Identity Day has come and gone this week and it went well. I didn't feel the buzz and excitement like I did last year, but I think that was partly due to the chosen date. The staff decided to hold it on the 8th of April, a Monday and a week after a 2 week break in school. I heard from parents that said they didn't do it over the break because it was their time and they didn't want to be doing homework. I heard from others that said they'd forgotten about it. We also had about 20 kids that didn't take part because the didn't want to, and the grade 8's also did not join in.
There were many poster style projects that came in, a couple of demonstrations and the grade 7 class made mini movies about their topic. The students, especially the younger ones loved going from class to class to see the big kids and what topics were chosen. One project that stood out for me was one about Paleontology. That's what the student wants to be later in life and had a nice display of fossils that he's acquired.
Over all, the went fairly smoothly and the kids had a good time. We will be taking a year off next year, as the staff felt it would be better to do it every other year.
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