While our Grade 9 students were out exploring various careers for Take Our Kids to Work Day, we had the pleasure of welcoming our Grade 8 future Tartans to engage with us for the day!
We kept them busy and learning with:
School tours to get a feel for the place! 🏫
Learning the history of lacrosse 🥍
Hands-on science experiments 🧪
Exploring the trades 🛠️
Navigating challenging breakout boxes 🧩
Participating in games of low organization. 😄
It was a perfect day for creating new connections and enhancing existing ones. A great day for all involved! We can't wait to see this group again soon! #FutureTartans #Grade8 #HighSchoolBound #TakeOurKidsToWorkDay #Community
Our students cooked up a storm, flexing their culinary creativity with a menu of themed dishes that were as spooky as they were tasty! This week's highlights included:
Mummy Dogs
Feetloaf (Don't worry, it's just meatloaf!)
Stuffed Jack-O'-Lanterns (Bell peppers never looked so festive!)
Mummy Meat
Freshly Dug Dirt Cake
Great work to all the future chefs and hospitality professionals!
#HospitalityClass #CulinaryArts #StudentChefs #ThemedDishes#CookingSkills
Our young scientists took their learning to the next level by exploring mechanical mixtures with a Halloween twist. They enhanced their understanding by experimenting with eerie projects like the Fire-Breathing Pumpkin, the mysterious Death of a Gummy Bear, and the surprising Self-Carving Pumpkin!
Learning about chemical and physical changes has never been so thrilling! 🤯
Grade 9 visual arts class painted pumpkins for local seniors, sharing their talent to make their porches more festive for Hallowe’en. 🎃
That feeling when your students get to explore the world (and beyond!) without leaving the classroom! The new LKDSB VR sets are a huge win for innovative education. 🌌Let the virtual adventures begin! 🌎
Out of the classroom and into the conservation area! 🌲 Our Grade 9 Geography classes and Ms. Lee's class spent the day at the Lorne Henderson Conservation Area for some amazing hands-on environmental education. From pond studies 🔬and insect classification🔎 to watershed assessments, 💧students were busy being real-life environmental scientists!
#FieldTrip #OutdoorEd #EnvironmentalScience
Getting certified and making a real-world impact! Today, our SHSM - Environmental Sector students were at the Lorne Henderson Conservation Area. They successfully completed their Water Stream Assessment Certification,💧🧪 gaining critical skills for monitoring and protecting our local waterways. Future environmental leaders in the making! 🏞️
When ALLP classes combine forces, the results are spooktacular! 👻
We had a blast teaming up for a pumpkin carving session. Check out the creativity and teamwork on display!🎃
Get ready for the rest of the week!
Tomorrow: Wacky Wednesday 🤪
Thursday: Throwback Thursday 🕰️
Friday: Rhyme Without Reason Friday 🎤
Full Schedule: Twin Day Monday ➡️ Jersey Day Tuesday ➡️ Wacky Wednesday ➡️ Throwback Thursday ➡️ Rhyme Without Reason Friday!
Proving that learning can be fun—especially when it ends with Music Bingo! 🎶
We were thrilled to host Adam Shoalts, professional explorer, geographer, historian, and national bestselling author. 🧭Shoalts shared unbelievable stories about:
- Solo expeditions in the most remote wilderness areas.
- Experiences on archaeological digs.
- Photographing rare wildlife.
A huge thanks to Adam for inspiring the next generation of explorers! Students can sign out his books from our Library to dive deeper into his adventures.
#Grade9 Geography #AdamShoalts #Explorer #Wilderness#Inspiring
The competition was fierce, with the winning team launching their projectile 15 meters to take the championship! (Though we hear their practice launch went a whopping 24m! 🤯)
Great work, future engineers! 🏆
#Grade11Physics #CatapultChallenge #STEM #AppliedLearning #FutureEngineers
Transportation students are getting high-level, hands-on experience, refining their work on the in-line 4 cylinder engines generously donated by Ford Canada. This practical experience is crucial for preparing our students for careers in the automotive and transportation sectors. 🛠️
#TransportationTech #FordCanada #SkilledTrades
Tartans Get Hands-On with the Trades! 🛠️🚚
We had an amazing day as the Skills Ontario Trades and Tech Truck mobile unit rolled onto campus! Students jumped right into real-life simulations, getting a taste of diverse careers.
Highlights included:
Sparking skills with electrical work 💡
Precision with welding and spray painting 🎨
Sweetening things up with cake decorating 🎂
Taking the wheel of heavy machinery 🏗️
And even quick-change challenges like changing a tire!
Thank you so much to Skills Ontario for this incredible opportunity to explore the skilled trades.
