Welcome to St. Peter’s
Junior High / École Intermédiaire
100 Munden Drive, St. John’s, NL A1N 2T5
Ph. (709) 368-0189 Fax (709) 368-4806
@SPJH2013
www.spjh.k12.nf.ca
Curriculum Night 2015 – 2016
Principal: Cecilia Kennedy
Assistant Principal: Shane Welcher
Office Administrators: Frances Galgay & Brittany Quilty
Table of Contents
General Information ....................................................................................... 1
Home/School Communication .................................................................... 1
School Provided Materials ........................................................................... 1
Homework ................................................................................................... 1
Homeroom Teachers and Resource Teachers: .......................................... 2-3
English Department ....................................................................................... 4
Assessment/Evaluation ............................................................................ 4-5
English Department Contacts ...................................................................... 6
Mathematics Department ............................................................................ 7-8
Assessment/Evaluation ............................................................................... 9
Mathematics Department Contacts ........................................................... 10
Science Department ..................................................................................... 11
Assessment/Evaluation ............................................................................. 12
Science Department Contacts ................................................................... 13
Social Studies Department ........................................................................... 14
Assessment/Evaluation: ............................................................................ 15
Social Studies Department Contacts: ........................................................ 16
French Department ...................................................................................... 17
Assessment/Evaluation ............................................................................. 18
French Department Contacts ..................................................................... 19
Service Delivery Team ............................................................................ 20-21
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
General Information
Home/School Communication:
At St. Peter’s Junior High, we believe that good communication
with parents/guardians is crucial for success. Please contact
your child’s teacher(s) at any time throughout the year if you
have questions or concerns. The most efficient means of
contacting staff is by email. However, you may also contact by
your child's teacher(s) by phone at 368-0189.
Please Note:
Evaluation performance is communicated to
parents/guardians via Power School. User names and
passwords for parents of Grade 7 students will be provided
Curriculum Night. PowerSchool information for parents of
Grade 8 & 9 students can be obtained by contacting Mr.
Shane Welcher [email protected]
School Provided Materials: All students are provided with a copy of the required textbook(s)
for each subject. Students are expected to maintain these
textbooks and return them at the end of the school year. If the
textbooks are not returned (or returned in poor condition)
students will be responsible for the replacement cost.
Homework:
Homework is posted online on our school website under the
Quick Links Menu on the Homepage.
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School Newsletter: St. Peter’s Junior High has a monthly newsletter with important
dates, school activities, and other information about our school.
An online copy is available on our school website. If you require
a paper copy please contact the school by phone.
St. Peter’s Junior High
2015-2016 Homeroom Teachers
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Teacher E-mail Address
7-1 Ann Brace [email protected]
7-2 John Ray Baird [email protected]
7-3 Kim O’Keefe-Swain [email protected]
7-4 Sherry Pearce [email protected]
7-5 Gerard Walsh [email protected]
7-6 Christine Blundon [email protected]
7-7 Jodi Gladney [email protected]
7-8 Stephanie Derible [email protected]
7-9 Lisa Taylor [email protected]
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Teacher E-mail Address
8-1 Greg Williams [email protected]
8-2 Dean Tilley [email protected]
8-3 Mary Beth Ezekiel [email protected]
8-4 Maria Young [email protected]
8-5 TBD
8-6 Ashleigh Colbourne [email protected]
8-7 Beth Hubley [email protected]
8-8 Patricia Clancy [email protected]
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Teacher E-mail Address
9-1 David Thistle [email protected]
9-2 Darlene Torraville [email protected]
9-3 Nancy Mandeville [email protected]
9-4 Lori Janes [email protected]
9-5 Keith Molloy [email protected]
9-6 Shawn Foss [email protected]
9-7 Erin Walsh [email protected]
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2015-2016 Resource Teachers
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Teacher E-mail Address
Music- Adam Staple (on leave) [email protected]
Music – Melissa Barbeau [email protected]
Art & Technology – Amy Noseworthy [email protected]
Home Economics – Heather Cook [email protected]
Technology – Angie Houlihan [email protected]
Physical Education & Technology -
Richard Christopher
Physical Education- John Ray Baird [email protected]
Learning Resources & Technology-
Lisa Budgell
Speech Language Pathologist -
Educational Psychiatrist – Paula
Jacobs
Visual Itinerant – Corinne MacDonald [email protected]
Hearing Itinerant – Colleen Moyst [email protected]
Audio Verbal Therapist – Nora Cahill [email protected]
ESL- Rick Walsh [email protected]
School Nurse – Michelle Wadman 752-3937
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
English Department
Curriculum Overview
The English Language Arts curriculum focuses on the experience,
study, and appreciation of language, literature, media and
communication. Students are provided diverse opportunities in
relevant contexts using six language processes (speaking and
listening, reading and viewing, writing and representing). These
processes are taught using an integrated approach that considers
individual students’ prior experiences with language as well as their
individual learning needs.
