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Desire to Learn - Virtual Learning EnvironmentThis link will take you to an endless list of resources that will be used throughout the year, including career cruising and ePortfolio.
Link to Career CruisingYou will be using the above link to career cruising to select courses to grade 9. This is an excellent resource to build a resume and to select a pathway through high school. You will need your career cruising access card. (See your teacher)
Link to School Website:Stay up-to-date with what's happening at Holy Spirit.
EnglishThe link above will help you in completing the "Underground Railroad" booklet that you were given in class. It will provide you with a better understand of what the Underground Railroad was and how it worked.
This is a great website that has relevant and up to date news articles that are student friendly.
Black History Canada is a website that provides profiles for influential African Canadians. Students will be using this site to complete their Black History Projects.
Other Classroom Websites
Virtue VideosSkilled TradesHealthThis interactive site presented by PBS Kids will guide us throughout our "Substance Use and Abuse" unit in health class. You will use this site to complete internet scavenger hunts and to answer questions for classroom tasks.
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Grade 8 Student SurveyGrade 8 students are being invited to complete an online survey regarding their perceptions about their experiences at their school and their plans for high school. The results of this survey will be used to inform decision-making as part of the boards ongoing efforts to better meet the needs of all students. Please click here to access the survey.
This survey is intended to identify students' perceptions about school climate and well-being in order to determine those elements that contribute to a safe, caring and inclusive school environment. Click here to access the survey
MathMath Prodigy is a website that teaches all of the different mathematical concepts while students are having fun doing so. This is a terrific website to help you learn math while having fun. You will need a username and password that was provided by your teacher.
This Website is offered by the Ontario Government where students from Grades 7 - 10 can get math help. The website offers: free online math tutoring (with real teachers online); math videos; interactive exercises and actvities; a scientific calculator.
The Nelson Math website has many great activities that will help you further understand what you are doing in class. You can search activities based on the lessons you are working on in class.
The Nelson Math website has many great activities that will help you further understand what you are doing in class. You can search activities based on the lessons you are working on in class.
This is an excellent website to help you with your basic math facts (adding, subtracting, multiplication and division). Please click here to access the webpage.
This website is great to help you to learn how to tell time. Yes, we live in a world with many digital clocks, but to be able to tell time on an analog clock is so important.
ScienceGrade 7 students will be creating a water themed drawing that promotes the sustainability of water. Twelve winning drawings will be featured in the 2014-2015 school year. All grade 7 students, who will then be in grade 8, will each get a calendar and potentially have their poster featured in that calendar.
This site will look at how much land area it will take to support your lifestyle.
This is a biodiversity game presented by National Geographic. This game will help you identify the many different types of species within a variety of ecosystems.
School Board WebsiteThe is a shortcut to our school board website. This page will be useful for school bus cancellation notices and to see what is happening around our board.
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Helpful Links
This page will be kept up to date to allow students access to web links that will be used throughout the school year.