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Degrassi Junior High
Genre Teen drama
Created by
  • Linda Schuyler
  • Kit Hood
Starring
  • Cathy Keenan
  • Dayo Ade
  • Amanda Stepto
  • Nicole Stoffman
  • Pat Mastroianni
  • Stacie Mistysyn
  • Stefan Brogren
  • Siluck Saysanasy
  • Duncan Waugh and others
Theme music composer Wendy Watson
Composer(s)
  • Wendy Watson
  • Lewis Manne
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 42 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 26 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s) Playing With Time Inc.
Release
Original network
Picture format 4:3
Original release 18 January 1987 (1987-01-18) – 6 March 1989 (1989-03-06)
Chronology
Preceded by The Kids of Degrassi Street
Followed by Degrassi High

Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian television series and the second series in the Degrassi franchise. The program aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1989.

It followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school.

Cast

Fifty teenagers from Toronto comprised the Playing With Time Repertory Company and mostly would appear as either extras or minor characters. The series did not have a specific main character, but loosely focused on a select group, with minor characters occasionally getting focus, and some extras gaining more prominence. The prominent cast included:

  • Joey Jeremiah - Pat Mastroianni
  • Christine Nelson - Amanda Stepto
  • Caitlin Ryan - Stacie Mistysyn
  • Archie "Snake" Simpson - Stefan Brogren
  • Derek "Wheels" Wheeler - Neil Hope
  • Yick Yu - Siluck Saysanasy
  • Stephanie Kaye - Nicole Stoffman
  • Shane McKay - Bill Parrott
  • Bryant "BLT" Thomas - Dayo Ade
  • Lucy Fernandez - Anais Granofsky
  • Liz O'Rourke - Cathy Keenan

Images for kids

  • DegrassiJuniorHighCast

    Publicity photo of the Degrassi Junior High cast from season 3. Top row: Arthur Kobalewscuy (Duncan Waugh), Caitlin Ryan (Stacie Mistysyn), Yick Yu (Siluck Saysanasy), Joey Jeremiah (Pat Mastroianni), and Christine "Spike" Nelson (Amanda Stepto). Bottom row: Scooter Webster (Christopher Charlesworth), Derek "Wheels" Wheeler (Neil Hope), and Lucy Fernandez (Anais Granofsky).

  • Linda Schuyler (8161964727) (cropped)

    Linda Schuyler in 2011

  • LongBranchVincentMasseySchool

    Vincent Massey Public School, the site of the fictional Degrassi Junior High School, pictured in 2009

  • DegrassiClassicDVD

    Cover of Region 4 release of Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High

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