Are You Good Roommate Material?

Please complete the following roommate test.
We will discuss the questions and results in class.

Expanding Horizons Post-Graduation

Here are a number of the links we discussed in class. Please explore them to know more of the opportunities that you have after graduation.

Canada International Work Experience
Rotary Youth Exchange
Explore - Summer Language Program
Canada World Youth
Katimavik

Grade 12: Well, What Do You Know?

As many of you have been focussed on classes, exams, grad, and post-secondary planning lately, it may have dawned on you that your days in high school are numbered. Before too long you'll be moving on, so why not take some time to pass along the knowledge that you've gleaned. No, I'm not asking you to teach grade 12 Physics, but think about the informal high school knowledge and skills you've gained throughout your four years! 

Advice to Incoming Grade 9 Students

Your assignment is to write an advice column style post on your class blog in response to one of the questions below. Your post should respond to the question with practical suggestions for actions that will lead to a healthy solution of the concern. You may wish to use specific examples to clarify your advice, but please do not use real people's names.

Questions from grade nine students: (choose one)

• I'm not super outgoing, how can I feel more comfortable at Maples?
• Maples seems really big, how do I learn where I'm going? Where should I stay away from?
• I don't want to makes mistakes. What things should I not do in high school?
• I want to make the most of high school. What things should I get involved with?
• Are the exams really as hard as they say? How do I get ready and do well? 
• What are the best things about high school?
• What are the worst thing about high school? 
• Grades are important to me. How much do I really need to study to do well?
• What's the deal with spares? What really happens in that time?
• If you could go back in time to beginning grade 9, what would you do differently?

I.C.E. - Inspirational Career Exploration

Here are the unique topics chosen by our unique students:

GIAN - Fire Fighter

ZHAIRA - Registered Nurse

DREDEN - Chef

SIMRAN - Psychologist

AMAN - Lawyer

RICHARD - Film Director/Producer

ANGELO - Software Developer 

BRITTANY - Fashion Designer

VICTORIA - Social Worker

ASHLEY - Architect

TYSHANA - Health Care Aide

MATTHEW - Computer Programmer

KURT - Pharmacist

ANTHONY - Chiropractor

SAMANTHA - PowerPoint - Pediatrician

FREDIESON - Doctor

ALYZA - Hair Stylist

SHAQ - Police Officer

KENNETH - Fashion Merchandiser

As well here are the guidelines for the project, as brainstormed by the students: (assisted by Mr. H)

Description: Students will research and present to the class information pertaining to one career field or job of interest. The form of the project is up to the individual, but must be publically shared with the class in some fashion. Regardless of the form, the content of the project should cover:

• The name of the job
• A description of the jobs duties and responsibilities (pictures can help too)
• Important skills required in performing the job
• Requirements to be in the job (school, training, or certificate)
• Salary expectations of the job (starting, average, or peak salary)
• Associated jobs or careers (before or after this job)
• A statement explaining their personal interest in this job. 

Stay tuned as the projects will be posted to this website in the future!

Due Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012

Job Offers!

Congratulations to the winners of our mock job interviews:

Samantha Tran was hired by MYAC as summer program coordinator,
Dreden Gomez was hired by Best Buy as shift supervisor, and
Fredieson Tumambing was hired by Borland Construction as time sheet accountant.

Thanks to all who applied and best of luck in your future interviews!

Mock Job Interview Dates!

Mr. H couldn't remember if we had finalized this date, so in the interest of getting this activity done, please be advised!

As you know, we have been conducting mock job interviews and the last day is fast approaching. The last job interview session will be for the position of Time Sheet Accountant at Borland Construction and will take place during TA Tuesday, December 13th at 10:10. All students who have signed up to be interviewed for this job should be prepared for that time.

RSS - Feed Your Head

RSS stands for RDF Site Summary, but is more commonly known as Really Simple Syndication. It is a webtool that is changing the way in which people read on the Internet. RSS allows a user to subscribe to receive all new updates to a webpage. Using an RSS feed means that a person does not need to visit their favourite websites in order to see what's new. It's kind of like "following" a website. RSS can be a very effective way to stay on top of blog content that matters to you.

Google Reader is a service offfered with your Google account which can act as your RSS feed organizer (and reader). To access Google Reader, just log into your Google account and click on the Reader feature in the "more" menu. Once you are logged in to Reader, subscribe to a minimum of 3 feeds (from different sections) from this extensive list.  Remember that the number of feeds you subscribe to will determine the amount of reading that will be delivered to your reader.