Dear Parents, 

We hope you had a great long weekend!

Here is the weekly update for May 21-24, 2013. 

The School  is hosting ConnectEd this Friday-Sunday. This is a conference for educators from a variety of schools and school boards. On Friday conference attendees will be visiting classrooms to see student work in progress. We are excited to show off the work your kids have been engaged in this term. 

General:
- There is an outdoor Ed. trip for students in that elective on Thursday, May 23rd. 

-CSS  is hosting ConnectEd this Friday-Sunday. This is a conference for educators from a variety of schools and school boards. On Friday conference attendees will be visiting classrooms to see student work in progress. We are excited to show off the work your kids have been engaged in this term. Friday, May 24th is a regular school day.

-For more information on ConnectEd please visit:   http://connectedcanada.org
- Friday, June 7th is a PD Day (No School).

Humanities:
This week students will continue to work on their novel study project, which is due June 6th. We will also review collective and individual rights while examining the significance of the Treaty of la Grande Paix de Montreal and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. FInally, students will write a practice Social Studies PAT on Thursday (or Friday for those who are away on a trip) so students can seek clarification on concepts and ask questions over the next few weeks. 

Math/Science:
In Science we are continuing to build on our knowledge of Air & Aerodynamics. Student videos based on their Air experiments should be posted to the 63/64 youtube account no later than Thursday before school 
[email protected] ). All videos must be TAG'd with the following: Air, Aerodynamics, Student Name, Class. 
Any students who are unfamiliar with posting videos to Youtube should seek help on Wednesday. 
We will be starting several flight related projects in the coming days. Students will be investigating wing design, material, and construction methods in order to build and test a wing of their own design and manufacturing.

In Math we will be continuing to interpret and work with graphs and graphic information. There will be a short Math quiz on Friday. Last weeks quiz was cancelled because of the PAT. Topics for the quiz will include: algebra, graphs, integers, and some computation. 

We hope you have a great week!




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