It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our beloved school secretary, Ms. Frances Galgay. Frances was a pillar of strength, love and laughter to our SPJH family. We will miss her more than words can ever say. Thoughts and prayers to all of Frances' family and friends 💙
It has been a difficult 48 hours with the shocking news of our dear Ms. Galgay. She loved our school and treated us like her second family. We are asking staff & students to please wear your Python swag and/or navy/white tomorrow to honour Ms. Galgay’s memory 💙
#PythonsForever
Thank you to the staff and students who made this beautiful memory wall possible! So many wonderful memories (and so many mentions of ice creams, snacks and lunches)! We love you and we miss you, Ms. Galgay! 💙💙
Ms. Galgay regularly sold ice cream at SPJH to raise additional funds to buy items students might need such as lunch items or hygiene products. We will honour her tomorrow with free ice cream for our students and staff.
@NLESDCA
@JonathanGalgay
@GalgaySmith
We challenge our students, staff and school community to consider an act of kindness this w/e. Help brighten someone else's day. Frances lived to help others. Let's all try to follow her example.
Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of losing our beloved Ms. Galgay. We miss her every day and cherish the gift of knowing her.
@JonathanGalgay
@NLESDCA
2 years ago we lost an important part of our school family- our beloved Ms.Galgay. Her spirit is alive and well at SPJH. Today share a smile with a stranger, do an act of kindness, have a Big Turk..just like Frances would!
@JonathanGalgay
@NLESDCA
Friday, February 25th our daytime maintenance custodian Mr. Dave Ryan, will be retiring. While we are happy for him, we will miss him as well. If you would like to send well wishes please email SPJH administration. (please note: physical distancing was in place to take this pic)
Please join me in congratulating Mr. R. Christopher on receiving a National Award for Teaching Excellence in Phy. Ed. He's one of four educators named this year. Go Pythons!
Full details are available at under Connecting.
@SPJH_PE
@NLESDCA
Tomorrow we will be remembering our beloved Ms. Galgay with our first annual "Frances Galgay Ice-cream Day." Free ice cream for all!Thanks to the generosity of her children
@JonathanGalgay
we will also be treating our
@NewtownElem
friends.
We challenge our school community, colleagues, friends and family, far and wide, to flood our Twitter feed tomorrow with pictures enjoying an ice cream and celebrating life and its simple pleasures....just like Frances would.
@JonathanGalgay
@NLESDCA
@NewtownElem
We love the outpouring of community support with so many wearing blue and white to honour Ms. Galgay! Please continue to share your photos. It means the world to us 💙🤍💙🤍
Wednesday, Feb. 9th students are encouraged to wear red and white to school as a show of support for the Canadian Olympic Team, specifically Team Gushue who will be playing their first game in the Olympics tomorrow at 8:30am NL time!
We’ve had so many people in our Python community and beyond reach out this week. Thank you for showing us so much love and support when we needed it most. It means the world to us 💙💙 Please continue to keep the Galgay and White families in your thoughts this week.
Congratulations is extended to Mr. Richard Christopher. He is the recipient of the NLVA Darryl Pye Community Development Award for raising interest & developing athletes in volleyball.
@NLESDCA
A huge thank you to
@ODHigh
,
@stpaulsjh
, our SPJH school council and the grade 10 Volleyball team
@ODAthleticsNL
@SPJH_PE
for your generous donations of sandwiches, fruit, treats and drinks today. Your kindness is appreciated more than you’ll ever know! 💙🤍💙🤍
Happy Birthday to our fabulous finance secretary Ms. Galgay. She spends so much time taking care of us here at SPJH. We appreciate you Ms. Galgay.
@NLESDCA
@JonathanGalgay
A big congratulations to our very own Ms. Evoy and Ms. McCartney who convocated 2 yrs ago but officially celebrated today. Congratulations to you both 💕
1/2 Parents/Guardians - A message was sent out this evening regarding our compact day for tomorrow, Feb 10. This shortened day will allow our staff the opportunity to come together and join the virtual gathering for Ms. Galgay’s funeral service.
On behalf of all of us at SPJH, we are wishing our students, families, community and friends a very safe, relaxing and memorable summer break! It’s been a year, Pythons, but we made it through together!
#PythonPride
😊💙🐍
Wow! We are so excited about all the engagement during our first morning of online learning! Great work, everyone!! Let’s make the rest of the day just as awesome!
Today we are celebrating TWO of our wonderful Pythons staff! Wishing Ms. Upshall and Ms. Pearce the happiest of birthdays! We hope you both have the most wonderful day! 😊🎉💙🎂🎈🎃
Shoutout to Pythons Jennifer Murphy & Casey Sullivan who were in Nova Scotia this past weekend as Team NL (Burgundy) participated in the Baseball Atlantic Girls 14U Baseball Championships! The girls represented SPJH & NL with hard work, pride & sportsmanship! Great work!
