FULL CIRCLE MOMENTS
Reflecting on my high school years at ACS reminds me how much I enjoy listening to people talk about what they are passionate about. I remember learning moments like Mr. Bill de Jager spouting lines from Hamlet, or Mr. Jack Boersma explaining how to fill out your track meet sticker (through the examples of Suzy Q and Zigfried von Gugenheimer, of course), or band teacher, Mr. Jack Koning, introducing the new piece we’re going to learn that he’s been hanging on to for years and finally has just the right band to play it—those things stick with you. Shop [...]
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CONSTRUCTING CANADA
How do you teach elementary students about the effects of Canadian geography on Canada’s history? Or about how the vast array of geographical terrains and climates of early Canada impacted the Indigenous peoples and the first European settlers? You build a 3D map of Canada so large it’s difficult to find a table big enough! At least, that is what Irene Johanson did with her enthusiastic class of grade 4 students. Interactive Inspiration Irene, [...]
To launch the Inside Out blog in 2015, we created this music video to introduce our brave writers. While some of the writers have changed since then, we still feel it celebrates the spirit of who we are and the types of stories we want to share with you. Enjoy!