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Course Selections 2019-20

Beginning on Feb. 7, our Guidance teachers will be working with students to choose courses for next year.  This is a good time to start discussing the future! Questions like "What pathway am I best suited for as a learner?", "What is my post-secondary destination plan?" and "Do I have all of the required courses I need for graduation?" will spark some good discussions at home.

These three tools will help to support your planning processes:

1. Our course calendar website

2. Our 4-year course planning worksheet - My Education Planner

3. MyBlueprint - our course selection and career planning website

Revised Exam / Final Culminating Activity Schedule

Exam Readiness Week

Student Council will be hosting some events to help students to be ready for exams:

Thursday Jan. 17 - Yoga in the Armoury at Lunch

Friday Jan. 18 - "Surprise" from Student Council

Monday Jan. 21 - Comfy Clothes Day and Therapy Dogs at Lunch

Tuesday Jan. 22 - Reindeer Hunt Celebration

Making the "Knickerbocker Glory"

The students in Mrs. Saunder's grade 9 English class have been reading Harry Potter and have divided themselves into the famed houses: Gryfindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. They have been competing with their house teams in class challenages presented through the Classcraft Gaming app.

Today's team challenge was to use a piece of technical writing (ie, a recipe) to make the "Knickerbocker Glory" which is mentioned in the book that they have read:

“They ate in the zoo restaurant, and when Dudley has a tantrum because his knickerbocker glory didn’t have enough ice cream on top, Uncle Vernon bought him another one and Harry was allowed to finish the first.” 

This team challenge was assessed based on team team's ability to build consensus, proper hygiene, respect for and maintenance of the space, and their method of creating the beautiful sundaes.

Mrs. Saunders and Ms. Pickstock are helping to create invested learners as by presenting a series of challenges that will lead to one team winning the house cup prize!

Constituency Youth Council

Congratulations to Emerson Bonter and Jonathan Naylor who have been selected to join the Constituency Youth Council for Hastings-Lennox and Addington.  Students from around the riding will work together to learn about the Federal government and topics that matter most to them. Among the topics they've been exploring are affordable housing, Indigenous affairs, and the environment.

More information is available here: https://mbossio.infolib.ca/news-nouvelles/constituency-youth-council/

Essay Contest Winner

Congratulations to Grade 12 student, Moira Wilson, whose essay, “The Devil Wears Pessimism: Society Advancement Within the Past Century” has been selected as the winner of the OSSTF Student Achievement Awards in the “Prose and Poetry” category. The essay will now forwarded for adjudication at the provincial level!

Moira’s essay, which she wrote for the purposes of this contest, discusses the concept of “Grumble Theory” as described by Abraham Maslow. She argues that “Canadians have forgotten the progress made over the past hundred years”.

Good luck to Moira in the next round of judging.

Summer Learning at Queen's University

Queen’s University offers a summer enrichment experience for students from Grades 8-12. Students will be participating in challenging and inspiring academics alongside the dynamic an living environment of university life. Through these experiences they will have the opportunity to learn beyond the school classroom with engaging and challenging courses that motivate them to explore and apply new knowledge. Please click the link for more information.

https://esu.queensu.ca/programs/seeq/