Hello, and thank you for returning to my blog. In today’s post, I’ll be commenting on a fascinating Learning Advance that both Grade 8 and Grade 9 students participated in. The trip took place from February 14th through February 17th. Loon Lake was the site of the advance. I’m happy for the opportunity to be a part of this advancement since I learned a lot and had a lot of fun! We also worked on finishing an eBook while on the road.

Day 1

Everyone, including myself, was ecstatic. I felt prepared and ready to pack my belongings and proceed to school, knowing that my adventure awaited me. As usual, going to class and meeting my buddies. On this particular day, I felt like I did a good job of being proactive and was pleased with the contents in my bag. It was especially lovely to see everyone thrilled to be on our way when we boarded the bus.

Before I bore you with the blog post I will insert a link to my ebook. It’s basically the shorter version of this blog post. Check it out below!

To start off this first day, when we arrived at the lake, we started off with some activities. We went on a photo walk and to go on our walk. After this, we also completed an activity in order to get to know the area a bit. We participated in a scavenger hunt. Then, was the moment most of us had been waiting for: who was going to be in our cabins! I was very happy with my group. I was placed in one of the bigger cabins along with a bunch of my friends; Declan, Landon, Mateo, Dylan, Xander, Erik, Ben, Max and a couple others. We settled into our cabins and had a bit of free time followed by dinner in which we were able to eat some lasagna and finally ended the day with an introduction to our advisory groups, and after I went to sleep.

 

Day 2

When day two rolled around, I was pretty tired from the previous night. I had a fine morning fooling around with my friends in the cabin We were greeted with a delicious breakfast and also participated in our first “DI sweat box” followed by a fun activity in which we made some shelters in the forest! Lunch was great too, we ate burgers and fries. For evening fun that night I headed to the Olympic Lounge and watched some figure skating along with my friends Declan, Dana, Dylan, Ben, Colton and Max. I had a lot of fun on this day and was met with a well deserved amazing sleep.

Day 3

On day three we had a pretty exciting last full day! Of course, amazing food as always in the morning, then a PLP 9 learning block where we worked on our 7 Habits activities, followed by a delicious lunch in which we were assigned seating, then some fun learning rotations. We participated in Forest Laser tag and Battle Archery! I enjoyed the battle archery more than the forest laser tag. We got destroyed in forest laser tag by the grade 8s. After we ate some meh dinner and then I went down to the gym to play some basketball. After I got some well deserved shut eye.

Day 4

On day four, we had breakfast and then packed up our stuff. This was followed by an exciting game of capture the flag! It was grade 8’s vs grade 9s. I had a lot of fun because I was able to goof around and get competitive. It felt like I was in elementary school again and I had a great time- probably one of the biggest highlights of the trip honestly. After lunch we went on a bus and went home. I was exhausted I walked home and went to sleep for the rest of the day. 

Thats all I hope you enjoyed this blog post. Until next time.