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Brother Rice Junior High offers a wide range of extracurricular and athletic programs.

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Below are a list of approved District policies. Click on the icons to view a policy, admin regulations, or any attached documentation. Links to archived policies from the previous school districts can be found at bottom of this page.

finance and administration Policies

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Below are a list of approved District policies. Click on the icons to view a policy, admin regulations, or any attached documentation. Links to archived policies from the previous school districts can be found at bottom of this page. finance and administration Policies department of education Policies This page uses touch friendly icons to open attachments.

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Contact nataliecorcoran@nlesd.ca
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Parents and Students can use Powerschool to access information about student grades and attendance. Contact kristawhitty@nlesd.ca for login information (September 2020).

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The District is funded for student transportation through policies set out by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). Student transportation is provided, free of charge, for those students living 1.6 kilometres or more from their zoned neighbourhood school.

Route information for each school can be found here on the NLESD website under the School Profile page on the School Directory. If you do not see your child's route information, please contact your school.

When you register your child for school, she or he will be registered for student transportation. However, if your child is late registering, or you move throughout the school year, it could take several weeks to arrange transportation. Please be prepared to provide transportation for your child until busing can be arranged.

Kindergarten students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when waiting for the bus. Likewise, a Kindergarten student will not be permitted to exit the bus at the end of the school day unless a parent or guardian is there to meet them. If a parent or guardian is not at the bus to meet a Kindergarten student, the driver will continue on with their run. Once the run is complete, the student will be returned to the school and the family will be contacted. Should this occur, parents are expected to make their own arrangements for pick-up.

Students attending a school other than their zoned neighbourhood school do not qualify for student transportation.

Students attending a school other than their zoned neighbourhood school do not qualify for student transportation, including those registered for French Immersion at another school.

The District takes the safety of our students very seriously and strives to ensure all bus stops are safe. Any safety concern should be directed to your local student transportation office. NLESD plans centralized bus stops.

NLESD ensures safe bus routes and bus stops, however, parents and guardians are ultimately responsible for the safety of students travel to and from bus stops. The safety of students rests with the parent or guardian until they are safely on the bus.

In general, NLESD plans bus stops to ensure students have to walk no more than 500 metres to their nearest stop. However, in some areas this distance may be longer if the bus is unable to safely access a closer stop.

The NLESD ensures safe bus routes and bus stops, however, parents/guardians are ultimately responsible for the safety of students' travel to and from bus stops.

Concerns regarding safe walking routes in your community should be addressed with your municipality or the organization responsible for road maintenance in your community. You can also certainly advise your school or the District about such concerns for their information.

It is the responsibility of parents and guardians to get students safely to designated stops. These stops are chosen for a variety of safety and efficiency reasons. Extra stops cannot be added to accommodate individual families.

Eating and drinking on a school bus is a safety concern. It exposes other students to potential life-threatening allergens and poses a choking risk.

A standard school bus has a seating capacity of 70 passengers. However, older students often find it difficult to travel at this capacity due to size restrictions. When planning routes, the NLESD uses the following DEECD determined funding guidelines for capacity:

Grades K-6: 70 Passengers

Grades K-12 (Mixed Load): 70 Passengers

Grades 7-12: 63 Passengers

Students are eligible for student transportation based on their civic address, however, the NLESD recognizes that child care arrangements may require students to travel on alternate buses.

Students may apply for a courtesy seat on an alternate route provided:

The change is consistent 5 days a week;

The requested stop is pre-existing on an alternate route serviced by the school; and,

There is sufficient capacity on the bus.

Further details on courtesy seating and the application can be found here.

Below are schools with Bus Route Documentation in PDF format. Click on the View link to view Bus Route Documentation for the school. To view the school profile, click on the school name. For provincial geographic location of the commuinity, click on the Town/City link.

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The District is funded for student transportation through policies set out by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). Student transportation is provided, free of charge, for those students living 1.6 kilometres or more from their zoned neighbourhood school.

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Newfoundland and Labrador English School District

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Send requests to sharonfarrell@nlesd.ca

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Drop-off occurs at Brother Rice and pick-up is At Holy Heart

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Please select student homeroom number and or letter.

Note: Grade 8 students will need to check 2 places: their assigned homeroom letter for English, Math, Physical Education, Art, Home Ec, Technology and their assigned number for Science, Social Studies French.

9A, 9B and 9C will need to check 2 places: their assigned homeroom letter for English, Math, Physical Education, Art, Home Ec, Technology and their assigned number for Science, Social Studies French.

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Please select student homeroom number and or letter. Note: Grade 8 students will need to check 2 places: their assigned homeroom letter for English, Math, Physical Education, Art, Home Ec, Technology and their assigned number for Science, Social Studies French.

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Brother Rice Junior High School is located in the centre of the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland on 75 Bonaventure Avenue. We are a 7-9 school with a population of 440 students during the 2019-2020 school year. We offer curriculum programming in English as well as Early French Immersion. BRJH is are also very proud to offer a LEARN program (Literacy Enrichment and Academic Readiness for New Canadians).

The current feeder system to Brother Rice Junior High includes: St. Teresa’s, Bishop Field, and Bishop Abraham. Students exiting Brother Rice Junior High at the end of Grade 9 feed into Holy Heart of Mary High School.

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Our mission statement, code of conduct and standards of behaviour.

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A message to our students during Covid-19

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A message to our students during Covid-19

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Brother Rice Junior High Student Success Video 2020

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Each day, teachers are posting learning activities and engaging with students using Google Classroom. Activities are posted daily following the schedule below. Students also have the opportunity for face-to-face learning in each of the core subject areas on those days. Students can learn at their own pace and will be supported by their subject teacher in this Google Classroom setting. For students with personal and/or health circumstances which prevent them from engaging in learning at this time, learning will resume once classes resume. Please note that these activities are not mandatory but students do have the ability to improve their grade.

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Each day, teachers are posting learning activities and engaging with students using Google Classroom. Activities are posted daily following the schedule below. Students also have the opportunity for face-to-face learning in each of the core subject areas on those days. Students can learn at their own pace and will be supported by their subject teacher in this Google Classroom setting.

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Principal: Nancy Mandeville
nancymandeville@nlesd.ca

Assistant Principal: Sharon Farrell sharonfarrell@nlesd.ca

Guidance: Natalie Corcoran nataliecorcoran@nlesd.ca

Secretary: Krista Whitty
kristawhitty@nlesd.ca

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A virtual welcome and tour of our school

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A virtual welcome and tour of our school

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Click on the images to see videos, pictures, documents and slideshows.

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While we may not know what school will look like in September, we would like to take the opportunity to welcome our future Celtics and provide some information about our school. Some items could be different in the fall as we work with NLESD, EECD and the Chief Medical Officer of Health to plan for September.