Dear Jack James Students and Families,

It is hard to believe another exciting year has come to an end at Jack James. It is a time to look back as well as forward. Our students experienced many great learning opportunities and growth throughout this year. Students went on field trips, experienced guest speakers, participated in clubs and numerous displays of athletic excellence in all our sports. Jack James students certainly proved to be some of the best students in the city of Calgary yet again. We are already looking forward to next year when students will be back in school and engaged in their learning.

Congratulations to our Grade 12 students who will be moving on to the next part of their journey through life. I know this amazing group of young adults will be successful in every endeavour they choose to pursue into the future for many years to come. Thank you for everything Jack James Class of 2025.

​​​​​​​This year we will also be saying goodbye to some of our staff. I would like to say goodbye to:

  • Our RISE staff Mr. Pinvidic and Ms. Kovacs,
  • Our humanities dept. Ms. Dorozio,
  • Autobody Mr. Spadafora
  • Our Instructional Support Worker, Ms. Allum

Thank you all for your years of service to Jack James and our school community.  You will be missed.

I would also like to say congratulations to Ms. Whitehead, our Business Manager, and Ms. Twomey, educational assistant in our PLP classroom, on their retirements! Thank you and best of luck to you as you go on to many, many new adventures.

Although saying goodbye is always hard, we do get to say WELCOME to a new PLP classroom at Jack James. Now with two PLP classrooms we will be able to do so much more for our students. We will be hiring a teacher for that program in August but would like to say Welcome to our new educational assistants Ms. Qazi, Ms. Campbell and Ms. Chamberland and new business manager Mr. Russell.

On behalf of all staff at Jack James High School, I wish you and your family a wonderful, fun-filled summer vacation. We look forward with great anticipation to welcoming all of our students to a brand-new school year starting September 2, 2025.

As always if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Main Office which opens on Aug 25, 2025, your Assistant Principals or myself and we will do our best to provide you with an answer to your question.

Take good care, stay healthy and be safe,

D. Moody