by Abby BREWER | Nov 5, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
Pyjama Day was another super success this year! Not only were many students (and teachers!) attired in their coolest jammies, we also collected two bags of pyjamas and 135 OMR to donate to the Ghuras Voluntary Team! An extra big shout-out goes to Grade 1, who raised...
by Abby BREWER | Oct 1, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
This year Secondary StuCo got fully involved in Book Week by hosting the Book Week Quiz during Advisory on Wednesday. After carefully choosing questions – not too hard and not too difficult, but just right – they read them out and let the House Teams...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 29, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
In our CAS lesson this week, the 12th graders started their review on reflection. After talking about what reflection means to them, they created a list of what reflection is and what it is not. We talked about how being internally motivated to reflect was much...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 22, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
We’re four weeks in to our school year and everyone is back in the swing of all things academic, which means it is high time to turn our attention to CAS and MCAS! The CAS/MCAS Board has been updated with opportunities that are presenting themselves. Secondary...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 17, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
This year our 11s and 12s have some dedicated time set aside of DP-related business. The first lessons we’ve been spending our time focusing on CAS. The 12s had a review of the Learning Outcomes this week. They really did well with breaking them down and...
by Abby BREWER | Sep 3, 2015 | Creativity, Action, Service, The Grades
It’s that time of year again: CAS / MCAS time! CAS stands for Creativity, Activity and Service. It is a requirement for all DP students to complete experiences in these three areas over the course of their 11th and 12th grade years. Be on the lookout for more...
