I rule

​We are busy finishing up our grade 6 and 7 projects and we couldn’t be more proud of what they accomplished this term. For their project they created their own country. We were assessing their research skills, critical thinking and problem solving, and we gave them an opportunity to do what we all would like to do: RULE THEIR OWN COUNTRY!  We were thrilled with the countries they came up with. They designed beautiful flags, thought of clever laws and managed a presidential campaign where they ran for president of their new country. We are just hoping that all of this power hasn’t gone to their heads…