O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

Today is the climate strike.  It is a time for all of us to think about how lucky we are to live on this beautiful blue (and green) planet and how wondrous it is to see birds and trees and oceans and the blue sky and how precious it all is.  Nature is a powerful force but our thoughtless actions are changing the natural course of the planet's weather, the climate and the environment on land, at sea and in the air.  Thanks to activists like Greta Thunberg, many of us are waking up to the dire consequences of the climate emergency and it does seem like we are finally thinking of what we can do to stop ourselves from consuming all the resources of the planet and despoiling the wild places and taking better care of the plants and animals that share the earth with us.

We are all responsible for taking care of our world and treating the land and the living things with respect.

Grade 9 - 12:  You are working on public service announcements related to this topic.  What is your theme?  How are you approaching it?  What techniques are you using to convince your audience of your point of view?

Are you worried about climate change?  Explain your answer.

Grade 9's and 10's -- remember that you need a heritage story for Monday!

Grade 8's:  Are you good at working with a group?  Rate yourself from one to five with five being great and one being not good at all.  What is one thing about group work that you are successful with?  What is one way you can improve?  Would you say you are a good leader?  Could you explain your answer?  Write about an experience you had with group work and what you learned from it.

Here are the D Block grade 8's on our climate march this afternoon.  The quote says, "never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world.  Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."  As you know, Margaret Mead said that!  Good work, guys!