by Petra Willemse | Dec 17, 2019 | Coding, PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. It has since become a worldwide effort to...
by Bryan Hughes | Oct 18, 2019 | Everyone Can Create, Field Study, Photo, PLP 11, Video
One of the fundamental building blocks of PLP is our absolutely drive to take learning beyond the classroom. Often, this is best showcased in a field study. Recently, PLP 11 had the amazing opportunity to go to New Mexico for a whirlwind field study of just 6 days...
by Petra Willemse | Sep 5, 2019 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 12, PLP 8, PLP 9, Professional Development
At the start of the 2018 school year, PLP added something new to its design: a course called Personal Growth Plan or PGP for short. This credit course, which meets outside the timetable, came about for a variety of reasons, but mostly based on the requests we heard...
by Petra Willemse | Mar 7, 2019 | PLP 10, PLP 11, PLP 8, PLP 9, Recognition
The Performance Learning Program (PLP) at Seycove Secondary has been honoured to receive official designation as an Apple Distinguished School! Applying to be an Apple Distinguished School is by invitation only and is only given for a term of three years, so when...
by Bryan Hughes | Oct 30, 2018 | Everyone Can Create, PLP 11, Video
For the past couple of years, we have taken PLP 11 down to Hanford, Washington to the Manhattan Project National Historical Park as part of our Manhattan Project2. The driving question for the project was: how did the development of the atomic bomb affect the lives of...
