10 Great Things to Talk About

  1. We were please to see so many parents and students on Thursday evening for theStudent Led Conferences. The students worked hard to prepare their work folders to share with you.
  2. On Thursday we had an Improv Performance.  Evan, Elisa, Maggie and Mr. Buhler got called up to participate.  Vanessa said, “the best part was when they got the students involved – Mr. Buhler was funny too.”
  3. Ms. Abbot’s class presented examples of sedimentary, metamorphic and igenous rocks from a country in South America, North America, Africa or Asia.  We added many new rock formations and natural wonders to our travel lists.
  4. This year MACC 6/7 did not present in the school public speaking festival.  Students have been required to demonstrate oral language skills through a variety of assignments and projects.  We did have the opportunity to listen to our school speeches and congratulate Matt from MACC 8 for a job well done on his speech about using paper instead of a computer. 
  5. Pink Shirt Day is coming up next week – we are hoping that most of the class will wear pink in recognition of anti-bullying campaigns.
  6. Science Fair projects are DONE!  or almost done, in some cases.  Student may refine and polish projects for next Friday.  Students will be presenting their projects in the library from 1:15-2:30pm on March 1st.  Parents are welcome to come in and view the projects. Grade 7 & 8 students have the opportunity to qualify to participate in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair at UBC in April.
  7. In Dramus, students are learning the guitar.  They have learned Rockin’ Robin, The Peanut Song, and many many more.
  8. In Art, student just finished their Sailors Valentines and are starting their clay projects.
  9. In French, all MACC students are continuing to work with our French Language support Mamedy.  He always brings games and activities to make speaking French and learning vocabulary much more fun.  Ms. Abbot’s class is learning a song in French.  Details are posted in the Div 17 Forum on Edmodo.
  10. Basketball and Wrestling seasons are well underway and many students are participating on these teams.  Rehearsals for the Spring Drama Production continue.  The Table Tennis Club is running after school twice a week. It’s a busy school.

 

An Evening with Gordon Neufeld – How to Keep Children Safe in a Wounding World

What can parents and teachers do to keep their children safe? Signs of alarm are skyrocketing in our children and bullies seem more numerous than ever. Peer interaction – the primary source of wounding in today’s world – is now only a click away and seems virtually never-ending for many children. In the aftermath of recent teenage suicides, legislators are scrambling to pass laws and social activists are calling upon the social media to police themselves. But laws won’t address the existence of a mean streak and the social media have yet to demonstrate a conscience.

If we cannot change the world around them for the better, how do we keep the world from changing our children for the worse? What are the factors that put children at risk and how can we recognize when they are in trouble? How do we protect our children without heading for the hills or locking them up?

Dr. Neufeld will address these issues and point to a way through that puts parents and teachers back into the driver’s seat with regards to the children in their care.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm @ Sir Winston Churchill Secondary, 7055 Heather Street, Vancouver     TICKETS $35

For more information please see – Evening with Gordon Neufeld Poster

 

10 Great Things to Talk About

Wow!  We are already into February… and January has flown by….

1. Ski and Snowboard Club is underway and many students are participating in the lessons and time on Cypress Mountain.  “The first day of snowboarding is hard, but by the second time you have improved a lot,” said Eunice.  “At first, I thought it might be so-so then I realized how good the snow was and I love the conditions,” said Mason.

2. Mr. Buhler challenged the grade 7 math class to figure out a complex sonobe ball.  The folding caught on like wild fire and now grade 6, 7 and 8’s are folding.

3. Grade 6/7’s worked on Passion Projects this Friday.  Student projects include drawing, developing a multi-server network, blogging about Minecraft and many, many more.  The was such focus this afternoon that the offer of some time outside was largely ignored and students remained focused for the whole afternoon.

4. In PE, the girls started basketball with Mr. Buhler and the boys started table tennis with Ms. Abbot.

5. Grade 7’s finished the FSA this week completing assessments in numeracy, reading comprehension and writing.

6. Grade 6’s continued working on Intensities and Overexcitabilities by becoming an expert on one of the areas and then presenting it to the rest of the class.  More clips of the presentations will be uploaded shortly, but here is a short look at Psychomotor Intensity

7. Both 6/7 classes watched a documentary of the history of the world in 90 minutes which spawned a rich discussion about human development, human origins, and human labour.

8. Ms. Abbot’s class submitted their first monthly reading assignments and she is looking forward to reading the summaries, Top 10 Lists and comics of the novels that her class has read this month.

9. Both classes continue to work with Mamady in French (once a week).  Ms. Moody’s class is preparing skits and Ms. Abbot’s class won a game using their oral French skills.

10. On Monday, the next Explorations term started – students are now in Dramus or Art.  Report cards from the previous terms’ explorations class will be coming home next week.