Degrassi Junior High

Degrassi Junior High

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.

Cast for Degrassi Junior High...

Billy Parrott
Shane McKay
Cathy Keenan
Liz O' Rourke
Stefan Brogren
Archibald 'Snake' Simpson
Angela Deiseach
Erica Farrell
Deborah Lobban
Doris Bell
Irene Courakos
Alexa Pappadopolos
Amanda Stepto
Christine 'Spike' Nelson
Neil Hope
Derek 'Wheels' Wheeler
Anais Granofsky
Lucy Fernandez
Maureen Deiseach
Heather Farrell
Amanda Cook
Lorraine 'L.D.' Delacorte
Stacie Mistysyn
Caitlin Ryan
Pat Mastroianni
Joey Jeremiah
Rebecca Haines
Kathleen Mead
Trevor Cummings
Bartholomew Bond
Duncan Waugh
Arthur Kobalewscuy
Maureen McKay
Michelle Accette
Dayo Ade
B.L.T. Thomas
Dan Woods
Daniel Raditch
Sara Ballingall
Melanie Brodie
Michelle Goodeve
Karen Avery
Michael Carry
Simon Dexter