by Melodee PETERS | Jan 14, 2026 | Grade 8, The Grades
This semester we are changing our approach to “Drop Everything and Read” Tuesday across Secondary. We are encouraging students to engage in reading about current events (news) to broaden and deepen their knowledge of the world around them. Students...
by Melodee PETERS | Dec 18, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9
Students are excited to get a break after an intense first semester. I am sure they have various plans for activities in which to participate and joy about seeing family and friends. As part of the spirit of lifelong learning, I encourage students to continue critical...
by Melodee PETERS | Dec 18, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, The Grades
It may be the last day of school but Grade 8s are still dedicated to their learning and worked to finish their critical writing about the decline of the British Empire and the political implications thereof. Of course, after everything was completed, then they...
by Melodee PETERS | Dec 11, 2025 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English, The Grades
This week, after completing their end-of-unit summative, Grade 9 students worked through video lessons on the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how to avoid plagiarism. To show their understanding, they produced infographics for Grade 7 and Grade 8...
by Melodee PETERS | Dec 4, 2025 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Humanities, The Grades
Grade 8 students are being prepared for online assessments like the e-assessment they will complete in Grade 10. In Humanities, they had the opportunity to use AssessPrep, the online testing platform recently acquired by ABIS to complete their Source Analysis...
