Pacific Way Gr 5-6 / Sa-Hali Creativity 11-12 Students from both schools will meet several times to create a genius hour project. Beginning in March the students will meet in person and through video chat to exchange ideas and develop their projects. The project will end with a presentation of learning during a day trip to…
Animal Adaptations
Pacific Way Gr 2 / Thompson Rivers University. Students in Gr 2 at Pacific Way are going to spend the morning at University. The lucky Pacific Way students will spend their time in the science building looking at various museum mounted animals, skulls, and skeletons. The students will also look at a research project related…
Stained Glass
Summit Gr 4 / Sa-Hali Metal 11-12 – Students from Summit Elementary worked closely with their mentors learning how to create stained glass ornaments. Together they personalized a design, cut the glass and fused the pieces together for their projects. Senior students went to the elementary school to fasten copper clasps to the finished product….
Cinderella Books
Pacific Way Gr 3 / Sa-Hali English Gr 10 Students from Sa-Hali Secondary and Pacific Way Elementary met on Feb 5th to begin planning on a set of children’s books. The grade 10 students spent time in the grade 3 classroom enjoying some icebreaker activities. The students built spaghetti towers, played word games, and enjoyed some…
Biographies
McGowan Gr 5 / Sa-Hali Gr 12 Students from McGowan Elementary traveled to Sa-Hali Secondary to interact and plan their biography books. The student interviews for the book went well. The students really seemed to enjoy the day and highlighted that it was a positive experience. The younger students enjoyed the process of writing the stories and in…
Student Engagment
Learning in schools is changing, the worksheet rote memory days of old are being transformed into meaningful activities. New tasks that allow students to show their understanding and present what they have learned is an exciting change that students are embracing. Our family of schools has decided to increase the collaboration between teachers and students…
Family of Schools: K - 16 