
Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult topics such as drug use, child abuse, teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, homophobia, racism, and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism. The series featured many of the same actors who had starred on The Kids of Degrassi Street a few years earlier, including Stacie Mistysyn, Neil Hope, Anais Granofsky, Sarah Charlesworth and others. However, their character names and family situations had been changed, so Degrassi Junior High cannot, therefore, be considered a direct spinoff. The legal counsel for all the episodes was Stephen Stohn who later became the executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation. The series was filmed at the unused Vincent Massey Public School in Etobicoke, Ontario.
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Air Date: 1987-01-18
Stephanie begins her first day of the eighth grade by ignoring her younger brother, Arthur, who is a year younger tha...
Air Date: 1987-01-25
Against her father's orders, Voula attends the school dance, but doesn't tell him she's going. Stephanie asks Wheels...
Air Date: 1987-02-01
Yick feels that Mr. Raditch gives him poor marks without even reading his work. Arthur suggests copying some of Step...
Air Date: 1987-02-08
Joey and Rick work together on a school assignment. While working at Rick's house, Joey discoveries that Rick's bruis...
Air Date: 1987-02-15
Melanie fears she is too flat chested for the school swim team. After constant complaining that her mother wont buy ...
Air Date: 1987-02-22
Many of Ms. Avery's students think that she is a lesbian. Caitlin, who admires her teacher, defends these rumours an...
Air Date: 1987-03-01
Stephanie asks Wheels out on another date, and rumours start floating around the school that they will have sex on th...
Air Date: 1987-03-08
L.D. is worried when her father is admitted to the hospital. She fears that after losing her mother to cancer, her f...
Air Date: 1987-03-15
Voula befriends Lucy by helping her with her homework. After her marks improve, Lucy shows her appreciation by takin...
Air Date: 1987-03-22
In an effort to impress Caitlin, Rick joins the school's anti-pollution committee. Yick buys a vase, passing it off ...
Air Date: 1987-03-29
Shane and Spike have sex for the first time, at Lucy's party. Spike is later worried when her period is late and fea...
Air Date: 1987-04-12
Wheels meets his birth father for the first time when he comes to town. Wheels finds he has a lot in common with his...
Air Date: 1987-04-05
After Wheels rejects a date with Stephanie, she starts flirting with Joey to make him jealous. After she appoints Jo...