Conférence sur le bilinguisme

Voici des commentaires d’élèves qui ont participé à la conférence sur le bilinguisme dans les écoles du QAIS, le 29 avril, 2010.

J’ai aimé la conférence sur le bilinguisme car c’était intéressant d’entendre les histoires des anciens étudiants. Ils ont dit que c’est très important de continuer le français après l’école secondaire car les langues aident [...]

You Can Find the Most Interesting Things in Owl Pellets

On the 26th of March, I participated in an exciting activity with the help of the grade 10 students. I dissected owl pellets or, as I’d like to call it, “owl puke.” I kept on asking my mom if I could miss school Friday, but it turned out to be a lot of fun.

I [...]

Global Perspectives

There is an old adage that school is about the three R’s—Reading, wRiting and aRithmatic—the core subjects that support every young person’s success in the world. But in the modern world, I now see a fourth R that we have to add to the mix: Respect. For me this is a key element [...]

Footy and Eureka Tower Down Under

It’s the end of week one, 11 000 miles away from Montreal, in Ballarat, Victoria. The weather has been great, the family amazingly friendly, and my short time at Ballarat Grammar School has been fun.

So far I have spent a week at school followed by a great weekend in Melbourne approximately an hour [...]

November to Shed Light on Technology & Students

I firmly believe that we are on the cusp of an incredible paradigm shift in education – the results of which may not be fully appreciated for decades. In the past 20 years I have witnessed incredible changes in the ways that students acquire and retain information. Technology has radically changed the ability to access [...]