Category Archives: Grade 7

Adventure Trips: Dare to Step Out on the Glacier Skywalk

DarDeDar To Step Out Onto The Glacier Skywalk

Dare to Step Out in the Glacier Skywalk

Where: 3.5 hours from Calgary, 4.5 hours from EdmontonWhat to do: While you’re stopped at the Columbia Icefields, why not take a trip to the area’s newest attraction — The Glacier Skywalk. The glass-floored platform hangs nearly 300 metres above the Sunwapta Valley and promises to give visitors a bird’s eye view of glaciers, mountain crags and wildlife along the cliffs

Jasper, AB

Links to the Survival Guide Website

NHS Jr. High Survival Guide5 Simple Tips to Survive Junior High – YouTube

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NHS Jr. High Survival Guide

What the Devil

News video:

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/what-the-devil-sexually-explicit-satan-statue-appears-in-east-van-1.1999196

Pondering Parents @ Meet the Teacher Night

To see what kind of work we do, parents may engage in a town-hall style exploratory commentary, in person 7-8pm or online tonight a Meet the Teacher Night. Parents may comment anonymously on a poster, google doc, or choose to submit an individual response in the assignment folder.

Parents, please email pruck@newhorizons.ab.ca for permission to edit the Google doc from the email address the school has on file.

Questions for consideration:

1) What does a citizen need to know to engage in a democratic society?

2) In your opinion, what does it mean to be Canadian?

3) What histories do you think may be overlooked in contemporary education?

4) How would technology ideally enhance communications?

5)What kinds of local contexts are important for students to experience?

6) Wildcard – parents choice

DONE

[grandfathered] Parent/Guardian Signature

Parent/Guardian Signature
Please introduce your parents to the Google Classroom by showing them the relevant documents under the About section. These Documents are also available online.
Due: Sept. 3

[Grandfathered] About Me & Photo

Post short About Me with photo

Introduce a bit about yourself and a current photo of you in our class stream. If you have an online portfolio or blog, make sure to add the link (below). Supportive comments are encouraged!

What are the Humanities?

What are the Humanities?

“The humanities can be described as the study of how people process and document the human experience. Since humans have been able, we have used philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language to understand and record our world. These modes of expression have become some of the subjects that traditionally fall under the humanities umbrella. Knowledge of these records of human experience gives us the opportunity to feel a sense of connection to those who have come before us, as well as to our contemporaries.”

http://shc.stanford.edu/what-are-the-humanities

Action Organizer Template

NEW HORIZONS Action Organizer Template

I made this template up to help me plan out what I am doing each day, and what I need to schedule in my calendar, like homework or group tasks. For students, use it to keep track of daily homework for each class.

1. Fill in your your schedule for each day.
2. Save 5 copies of the template, DAY 1, DAY 2, DAY 3, DAY 4, DAY 5. That way, you won’t ever have to write out your schedule again.
3. When I save a copy, I simply open yesterday’s file (to refresh my memory) or a blank template and re-save the file with the date in the name.
4. You’ll notice my initials are after NH – that’s so when I send it to a friend, they will know who wrote it. Change your copy to your initials.
5. Make sure to set up reminders in your google calendar to keep track of project management. You may wish to push reminders to your smartphone.
6. Customize & make it your own!

NH PAR DAY 2 – Sept 2 Template