tPOL
Welcome to my tPOL of 2024! Pol declaration: “Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and Read More …
What’s the Rielity of Louis Riel?
I don’t like history. With that said, this project in Humanities was all about history! Specifically as it relates to the controversial Canadian figure Louis Riel. Luckily this project didn’t Read More …
Revolutions, Rube Goldberg Machines, and the Art of Perseverance
How do ideas drive change? This was the question the grade 9s attempted to answer at this years Winter Exhibition. We did this by learning about revolutions and creating metaphorical Read More …
Thriller reflection
This year in Maker PLP 9 has had a large focus on the art of storytelling through cinematography. In this project we learned about thrillers and were tasked with creating Read More …
Loon Lake’s Lasting Learnings
The PLP 9 learning team went to Loon Lake! The trip was centered around leadership and enhancing our collaboration as a team and was run by the company Pinnacle Pursuits. Read More …
Take your kid to work day reflection
Take your kid to work day is a nationwide event where grade 9 students accompany their parents, or another adult to work. The goal of take your kid to work Read More …
Geography of the West: Humanities Edition
“We are here on our honeymoon.” Was not a sentence I expected to hear as we made our was through Alberta. I’ll touch on that later. Now this blog post Read More …
Geography of the West: Maker Edition
Have you ever lived in a place? No? Well now I’m concerned. If you have, you may find it interesting that the grade 9s most recent project was about Geography! Read More …
tPOL 2023 (I Know, unoriginal name)
Am I ready to go into grade 9? Yes. Am I scared out of my mind? Also yes. Welcome to my first ever tPOL! Wow, time flies! It feels like Read More …
Spring exhibition 2023
The end of the year is almost here! What comes with that? The Spring Exhibition! The exhibition was chaos, the good kind. All of the grade 8’s made advertisements for Read More …