The Great Debaters

Denzel Washington’s 2007 film bridges the gap in American history between Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks for the Grade 9 class. Our current unit is looking at texts that touch on various events in the Civil Rights Movement with a focus on how the words of a few...

Shakespearean Times for Dummies

Before the Grade 8 students take on the timeless teenage tragedy that is Romeo and Juliet, they researched various aspects of William Shakespeare’s era looking for what is distinctly different from modern times. While the characters and conflict of the 16th...

Branching Out

Around 500 new books adorn the shelves of the library in the SLS since the book order came in. We are actively working at familiarizing ourselves with these texts and organizing them into genre groupings. Our hope is that students will try some new authors and text...

CAS project of the week

Clarissa Nolido Grade 10 CAS Project- Zanzibar I have finally decided what to do for my action part of CAS. I have decided to continue the Zanzibar project from two years back with my group from Design Technology. But this time I will be doing the project...