Tomorrow - Orange Shirt Day

On Thursday, September 29 our school is recognizing "Orange Shirt Day" to honour survivors and nonsurvivors of residential schools in Canada.  Approximately 150 000 aboriginal and indigenous children were taken from their homes and placed in residential schools, where at least 4 000 of them died.  To learn more about "why" we are wearing orange shirts, see the following video:

https://youtu.be/ll1pUrK29MM

Students are invited to wear an orange shirt to school.

Grade 7 Social Studies - Week of September 12 to 16

We have now completed our first chapter from the textbook.  Students will be handing in their duotangs for grading on Tuesday, September 20th.   

On Tuesday, September 20th, we will have our Chapter 1 Test about Aboriginal Societies.  The following items will be tested:

Vocabulary:

• Alliance
• Core Values
• Clan
• Consensus
• Diversity
• Elders
• Ethnocentric
• Indigenous People
• Iroquois Confederacy
• Mamomin 
• Matrilineal
• Oral Culture
• Sagamaw

Know the following:

·         three main Aboriginal groups in Canada

·         the difference between Primary Source images and Secondary Source images

·         the “three sisters”

·         the Grand Council

For each of the Aboriginal Societies that we studied (Mi'kmaq of the East Coast; Haudenosaunee of the Northeastern Woodlands; The Anishinabe) know the following:

• Government
• Hunter-Gatherer
• Role of Women

Students will be allowed to use their Chapter 1 materials in the duotang for the test.  However, students will still need to study and understand the material, in order for this to benefit them during the test.  They will need to be able to use their knowledge and understanding to:

·         show critical thinking

·         apply historical and geographic skills to bring meaning to issues and events

·         apply skills of metacognition, reflecting upon what they have learned

·         communicate ideas and information in an informed, organized, and persuasive manner

46th Annual Reservoir Run

Tomorrow, September 9th, ELJHS students will participate in the fun run.  Students need to arrive at school that day dressed in athletic wear and prepared for the race.

1. All students will start lunch early at 12:15 pm, and then register in their homeroom classes at 12:45 pm.
2. At 12:55 pm, our class will walk to Fred John's Park using the multi-pathway (no bikes or skateboards).  Everyone is expected to obey the traffic signals and crosswalks.
3. Students are not to be on the playground equipment at Fred John's Park.
4. The grade 7 boys' race will start at 2:10 pm and the girls' race will start at 2:20 pm.
5. Once students have finished the race, they can remain at the finish line to cheer on other students.  
6. When all races have been completed, students will meet up with their class, and when everyone is together they will walk back to the school with their homeroom teacher,