Copies of the curriculum are available on the Department of
Education website:
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/english/index
.html
Assessment/Evaluation:
All English courses at St. Peter’s Junior High follow a common
evaluation scheme.
It is expected that all students are familiar with the
expectations as outlined for each category of the evaluation
scheme.
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Reading and Viewing Outcomes (35% Total)
Book Talk – 5%
Class Novel Study – 10%
Unit Tests – 15%
Demand Writing – 5%
Writing and Representing Outcomes (30% Total)
Process Writing -15%
Journal Writing – 5%
Other Writing & Representing – 10%
Speaking and Listening Outcomes (15% Total)
Speech - 5%
Other Presentations - 4%
Listening Evaluations - 6%
Final Exam (20%)
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Grade 7
Literary 7 (Nelson 2010)
Literacy 7 Home Grown
Grade 8
Literacy 8 (Nelson 2011)
Literacy 8 Home Grown
Grade 9
Literacy 9 (Nelson 2012)
Literacy 9 Home Grown
Romeo and Juliet (Global Shakespeare Series)
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English Department Contacts:
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Teacher E-mail Address
Erin Walsh
(Department Head)
7.7, 8.4, 9.4, 9.7
David Thistle
7.8, 8.7, 9.1, 9.3
Dean Tilley
8.2, 8.6, 9.2, 9.5
Mary Beth Ezekiel
7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.3
Sherry Pearce
7.4, 7.5, 8.1, 9.6
Lisa Taylor
7.9
Lisa Budgell
8.8
Amy Noseworthy
8.5
Adam Staple
7.1
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
Mathematics Department
Curriculum Overview
The Grade7 & 8 Mathematics Program builds upon skills
developed in previous grades. Topics in the program (Grades K-
9) are organized into four strands: Number, Patterns & Relations,
Shape & Space, and Statistics & Probability. Activities that take
place in the mathematics classroom should stem from a problem-
solving approach and lead to an understanding of the nature of
mathematics through specific knowledge, skills and attitudes
among and between stands.
The Grade 9 Mathematics curriculum promotes active exploration
of a variety of mathematical ideas in the context of meaningful
learning experiences. Students will extend work on square roots
and be introduced to powers and exponent laws, as well as to
rational numbers. Students will work with linear relations. Units
on polynomials and linear equations and inequalities provide
opportunities to work with variables and equations, with a focus
on representing algebraic expressions in multiple ways. Surface
area, similarity and transformations, and circle geometry all
provide opportunities to further develop students’ sense of
shape and space.
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Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Patterns & Relations
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early October
Square Roots...
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early October
Square Roots...
Weeks: 3
Completion: Early October
Integers
Weeks: 3
Completion: Late October
Integers
Weeks: 3
Completion: Late October
Powers/ Exponents
Weeks: 3
Completion: Late October
Fractions, Decimals…
Weeks: 5
Completion: Mid December
Operations/Fractions
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early December
Rational Numbers
Weeks: 4
Completion: Late November
Circles & Area
Weeks: 4
Completion: Late January
Prisms/Cylinders
Weeks: 4
Completion: Late January
Linear Relations
Weeks: 4
Completion: Mid January
Operations/Fractions
Weeks: 4
Completion: Late February
Percent, Ratio, Rate
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early March
Polynomials
Weeks: 2
Completion: Early February
Equations
Weeks: 3
Completion: Late March
Linear Equations
Weeks: 4
Completion: Mid April
Linear Equations
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early March
Data Analysis
Weeks: 3
Completion: Late April
Data Analysis/Probability
Weeks: 3
Completion: Early May
Similarity/ Transform
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early April
Geometry
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early June
Geometry
Weeks: 3
Completion: Early June
Circle Geometry
Weeks: 3
Completion: Early May
Probability/ Stats.
