by Liz JURKOWISKI | Feb 16, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
Now that the Grade 10 students are finally finished with their mock exams, they are preparing for battle in history class. Well, not a real battle, of course! Still in our unit on World War I, all students have the task of researching, becoming an expert about, and...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Jan 22, 2017 | Grade 10, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
On Sunday, the Grade 10 students took the first part of a lengthy history mock exam. Preparing them for the real IGCSE history exam that they will take this spring, this week’s test was a single essay answering a question about the First World War. In...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Jan 19, 2017 | Grade 12, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
The Grade 12 history students are preparing for the upcoming mock exams by taking a mock before the mock! They completed a shortened version of Papers 1, 2, and 3 this week. These exams simulate the real IB HL History exam that they will take in May. After two sets of...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Dec 15, 2016 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Secondary History, The Grades
The IB history students in Grades 11 and 12 are diving head first into essay writing skills! To learn how to analyze a question, students were given the task to create their own. This tough, collaborative project resulted in great amounts of thinking, analysis, and...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Dec 1, 2016 | Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
Today, the Grade 9s took a unique assessment from a well-established educational and careers guidance company: StepOne who have worked successfully with international students for many years. The results of the test will help students discover how to make their best...
