November 26 - 30

This past week in humanities, a public health nurse came in once per day to teach students about sexual health as part of the Alberta Education Health curriculum. Students also received information about planning for their transitions to high school next year and went on a tour of both Forest Lawn High School and Jack James High School. Students also continued their outline / rough draft stages of their essays based on themes relating to the novel "Animal Farm". On Friday, students watched part 2 of "Freedom Writers" as part of the Healthy Relationships and Stress Management units in Health. Next week, students will continue writing their essays and will begin a unit on individual freedoms in Canada using the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as a guide. Essay topics, instructions, and rubrics can be found on the D2L Brightspace shell through the CBE website.

November 12 - 16

This past week, we wrapped up our unit on Youth Criminal Justice with a unit test. Results are posted on Power School. In response to Tuesday's Plebiscite on the Calgary Olympic bid, students also began writing formal letters to Mayor Naheed Nenshi. The contents of the letter included a request to include teenagers in future plebiscites that deal with issues that will effect them later in life as tax-paying adults. Students will be given one more period on Monday November 19 to complete the letter. Letters of willing students will be sent to the Mayor's office later that week. The assignment is posted on D2L Brightspace.

November 5 - November 9

This past week, students made final preparations for team debates on the fairness and equability of the Youth Criminal Justice Act when applied to the Richardson family murder trial. 3 of the 4 debates were completed. The final debate will commence on Monday, November 12. Students are given individual marks based on their research (must be handed in), their speaking skills, and their ability to be informed and persuasive.

Students also finished reading the novel Animal Farm. All work from chapters 1 - 10 (Questions and Vocabulary) will be due at the end of Tuesdays class (November 13). All content can be found on the class's D2L Brightspace site.

October 29 - November 2

This week in humanities, students began their research on the Jasmine Richardson murder trial as part of their Youth Criminal Justice unit. They will be using this information to help prepare for a debate next week regarding the fairness and equability of our Youth Criminal Justice Act, while using the Richardson trial as a case study. Students also finished reading Animal Farm, up to Chapter 8, and completed a mini-comprehension quiz for chapters 7 - 8. On Friday, we will be looking at types of stress and stress management as part of the health curriculum.