Happy Easter!

I have a soft and cuddly announcement...

Happy Easter from Emily and Avery!!! I may be biased, but I think my nieces make the cutest little Easter bunnies ever! :o)

8I Picnik highlights - April 18th

Here are some of the highlights of your "Own Choice" and "Determination" assignments of the last week or so. Nice work!

This week's featured Picnikers: Kayle, Vanessa, Claudia, Brooke S, Tasha

Inspiration Series #2: Reflection

Choose an appropriate photo and include one of the following quotes. Save your photo as "reflection" and submit to the drop box.

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“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” - James Levin

“In water one sees one's own face; But in wine one beholds the heart of another.” - French Proverb

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." - Confucius

"I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me." - Anna Quindlen

"It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words." - Eric Hoffer

"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment." - Lao Tzu

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to each man a reflection of his own face." - William Thackeray

Inspiration Series #1 - Determination

Hi Comp 8! We are turning our attention now to editing photos that will serve us well as portfolio additions. Introducing, the "Motivational/Inspirational" series!

Assignment #1: "Determination"

Choose one of the following quotes and find a picture that compliments the text (either from your own collection or a high resolution photo from Google Image search). Save it as "Last name, first initial, determination."

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“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” - Gail Devers

"Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” - Unknown

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” - Albert Einstein

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill

“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” - Og Mandino

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” - Wilma Rudolph

“When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help." - Robert Half

“The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.” - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Silent Monks "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah

As promised to the jazz choir girls, here they are! The silent monks "singing" Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Hilarious!

IP 20/30 movie trailer due date

Hi girls! Just a reminder that your movie trailers will be due after the Gr. 11s return from Europe. If the rest of you finish your trailers before that, then you will be able to work on yearbook pages, proof reading, editing, etc.

The due date for movie trailers is MAY 12TH.

So far things have been very entertaining around here - I can't wait to see what you come up with! The filming is underway for most groups already, and once we get your footage imported to iMovie you will really start to see the product come together. Remember that your clips should contain fairly fast and/or noticeable action, as many of the spaces in the template only allow clips of 0.5-2 seconds, which can pass by quicker than you may anticipate (and if the clip is too static, it may end up looking like a still photo). There will always be room to re-shoot certain clips if necessary once you start working with the iMovie templates.

Updates all around!

Science 7 - Notes on the theory of plate tectonics, types of boundaries (converging, diverging, transform), brainstorm and discussion on earthquakes and volcanoes

Comp 8I - Nature Quote, start April calendars when you finish the nature edit

Comp 8M - April calendars

IP 10 - Brainstorming for news broadcast video project

IP 20/30 - Start thinking about when you will begin filming for your movie trailer video project - the brainstorming and planning process should be coming together now with some concrete ideas for how you will shoot each clip, camera angles, costumes, effects, etc.

Jazz Choir - We're Doin' a Show/What a Wonderful World - memory work on Wonderful World should be almost done now

Senior Choir - Body Talk, new piece(s) TBA, Early One Morning/Fare Thee Well, Love for final concert as well

All bands - Online theory marks have been printed and will be 30% of your report card mark again this semester. Practice charts for March are due by this Friday, and need to be signed by a parent or guardian to verify that your minutes have been completed. CONGRATULATIONS to the Level 3 and Level 4 bands who played at Music Festival yesterday and scored marks of 87 and 88 (Level 3), and 86 and 87 (Level 4). We are so proud of you! Way to go!

Junior choir opportunity - If you want to sing with the choir for the Way of the Cross celebration on April 18th, please let me know. We will be singing "Sing Hosanna," "Eat This Bread," "Look at the Cross," "All You Who Pass This Way," and "Jesus, Remember Me."