#HappyMonday

Happy Monday!!!

Hope you enjoyed your last day at HDC!

Have a wonderful summer and transition into your next chapter of your education!

#HappyFriday

Grade 9's you were determined, committed, and persevered through PATs this week!! Your hard work is recognized and appreciated. Enjoy your weekend and the sunshine! See you on Monday for your last day at HDC! 

See RTHS today!!!

Are you a new student to RTHS next year?  Did you miss the chance to attend our Open Houses in January? Do you wish to take another peek at the school before summer?  Do you have a question about our school, your timetable or what the first day of grade 10 will be like?  If so, we invite you to drop in between 2-4 pm on June 26 for a student-led tour.  Guidance Counsellors will also be available in the Success Centre to answer questions. 

Social Studies Vocabulary Review

Good work today with your English Language Arts PAT. Your last PAT is Friday....and below you will find Social Studies vocabulary for you to review.

2 PATs REMAINING!!

Well done Grade 9 students with completing Science/Math PATs.

BRING IN PENCIL, ERASER, HIGHLIGHTER FOR:

Thursday: English Language Arts Part B.
Friday: Social Studies.

See RTHS on Friday, June 26

Are you a new student to RTHS next year?  Did you miss the chance to attend our Open Houses in January? Do you wish to take another peek at the school before summer?  Do you have a question about our school, your timetable or what the first day of grade 10 will be like?  If so, we invite you to drop in between 2-4 pm on June 26 for a student-led tour.  Guidance Counsellors will also be available in the Success Centre to answer questions. 

Week Ahead

Tuesday: Science PAT

Wednesday: Math PAT

Thursday: ELA Part B PAT

Friday: Social Studies PAT

Carpe Diem - Robert Frost

Carpe Diem

Age saw two quiet children
Go loving by at twilight,
He knew not whether homeward,
Or outward from the village,
Or (chimes were ringing) churchward,
He waited, (they were strangers)
Till they were out of hearing
To bid them both be happy.
'Be happy, happy, happy,
And seize the day of pleasure.'
The age-long theme is Age's.
'Twas Age imposed on poems
Their gather-roses burden
To warn against the danger
That overtaken lovers
From being overflooded
With happiness should have it.
And yet not know they have it.
But bid life seize the present?
It lives less in the present
Than in the future always,
And less in both together
Than in the past. The present
Is too much for the senses,
Too crowding, too confusing-
Too present to imagine. 

-Robert Frost

Electrical Principles Mind Map

Electricity Review Mindmap

Electricity Mind Map Review

Week Ahead for Math/Science

Humanities

Poem analysis continued with "The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost" and "If... by Rudyard Kipling".

Students were also provided with review questions and vocabulary for Social Studies and ELA Part 2.

Thursday: Math/Science Plans

Humanities

Poem Analysis continued today with "Mother to Son" - Langston Hughes. Remainder of the week we will continue to look various poems and review questions for ELA and Social Studies.

Math/Science PBA Schedule

Math/Science PBA Schedule:

Pencil Case

Students put together a pencil case for your PBAs and PATs include the following:

• sharpened pencils
• erasers
• calculator
• highlighter
• SMART PHONES will be in your lockers! 

