On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, the grade 11 English class participated in Amnesty International’s ‘Write for Rights’ campaign. The students used their persuasive writing skills to press governments everywhere to stand by their commitment to uphold all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By taking part in Write for Rights, students were part of a global movement to share a vision of human rights for everyone.
We all have passions, but rarely do we act on them. If you have a passion for computer programming, circuit building, craft building, design, or video games, come join us every Wednesday in 5G as we build a vintage style video game arcade unit.
The Adolescent Brain presentation by Kim Charteris is taking place next Monday (December 6th). The presentation has been designed to provide you with knowledge and information that we hope will be helpful in understanding the challenges that your teenagers face as members of today’s society.
Current research tells us that the adolescent brain is still under construction with the higher executive functions, especially related to decision-making, not fully in place until well into our 20’s. We hope this presentation may help eliminate some parental confusion by answering the questions: “What were they thinking?” or “Why did they do that?”
If you are planning to join us but have not RSVP yet, please kindly do so as soon as possible via e-mail to bonita.ip@ymcagta.org or call us at 416-928-0124 ext 0. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend!
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Just as most of us are finding mittens and making sure the shovel is handy, the grade 10 math class is dreaming of warmer times and are making kites. They combined their knowledge of measurement (metric and imperial), angles, triangles and surface area as they made tetrahedron kites this week.
Let’s hope that winter comes late as we hope to head out next week to fly our creations. Think warm thoughts for us or at least unpack the scarves and toques and send them to school as we brave the weather in the hopes to hold off winter for at least a little while.
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