Week of Mar 13th - 17th

This week we are splitting the class ALL week due to introductory labs in Chemistry.  A-L's will be in the science room for Monday and Tuesday.  M-Z's will be in the science room on Wednesday and Thursday.  Friday we have a very special guest speaker in the theatre!!!1

First day of Science:
Notes: Atomic Structure, etc.
Lab: Bag of Change

Second day of Science:
Discuss lab: what were the chemicals?
Lab: Meet the Elements

Important info:

• For students re-applying for IGS next year, please complete this survey as your application

• FIELD TRIP on April 5th & 6th!!!!  Permission forms and parent/guardian letters are being sent home today (but can also be found by following the links above).  Please return by Monday, April 3rd.  

• Survey of important info including emergency contacts & medical info found here

Week of Mar 7th - Mar 10th

Tuesday: Learning Commons time to work on Science and/or Socials project ... here is the link to Mr. Neufeld's war of 1812 assignment (access google classroom here)

Wednesday: Mr. Neufeld leading ... email him or check his gclassroom site.

Thursday: CHEMISTRY!!  Lab safety and what do you remember from previous chemistry.

Please take the time to complete this survey (https://goo.gl/forms/LNhpcRHEfuiD5rmD2) with your parents.  This provides us with valuable feedback to improve our program and our teaching.

Friday: Guest Speaker in the Theatre

Info from Lux

Here is the info about the drop-in that Lux supports at Commonwealth...

The Commonwealth Drop-in is every Friday from 5:30 to 10 pm and it's open to anyone 13-18 who identifies as 2-Spirit, Queer, Trans and their allies! We have dinner every week usually around 630 and we generally end up baking cookies or mug cakes or something sweet towards the end of the night! We have a functioning recording studio, video games (Wii U and Xbox 360), a pool table, two ping pong tables, foosball and a super sized chess board on the floor. There's usually anywhere between 10-30 people there and I've always been really impressed with how welcoming and inclusive the space is to newcomers. We also have a few regular members who aren't as social/talkative that prefer to hang out a little more quietly, so there's usually a chill zone with art supplies and snacks for people to just relax as well. 

We usually don't have set group activities but we've been known to have open mics, clothing swaps, dance parties, Degrassi marathons, picnics, lazer tag outings and more! It's a really fun community of kids and we see such a range of personalities and interests that I really would recommend it to anyone who's trying to find LGBT community.

The Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/2qtdropin/