Friday, May 14th, 2010
We gave the students the task of leading Kaija and me On the Métro to Schwartz's. They found it with unerring accuracy. After, we worked off the mighty Schwatrz's sandwiches with a three-hour bike tour along the waterways of Montreal.
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Giant pipe organ at the beautiful Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal & giant plates of poutine at La Belle Province:
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Our last night in la vieille ville.
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
The cultural experience is wonderful and our students are doing a terrific job of keeping up in French, both speaking and listening. But our guide on the Chateau Frontenac tour today was like a combination of Tristan and Coby:flawless French delivered at triple speed. Drove us crazy. We needed a ...
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Really, our first full day in Quebec City. A guided walking tour took us through La Citadel, past the grand Chateau Frontenac and into La Basse Ville--the lower town. We had planned to go to a cabane à sucre for dinner but getting there proved awkward, so we walked down ...
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Smooth flight.
Blue skies and chilly air.
High spirits.
All promising a great sojourn.
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Saturday, May 8th, 2010
We had a fabulous, sunny mini-tournament today in Slocan Park, at Stratford Hall's Sabrefest mini-tournament. IPS's mixed team played three other school teams in the preliminary rounds and, although we did win each game, we had to fight hard for every point.
The teams were well-matched for skill and everyone had ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
That this post should have been uploaded in September of last year is an interesting story itself. Shortly after we came down from Black Tusk and were all into our new routines of classes and homework, Michael Simmonds asked me get something on the blog. This was, after all, ...
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
As part of the IB Technology course, Grade 9 students have been constructing launching devices in an effort to send an egg crashing to earth 15 meters away. A small twist, however - the egg must survive the trip.
Students spent the first few weeks investigating the best way to launch ...
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