Paradise Intermediate

Good morning,

We hope that all of our students and their families have enjoyed their spring break. Classes will resume tomorrow April 28th and it will be day 1 on our school schedule. This is a great time of year for students to replenish any necessary school supplies for courses so that are prepared for classes for the remainder of the school year.

A reminder to our families that our Spring Fundraiser tickets were distributed to students prior to our Easter break. Tickets and money can be returned to your child's homeroom teacher prior to our grand prize draw date of May 23rd. A limited number of extra tickets are available by email request to paradiseintermediate@nlesd.ca

We hope that everyone has a fantastic week!

Admin Team - Paradise Intermediate

• Monday, April 28th - Classes Resume - Day 1 on school schedule

• Wednesday, April 30th - ATV Presentations - Grade 9

• May 3 - 7 - Quebec Trip - Grade 9 FI

• Wednesday, May 7 - Rotary Band Performance

• Friday, May 16th - Professional Learning Day - No School for Students

• Monday, May 19th - School Holiday - Victoria Day

• Thursday, May 22nd - Municipal Awareness Day - Grade 6

• Friday, May 23rd - Grand Prize Draw - Spring Grand in your Hand

• Thursday, May 29th - Grade 9 School Leaving

• Friday, June 13 - Thursday, June 19th - Final Assessments - Grade 7-9

• Friday, June 20th - Professional Learning Day - No School for Students

• Thursday, June 26th - Last day of School

Paradise Intermediate will be having a "Spring Grand in your Hand" fundraiser that will be taking place over the next few weeks. Tickets were distributed to students prior to our Easter break. Tickets are $2.00 for a chance to win our three prizes ($1000.00, 300.00, 200.00). Our grand prize draw will take place on May 23rd. A limited number of extra tickets are available by request by emailing paradiseintermediate@nlesd.ca.

Families are advised that our next professional learning day for teachers will take place on Friday, May 16th. Our final professional learning day will take place on Friday, June 20th. There will be no school for students on either day.

Sports fees are asked to be paid before the end of the term before your team finishes for the season.

Overdue fee notices will be shared with individual families over the next few weeks.

LAST CALL for yearbook orders for the 2024-2025 school year. A note to families that yearbooks will not be available for sale in June and must be preordered online.

Please use the information below to place orders online prior to FRIDAY, MAY 2ND.

Unfortunately, any requests for yearbooks following this deadline are unable to be accepted.

Our Grade 9 School Leaving Carnival is scheduled for Thursday, May 29th from 6-8pm. This is a special carnival type with games, activities and events offered to celebrate our Grade 9 graduating class!

We will be preparing a slideshow of baby pictures of our students playing on the TV's around the school throughout the evening. If you would like your child to be included in this display, please send a digital photo of your child as a baby or toddler to Ms. Atkinson at maggieatkinson@nlschools.ca by Friday, May 9th. If you have any questions about this please contact Ms. Atkinson.

More information regarding our carnival will be shared with families via email and through our RYCOR system. If there are families who would like to offer to volunteer their time or offer a donation for this event, please email paradiseintermediate@nlesd.ca.

This year both our grade 6 and grade 9 students will be completing the PRMAs. The assessment will take place during the last week of May for our students.

The PRMA is a one-hour assessment administered by teachers, alternating annually between reading and mathematics. Mathematics will be the focus in 2025. 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.

Final exams will take place for our grades 7-9 students between Friday, June 13th - Thursday, June 19th. Additional information regarding assessment schedules will be provided to families in a separate email.

A reminder that we continue to offer regular study hall sessions for students in Grades 7-9 after school on Tuesday afternoons. This is meant as a quiet space for individual study and review with an opportunity to ask a teacher questions. An updated schedule for June will be available over the next few weeks.