and June. Please see the dates listed below:

There is a professional learning early closure for teachers on Friday May 12th-- this means classes for students on this day will end 1 hour early @ 1:12pm. Bus runs will be 1 hour earlier on this day.

There will also be a professional learning day for teachers on Tuesday, June 6th - this means that there will no no classes for students on this day as teachers will be involved in PL on the updated Responsive Teaching and Learning Policy. When students return to school on Wednesday, June 7th, it will be day 4 on the schedule.

Please have a look through the events planned for May at St. Kevin's Junior High.

Please follow our twitter page as we post the exciting things happening here at school and always feel free to check out our webpage for upcoming items and events.

http://twitter.com/stkevjr

https://skjh.nlesd.ca/

1. May 9th - PCAP for classes 8-1 and 8-3 in Science

2. May 18th - June 8th - Our Ticket Basket Fundraiser is happening

3. May 20th - May 24th - Quebec Trip for students

4. May 22nd - June 9th - Grade six students will complete the PRMA provincial assessment

5. June 1st - Grade 8 Leaving Celebration

6. June 6th - Teacher PL - NO SCHOOL!!!

Gift Cards and Prizes include:

2 passes for North Atlantic Ziplining in Petty Harbour, $70 in gift cards donated by Paradise Bowl, a $300 value tattoo to be booked with Mike LeDrew, gift cards for Walnuts, $50 in A&W gifts cards, Two party pizzas from Greco, a $25 Ruffin Canine gift card, a $50 Keith's Diner gift card, a $75 gift card for Ashley Feltham School of Dance and sweater, a one month membership or 3 personal training sessions ($150 value) at Get Waisted and a print created by our very our Art teacher Ms. Powell.

Really is a great prize with so many different prizes.

We truly appreciated the support we have received from the community in putting this together and hope everyone gets a ticket to support our school.

Our spring Music Concert will be taking place this year on Thursday, June 8th.

This years concert will feature both the students of St. Kevin's Junior High and St. Kevin's High school. we are truly excited to see our students perform and to welcome back many former students to perform as well.

Tickets are $5 at the door. We will also be selling tickets for our Gift Card Basket. Draw date will be the following day, June 9th, so make sure you get your tickets at the door.

The task of creating learning groups is a challenging one. When teachers compile class lists, they place much effort into creating balanced groups that enable all students to learn to their full potential. It is a huge task which takes a lot of time. Each child's placement in a class is done with much consideration. Due to the many factors that are involved in creating those groups, we are unable to accommodate requests for students to be with specific friends or teachers next year.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Just wanted to remind everyone that recess orders are available through our cafeteria.

Just use the Chartwells Nutri-Slice ordering site and select recess menu.

https://stkevinsjh-nl-nlesd.nutrislice.com/menu/st-kevins-jr-high

There are lots of great healthy choices listed for recess as well as lunch!

This month was a really exciting month for Ms. Carew's class as they were chosen from a national contest to create and record a news story for CBC Kids News!

They had so much fun and the final story was awesome!

Way to go!

Theme Spreads for Independent Novel Study with our 8-2 class!

Students in Mr. Husks Class had a great time using static electricity to power their race car cans down the track in science class!

We all think Mr. Lodge could have given Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik a run for their money in becoming the next host of Jeopardy!

We all know, though, the 7-3 Math Class thought it was lots of fun!

Two of our Grade 8 students, with the guidance of Ms. Critch, are leaving SKJH with a beautiful Mural for our students to enjoy in the Learning Commons for years to come!

Great job Charlotte and Meredith!

On our last day before Easter Holidays, we had all of our students spend some time getting to know each other and playing games all around the school. We paired a grade six, a grade seven and a grade eight class together for the afternoon of fun and games.

It was a great idea and a huge success! Thankyou to Ms. Carew, Ms. O'Reilly and the SKJH Leadership Team for putting this together!

Our Grade six girls volleyball team just competed in their first ever tournament and even their first ever game!

They did an awesome job and represented St. Kevin's Junior High very well.

Way to go girls!

The Mustangs Hockey Team just competed in the FRJH Ravens Hockey Invitational Tournament.

This is the Mustangs 8th appearance in this tournament and they did very well just falling short in the semi-final game. It was the best performance the Mustangs have ever had!

Way to Go Mustangs!