Biological Diversity Review

Science 9: Biological Diversity Review

1. Describe variation and list an example of variation among species and an example within a species.
   
2. Give the definition and state an example of a niche.
   
3. Describe how variation plays a role in species’ ability to survive in specific
   niches/habitats.
   
4. Give an example of how species can be dependent on other species (ie. a
   predator-prey relationship).
   
5. Why is variation important when considering environmental changes?
   
6. What is the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?
   
7. What are examples of asexual reproduction, sexual reproduction, and both asexual
   and sexual reproduction?
   
8. How is an embryo and a zygote formed in a plant? In an animal?
   
9. What is an example of discrete variation? Continuous variation?
   
10. Draw a diagram of mitosis and meiosis-show the differences between them.
    
11. What is incomplete dominance? Give an example.
    
12. What is the difference between heritable and non-heritable characteristics?
    
13. Give an example of a characteristic that is affected by both heredity and the
    environment.
    
14. What is the relationship between chromosomes, genes and DNA?
    
15. What are the advantages and disadvantages to asexual reproduction?
    
16. What are the advantages and disadvantages to sexual reproduction?
    
17. What is the difference between natural and artificial selection?
    
18. What are examples of natural and artificial selection?
    
19. Name a technology use for recombining genetic material and describe some
    issues associated with it.
    
20. Where on Earth is there the greatest species diversity? Why?
    
21. What is the difference between extinction and extirpation?
    
22. Describe the role of an environmental factor that causes these changes.
    
23. Name one strategy for minimizing species loss and give its advantages and
    disadvantages.
    
24. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using biotechnology?
    
25. What impacts could biotechnology’s use have on the environment or on society? 
    

Math/Science

Plans for Math/Science for the week of June 15 -June 19.

Go see Robert Thirsk this afternoon.......

Are you a new student to RTHS next year?  Did you miss the chance to attend our Open Houses in January? Do you wish to take another peek at the school before summer?  Do you have a question about our school, your timetable or what the first day of grade 10 will be like?  If so, we invite you to drop in between 2-4 pm on June 12, 19 or 26 for a student-led tour.  Guidance Counsellors will also be available in the Success Centre to answer questions. 

Links for Humanities journal work on Thursday

Finding Truth and Reconciliation

- from 2013

- an overview of the work being done

- very powerful and moving

Truth and Reconciliation Commission's long-awaited report

- from June 2015

- what the report outlines

- responses to the report

Murray Sinclair

Chairman of the commission

- his full response can be found HERE

Tuesday

Plan for Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday: Blackfoot Crossing and Siksika Nation Outreach Field Trip

• ALL DAY FIELD TRIP
• Dress Comfortably
• Bring a lunch and water/juice 
• Bring hat/sunglasses
• Wear running shoes as we will be walking during the day
• Sunscreen

Thursday: Farewell

• Students arrive 5:00-5:15 pm
• Check in with Homeroom Teacher 5:15pm
• Enter Gym 5:30pm
• Assembly
• Dinner/Dance

Happy Friday!

Well done at Triathlon! Everyone participated and enjoyed the exercise!!!

For Tuesday:

Please bring your Siksika field trip forms.

Complete your Space booklet.

Science

Please complete Space Booklet tasks for Tuesday. 

See image below for Task 7: Life Cycle of Stars.

Life Cycle of Stars

Homework for tonight......

Thursday:

Chapter 9 booklet completed and ready to review

Circle Geometry Assessment - review with textbook questions and notes

Last day to buy tickets is THURSDAY!

Go See Robert Thirsk High School......

Are you a new student to RTHS next year?  Did you miss the chance to attend our Open Houses in January? Do you wish to take another peek at the school before summer?  Do you have a question about our school, your timetable or what the first day of grade 10 will be like?  If so, we invite you to drop in between 2-4 pm on June 12, 19 or 26 for a student-led tour.  Guidance Counsellors will also be available in the Success Centre to answer questions. 

The Outsiders

Here is a link to "The Outsiders". If you are absent and want to listen to the chapter again it is a great resource.

https://monteromyp2english.wikispaces.com/Audio+The+Outsiders

Buy Farewell Ticket!

Buy Farewell Ticket! Cost: $35.

Introduction to Space Today!

Students were given an introduction to Space today. Students will be completing several tasks from reading their textbook, gathering research, and in class hands on tasks to complete their Space Tasks. All tasks should be completed by Tuesday, June 9.

Humanities

Students are completing their Chapter 9 Booklet for Thursday.

Circle Geometry Practice Questions

Page 389 # 4,5,7,8,9,10,15,17

Circle Geometry Assessment: Thursday, June 4

Circle Geometry

Rule #3 A perpendicular bisector, drawn through any chord, travels through the centre of a circle.