by newuser | Nov 27, 2012 | Secondary English
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...
by newuser | Nov 27, 2012 | Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Secondary English
Both the Grade 6 and 7 classes will be creating their own media publications in the very near future. The varied purpose and structure of news articles, feature articles and editorials will be our focus over the upcoming weeks. I have included the link to a feature...
by Wayne Hampton | Nov 21, 2012 | Arabic, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts
Dear parents,The students have had lots of discussions this week in preparation for the reports, which they have taken home today. They will be asked to use the feedback in the reports to set short term and long term targets, which teachers will be aware of so that...
by newuser | Nov 21, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary English
The grade 9 students are embarking on a unit that looks at how the words of a few changed the mindset of a nation. We will be looking at a poem, short story and speech written during a period of history when African Americans were not treated as equals. This week we...
by Jean Provencher | Nov 18, 2012 | Arabic, Community and Service, ECC, Grade 1, Grade 10, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Kindergarten 3 (ICS), News Flash, Primary P.E., Primary Visual Arts, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, The Grades, The Head's Blog
As you know, we have been working hard to improve the reporting processes at ABIS. As a result there are some changes to the Mid Semester Progress Report that we would like you to note.On November 21st, you will receive a Mid Semester Progress Report, briefly sharing...
by Jean Provencher | Nov 14, 2012 | Community and Service, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Humanities, Primary Visual Arts, PTA, Secondary English, Secondary French, Secondary History, Secondary Maths, Secondary Science, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary Visual Arts, Uncategorized
Dear parents, One of the teachers’ areas of focus recently has been to standardise our grading system, which will have a number of benefits ultimately leading to higher student achievement. A great deal of time has been spent on this and we have now arrived at a...
