World Languages Festival

Have a look at the Language B page for 2 video's on the World Languages Festival.
Here is a sample below.

World Languages Festival 2 from Alison Pearse on Vimeo.

This video celebrates the learning of Languages in Middle School at TCIS

Grade 7

Here is a nice collage photo of Grade 7 during their Service project at Hannam.
Students used their knowledge of the effects of smoking on the body to educate Hannam University students. It was a very successful project!

The PE page has also been updated with some pictures of our Tennis lessons.

From Mr Moimoi

KNOWLEDGEABLE Biblical Value for Middle School: 

The knowledge of God allows a framework to view humanity in all its endeavors. His Word holds relevance to every sphere and aspect of life. Such knowledge extends the students’ knowledge of humanity and God in all disciplines and school activities.

Jeremiah 9: 23 &24
This is what the LORD says:
  “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength  or the rich boast of their riches, 24 but let the one who boasts boast about this:
  that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,  justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the LORD. (italics from Mr Moimoi)

Proverbs 2:1-6
1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (italics from Mr Moimoi)

Attention all leaders or wannabe leaders...

Here is an excerpt taken from John Spencer's blog about Leadership and the traits associated with being a leader.

"Leaders, however, work in nuance and paradox. They serve humbly but also speak boldly. They understand that change happens relationally through trust. True, a leader will articulate rules, but the goal is to help a child develop a philosophical and ethical understanding behind behaviors.

Leadership is messy. It takes longer. It is often more confusing, more painful and more counterintuitive than management. However, ultimately I want to be a leader rather than a manager."

	Management	Leadership
Attitude	Compliance	Humility
Authority	Based upon title	Based upon earned trust
Questions	Questions are viewed as a threat to authority	Encourages questions to develop an ethical understanding
The Framework	Procedural	Relational
Rules / Boundaries	Based upon conformity	Based upon an ethical, philosophical concept
Procedures	Standardized	Personalized
Innovation	Discouraged if it challenges the status quo	Provides a vision that inspires others
Submission	Forced: based upon a fear	Voluntarily: submitting to another’s strengths to protect one’s weaknesses
Motivation	Extrinsic	Intrinsic
The Results	Behave externally but rebel internally (or when no one is looking)	Empathetic, ethical thinkers who want to do what is right

So how does this relate to you?
Do you want to be a leader? Do you consider yourself a leader?
Can you notice any of the above traits in yourself?
Can you work to develop more of these traits to quietly develop your leadership skills?




Taken from: http://www.educationrethink.com/2012/03/i-dont-want-to-manage-my-class.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+JohnSpencersBlog+(Education+Rethink)

Humanities page has been updated 3/21/2012

Mr Moor has updated the Humanities page with information on their latest unit and a video.

Check it out, it's great!

PE and Health page has been updated

We are studying Health at the moment in PE, I have updated our page with information on our latest unit: Harmful Substances- Tobacco.
Here are 2 examples of an anti-smoking commercials that students viewed and evaluated for their effectiveness in the fight against tobacco usage.

Congratulations to Students of the Month for February

Again this month staff have nominated 2 students for student of the month. In the voting, we were unable to decide who was a more worthy recipient, so we honored 2 fantastic students who are doing their best to make Middle School a better place to be.
Congratulations...

Daniel Kim.

He has really stepped up to be a risk taker during the last month. He started participating in the Volleyball Intramurals program, which was completely new to him. He has worked with different people through these expereinces and remained a positve team member. In PE class he has become more confident and was a leader in the group work during the dance unit. He added many ideas to help his peers.

He is showing himself to be a thinker in Technology.  His pattern for the textiles project is visually appealing and it is being assembled with precision and accuracy.

In a variety of classes he is trying to speak up more and is communicating more freely in class work. He is growing in self confidence and is looking to learn at all opportunities. He is respected by his peers and teachers as he is principled with his decisions in class.

Daniel Kim

 Leslie Cho

She has come into the school this semester as a quiet, yet determined student. She completes her work with excellent quality and is a wonderful addition to the classroom leading by example to do the right thing. Being principled is important in Technology where there is a lot going on in the room. 

She has shown initiative in doing some extra work to get caught up after joining Spanish this Semester. Not only is she very knowledgeable and learns vocabulary quickly, but she also works well with the others in the class, is organized, and demonstrates open-mindedness as we study about another culture. 

She sees a problem and solves it as was seen in examples in her Technology and Science classes, as well as showing caring for the other members of the class.

Her work in science is not only carefully completed, but very thorough in covering what we are doing. Not only will she sketch a diagram, but she will carefully and accurately label it as well.

She has also taken on Volleyball in Intramurals, showing she is also a risk taker and willing to try new things and be part of the community. I see her encouragng others and she is well respected by her teachers and peers.

Leslie Cho