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Exhibition Humanities Maker

Round Pegs in Square Holes….And Other Crazy Things

Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post? Are you ready to Think Different? In our most recent project, we were challenged to define a changemaker; essentially someone who thought different about the world around them, and used that thinking to make an impact in our community. In all of our projects, a big […]

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Humanities Maker MPOLS and TPOLS Uncategorized

The Perfectionist’s (guide) of Learning

Hello Lovely Readers, and welcome back to another blog post! Today, we are going to be talking about my year. Thank you for coming to my presentation of learning. I am the expert on my own learning. I am also responsible and accountable for my own learning. You can expect me to give an honest […]

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Maker Uncategorized

I Can’t Belay: The Story of My Newfound Effectiveness

Hello lovely readers, and welcome back to another blog post. My name is Amy, and I am now effective. Throughout the past weeks, while juggling DI, podcasts, Loon Lake, and more, there has been something else going on. We have been learning how to be effective people. Using The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People […]

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Destination Imagination Maker

(Insert Blog Post Title Here)

Welcome back Lovely Readers! Today, I am going to be talking about Destination Imagination. Recently, on April 2, my team and I, (Insert Team Name Here), presented our solution to our challenge at DI provincials. We were the Fine Arts challenge, and there were three other challenges that were being competed in. PLP participates in DI […]

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Humanities Maker

I Have Pride and Loyalty To These Videos

Welcome to my latest, biggest, and (possibly?) greatest blog post yet. 4 weeks, 10 milestones, 6 videos. Yes, it was a lot. We started right away. Our first video was a interview with our parents about nationalism. Wait a second, what in the world is nationalism? Thank you John Green. Okay, now you know a […]

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Humanities Maker

Let’s Combine Stuffed Animals and Talk About The Industrial Revolution!

This post is dedicated to Keenan’s frog. HELLO INCREDIBLE BLOG READERS!! In this post I will be talking about our latest and probably our most unique project that we have done, The Rise of the Frankenstuffies! Yes, you read that right. The Frankenstuffies are indeed rising. Let’s start with our driving question. This question is […]

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Maker Uncategorized

RUNning Into A Lot Of Trees And Swamps

Hello to all of my incredible blog readers! This is my very, very, VERY first blog post of Grade 9!! Okay, now that our mini celebration is over, it is now time to get into our project! First of all, what even was our project?                  What Was […]

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Maker Uncategorized

We Are Witnessing History

Hello! Welcome back to my wonderful and lovely and wonderful blog. Today I am going to be telling you allllllll about our latest Maker Project………..Witness to History! Yay! *insert trumpets here* As you probably know, (I am actually concerned if you don’t know) we are living in the middle of COVID 19. We have all […]

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Maker Uncategorized

Zooming to the Rescue!

Hellooooooo! So, as you hopefully know, our world has kinda come to a stop. Yes, I am talking about the global pandemic that is COVID-19. But, even though the world has come to a stop, the show must go on! And what show, you may ask? Well, DI, of course! If you don’t know what […]

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Maker

Destination Imagination: Regionals!!

Hello!! This is my reflection post on our Destination Imagination (DI) Regional Tournament! Now, if you don’t know what DI is, I can give you a brief overview. If you want to learn more, you can check out the website here! Destination Imagination is a hands-on, project-based educational experience that encourages creativity, collaboration, communication and […]