Congratulations to our drama group! At the annual Eastern School District Spring Drama Festival, our group performed a one-act adaptation of the classic novel “Little Women.” Our cast had a tremendous performance, and came away with seven awards! The awards were for:

Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role – Kobe Roberts

Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role – Katie Fleming

Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role – Maddie Mills

Props Recognition – Noah Mitchell

Set Design

Costume Design

Outstanding Participation (“Spirit of the Festival Award”)

On Saturday, May 5th starting at 10am, Leary’s Brook will be having a flea market, bake sale, and barbecue to support our sister school in Mapaki, Africa. The profits from the flea market will help send students, and teachers, to school. Our goal is to send 15 children to school for a year, and 1 adult to teacher’s college for a year. Admission is $1, and the flea market is in the school gymnasium. Please  help us support our sister school!

This year, Leary’s Brook students performed fabulously at the annual Bridge Building Competition, organized by the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador. Congratulations!

A free session on helping family members and friends with eating disorders is being held on Tuesday, April 17, at 7:30pm at the Capitol Hotel in Salon C. The session is being presented by Dr. Joanne Dolhanty and Dr. Adele Lafrance Robinson. For more information, click here.

We are pleased to notify you that Memorial University is now accepting applications for the Johnson HORIZONS Program – the province’s largest leadership development scholarship program. The Johnson HORIZONS Program is the only program of its kind in North America, and is made possible through the generosity of Johnson Inc. in partnership with Memorial University of Newfoundland.

This year, Johnson Inc., is offering 50 scholarships to grade nine students across the province, each valued at $1200 ($200 received in August of this year; $1000 applied automatically to tuition upon entry to Memorial University). Selected candidates are then welcomed into a leadership development program that will work with them throughout high school and will extend into their time spent at Memorial University of Newfoundland. All schools in Newfoundland and Labrador with a grade nine class will be eligible to nominate one student to enter into this program.

Interested students may submit an application to the guidance counsellor at their school for review by May 7, 2012. The school is then responsible for choosing one student to nominate for entry into the Johnson HORIZONS Program. All applications from across the province will be reviewed by the HORIZONS Selection Committee at the university to ensure a fair evaluation of all eligible applicants. The criteria that guides the Selection Committee is based on both the quality and quantity of leadership ability and team ethic demonstrated in students’ volunteer, school, community and extracurricular involvement. We too, ask that the nominees should be chosen by schools with these criteria in mind.

This year’s Johnson HORIZONS Program Application Form requires the students to present a Résumé as well as a 500-600 word Leadership Essay written by the student.  Please find below an Application Form that includes further instructions about the nomination process.

Please Note: No school is guaranteed a Johnson HORIZONS Program recipient. The successful completion and acceptance of applications does not mean that the nominated student will be chosen as a scholarship winner. All nominations received by the deadline will be considered by the HORIZONS Selection Committee who will then pick 50 students deemed most deserving of the scholarships.

Application Form: HORIZONS 2012 Application Form

Term two reports have now gone home. Included with the report card is an informational memo, and an instructional sheet for making appointments to see your child’s teachers. Interviews are scheduled for Thursday, March 22.

The online scheduler for parent-teacher conferences is now closed to new appointments. Parents wishing to schedule new appointments, or make changes to existing appointments, can call the school at 726-9889. Parents are still able to login to view their appointment times.

Students who have received application forms at the school are required to review the course offerings and make 4 choices. All application forms are to be completed and returned to the school along with a $40 cash payment by Friday, March 16, 2012.
Download: Enrichment Mini Catalogue 2012

Parent- Teacher Interviews will be held for the students of Leary’s Brook Junior High today, Thursday, December 8th from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. To accommodate the afternoon interviews students will be dismissed at lunch, with busses leaving the school at 11:45 a.m.

In addition, due to teacher Professional Development activities, school will be closed for students on Friday, December 9th. Regular classes will resume on Monday, December 12th.

Update: Online registrations for parent-teacher conferences have now closed. Parents can still login to view their appointments. Any parent wishing to make appointments, or changes to existing appointments, can still call the school office at 726-9889.

Term One report cards have now gone home with students. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, December 8. Parents are able to schedule their own appointments by clicking the parent-teacher conferences link in the box at the right of this page. Alternatively, parents can call the school at 726-9889 to schedule appointments.

It is with great sadness and regret that I inform you of the sudden and tragic passing of one of our Grade 8 students Sunday night. Over the next few days we will do our best to conduct classes as usual but there will be a team of grief counselors at the school to assist our school community in their grieving process. As well, over the next few days activities will be planned to both remember and celebrate the life of this young man. I would ask that you keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.