by Dan KEARNEY | Mar 24, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary History
It was such a hit earlier in the year that I brought back desk scribbling for our IB students. Breaking the text into sections, assigning a section to each student, and then allowing them to represent the facts and explanation in their own style is a fantastic way to...
by Amy CAMP | Mar 17, 2016 | Front Page, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Music, Secondary Music
Each year, TAISM hosts a Festival of Choirs, bringing in a guest conductor and inviting students from the region to a two-day intensive music making experience. Four of our G10 students will participate in this year’s Festival, along with 200 other...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Mar 8, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, The Grades
Inspired by an example from grade 12 math, secondary students had to move a ping-pong ball across the table and off the other side, using only the power of their breath. Of course there were students on the other side trying to do the same. Throw in a point...
by Dan KEARNEY | Mar 3, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary History
This week Grade 11 demonstrated their understanding of the political opposition to the Russian tsar Alexander II by creating recruitment posters. The two main opposition groups–the intelligentsia and the populists–had very different aims and tactics, and...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Mar 3, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 12 continue to develop their maths explorations… Working with pendulums, flow rate of water, escape velocities, horse jumping, and video game analysis. They are also continuing with our study of vectors… Vector addition, subtraction and scalar...
by Carole SAUNDERS | Feb 21, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary Dance, Uncategorized
Returning from the February break has seen our secondary dancers jump (jeté, leap, pirouette) into class. International Evening is looming in March and the students from grades seven to ten are working on their folk dance pieces. They are required to take...
