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Monday May 31

Only 14 school days left in the fourth term. Make sure that you are keeping up with all of your work and checking your marks on a regular basis to ensure you are caught up. I informed students today of missing assignments and reminded them of the importance of taking responsibility for their learning. To

Marks Updated

The marks have been updated. I will do my best to finish marking the Nisshi entries as well as the reading response entries over the weekend. I appreciate everyone’s patience in waiting for the marks to be updated. Please understand that this is a very busy time of the year so it make take me

Wednesday May 26

7-13 Great start today on your Final Project presentations. Remember to look over all of the requirements and the rubrics to ensure that you are going to do the best that you possibly can. Next reading response journal is due next Wednesday June 2. Continue to work on your blogging project on your own time.

Tuesday May 25

7-13 Continue working on your poetry so that you have a nice collection put together for the poetry project when we begin it. Remember when you are presenting your Final Project because you must be ready to go on that day. 7-16 Remember when you are presenting your Final Project because you must be ready

Tuesday May 18

I would like to remind all students to stay on top of your work in this last term and to use your class time wisely so that you do not fall behind. I know that in my classes I have had to schedule until the end of the year to ensure that I can cover

Monday May 17

I hope to see many of you at the Tom Baines Technology Night that takes place from 6:45 until 8:30 this evening. I will do my best to complete the majority of my marking this evening before the night so that I can further update the online marks. Please make sure that you are checking

Friday May 14

8-CHA Please work on your element of your Japanese societies culture. Even though our class is currently divided both groups will be presenting their work on Thursday May 20. Wednesday May 19 will be your last class to work on your cultures. Hand in the next part of your completed Nisshi (journal) on Monday May

Thursday May 14

Remember that tomorrow is Wacky Hair Day. 7-13 please try to remember because we could use some points for our class. I have updated the Student Blogs page so please feel free to go and take a look at student blogs from 7-13.

Wednesday May 12

A big thank you goes to all of my students for putting up with the crazy yet quiet day. I know that the Grade 9 students appreciated the calm in their PAT writing areas. The day was very busy for me as I was running around trying to ensure things were running smoothly and all

Tuesday May 11

7-13 Please work on your Blog that you created and remember to add me, [email protected], under permissions on your Blog so that I can have access to what you are doing. Please post the following questions along with the answers you have given to them on your Blog: Do computers give us more human connections