SWITCHING TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND D2L

Hello, Grade 9's! We hope your weekend went well.

As of this week (April 6-9), we will officially begin our online classes. The Math/Science classes will be run through Brightspace by D2L, and the Humanities classes will be on Google Classroom. This means that your teachers' blog pages will no longer be updated, and you must go to these new platforms to access your lessons for each week.

Please check your teachers' blog pages for instructions on how to access these platforms, and if you need help, make sure to shoot them an email.

We can do this, HDC!

Yearbook Quotes Grade 9 Nines--Time Sensitive!

Hi everybody,

We hope you all are feeling well & your families are healthy too.  We will be connecting by phone at some point today--so looking forward to hearing your voices!

In the meantime, we have an urgent request concerning our yearbook!  Ms Robillard needs a personal quote or HDC memory from you to include in the yearbook.

Please see below:

Criteria includes:

-must be appropriate language and content

-no more than 50 characters in length, including spaces and punctuation

-try NOT to focus on the COVID 19 issue as it will be addressed formally in the yearbook already, but focus more on the things you want to remember HDC for 

-submit the quote including their name to clrobillard@educbe.ca by Wednesday April 1st (no fooling!)

-it is optional but the deadline is firm

**Ms Robillard has the right to edit or remove any content that is not appropriate**

Can you also send any photos that Ms Robillard might be able to use in the yearbook of things that happened at school?  

My World Conference Information

My World Conference

Who: Pre-selected My World Students

What: My Mind. My Story. My World.

When: Thursday, Feb. 20

Where: Genesis Centre (Saddleridge NE)

Arrive at school: 7:15am

Bring: Water bottle; dress for the weather; snacks

Complementary Course Switch Requests

Starting today (Friday),  Ms. MacDonald will be opening up a brief window for the possibility of complementary course change requests for Semester 2.

Ms. MacDonald will only be able to accept your request if: 

1. If there's room in the class

2. The class is a good fit for you & you are a good fit for the class; and

3. If she can do a direct swap of students (someone has to LEAVE the class you want to enter)

Additional info: 

-The window for requests will be open Friday-Wednesday (Jan 29) end of day. Forms will be in the office starting Friday morning

-If you don't hear from Ms. MacDonald, it means she is unable to make the switch happen for you 

-She will call down students next week if she is able to meet your request or if she wants to discuss your request further with you

You should NOT be filling in course change requests during class time. You can pick it up at lunch or after/before school.

Reduce the Waste Week!

Reduce the Waste Week at H.D.C!!

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Upcoming High School Dates

Monday, January 20, 2020
The Environmental Stewardship class needs your help! Please take our surveys!

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There are lots of upcoming high school dates in the new year! Here are a few that have been confirmed. Make sure that you are continuing to check the blog for updates:

Wed. Jan 8th during Period 2:  Robert Thirsk High School Presentation (all Grade 9's)

Fri. Jan 10th during Period 3: Bowness High School Presentation (all Grade 9's)

Mon. Jan 13th during Period 3:  Sir Winston Churchill High School Presentation Presentation (all Grade 9's)

Wed. Jan. 15th: All Thirsk-designated students will go to Robert Thirsk High School Open House during the day

Thurs. Jan. 16th: All Churchill-designated Sir Winston Churchill Open House during the day

Tues. Jan 21st: All Bowness-designated students will go to Bowness High School Open House during the day

Thurs. Jan. 30th:  Churchill counsellors come to HDC to check course selection (Churchill students only)

Here are the notes from the high school presentations: High School Presentation Notes

Holiday Week - Next Week (Dec. 16-19)

Monday: Hat Day
Tuesday: Twin Day
Wednesday: Ugly Sweater Day
Thursday: Pajama Day

Bowness HPAD Open House

Reminder to dress for the chilly weather tomorrow (Nov 29)...we are reading with our little buddies.  Please ensure that you have appropriate footwear & lots of layers for our walk.  Thank you.



The Bowness High School High Performance Athlete Development Pathway (HPAD) Open House is next Wednesday, November 27th at 7:00-8:30pm. If you are potentially interested in the program, it is highly recommended you attend!

School-Wide Write

Tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 19) HDC will be holding a School-Wide Write. All students will be writing during both periods of HUM.

