by Abby BREWER | Jun 8, 2017 | Community and Service, Creativity, Action, Service, Secondary English, Secondary ToK, The Grades
We’ve been back at school for a week now, but the memories from Maher are still strong in our minds and hearts. The grade 10s, Mr. Davis and I had a wonderful visit, during which we got to see the impressive work Maher is doing. We also got to see our school...
by Todd DAVIS | Apr 13, 2017 | Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Humanities, Secondary History, Secondary Team Leader, Secondary ToK, The Grades
Ever wonder why dancers do what they do? or What message could lie beneath the surface of a dance? or How a dance became the way it is? These questions and more were explored by our guest speaker, author and professor, Stacey Prickett PhD from Roehampton University in...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 26, 2017 | Grade 8, Secondary Maths, Secondary ToK
Mr Davis has been away at the MUN conference with most of the older secondary students which gave me the joy of watching the very enthusiastic grade 8 students complete a competitive challenge called an Algebra Chain. One team (Istiaq, Courtney and Yann) raced ahead,...
by Leo THOMPSON | Sep 16, 2015 | Secondary ToK
Grade 12 TOK students are currently evaluating the Natural Sciences and critiquing the scientific method. To make the class enjoyable and active we visited the laboratory where Miss Mawasse demonstrated some scientific experiments. Some experiments were...
by Todd DAVIS | Sep 3, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary ToK, The Grades
Hello, my name is Mr. Davis and I would like to introduce myself as your son / daughter’s ToK teacher this year. In case you are wondering, ToK stands for Theory of Knowledge and is considered to be a “flagship” course of the IB Diploma program. I’m excited to explore...
by Wayne Hampton | Jan 21, 2015 | Secondary ToK
All IB Diploma students study a subject called TOK (Theory of Knowledge), which is similar to a course on critical thinking. The course is a way of connecting all the subjects together and taking a philosophical and critical view of them. The IB believes that all...