Paradise Intermediate

• Thursday, May 30th - Multicultural Fair

• Friday, May 31st - Professional Learning Day - No school for students

• Friday, May 31st - Deadline for Grade 9 Carnival Permission forms and fees

• Friday, June 7th - Professional Learning Day - No school for students

• Wednesday, June 12th - Pride Day

• Wednesday, June 12th - Spirit week begins!

• Thursday, June 13th - Grade 9 school leaving

• Friday, June 14th - Last day for cafeteria service

• Friday, June 14th - DARE Graduation - Grade 6

• Thursday, June 20th - Last day of school for students

During the 2024-2025 school year, our current grade 6 students will be provided the opportunity to receive a district issued chromebook for use for the remainder of their schooling. Information regarding chromebooks will be shared with families over the coming days and forms will be available to complete through RYCOR.

Students who have borrowed items/resources from our Learning Commons are asked to return them to Mr. Simms no later than May 31st.

There will be no school for students on the following dates due to professional learning days for teachers.

Friday, May 31st.

Friday, June 7th.

Beginning on Monday, May 27, grade 6 and grade 9 students will be completing the Provincial Reading and Math Assessment (PRMA) for the current school year.

The PRMA is a one-hour assessment administered by teachers, alternating annually between reading and mathematics. Reading will be the focus in 2024. There is no student preparation required for the PRMA.

The PRMA will collect student data at a system-level. Sampling procedures will not provide school and student results.

Please see attached for a poster as well as a Q and A document which outlines some key points about the PRMA.

PRMA Poster

PRMA FAQs

Our grade 9 school learning carnival will take place on Thursday, June 13th. Additional information can be found in the attached memos. Families are advised that associated fees and information have been added to your RYCOR account. We encourage families to submit all permission forms and complete payment for the carnival by Friday, May 31st.

Grade 9 School Leaving Memo

Grade 9 Henna Art Memo

On Thursday, May 30, Paradise Intermediate will be hosting a Multicultural Day to celebrate the many cultures that make up our school population. This is an event where students and their families will be sharing elements of their culture in the form of cultural displays, dance, music, clothing, art and other things that make their culture unique.

We look forward to celebrating with you on May 30th!

Multicultural Fair Form

Multicultural Fair Website

To celebrate the completion of our DARE program and to acknowledge the hard work of our grade 6 students, we are thrilled to invite our families into our building for our DARE assembly on Friday, June 14th during our AM session. Additional information regarding the time of the event will be shared in the coming days. We look forward to celebrating with our students and their families.

June is Pride month and our GSA has been busy planning our third annual Phoenix Pride Day which will take place on Wednesday, June 12th. Students have some wonderful activities planned for this day including a contest for the most rainbow outfit and a student pride parade! A special thanks to the members of our GSA for planning this spectacular day for our school!

Our final spirit week for our school year will begin on Wednesday, June 12th. Our Student Leadership Team has been busy planning some fun, end of the year activities that will include trivia, dress up days, classroom fun and athletics fun! A schedule for spirit week will be shared with students and families as soon as all activities have been finalized.

Locker clean out and locker collection will occur during the final week of the school year. Will be asked to return school issued locks to their homeroom teacher. Students who do not return locks are subject to a $10.00 locker replacement fee.

For any families who are moving out of our school zone, please contact the school at your convenience and we will be happy to assist with the transition of your child to their new school.

For those students who currently have medical information on file with us (paperwork pertaining to anaphylactic allergies, diabetes, epilepsy, etc.) please contact Ms. Watton or Ms. Curran for new forms for the 2024-2025 school year if any of your child's current medical requirements have changed or need to be updated.

EpiPens and medications will be returned to students on the final day of classes. Information and procedures regarding medications for our upcoming school year will be shared with families prior to our return in September.

christinawatton@nlesd.ca

peggycurran@nlesd.ca

The last day of school for students will be on Thursday, June 20th. Term 3 reports will be distributed on this day and students will be dismissed at 12:30. Report cards that are not picked up on the last day of school will be available at the office until Friday, June 21st following which they will be mailed out to our families.

For the 2024-2025 school year we will once again be welcoming new students from our two feeder schools, Octagon Pond Elementary and Paradise Elementary. Our projected population will be 763 students. Below are the tentative class configurations for our upcoming school year.

Grade 6

4 English Classes

1 Intensive Core French Class

2 Early French Immersion Classes

Grade 7

4 English Classes

2 Early French Immersion Classes

1 Late French Immersion Class

Grade 8

4 English Classes

2 Early French Immersion Classes

2 Late French Immersion Class

Grade 9

5 English Classes

1 Late French Immersion Classes

1 Early Immersion Class

Our last day of Cafeteria service will take place on Friday, June 14th.

Prior to this date, our cafeteria will be having several specials that students may order throughout the coming weeks. These items will remain on our menu until the last day of cafeteria service.

Week 1 - May 20-24

Tues.. pep pizza, cookie and milk

Wed.. hotdog, cookie, milk

Thurs.. hamburger, fries, milk

Week 2- May 27-31

Tues.. nachos cheese, cookie or ice cream, milk

Wed.. pizza sub or pizza burger, baked chips, milk