by Abby BREWER | Apr 26, 2018 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Secondary English
Star Wars/Science Fiction Day The Student Council would like to announce its next event: a Science Fiction/Star Wars on Thursday, May 3th! All ABIS students are invited to dress up as a Star Wars character or any science fiction book or movie character. Rules to...
by Meghan KENNEY | Apr 26, 2018 | Grade 8, Secondary English
Grade 8 students have been reading The Outsiders for English class, and are investigating into stereotypes and how it leads to prejudice and discrimination. They have read case studies from real life of stereotypes and prejudice, along with theories about how they...
by Abby BREWER | Apr 12, 2018 | Grade 12, Secondary English
Today was the last day for our seniors! We sent them out in true ABIS fashion by clapping them down the stairs just before break. A bittersweet moment for us…the start of their official exam season for them! Good luck with your exams! We’ll miss you around...
by Meghan KENNEY | Apr 12, 2018 | Grade 10, Secondary English
Grade Tens spent their last class on Shakespeare’s Macbeth creating a revision mat for the play. They collaborated on the project and discovered that some groupings of students made for quicker decision making than others! Some had great concepts, but...
by Meghan KENNEY | Apr 5, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary English
Grade 7s have enjoyed their study of suspense stories. They enjoyed curling up with the Roald Dahl classic story “Lamb to the Slaughter”, and discovered that there is a whole new side to Roald Dahl beyond James and the Giant Peach. It showed the how...
by Abby BREWER | Apr 4, 2018 | Grade 12, Secondary English
This week Grade 12 wrapped up their last text before the inevitable exams hit! Antigone, by Sophocles, proved to be a very interesting text to analyze, despite the bare-bones, “made for tv” translation that we used. Rather than contend with complex...