Weeks: 4
Completion: Early June
Copies of the curriculum are available on the Department of
Education website:
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/mathemati
cs/index.html
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Assessment/Evaluation: All mathematics courses at St. Peter’s Junior High follow a
common evaluation scheme.
It is expected that all students are familiar with the
expectations as outlined for each category of the evaluation
scheme.
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Performance Assessments
(The Performance Assessment category includes a variety of
assessments such as bell work, journals, entrance/exit cards, basic
skills portfolio and in-class assignments/activities. Additionally, in
grade 7, two cumulative assessments will be given; one after units 1, 2,
& 3 and the other after units 4, 5 & 6. In Grades 8 and 9, a cumulative
assessment will be given mid-way through the year).
Tests
Final Assessment (June)
40%
40%
20%
Auth
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Resources
• Math Makes Sense7 (Pearson Education Canada, 2009)
Math Makes Sense 8 (Pearson Education Canada, 2009)
Math Makes Sense 9 (Pearson Education Canada, 2009
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Mathematics Department Contacts:
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Teacher E-mail Address
Nancy Mandeville
(Department Head)
7.2, 7.4, 9.3, 9.7
Shawn Foss
8.1, 9.1, 9.2, 9.6
Kim O’Keefe-Swain
7.3,7.7, 8.3, 9.4
Maria Young
7.6, 8.2, 8.4, 9.5
Stephanie Derible
7.8, 7.9, 8.6, 8.7
Patricia Clancy
7.1, 7.5
Angie Houlihan
8.8
TBD
8.5
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
Science Department
Curriculum Overview
Grade 7, 8, and 9 Science is a Pan-Canadian science course that
aims to develop scientific literacy. Scientific literacy is an
evolving combination of the science-related attitudes, skills, and
knowledge students need to develop inquiry, problem-solving,
and decision-making abilities; to become lifelong learners; and to
maintain a sense of wonder about the world around them.
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Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Unit 1: Interactions within
Ecosystems
Core Lab 1: Field Trip to the
Schoolyard
Core Lab 2: Salty Seeds
Core STSE 1: 2 cm Forest
Unit 1: Water Systems on
Earth's Surface
Core Lab 1: The Effect of
Salinity and Temperature on
Water Density
Core Lab 2: Water Health
Test, LAB A – Freshwater
Environment
Core STSE 1: Undersea
Adventure
Unit 1: Space
Core Lab 1: Strolling
through the Solar System
Core Lab 2: Designing a
Space Station
Core STSE 1: Celestial
Navigation
Unit 2: Heat
Core Lab 3: The Plateau
Problem
Core Lab 4: Absorb that
Energy
Core STSE 2: Heat Pumps
Unit 2: Fluids
Core Lab 3: The Flow Rate of
Liquids
Core Lab 4: Determining
Densities
Core STSE 2: Cleaning Fluids:
Soaps and Detergents
Unit 2: Atoms, Elements
and Compounds
Core Lab 3: Physical and
Chemical Properties
Core Lab 4: Observing
Changes in Matter
Core STSE 2: Plastics and
Modern Life
Unit 3: Mixtures and
Solutions
Core Lab 5: How Does
Temperature Affect
Solubility?
Core Lab 6: Separating
Homogeneous Mixtures
Unit 3: Optics
Core Lab 5: Characteristics of
Images
Core Lab 6: Determine the
Focus of a Concave Mirror
Core STSE 3: Fibre Optics
Unit 3: Electricity
Core Lab 5: Resistors and
Ohm’s Law
Core Lab 6: Resistors in
Series and Parallel
Core STSE 3: Electricity
Conservation: The New
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Core STSE 3: Would you like
Salt on that? Improving
Winter Driving Conditions
with Road Salt.
