Sorry for not posting last week, I was a little under the weather. And thank you to all parents and students that came out to the open house; it was great to meet you.
1. This year at the Open House we put up a graffiti wall and encourage students, parents, guardians from Yellow Team to write their hopes for the coming year. Thank you for the feedback and comments.
2. We almost had enough drivers to get the whole Yellow Team to the Zone Bowling. We bowled 2 games of 10 pin and learned it is a lot harder than it looks. Thankfully they were willing to put up bumpers for some of us.
3. Last Friday we had a Pro-D Day and re-visited our school goal and had the time to collaborate with other teachers in the school. Our school goal is going to be switching from a Math goal to a focused goal on social responsibility. Stayed tuned for more information coming soon. We also had the amazing opportunity to Skype with Wendy Mass, the author of “Every Soul A Star” (the novel we are reading for this years school wide read).
4. We are currently reading “Every Soul A Star” for our school wide read. We’ve been enjoying the book as a read aloud and doing a little work with the characters. Today in math students had the option to look at the ratios and geometry of labyrinths. The labyrinth is one of the “unusuals” in the novel. Ask your son or daughter about the “unusuals”.
5. Using various virtues and character traits, the grade 8’s worked on developing our team name. The tentative name is E.P.I.C. and what those letters stand for, our cheer and our team logo will be unveiled within the next two weeks.
6. Several students participated in the Scott Creek Triathlon this week. It was an excellent event and it was great to see so many participating from MACC. Congratulations to all who participated. Overall standings will be released shortly.
7. The school is a very busy place right now. Volleyball, swimming and cross country are all up and running. And the Spirit Squad, Me to We Club and the Environment Club are all started for the year. Students need to pay close attention to the announcements and must remember when their clubs meetings and practices are scheduled. The Environment Club is meeting on Monday at lunch.
8. Each September schools participate in the Terry Fox Run and honor the legacy of the run Terry did to raise money for cancer research. We encouraged students to think about ways they could raise some money to donate. Ms. Moody’s class tried to bring in $1 per person and exceeded their goal. Ms. Abbot’s class had lemonade and ice tea stands in their neighbourhoods, returned bottles and donated allowances. Thank you for your ongoing support of this local charity.
9. We have attempted to schedule as many of our field trips for the year as we could and will be emailing the list home with the tentative dates and approximate costs. We are attending the Writers Festival this month and will be ice skating in November.
10. On Fridays, we try to give the students the opportunity to apply math skills through math projects. Today students had the choice to work on the labyrinth challenge or to attempt to design a 8-letter password. They were required to use math to explain why the password was a strong password and what the probability would be for someone to hack it. Some very interesting and inventive passwords were developed. There are over 30 trillion options for 8-letter passwords.
Have a great weekend.