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Grade 9 Foods class wraps up with Foods of The World 🌎 Chef Buck was very impressed with this semesters creations! Peep the homemade, from scratch lemon meringue pie in the first photo! 🍋

Grade 8 and 9 students have been learning and perfecting their jive over the past month, the gym has been full of dedicated dancers everyday at lunch! We can’t wait to see them show off their moves and wow the judges tomorrow!

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Grade 8 FLA students got a surprise from the elves! 🎁 They dropped off the letters that these students wrote to them when they were in Grade 2!! These students got to reread what they had asked the elves for Christmas in French from six years ago! Such a sweet moment for these students and a few teary eyed teachers! #StJPIIRocks #StJPIILearning #stjpiifrenchimmersion

What a joyful day! ❤️ Today we were blessed to send off 635 backpacks and 200 dozen cookies to the Magic of Christmas. 🎄 Each backpack and every cookie was packed with love, kindness, and faith by our amazing students. We pray that everyone who receives them feels just how deeply they are cared for and reminded that God sees them, knows them, and loves them #MakeADifference #JPIICommunity #SpreadTheLove #StJPIIrocks #BackpackCampaign

Writing Christmas cards in French! ✍️ Perfect way to enjoy the festive Christmas spirit and practice our French Language Arts skills! 🎄❤️ #StJPIIRocks #StJPIILearning #StJPIIFrenchImmersion

We caught some Grade 7 reindeer performing their dance production! Only one more sleep until the JPII Dance Off! 💃 🪩 🕺

Great work to our Grade 7–9 concert bands on a fantastic Christmas concert last week! These band students filled the gym with holiday spirit, big sounds, and festive cheer, showing off all the hard work they’ve put in the past few months. A huge thank you to our supportive families and everyone who came out to cheer them on!🎄🎶 #StJPIIfinearts

Basketball season is off to a strong start for these gryphons! Come cheer on our Gr. 9 boys afterschool tomorrow as they take on Red Deer Lake 🏀 #wearegryphons #StJPIIathletics #GoGryphons

Sneak peek of a Grade 7 dance routine⚡️👯‍♀️ 💅 Phys. Ed class is December does not miss a beat! 🎶

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Face to Face Ministries visited JPII yesterday to engage our students in meaningful reflection, prayer, and faith all while having a bit of fun! #StJPIIFaith #ibelieveincatholiced #CTRfaith #CTRCatholic

Next week is Christmas Spirit Week leading up to the holidays! 🎄 Time to dig your Christmas sweaters out & get ready!

Kinesiology 9 students demonstrating their knowledge of the muscular and skeletal systems! 🦴💪

Grade 7’s are learning some new moves in Phys Ed this month as they prepare for the annual Dance Off! 💃 🪩 🕺 #stjpiilearning #stjpiiathletics #wearegryphons #stjpiidanceoff

Grade 8 printmaking 🫟 Quarter 2 edition! The energy in the art room during printing week is unmatched! 🎨 #stjpiilearning #stjpiifinearts

Thank you to these wonderful humans who led our schoolwide Advent Liturgy on Friday morning. 💜 Your voices brought us together in prayer, what a blessing to share as a community of almost 850. #StJPIIFaith #catholiceducation #CTRfaith #CTRCatholic

Our Christmas craft sale was organized by Art Club members with all proceeds going to the backpack campaign, we raised just over $100! 🎒 These lovely students volunteered their time two evenings in a row to run the sale and support JPII’s backpack campaign + the fine arts! Thank you Maren and Tiffany! ❤️ Special shout out to Grandma McGeachie who donated beautiful handmade ornaments. 🎄 #StJPIIfinearts #StJPIIService #StJPIIRocks #StJPIICitizenship

Last week was a busy one! With Elf Jr. the Musical, our Advent Liturgy, the dance unit kicking off in Phys Ed. and our Student vs. Teacher hockey game on Friday! Somehow Santa still found time for a visit! 🎅