Trend
Unit 4: Earth’s Crust
Core Lab 7: A Mineralogist’s
Mystery
Core Lab 8: Be a Soil Sleuth
Core STSE 4: Seeing the Big
Picture.
Unit 4: Cells, Tissues,
Organs, and Systems
Core Lab 7: Setting up and
Using a Microscope
Core Lab 8: The Effect of
Activity on Heart Rate and
Breathing Rate
Core STSE 4: Artificial Organs
Unit 4: Reproduction
Core Lab 7: Determining the
Best Conditions for Yeast
Reproduction
Core Lab 8: Comparing
Mitosis and Meiosis
Core STSE 4: Genetic
Engineering
Assessment/Evaluation:
All Science courses at St. Peter’s Junior High follow a common
evaluation scheme.
It is expected that all students are familiar with the
expectations as outlined for each category.
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Quizzes
Performance Assessment
Project
Assignments
Labs
Case Studies
Scientific Literacy
30%
10%
10%
15%
15%
10%
10%
Please Note:
The Scientific Literacy Test is given during the June exam
period.
All evidence of learning shall be considered when
determining a student’s final grade. Averaging shall not be
used as a sole indicator of a student’s level of attainment of
the course outcomes.
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Copies of the curriculum are available on the Department of
Education website:
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/science/in
dex.html#intermediate
Auth
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Learnin
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Resources
• Discovering Science 7 (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2009)
Discovering Science 8 (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2009)
Discovering Science 9 (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2009)
Science Department Contacts:
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Teacher E-mail Address
Ashleigh Colbourne
(Department Head)
7.6, 7.8, 8.6, 8.7, 9.6, 9.7
Lori Janes
7.1, 7.3, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
Patricia Clancy
8.2, 8.4, 8.8
Jodi Gladney
7.7, 7.9
Heather Cook
7.5
John Ray Baird
7.2
Greg Williams [email protected]
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7.4, 8.1, 8.3, 9.5
TBD
8.5
St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
Social Studies Department
Curriculum Overview
At the Intermediate Level, the Social Studies Program uses an
interdisciplinary approach and specific topics are organized
thematically and chronologically when appropriate. Specific
topics deal with real-life issues and respond to the students’
need for relevance. It requires young adolescents to examine
their value systems in light of the expectations of their society,
and deals specifically with rights and responsibilities with
respect to the individual, community and the natural
environment. It includes the use of case studies, role models,
current events, technology and hands on activities designed to
meet diverse students’ needs, interests and abilities.
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Themes
Grade 7
Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Economic Empowerment
Unit 3: Political Empowerment
Unit 4: Cultural Empowerment
Unit 5: Societal Empowerment
Unit 6: National Empowerment
Unit 7: Summative
Grade 8
Unit 1: Introduction: History as a Lens to the Past
Unit 2: Newfoundland and Labrador from the
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Turn of the 19th
Century through the Early 20th
Century: History as a Story of People
Unit 3: Newfoundland and Labrador from 1914
through 1949: History as a Story of Significant
Events
Unit 4: Newfoundland and Labrador through the
2nd Half of the 20th Century: History as a Story
of Change
Unit 5: History as a Story of the Past in the
Present
Grade 9
Unit 1: Exploring Canadian Identity
Unit 2: Geographic Influences on Identity
Unit 3: Historical Influences on Identity I
Unit 4: Historical Influences on Identity II
Unit 5: Citizenship and Identity
Unit 6: Canada’s Changing Identity
Unit 7: Reflections on Canadian Identity
Program of Studies (Course Descriptions)
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/descriptions.html
Assessment/Evaluation:
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Performance Assessments 60%
Tests and Quizzes 40%
Grade 9
Performance Assessments 60%
Tests and Quizzes 40%
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Auth
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Learnin
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Resources
Changing Your World: Investigating Empowerment/ Un Monde en
Changement: Le développement de l’autonomie (Oxford University Press
2005)
Voyage of Discovery - Voyage de Découvertes
(Breakwater Books-2005)
Canadian Identity - L’Identité Canadienne
(Nelson- 2011)
Social Studies Department Contacts:
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Teacher E-mail Address
Keith Molloy
(Department Head)
7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 9.4,
9.5
Gerard Walsh
7.2, 7.5, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5,
9.3
Greg Williams
8.8, 9.2
Jodi Gladney
7.8, 7.9, 8.6, 8.7
Christine Blundon
7.6, 7.7, 9.6, 9.7
TBD
7.1, 7.4
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
French Department
Curriculum Overview
Français is a second language development program.
