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Monday, 12 June 2017

GRAD INFORMATION!

Plans for the grade 8 graduation are underway!

Here are some of the confirmed details!


CEREMONY:
DATE: Tuesday June 27
TIME: Grad ceremony 5:30-6:30    Grad reception at the school 6:30-7:00


Cake and drinks will be provided at the reception.

GUESTS:
There is no limit to bringing guests to grad as we presume with only 12 grads we won't fill up the gym.
But I am cautioning students to really just bring those closest to them


HELPERS
Our MC's for the evening are Grade 7 students Myla and Hailey and they are already practicing their script. We also have grade 7 students helping with handing out pamphlets and managing the tech.  Baily, another Grade 7 student, has graciously devoted her time to create an awesome looking program pamphlet.


THEME
The students voted on the theme for grad and it is Hollywood at Night! The grad art team is starting now to create the artwork for this event. They are very dedicated and organized and it's going to look fantastic! 

VALEDICTORIANS
Valedictorians have been determined by voting and there was a tie so there are 3: congratulations Kendra, Cy, and Ellie! They have started speech writing. 

MEDIA
The Baby photos slide show is getting underway. Students, bring in your baby and toddler photo ASAP!

AFTER THE CEREMONY
Any after ceremony events (after 7pm) are to be determined by parents/students and are organized and supervised by the parents involved.

It is up to the parents coordinating these events to provide the necessary information to the invitees. (such as contact details, etc)

I will gladly help pass out any information or invites but, unlike in years past,  I am not involved in any after event planning for events past 7pm.  This is per SCDSB regulations. So any questions about those events will have to go to whoever is planning those events.

As regards any after events, parents will be responsible for picking up/dropping off their children to any after event. (In other words, no school bus provided as in years past).


GRAD SET UP AND PRACTICE**June 22 as long as baseball tournament raindate isn't needed. If June 22 turns out to be baseball, we will hold practice on Monday June 26
On Thursday June 22 starting at the middle block we will be setting up for grad and doing a dress rehearsal. All graduates are asked to attend as this is our ONLY dress rehearsal. Participation is mandatory. If you have a special pair of shoes you would like to 'wear in' you are more than welcome to bring them to this practice!


ARRIVAL FOR GRAD: Tuesday JUNE 27
Graduates are asked to arrive by 5:15 at the latest and to meet in Mrs. Cumming's room. We enter in a processional after all guests are seated in the gym. 

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks
Mrs J


Sunday, 28 May 2017

FOCUS FOR JUNE!

As we head into the end of the school year, these are some of the areas we will be looking at:

Literacy:

  • Digital narratives (reading, writing, media)
  • Fan Films (media)
  • if time, scavenger hunt journals

Math:

  • Probability
  • Ratio/Percent
  • Pythagoras & Cartesian Planes

Health:

  • sexual health (see new page tab above for more info)


History:

  • Finishing the Story of Us Series Canada 150 and corresponding debate

Thursday, 18 May 2017

MOVING ON CEREMONY!

Plans for the grade 8 graduation are underway!

Here are some of the confirmed details!

CEREMONY:
DATE: Tuesday June 27
TIME: Grad ceremony 5:30-6:30    Grad reception at the school 6:30-7:00


Cake and drinks will be provided at the receptions.

AFTER THE CEREMONY
Any after ceremony events are going to be determined by parents/students and are organized and supervised by the parents involved.

So there will be more information forthcoming about those events once the students/parents nail down the specific details!

From what I'm hearing, two boys are interested in creating after events. The will be making invitations to hand out to all the grade 8's, hopefully soon. These invites should have all the details. 

I will help pass out the invites but am not involved in any after event planning so any further questions will have to go to whoever is planning those events (and hopefully most questions will be answered on the invitation, once you receive them). 

As regards any after events, parents will be responsible for picking up/dropping off their children to any after event. (In other words, no school bus).

THEME
The students voted on the theme for grad and it is Hollywood at Night! The grad art team is starting now to create the artwork for this event. They are very dedicated and organized and it's going to look fantastic! 

VALEDICTORIANS
Valedictorians have been determined by voting and there was a tie so there are 3: congratulations Kendra, Cy, and Ellie! They have started speech writing. 

MEDIA
The Baby photos slide show is getting underway. Students, bring in your baby and toddler photo ASAP!

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns!

Thanks
Mrs J



Climate survey link

FOR JUNIOR GRADES! For Maddie's Change Agent project

LINK TO THE JUNIOR CLIMATE SURVEY


https://docs.google.com/a/scdsb.on.ca/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7llYKFQ7wlrD7r5eLVnuFFEa13I2_6MJ7bt2u0BMJ-PKcpQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

Monday, 1 May 2017

Sunday, 30 April 2017

Thank you to guests and participants!

Thank you to our guests and participants for making our Slam Poetry Cafe and Art Gallery such an awesome event! Here are some photos from the event! To see more photos go to my twitter account @julieejohnsonn






Monday, 17 April 2017

ART GALLERY AND SLAM POETRY CAFE BACK ON FOR ORIGINAL DATE!

Mrs. Czarnota and I have managed to reschedule our art gallery and slam poetry cafe for Weds April 26th!

Dear Parents, Guardians and Community Members,

This WEDNESDAY APRIL 26th at 12:30 the grade ⅞ class here at Shanty Bay will be hosting a SLAM POETRY CAFE and ART GALLERY!

Students will be presenting their slam poems during the cafe! Afterwards, there will be time to tour our art gallery showcasing the art research projects!. Students researched an artist of their choice, detailed a short biography, wrote an essay analysis on a piece of their artwork, and then created an artwork of their own in that artist’s style!

The event starts at 12:30 in the tech room downstairs! Please sign in at the office!

Regards,
Julie Johnson, grade ⅞ teacher and  Heather Czarnota, teacher-librarian

Monday, 10 April 2017

HISTORY!

Please check out the new history page to see history tasks and assignments.

DUE DATE CHANGED!

We will be having Eastview math teachers visit our class on April 26th!

That means we will need to switch the date of our art gallery/slam poetry cafe!

It has thus been MOVED AHEAD to Monday April 24!

Friday, 24 March 2017

Slam Poetry Cafe Coming Soon!

We have started Slam Poetry with Mrs. Czarnota!

On April 26, we will have a public exhibition with an ART GALLERY and A SLAM POETRY CAFE.

During this event, open to parents and the community, we will showcase our ART research/creations (see Art Research page for more details) AND our Slam Poetry performances.

Check the Slam Poetry page listed in the page bar above for resources and (soon) more details on the project.

This video, shown to students today, should help students get started!


ART, COMMUNITY WALKS, DREAM VACATION...

First of all, students have now selected an artist to research for our upcoming art gallery exhibition April 26. (see page on Art Research Task for more details)




Second of all, students are well on their way to completing their Dream Vacations! Presentations are set! (see page above to learn all about this Financial Literacy/Oral Language/Media project)





Lastly, we went on our first community walk of the spring! We will continue to take these walks to a) be together as a class community, b) enjoy nature/exercise (great for health/stress reduction!) and c) apply our artistic eye to our personal experiences!

On our first trek, students were asked, in pairs, to decide on an image/photo that best represented the walk to them. Then they uploaded them to our instagram account (see sidebar to link to our class instagram)