The week began on Sunday with one of our very own students, Shaun Malik who organized a wonderful recital to raise funds for the Joe M.I.L.L. which is a musical lending library as a part of his personal project. He spent the last 5 months investigating how music can help people feel better and more emotionally positive. This event took please at the Waterford Kingston Retirement Residence. Shaun chose this venue in the month of December and found someone named Mari who helped him organize the event. Shaun also organized a bake sale which was right after the recital. He raised $534.10 and donate all the money to the Joe M.I.L.L Fund! Great work Shaun, we are proud of you!
In math this week the grade 7/8 class had their math presentations about financial planning. They have been working on them for a couple of months and they are now finally finished them with an excellent understanding of the financial world and how to save money for our future.
In Language arts this week, the grade 7/8 class had their symbolism presentations. Over the last couple of weeks, they have had to create a poster with 3 symbols that they think have a powerful meaning over Romeo and Juliet. One of the symbols had to be a character from the book and the rest of them had to be actual symbols from the book. There were 5 groups and they all presented on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, they were all creative and the drawings were very unique
In History this week the grade 7/8 class went to the Indian Horse movie which was at the Screening room. This movie was very powerful and made everyone think about the effects of Residential Schools on First Nations people. We also got to enjoy popcorn and candy, a special treat!
In Science this week everyone in the grade 7/8 class was preparing for the All Science Challenge, we prepared for this event by quizzing each other and completing worksheets. The one week countdown is on until this big event!
Also this week there was the Bayridge Road Race. The grade 7/8 ran to run 2.9 km and all the boys and girls completed the race and did very well! Raghad ran this time for the first time ever, and Shaun finished in 36 place and Kevin in 65th place! We were all exhausted but not too exhausted to enjoy ice cream sandwiches at the end of the race!
By Shaun Malik
