This Week...

Wednesday: Rehearsal for Farewell
Thursday: Grade 9 Group Picture and Farewell

Next 2 Weeks:

Note: Blackfoot Crossing Field Trip - CANCELLED.

Key Events:

9-1 Week #2: Utopia Status Updates

Amisha, Rupin, Jessica, Martin: We have finished our political system and our country charter. We have a process for passing bills and laws. We have a name: Pualani.

Nadeem, Pacifica, Karan, April: We are doing rights and freedoms of our country and our Social Programs. We have a name: Wham Cake Island.

Joey, Kate, Harris, Areeba: We are working out on our political system and we are trying to figure out rights and freedoms for our citizens. Looking at trading allies. We have a name: Vermilious.

Rebecca, Hesham, Sydney, Alex: We are focusing on economics and we are trying to sort ourselves out as we are confused as a group. But feel we have a good start on the beliefs, values and political system of our country.

Lei, Lachlan, Courtney, Simon:  We are almost done our economic systems and are getting close to being done our social systems. We have a name: Malicuria.

Shannon, Ahd, Mai-Lan, Devaughn: We have figured out our political/environment systems and are now working on our social system. We also found out what resources we need to meet our basic needs, so we are planning on discussing with other groups about trade partnerships. We have a name: Zaconda.

Lexy, Taha, Tommy, Huda: We are finishing our political system and are entering our economic system with a country charter being create, We have a name: Pazious.

Hunayn, Mara, Julia, Lynden: We are wrapping things up in the Political system and making head way in the economic system. We have a name: Kalion.

Sarah, Sabrina, Evan, Mihir: We finished our Economic discussion. We are working on our Social System and are in process of making a good country. We had decided that our country name should be Goldborne cause we have a lot of gold.

Hockey Playoffs

Congratulations 9-1 for your success in Grade 9 Homeroom Hockey Challenge! Well done Team!

Week of May 24-May 27

Tuesday: Buy Farewell Tickets Cost $35
Wednesday: Buy Farewell Tickets Cost $35; (9-1 Bring Pink Shirt for 2nd Round of Floor Hockey)
Thursday: Pride Day (9-1/9-2 Wear Blue)
Friday: Reading Buddies and Community Clean Up

Happy Extra Long Weekend!

9-1 Week #1: Utopia Status Updates

Completed Student-Group Conferences to get Country updates. Here are the groups after the first week of Utopia.

Amisha, Rupin, Jessica, Martin: "We are discussing our political and economic systems--using our beliefs and values to guide our decisions."

Nadeem, Pacifica, Karan, April: "Having completed values and beliefs, we are working on political, economic, environmental systems --believe we are centre left society."

Joey, Kate, Harris, Areeba: "Poor and small country. Working on health care and education. Going back and completing and reflecting on the values and beliefs chart".

Rebecca, Hesham, Sydney, Alex: "We are having heated discussions about what our economic and political beliefs should be. We have found a compromise on what our beliefs should be or around ---we are middle left wing."

Lei, Lachlan, Courtney, Simon: "We are in the process of making a great country."

Shannon, Ahd, Mai-Lan, Devaughn: "We have the basis of our values, economic and political systems but we need to tie off a few loose ends. By a few, we mean a lot, but we got it all under control."

Lexy, Taha, Tommy, Huda: "We have completed general rules and regulations amongst our country with a light overview of vision for the future."

Hunayn, Mara, Julia, Lynden: "We are in the process of completing our political system-combination of representation of democracy and demarchy."

Sarah, Sabrina, Evan, Mihir: "We believe that our political system should be a social democracy and our economic system should be a command/mixed economy or known as socialism."