According to the Google, a popular activity on the last few days of school is to write a letter to a future student. I remember doing this in my Grade 10 class for Ms. Isaac. She didn’t like hats in her classroom so that’s what I focused my writing on.  Strange the things you remember.  I wonder what you’ll remember from these last couple days here at Birchwood this year.  Make it memorable, but don’t make memories that result in you having to visit the office.  Stay…

Monday June 22 - Students, staff, teachers and guests.  Welcome to Birchwood!

According to the Google, Grading Presents - Before parents started paying for straight A's, public school teachers were the ones handing out merit rewards. In the 1800s, as public education became widespread, teachers had to manage classrooms of 50 to 100 children at a time. Kids would get merit slips from teachers and proudly take thems home to their parents. This eventually shifted the reward dynamic…

Canada vs Qatar tonight.  World Cup 2026 from Vancouver.

According to the Google, when a regional blockade was imposed on Qatar by several of its neighbors between 2017 and 2021, the country faced an immediate food security crisis, particularly with dairy. To solve this, a Qatari businessman bought thousands of dairy cows to start a massive domestic farm from scratch. Over 6,000 of those Holstein dairy cows were sourced from Canada and flown into the desert on cargo planes to…

According to the Google, Canadian Star forward Cyle Larin has a first name that catches a lot of people off guard because it’s pronounced exactly like "Kyle." but it is spelled Cyle.  When asked why it’s spelled with a "C," his mother explained it was a tribute to his godmother, Cimone, but jokingly says 'C' is the Canadian way."

Music

• Grade 9 Band students - please be sure to…

According to the Gemini, I found another long lost poem by esteemed writing William Gemini.  This one is titled, “Let’s Keep It Together!”

The June heat is baking the Birchwood hallways, 

My locker’s a biohazard always. 

There are binders exploding and sneakers that smell, 

As we count down the seconds to that final bell.