Teacher's Blogs: Grade 7 & 8
A Busy Couple of Weeks
Over the past two weeks students from Grade 7/8 class have been part of two large events. We are blessed to have coaches from the KCS community but I still get to be part of the day and it always great to see the students interacting outside of a classroom setting. On November 15, KCS …
The Attributes of God
By learning about the attributes of God, the Grade 7/8 class has also been considering how they can praise Him for who he really is, and learn to more closely reflect his attributes themselves. During our classes, they each chose an attribute as the theme for an original piece of art which included paint, collaged …
Resurrection Project
The 2018-19 Grade 7/8 multimedia painting entitled “Resurrection” has spent the last 4 months at the historic St. Marks Anglican Church in Barriefield. Thank you to Fr. Haynes Hubbard, his wife Susan, and his son Caspian (one of the artists) for their support during this project, and for giving the artwork its first home! The painting …
Grandfriends!
Last Friday KCS hosted the annual Grandparent’s and Grandfriend’s day. It was a wonderful time of meeting new people and seeing the support and love of different generations to the young people at KCS. I enjoy talking to the grandparents as they come in. From year to year you get to know them a bit …
GOTV In Progress!
With less than three weeks to go the 7/8 is working hard to get their parts of the GOTV campaign finished. Attached is the partial list of the to-do by Friday. The goal is to get out in the neighbourhoods next week.
GOTV Project Launch!
Last week we visited Kingston City Hall to launch our Get Out the Vote (GOTV) project. In conjunction with the upcoming federal election on October 21 and our current history unit leading up to Confederation, the 7/8 class is going to run a GOTV campaign in the adjoining school neighbourhood. We met with Mr. Oosterhof, …
Measuring Growth through MAP Assessments
For many years, schools within the Edvance family of Christian schools have used standardized testing as a tool to measure student achievement for the purposes of making curriculum decisions. In recent years, Edvance has spoken to its member schools about their needs, the value and weaknesses of standardized assessment, and the available alternatives. In 2015, …
How are you feeling today?
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is growing in schools across the province. SEL is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL is the key to all other development. This is …