How to Succeed in High School

This morning we were privileged to have Jayden (SWCHS 2016) and John (WCHS 2016) present their motivational Power Point presentations to various grade 7, 8 and 9 classes. Their focus was on succeeding in high school, living a balanced life while attending high school, and steps to applying for a good university.  Their advice was extremely helpful and informative!

Jayden's Presentation <------ is available at this link. Hopefully these two students have inspired you to work hard to achieve your goals, but find balance at the same time!

One of the topics both Jayden and John discussed, was turning off social media and focusing on studying. Ways to do this is to find an app that will control your social media apps, or simply turn your cell phone or computer off, or on "airplane mode" while you are studying.

Turning off social media is like "putting blinders on" so that you can focus AND study!

Khan Academy - free online tutorials with exercises

If you are not familiar with "Khan Academy" yet, you may find it useful to check it out. I've included a few articles and YouTube videos about Khan Academy and it's founder, Salman Khan. The videos are free and easy to download to view later in a non-wifi zone, or to conserve the data usage on your phone or electronic device. Students have found it particularly helpful to watch the videos while riding the bus or LRT and have enjoyed "uninterrupted" videos, if downloaded while in a wifi zone and saved on their devices to view enroute to school or home. These videos are excellent summaries of topics that may be coming up in Math or Science classes, or have already been covered or will be taught soon. The app can be downloaded in less than a minute, which is particularly helpful for review of units covered in class.

BILL GATES' FAVORITE TEACHER

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/technology/sal_khan_academy.fortune/index.htm

KHAN ACADEMY

http://www.khanacademy.org

SALMAN KHAN - EDUCATOR (KHAN ACADEMY) (Sal has B.Sc. degrees in Mathematics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, including M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T., as well as an MBA from Harvard University.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Khan_(educator)

THE KHAN ACADEMY *****

http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy?blend=1&ob=5

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6l8-1kHUsA&feature=related*****

KHAN ACADEMY ON THE GATES NOTES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMTSU9DcqQ&feature=channel_video_title

If you have not already done so, please feel free to join using your educbe.ca Gmail account.

Say "NO" to Social Media Challenge

There are numerous apps competing for our daily attention.

Our students want to "finish strong" and complete their school year with the best performance they can all muster up. 

>>> Are you willing to join our challenge to "Say NO to Social Media"?!  <<<

Our Say "NO" to Social Media Challenge

• We are committed to deleting social media apps off our phones from Monday to Friday (inclusive).
• We have agreed to limit our time to social media, to only ONE hour total on the weekends. 
• These apps and websites include: Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and others.

• We will set timers to be accountable to our one hour limit. (Example: This will work out to a maximum time allotment such as 30 minutes on Saturday and 30 minutes on Sunday.)
• We realize that wasting time on social media, is robbing us of our futures. 
• We want to make a positive difference in this world and build a brighter future by investing time in our education.

We are replacing the social media websites with educational apps that will teach us and inspire us and provide greater opportunities to us. These apps will help to build a better future for us. (Examples: IXL, Khan Academy, & Mathletics, to name a few!!)

Please join us in our challenge!!