Lest We Forget.

November 11th is Remembrance day, the one day a year we all take time off to remember the soldiers that fought in the wars for our freedom.
The reason Remembrance day is on the 11th of November is because it was the day World War 1 came to an end, on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.

On remembrance day I spend the morning at the Legion watching and listening to the ceremonies that go on.
My great Grandpa severed in the war, I never met him because he died a few months after returning by having a heart attack on the way to work.

What halloween means.

Halloween was started about 2000 years ago. Many people believed that evil spirits came out on Halloween night. To scare off the spirits people would dress as monsters and walk around at night, to keep the spirits away.

Eventually it evolved to kids dressing up as fantasy creatures and going door to door trick or treating to get free candy.

What's happening at Acss.

grade 8's doing the beep test for the first time.
they dont seem very excited.

they are starting to get slower at running, as the test goes faster.

Mr. Dennison is watching the grade 8s run toward him.

Spirit day, Blue and White.

October 2nd was our blue and white spirit day.

Blue and white is our schools colours.

Also on friday the 2nd we had leg waxing, and head shaving for cancer.

The week before was the terry fox run and people volunteered to but waxed or shaved if a certain amount of money was raised.

The principle dyed his hair pink

2 students got one leg waxed each

1 person shaved his head

2 students got the treasure trails waxed

and 1 student and 1 teacher got their armpits waxed.

This is the armpit waxing.

Before head shaving.

During head shaving.

After head shaving

This is a leg in the process of getting waxed.

Mardi Gras at Camp Byng.

Mardi gras is a Camp for Venture, Rovers, Rangers and Links
you can find out more that this website >http://www.mgcamp.com/camp-info/





This is Chelsea of the ferry.
the wind is blowing her hair all around.
She is excited for camping.





















Everyone is relaxing after setting up camp.
My dad was making hot dogs,
we were all waiting.















After lunch we walked to the beach, this is the view from the trail.

This is the beach, as you can see from the waves it was very windy.














This is my friend Chas, he was boffing.
Boffing is like sword fighting with foam swords.
Some people at camp get really into it.





















After a long day at camp, we were all tired.

Pictures around the school.

Lonely bench

This picture represents the emptiness of people at school sprots games.




















Reach for the skies

this picture represents the enthusiasm of students.

Looking up

This picture is the schools totem, it reprensents culture in our school.

Digital Manipulation of Photographs

In this assignement we had to change our own pictures in photoshop.














I cropped the picture
Used the cloning tool to erase the poles, and fix the grass
Then changed the layer brightness













I made the picture black and white
I used the art history brush to colour in the flower
Then I changed the levels of brightness














I changed the picture to black and white
I used the art history brush to make the door at the end of the hallway blue
Then I changed the brightness levels