Enjoy the Moment As part of our healthy schools initiative and our commitment to embrace the environment which we attend school in, the Keephills grade 4-6 Learning Group ventured out into the deep, snowy expanse of wilderness donning our recently acquired snowshoes. When the note for permission to leave school grounds for this expedition went [...]
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Day 116: Aileen Wagner, Principal (Keephills School)
March 12th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Parkland Staff
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Day 67: Remington, Student (Keephills School)
December 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Middle Years
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by aleahey In Language Arts we are doing a letter from the point of view of a Christmas tree. So basically you pretend that you are a Christmas tree and share how you feel. How would you feel if someone came and cut you down? Just [...]
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Day 66: Tiana, Student (Keephills School)
December 11th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Middle Years
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Mr. Kris On Friday December 7th, we had Keephills Christmas Extravaganza. I got to make chili, serve food and take care of the Students’ Union table. If you are wondering what a Christmas Extravaganza is, it is sort of like a mini farmers market. People rent [...]
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Day 60: Jen Hollman, Teacher (Keephills School)
December 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Parkland Staff
Last month, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the annual ATA Science Conference in Banff. It was one of the most memorable PD opportunities I have had in a long time. Not only were there some informative sessions on elementary science, there were two amazing keynote speakers that I was excited [...]
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Day 39: Megan, Student (Keephills School)
October 30th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Middle Years
Every year Keephills school’s grade 6 class creates a haunted house with the help from some of our staff members. When we are making the haunted house the biggest thing we have to concentrate on is cooperation. Some things we do to make everyone happy are to never criticize anyone’s idea. We don’t leave any [...]
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Day 27: Miranda, Student (Keephills School)
October 12th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Middle Years
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by USAG-Humphreys A few weeks ago we had our Student Council Election. The grade six’s job is to select a position that they want to run for. The positions are president, vice president, social rep, sports rep, treasurer and secretary. The president’s job is to lead the [...]
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Day 180: Lisa M. EA (Keephills School)
June 22nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Parkland Staff
Roots of Empathy is an international anti-bullying and compassion building program founded by Toronto teacher Mary Gordon. Longitudinal research by local colleges and universities have shown that students who participate in the year long program have fewer incidences of aggression on the playground, show more empathy for others feelings, and are better able to solve [...]
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Day 171: Steven S. Teacher (Keephills School)
June 11th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Early Years, Parkland Staff
Over the course of this school year the teachers at Keephills School have been using technology to support student learning and assist with best assessment practices. We have found there are many exciting ways to have students share their learning experiences with the use of an ipad. Recently we held a Science Fair in our [...]
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184 – Day 102: Shaelene, Student (Keephills School)
February 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Middle Years
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by krossbow Just recently, our class got Smart Response remotes. Our teacher went to workshops to learn how to use the new remotes and she also helped the other teachers at the school learn to use them. We all have ID numbers and we login every time [...]
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184 – Day 72: Amber, Student (Keephills School)
December 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Middle Years
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by D’Arcy Norman Hello everyone, Things have been very crazy here, with the students and staff preparing for the Christmas concert. This year the show is called “Snow Biz!” and all of the students love it. There are quite a variety of parts to choose from, [...]
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