@SPJH_PE
Félicitations/ Congratulations to Madam Hubley
@beth_hubley
who was recently recognized nationally for her innovative teaching within the French language classroom. Bravo Madam. Our school community is celebrating you!
Almost a full week of online learning and teaching under your belts Python staff, students & families. Be proud of all you've done this week and let go the stress about what you haven't! So much to celebrate especially the fact it's...
A big thank you to
@mmelee5
and
@jvaillancourt55
for taking the time to teach our staff about using our green screen and WeVideo technology to foster student engagement this morning!
Our grade 8 SPJH girls basketball team captured the NLBA "A" championship this weekend with a 5-0 record. We are so proud of our pythons and thanks to the coaches and volunteers that worked with the girls this year.
In memory of Clark Howell please join the Blades community and place your hockey stick outside your door today and tonight to honour his memory.
#SticksoutforClark
Congratulations are extended to Ms. Kelly and the cast and crew of tonight’s performance of Willy Wonka Jr. it was an absolutely fantastic show! Join us tomorrow evening to see this terrific production!
@NLESDCA
Big shout out to all the volunteers who attended the coaches orientation meeting tonight! Thank you for supporting our students and sports program. Also thank you to Mr. Christopher
@SPJH_PE
for organizing and your constant dedication to our school!
Super proud of these Pythons who took the initiative to plant some vegetable seeds in our community garden. Thank you to Angela Hiscock for supporting them. Hoping for a delicious harvest.
@MmeOakley
@MsLushman
Pythons are U18 Male Division 2 Tier 1 Volleyball National Champions! The guys are the first team from NL to ever win a U18 Division 2 tier 1 title. They will not allow an NL team in division 1 for U18 age until this was done and the guys did it! They went 9-0 in the tournament!
Trent Langdon has been declared elected as President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association for 2021-23 after a province-wide electronic vote.
On behalf of the 2021-2022 staff of SPJH...we are wishing you a safe and happy summer. Enjoy all the moments! September will arrive before you know it!
So proud of our Grade 7 Basketball team and their coaches. Such an awesome project. Catch them tonight on the NTV news early edition at 5:30.
@SPJH_PE
@CareenPE
@NLESDCA
Our boys soccer tryouts went awesome! Mr. Feener assisted Mr. Christopher with coaching and Mr. White ( a sub teacher) came out to referee! Thank you for your dedication to our sports program! Great to see kids active.👊
A big welcome back to all teachers and student assistants tomorrow, as well as our colleagues around the province. Have a wonderful first day.
@NLESDCA
@NLTeachersAssoc
What an awesome celebration today for our Grade 9s. Thank you to everyone who made it a success. Any parents/students/teachers who have pictures from today can you please forward to beverlydoyle
@nlesd
.ca for the yearbook.
@Ms_BDoyle
@beth_hubley
@madtorraville
@SPJH_PE
SAVE THE DATE
A celebration to send off our grade 9's is set for Monday June 22nd.
Grade 9 students will arrive at the school between 12-2pm following this schedule:
(9-1/9-2): 12:00-12:30
(9-3/9-4): 12:30-1:00
(9-5/9-6): 1:00-1:30
(9-7/9-8): 1:30-2:00
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
Our grade 9s had an absolute blast at their water fight this morning! Thanks to all the staff who were troopers when it came time for the water balloons! Here are just a few! 🤣💙
@MrKJMolloy
@miss_autexier
@leaman_rob
Thank you to Ms. Kennedy for your continuous dedication to our school community. Even thought we aren't in school we are wishing you a wonderful Principal's Appreciation Day!
Congratulations to former
@SPJH_PE
& current
@ODHigh
students on winning Male A Tier 1 at VolleyEast! Also a big congratulations to coaches Mr. Christopher and Ms. Lilly!
The
@ODHigh
Senior Male A Volleyball Team go undefeated to win the NLVA VolleyEast Senior Male A Tier 1 Championship! The guys defeated Gander in the semi and Clarenville in the final! Thanks to the NLVA for hosting the tournament! Great to see all of the athletes back in the gym
We are excited to announce that cafeteria services will be returning October 19th. The menu is attached. All orders will be placed in advance ( online as much as possible). Details to follow.
@ChartwellsSPJH1
Big thanks to the St. John’s Edge Organization for donating a jersey signed by the team to Kids Eat Smart on behalf of St. Peter’s Junior High
@KidsEatSmartNL
@stjohnsedge
Lots of great SPJH students & alumni being recognized tonight at the Mount Pearl Focus on Youth Awards. Good luck to each of them! Pictured below is Liam, a nominee for Male Athlete of the Year!