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1) Students must bring their band instruments Friday, as we have an extra scheduled band practice. 2) Science fair projects should be at the final stages of preparation.  Students will have 25 minutes tomorrow (Friday) if they would like to use that time to piece their boards together. 3) Students will want to be working to complete their social studies Mesopotamia skits, which will be presented on Tuesday.  Students will also need to hand in their notes on this day. 4) Please hand in your Month Without Walls permission forms ASAP.  That way we can begin to arrange for boating and other transportation. 5) There is a math test tomorrow (students had a pretest today)

1) Please wear outdoor clothes tomorrow and clothes you are happy to pick up garbage in. 2) Please bring a small garden tool so that we may plant our plants from today. Today students had another session with Jesse Wollen.  It was fascinating to see how many students were unaware of whether or not their were any kind of parental blocks on their electronic devices.  I will compile a list of potential softwares parents may be interested in investigating.

After an extremely successful trip, we were fully back in the classroom today. Students will want to make sure that they are prepared for their science fair projects and will want to make sure the experiment itself is complete by Tuesday, April 24th.  Students will then use some time in class to compile their results into graphs/charts and research information to help them write up the conclusion. Today we had a look online for possible experiments.  Below is a link that has some possible ideas from which to draw questions and hypotheses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EelaHwqvB9Q Monday I will post the webs we generated for our upcoming SS presentations (due date most likely Tuesday, May 1st). The video clips we took our notes from today are below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiclXLWQk4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohXPx_XZ6Y Students had their first session with Jessica Wollen this year.  Our discussion was around social media etiquette and spe...

Just a reminder that students will meet down at the ferry terminal at 5:50am.  Please make sure you have your ski-wear on (or ready to put on), a bagged lunch, and a day pack.  Students may also want to bring a snack for the ferry as we will be sitting together, not using the cafeteria.  Students are NOT to bring any electronic devices, save a camera.  Students know that any phones, iPods, etc... will be confiscated and returned at the end of the trip in Langdale.  We anticipate good times!! Thanks again to everyone for your support. 😁

Please see the sheet below to confirm what you might bring in your overnight bag.  Please remember that you will not have access to these items until Wednesday afternoon at Tantalus Lodge. Students should also at this time make sure they have procured the items on their individual grocery lists so that their group meal planning runs smoothly.😀 Please also see the itinerary below.

Hello Families of Grade 7s. We are well on our way with the planning stages of the trip.  All students present today have been sent home with a food list for grocery shopping this weekend. Please remember that we do NOT have school on Monday, therefore all items will need to come with students Tuesday, after their three day weekend. Each group must have a cooler and ice.  Please consult with your child and confirm who is bringing the cooler. Thanks so much!!

Just a reminder that money for the trip was due today.  If you have not settled up, please do so as soon as possible. Rooming lists have been assigned and sent home with students as well as other information that I will copy and paste below. I also sent home another copy of expected ski wear items for up the mountain.  Please check this over with your child. Also, please keep in mind that Monday is a Pro-D day, which means that students will not have reminders the same week prior to bringing in food supplies, coolers, ice, packed overnight bags, etc....  Ernie has agreed to be here Tuesday afternoon to collect items in the back of his truck.  We need students to have items here by 1:45pm Tuesday April 17th. Again, thanks so much for your support and cooperation in making this ski trip happen.  The excitement is palpable!

Homework: 1) Please make sure your presentation is ready for the walking tour tomorrow. 2) Wear appropriate clothing tomorrow and pack a bagged lunch.  Please remember that we will NOT be going to any shops to purchase food or beverages.  You must have a packed lunch with you. 3) Wednesday, April 11th all monies are due for the Whistler trip.  Please make sure you settle up the remaining costs.  If you are renting the trip total is $257, if you have your own equipment $213. 4) Please bring your ski wear on Wednesday April 11th for inspection.  This means you will bring clothing that you plan to wear on the slopes.  We are not looking for equipment (skis or snowboards), but instead the type of water resistant and warm clothes you plan to wear to keep you warm and dry. Over the next few days, we will be preparing students with information regarding the food planning for the trip, providing students their room buddies and assessing our chaperone info...

Please remember to hand in your permission form for this coming Tuesday's walking trip to Lower Gibsons. Speeches must be prepared and ready to go. Also, a reminder that April 11th all monies for the upcoming Whistler trip are due. Students will be assigned rooms and will create menus in time for purchase of groceries over next weekend.  We will need each group to have one cooler to house any perishables and we will need block ice for each as well.  Perhaps have on the back burner the preparation of a 4 Litre jug full of water for the freezer to ensure that you have block ice ready to go for the 17th of April! Have a great weekend!!

Homework: 1) Work on speech for Public Speaking (see the blog entry for April 6th) for this Friday. 2) Work on Field Trip mini-speech (we will present these to another class for practice this Friday). 3) Please sign and hand-back field trip consent form.

Welcome back everyone!! Please remember the following information due tomorrow: Ski Sizing Form and Deposit and Permission Waiver Please be working on: 1) Speech for Paula on Friday, April 6th 2) Prepare for field trip speech this coming Tuesday, April 10th