In an attempt to make our school environment more descriptive, the grades 9 and 10 English classes brainstormed a plethora of adjectives for a variety of nouns. People, places and things were transformed to helpful, sleep-deprived people, bustling, peaceful places and warm, fuzzy, multi-coloured things. Try this at home to make your life more interesting!
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On Monday February 7th, the first group of students and teachers attended the Healthy Choices program at Evergreen’s Brickworks. We had an introduction to the program and to our facilitator, Aimee, and were introduced to the concept of Food Literacy and Healthy Active Living. Aimee taught us about food safety and oriented us to the kitchen. Afterwards, with some students practicing knife skills, and others doing measuring and mixing, we prepared healthy granola bars. The bars cooked as we took a tour of the historic Brickworks site, seeing where the bricks were made and the current Brickworks facility, including the outdoor ice rink. After our tour outside, we went back in to enjoy warm and gooey granola bars – delicious! The second group of students will go for their orientation next week. Everyone had fun, and we all look forward to continuing this amazing cross curricular project this term, and all of the students gave the afternoon a resounding “thumbs up” on the shuttle bus afterwards.
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The Grade 11 Current Aboriginal Issues in Canada class was fortunate to be able to host elder Jacquie Lavelley from the Native Canadian Centre in Toronto. Devin Davis, programmer with the Aboriginal Education Outreach Network, accompanied Jacquie in her visit to the Academy and students greeted them with warmth and premiere snacks. Sitting in circle, Jacquie shared stories and ceremonies from local Anishnabe culture and spoke about her childhood, family life and education. Students had the opportunity to ask questions towards the end of the ceremony. We are grateful for the assistance that the Native Canadian Centre has given to our class this semester and look forward to continuing our relationship in the future. Jacquie, thank you so much for visiting us and sharing your knowledge with us.
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The Grade 9 Geography students are looking at our relationship with the world this week. By exploring issues such as child labour, free trade, human rights and environmental degradation, the students have been able to compare Canada to other countries. Today the students looked at the United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI) and its indicators by using a large Canadian Geographic world map. As Brianna said “we’re all over the map today!”
The Grade 11 Health Care class (TPJ3M) delved deep into experiential learning this week. We spent a class in the YMCA commercial kitchen cooking Macaroni and Cheese with a focus on careers in the kitchen for Health Care and cooking for various health conditions.
With the Mac & Cheese complete we had students take on the role of patient and then health care worker and experience the sensation of being differently abled and needing assistance with eating. Our workshop was delivered by Malcolm MacFarlane who shared his experiences and expertise from his time as a chef at Casey House (A hospice providing compassionate palliative and supportive care for people living with HIV or AIDS).
