by Liz JURKOWISKI | Nov 7, 2017 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades
Last week, 21 secondary students in grades 9-12 attended the EduTrac Career and University Fair in the Oman Exhibition Center, Muscat. Students learned about the wide variety of post-secondary options available to them. Many took the opportunity to speak with...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Nov 2, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary History, The Grades
G10 students are wrapping up the unit on German Unification. As a review activity, they created educational stop-motion movies. Thinking about the content well enough to explain it creatively will prepare them well for the test next week.
by Todd DAVIS | Oct 26, 2017 | Grade 10, Secondary History, The Grades
The G10 class has successfully completed their course work for IGCSE Global Perspectives. This really is no easy task! It includes two 2,000 word individual research reports and a major group project. The group project involved cross-cultural collaboration in order to...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Oct 24, 2017 | Grade 12, Secondary History, The Grades
G12 history students played a post Russian Revolution “cookie distribution” game on Tuesday. They learned how Stalin quietly made good use of the power vacuum after Lenin’s death and “ate up” all the power as he consolidated control of...
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Oct 24, 2017 | Grade 8, Humanities, Secondary History, The Grades, Uncategorized
Wrapping up the unit on Africa, G8 students wrote essays demonstrating their knowledge of African culture, geography and history. They spent the week working on their rough drafts in class, and turned in the final copy on Tuesday.
by Liz JURKOWISKI | Oct 19, 2017 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary History, The Grades
This week in the MUN ASA, the delegates had a practice debate about the Muslim genocide in Myanmar. They were also introduced to note-passing and resolution writing, both essential parts of MUN conferences. -Isaac Carberry