Intermediate Français enhances French language skills
introduced in previous levels and offers students the
opportunity to develop an understanding of the values and
lifestyles of people comprising la francophonie. Referring to
various types of oral and written texts on current issues, the
program develops and consolidates students' literacy skills and
provides insight into the cultural and linguistic reality of
francophones in Canada.
Program of studies and course descriptors can be found on the
Department of Education's website:
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/french/immersion/curriculum
.html
The primary focus of the Core French program is
communication. The three strands of curriculum outcomes are:
1) Communication 2) Culture 3) General Language Education.
The program provides the setting for authentic communication
tasks, which centre on day-to-day experience in French class. The
program also incorporates events affecting school life. The onus
is on the teacher to utilize the French language in all aspects of
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organizing and teaching, thereby conveying a strong message to
students about the real reasons for learning the language.
At the intermediate level, the Core French program builds on the
sequential development of the French language, which was begun
in the elementary grades. The themes are broad in nature,
however, and reflect interests and experiences common among
adolescents.
Program of studies and course descriptors can be found on the
Department of Education's website:
http://www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/corefrench
/index.html#intermediate
Assessment/Evaluation:
All French courses at St. Peter’s Junior High follow the
evaluation schemes listed below.
French Immersion
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Listening Component Reading Component Oral Component Writing Component Final Exam (June)
20% 20% 20% 20% 20%
Core French
EVA
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Oral Comprehension Oral Production Written Comprehension Writing Production
30% 30% 20% 20%
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French Department Contacts:
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Teacher E-mail Address
Beth Hubley
(Department Head)
7.6, 7.9, 8.6, 8.7, 9.6,
9.7
Darlene Torraville
8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.2, 9.3,
9.5
Ann Brace
7.1, 7.5, 8.4, 8.5, 8.8,
9.1
Lisa Taylor
7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 9.4
Christine Blundon
7.7, 7.8
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St. Peter’s JUNIOR HIGH
Service Delivery Team
The Service Delivery Team at St. Peter’s Junior High collaborates
with school staff to deploy supports and services to students
with diverse needs. This team is dedicated to the implementation
of the Service Delivery Model for Students with Exceptionalities.
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Team Member E-mail Address
Trent Langdon
(Guidance Counsellor)
Tiffany Hawco
(Guidance Counsellor
Intern)
Cathy Hodder [email protected]
Isabelle Caines [email protected]
Lori Phillips [email protected]
Vince Walsh [email protected]
Angie Houlihan [email protected]
Laura Malone [email protected]
Dawn O’Rourke [email protected]
Student Assistants:
Kim Oakley
Renee Jackson
Michelle Gibbons
Michelle Young
Donna Bungay
Rose Clarke
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The Service Delivery Model for Students with Exceptionalities
supports a philosophy of inclusive education. The Department of
Education of Newfoundland and Labrador defines inclusive
education as a philosophy that promotes:
the right of all students to attend
school with their peers, and to receive
appropriate and quality programming;
a continuum of supports and services
in the most appropriate setting (large
group, small group, individualized)
respecting the dignity of the child;
a welcoming school culture where all
members of the school community feel
they belong, realize their potential, and
contribute to the life of the school;
an atmosphere which respects and values the participation
of all members of the school community;
a school community which celebrates
diversity; and
a safe and caring school environment.
Please Note
Detailed information can be found online
at: https://www.cdli.ca/sdm/
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Here's to another great year
At SPJH!!
