For my goal i wanted to get a 80 or above in three french tests. I started of strong with an 83 or something. I kinda forget. Then i get 50s and 70s in the next two. So im setting a new goal. To convince you that goal setting should not be mandatory. Goal setting is an organization tool. And as an organization tool, everyone has a different way of learning and a different system. Forcing us to do something that does not work for us is pointless. It will waste time that we could spend learning. And with all the holidays and days off, this is greatly needed. When someone if forced to do something, it is not fun, therefore becoming some sort of chore. Now whenever they think of goal setting, it causes  sadness. You dont want us to be sad, do you? Maybe instead of a goal setting period, we could have a broader organization period where  we where encouraged to do something fun. Thank you for reading this.  In conclusion, goal setting is a waste of time for certain people like me. 🙂

I really did not like the school day. I wish they brought in more fun things like that time they brought a goat into school. it makes the day special. I found that the days here are very routine and i wish they where more spontaneous during my time here.

And this year was scary. All the teachers try to scare you about high school and honestly im not all that scared. Other then that it was pretty easy.

Next year i hope they press the undo button on the renovations. Like instead of: there is a floor here but no ceiling, (one of our north star quotes) they put their should be a floor here but no ceiling painted on the wall. Also the ugly bright orange walls and the neon green ones downstairs. The desks are kinda fun but i wish i had space to put stuff under them.

Innovation day this year was pretty nice. Me and my partner finished our project in time and our poster board looked good to. We made the drain dude, witch is a product that takes the hair and gunk out of your drain. We made a special add and a qr code to scan. We also laser cutted our logo to make our project extra special. This year was pretty special because we got to use the materials that are usually of limits in the makerspace. We had to do a little problem solving when it came to our lazer cut piece, but we persevered. We worked hard on our posterboard to make it extra fancy. We also worked hard on our product ad. We even have a jingle! We hired an actor and filmed all the scenes! During presentations, we even hired a person to travel around and hand out our qr code to guests!

Dans la classe de français, pour terminer notre unité sur “Un mode de vie sain et malsain”, nous devions faire une petite recherche sur les traitements pharmaceutiques et naturels de dix différentes maladies communes. Pour nous forcer à pratiquer notre expression orale en français, Madame Sylvie nous a demandé d’apprendre par cœur huit phrases en français pour présenter à la classe. Ce que j’ai trouvé le plus difficile c’était  la partie que j’ai trouvée la plus difficile a été de trouver les solutions médicales. Je suis fier (e) de mon projet parce que ______________________________________J’ai travaillé dur et je pense que j’ai appris des choses grâce à cela.__________________.

Si vous prenez le temps de visionner mon projet, vous trouverez des conseils pour quelques petits problèmes de santé.

Our assignment was to identify the struggles that Theodor Herzl faced as Israel the Jewish state starts to become a possibility and how these struggles contributed to what Israel would become. We accomplished this through research, a graphic organizer, journal entries imagining his thoughts and feelings, a mood board to show his influences through symbols and a reflection on the sacrifices and dedication he showed.

journal entries:

May 6th, 1896

I went to the market today, and I saw a poster of a model in a store window. She reminded me of Julie, with those darn bags under her eyes, and that ratty hair she wore. In other news, Trude was being difficult again, screaming at her mother. Not that I blame her for yelling at that wicked woman. 

All I can say right now is that home life is complicated. I’m spending another night at the office again and have almost finished my book. I’m scared of how it will be received in my community, but someone has to do something about the harsh conditions for Jews all over the world. Tonight, I will drown my problems with a nice bottle of whiskey.

June 9th 1897

I went to the park today. I wanted to clear my mind and take the kids out to let them release their energy. I am quite nervous as I will soon promote my ideas to some of the world’s leaders. I would like Jews to be given a homeland, and I have worked tirelessly to try and achieve this goal. I truly hope others can sympathize with the Jewish people’s struggles and agree to give them a homeland. I know that the location I picked (Palestine) may be a difficult fit due to the government not wanting to lose the state, but I remain hopeful that this could turn into a reality. Some of the people I hope to meet with are British government officials, Russian government officials, and French government officials.

July 2, 1903

Yesterday I got a letter in the mail. It was addressed to me. I never get mail. It looked elegant. The envelope had a black exterior with gold trim on the edges. I opened it. It was some kind of invitation for a big meeting. When I read it, I was in shock. I swear my jaw dropped open when I read the last sentence. The British government wants to offer the Jews a piece of land. They are proposing we create a Jewish nation in Uganda and they wanted me to come speak about it. I was so excited I almost hugged Julie. Eugh. she has been gone a lot lately. She has been going out at night and not coming back, leaving me to cook dinner for the kids. I wish I knew what was going on in all their little heads sometimes. I need to pick out a fancy outfit. Maybe a swallowtail suit? 

Our new homeland may not be where our history was, but it may be where our history as a nation will begin. I am worried about how the Jewish public will receive this plan, but I think it is for the better and a risk worth taking. 

Mood board below:

Hello there everyone! As you may know, here at OJCS, we recently had innovation day! It took a lot of time, and everyone put in so much hard work.

Before we started building the projects, I was pretty excited. I was excited about building the project in real life, so I was pretty sad when I found out that they were supposed to be in VR. During the building period, everything was a little bit stressful. 

During this time, me and Jeremy did many things outside of school, including interviewing a zookeeper, and more. While making the trifold poster, we added shiny green paper around some headings to make the project shiny and more fancy. 

Jeremy was eventually able to make a wooden version of our project to bring in and show our parents/judges.  we also showed our poster and our co spaces which took a lot of coding to create.  Our co-spaces featured a painted turtle named Luminique, looking for a safe place to lay her eggs.

In the end, all our work paid off, as we managed to win second place for our class.  Overall, it was a little bit stressful, but i think it was worth it.

a picture from our co spaces:

il y a 3 semaines, madame sylvie nouse a demande d’ecrire six captions d’une histoire ou de nous. nouse avons utilise storyboard that.

apres, elle nous a demande de presente. voici le lien de mon project. click right here!

Here are some of my goals. I will try to complete them all in two years.  Most of these goals if completed, will help me alot in the future. It is very importand to me and I know I will be able to achive them if I put in the right time and effort.

I will know I achived my goals when watever im doing comes easy.

Setting goals is very important beacuse it lets you have somthing to work for each day. It also feels really good when you complete them. Wish me luck in achiving my goals!!!

Recently in Social Studies class we did a project on Indigenous communities. We were put in groups and given one to research. My group researched the Iroquois community. Here are a few  interesting facts about them:

1. The Iroquois lived in houses called longhouses
2. Up to 60 people could live in one longhouse
3. The iroquois had different roles depending on the gender.
4. A little over 100 iroquois people live in quebec 
5. Mohawk is an iroquois language still spoken today.
6. The iroquois had different clans. 
7.  The Iroquois had a war where different clans allied with the British or french.
8. More than 200 people can live in an iroquois village.
9. There was a trail that connected the five nations called the Iroquois trail. 
10. The iroquois great council still meets today

 Anyways, Thank you for reading. I hope you learned some interesting new facts about the iroquois!

in jewish studies we did a mishpacha project. here is mine:http://https://www.canva.com/design/DAFQtvQZrK0/QCALgH74TCNwgff_NP67yg/edit 

we did this project to get to know each other better. i learned about a relative named gustav gottheil who made the chanuka song rock of ages.