Students are independently working away on their history fair projects and making head way. We have now had 4 good research periods in the lab. It would be great if you could help your child arrange an interview with an expert on the topic (e.g. a family member who knows about the topic, a person who works in the industry, etc.). I can help make arrangements if you need me to. Phone interviews and emails are welcome if a face-to-face meeting is not possible. The museums are ready and willing to be helpful as with information as well.
YOUR CHILD WILL BE GIVEN A SPECIFIC DATE FOR THE WEEK FOLLOWING MARCH BREAK TO PRESENT TO THE CLASS. Backboards need to be purchased shortly as I will give students time in the lab to print their research and create their boards. Keep in mind the printers here at school or print black and white. I attached all of this information in an email last week and it is available on the class website.
Tuesday is the first day of electives. Students are expected to be in class for attendance at 8:55 prompt with all of their belongings ready to go. If your child is skiing or boarding please meet Mr. Harding in the morning with your equipment back by the green house to load it up. EQUIPMENT SHOULD NOT BE ENTERING THE SCHOOL AND IT CANNOT BE DROPPED OFF AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AS BUSSES WILL BE DROPPING STUDENTS OFF.
Today is officially the beginning of term 2. I will be having students empty their binders and bring work home (hopefully today). Please take a moment to check out what your child has accomplished in term 1. Keep in mind it will be individual work coming home and we do a lot of group work on chart paper and using tech if we can. Throughout term 1 they have been handed back marked work as well. Some may not have brought it home yet so that should be coming home as well.
If students have not received a mark that I think reflects their best work, they have been told they can redo the assignment and hand it back to me. Many students have not done this and their mark stands. It was the responsibility of the child to hand it back to me if they wanted to better their mark. It is also important to note, some students have a tendency to leave work incomplete and/or not hand it in. This greatly affects marks and will be noted on the report card as well. Again, if this is a big issue with your specific child (especially with big assignments) I have been in contact.
If you have any questions about marks please feel free to contact me.
Nothing pertaining to marks should be a surprise; I try to stay in contact if need be. If somehow this is not the case, please let me know and we will chat.
Just as a side note-you will notice a bit of a change on the report cards coming home on February 24-students will be assigned percentages instead of letters.
WRITING PROMPT: WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $1 MILLION DOLLARS?
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