Here is the prompt if you would like to get a head start on planning. Please note you will not be allowed to bring in any notes or planning sheets tomorrow, so don't plan too much!

School-Wide Write Prompt

Service Trip Lists

Service Trip Lists

Here is the list of which students have been assigned to each Service Trip. If your name is NOT on a list, you need to ask your HUM teacher to add you to a trip that has open spots.

Click here to see Service Trip Lists

Literature Circles Audio Links

Here are the links to the audios we have available for some of the novels for our Justice Lit Circles:

Touching Spirit Bear: TSB Audio (YouTube)

The Hate U Give: Hate U Give Audio (YouTube)

Dear Martin: On YouTube (not the greatest, but better than nothing)

Dear Martin Audio (YouTube)

Superhero Night!

Superhero Night – November 14

Attention all HDC students, parents and/or guardians! Over the past few weeks, the School Council and teachers have been planning a SuperHero night for our students. We have an amazing and fun evening planned for you and the SuperHero in your life, where you and your SuperHero can spend time together in our school enjoying activities and making projects together.  Not all SuperHeros wear capes and this is your chance to enjoy quality time connecting with your own personal SuperHero - a special adult in your life that could be a parent/grandparent, older sibling, aunt/uncle or family friend!  

When: Thursday, November 14, 2019 – 5:30pm – 8:15pm

How: The sign up for this event is live today for all students and spaces are limited, so don’t delay. 

Click on the link below to register:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexzkXlaHkuqaWWUEaaFkyr_BJO_PzTinlr56aSCN0vPonDlg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Service Trip Sign Up

On Thursday the Grade 9 teachers presented the different service trips that you will get to choose from this year. Sign-up for your chosen trip will take place on Monday at lunch outside of Room 6. You will put your name down on your top TWO choices and we will use a lottery system to draw names. You will find out which trip you are going on on Tuesday.

Check out the Service Trip descriptions here: Service Trips 2019-2020

Reminder to dress for the chilly weather tomorrow (Nov 29)...we are reading with our little buddies.  Please ensure that you have appropriate footwear & lots of layers for our walk.  Thank you.


HDC Hoodie Orders due Friday, November 8.

High School Information!
High School Parent information meeting with Principals or Representatives from Churchill and Robert Thirsk will take place on Wednesday Nov. 13^th at 6:30PM at HDC!

Sir Winston Churchill open house will be on Thursday, January 16, 2020. 

Bowness High Performance Athlete Development Pathway Open House will be on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 7:00 - 8:30 PM. 

Central Memorials’ Art program Open House is Nov. 6th. Check Central Memorial Website for more details.

Today is your first day of Buddy Reading! Here is the schedule for all Buddy Friday's.

901, 902, and 905 will go to West Dalhousie School. 903 and 904 will go to Dalhousie School. 

Links to this schedule and your reflection log that you will be completing after each visit can be found in the toolbar to the right on this blog ----> 

Have fun meeting your new little buddies! 

Picture Day TOMORROW!

Picture Day is tomorrow (October 1st), so make sure you come dressed to impress!

Meet the Teacher Information

Thank you to everyone who made it out to our Meet the Teacher night last night! Here is the presentation that we went over, as well as the list of important upcoming dates.

Grade 9 Information Powerpoint

Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, Oct. 1: Picture Day

Tuesday, Oct. 7: Catch-Up Vaccinations
Wed. Oct. 9: Sailing Parent Meeting and Veggie Delivery Day 6:30 PM
Tuesday, Oct. 29: Picture Retake Day
Nov. 20-Nov. 21: Student Progress Conferences
January 2020: Service Hour Sheets due; High School Recommendations submitted

February 11-12: Student Progress Conferences
February 18: New Vaccinations
March 29-April 2: Sailing Trip A
April 3-April 6: Sailing Trip B

Thursday, June 25: Grade 9 Farewell

Please feel free to contact your homeroom teacher with any questions you have. 

Vaccination Forms

All Grade 9's had a presentation by the school nurse today about your upcoming Grade 9 Vaccinations. You were given important forms that need to be signed and returned.

Please return these forms to your homeroom teacher as soon as possible. 

Welcome to Grade 9!

Welcome back to school! We hope you all had a great summer, and we're very happy to see you. We are looking forward to a fantastic year with you all.