It’s that time of year again: mPol time. “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 evaluation of my progress. We will discuss my strengths and opportunities for Read More…
Author: adamgi
Engineer, More Like… Engi…Far?
Are you engaged in medieval warfare? Are you sieging a castle but you just can’t knock those darn walls down? Well, have I got the program for you! It’s called Destination Imagination! DI is a worldwide event in which unsuspecting children compete to see which group can come up with the most innovative solution. Every Read More…
Making Ungodly Mistakes and Abominations
Animal experimentation. Mutation. Mutilation. Murder. A room full of bodies hanging from the rafters. Movies. What do these horrible things have in common? This may shock you, but PLP does all of these things in a ritualistic sacrifice to learn the driving question of “How do we make our message clear and engaging to an Read More…
Rielizing Métis Rights
Louis Riel, The Canadian Encyclopedia, by George F.G. Stanley, April 22, 2013 “Come on you target for faraway laughter/Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine”-Pink Floyd, 1975, Shine on You Crazy Diamond Hi! For our final semester 1 project in Humanities, we learned about Louis Riel. In this short 3 week project, Read More…
Brave New Worlds
“Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream/Wave upon wave of demented avengers /March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream”-Pink Floyd, 1977, Sheep Ideas are what drive human progress. But what happens when people start to question the ways of life that they have been accustomed to? This is what we Read More…
To The Moaning And The Groaning Of The Bells
“Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young/In a world of magnets and miracles/Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary/The ringing of the division bell had begun”-Pink Floyd, 1994, High Hopes It almost the holiday season! The happiest time of the year where nothing ever goes wrong and nothing scary ever Read More…
Becoming a Loonatic
How do our choices impact our future path? The answer lies in the murky depths of Loon Lake. Recently, we went on a life-changing 5 day workshop trip to Loon Lake with Pinnacle Pursuits. The main goal of this spectacular expedition was to create a stronger, safer PLP 9 team. With Pinnacle Pursuits, we went Read More…
Taking My Dad To Work
Reading the future. Sounds pretty cool, right? Also sounds like something a wizard would do! Well, did you know that there is an actual viable career in which you do that? A few days ago was Take Your Kids To Work Day, so I went to Environment And Climate Change Canada where my dad works Read More…
Run(ning Away From Monsters)!
Hi! Recently in Maker, we were given the opportunity to create a remake of the short film “Run!” Here’s the original: The original follows a jogger on a trail, who is being chased by a monster. The original uses a variety of sounds and angles to portray emotions and create suspense. To remake this film Read More…
We ❤️ The King!!!
“Now my advice for those who die (taxman!)/Declare the pennies on your eyes (taxman!)/‘Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman”-The Beatles, 1966, Taxman Recently in PLP, we played a simulation called Nation X, which is based on the French/Russian Revolutions. In this game there are 4 groups: A and B (The 3rd Estate), C (The Read More…