St-Donat Meeting

Hello St-Donat Trippers!

There will be a meeting for all 43 of you going on our trip to St-Donat on MONDAY, NOV.26 at lunch (11:15) in room 211.  There will be important information provided to you for your parents-- so please be there! 

A lundi!

St- Donat-- GREAT NEWS!

We had a great turn out last night for our parent meeting-- thanks to all who attended!  The GREAT NEWS we received: there is no more waiting list!  Any grade 9 student who wishes to participate in the trip can do so!

To date, I have received 36 applications-- let's keep them coming!! 

Anyone who is intereted in this fantastic opportunity from February 10-13, but has not yet submitted their school permission form and $100 deposit, must do so by THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16.  See me in my workroom (room 221) to hand everything in-- or for more details!   MERCI!

GRADE 9's: ST-DONAT!

A big "merci" to all of the grade 9 students who have handed in their permission forms and their $100 deposit for our grade 9 St-Donat trip, happening on February 10, 11, 12 and 13!  The response has been fantastic!  So far, I have received more than 30 applications.

If you have yet to hand in your application, but you are still interested in the trip, please do so by this coming Friday, November 15.  When I'm not teaching, you can find me in my work room (room 221).

I have been in touch with the Perspectives Tour Company, and they are aware of the strong response from you.  I'm very hopeful that we'll be able to take all interested students on this great trip!

*An important reminder:  our parent information session will take place this Tuesday, Novermber 13 at 6:30 in the staff room.  Of course, all students are welcome to come to this meeting as well!  If your parents have any questions about the trip, this is their chance to ask those questions.

See you Tuesday at 6:30! 

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS!

Are you interested in studying abroad for part of the 2013-14 school year?  Three-month exchange programs are available for all Ridge students to French-speaking Europe (France, Luxembourg, Belgium) as well as to Spain, Germany and Italy.  Summer (one-month) programs to France and Spain are also available.

If you did not come to the information session that I put on, come see me in my workroom (221) and I can provide you with the forms and other important information that I presented during this session. 

Preliminary applications (along with deposit cheques made out to CEEF) are due to me by October 26.  I've already received some applications-- let's keep them coming!   

We're 2 weeks in...

...thanks for your hard work so far.  Here is an update for each of my classes:

Period 1: La Citoyenneté (10ème année, immersion)

-Je vais avoir une note pour vos réflexions de la citoyenneté au commencement de la semaine prochaine.  Merci pour vos efforts! 
-Il faut présenter vos "organisations caritatives" ce lundi.  N'oubliez pas: il faut que chaque membre du groupe parle durant la présentation, et il faur incorporer la technologie!  Les présentations ne peuvent pas être plus que 5 minutes!

Period 2: grade 9 applied French

-Thanks for your good work this week preparing for your number quiz, and for the work on your vocabulary posters.  I'll have a mark for you at the beginning of the week for the posters.
-Next week, we'll continue on with our study of "La Francophonie"! 

Period 4: grade 11 university core French

-Vous avez fait du bon travail cette semaine-- merci!  J'ai hâte de voir vos présentations (au sujet du Dernier des Raisins) ce lundi.  N'oubliez pas d'incorporer les critères nécessaires!  

Welcome back!

I hope eveyone has had a great summer!  I look forward to the upcoming school year.  For those of you who are coming back to the Ridge-- welcome back!  For those entering grade 9 and for those who are new to the Ridge-- welcome to our fantastic school community. 

Here's my schedule for semester 1:

Period 1: CHV204 (10ème année Citoyenneté/ Carrières- immersion) Room 211

Period 2:  FSF1P (grade 9 applied core French) Room 211

Period 4: FSF3U (grade 11 university core French) Room 223

See you on Tuesday, September 4!

Have a great summer!

Summatives and exams are done-- thanks for all of your hard work throughout the semester!  It's been a great year.  Thanks for being such fantastic students-- it has made my transition back to high school so much easier this year!  Be safe, and I'll see you in September!

Mr. Yull  :)

One week to go...

...until March Break! 

Here is some information for each of my classes heading into this final week before the break:

FIF3U1 (grade 11 immersion)

Ce lundi et mardi sont vos  dernières périodes de travail pour le projet final (Le Petit Prince). Nous allons commencer les présentations mercredi, en espérant qu'on peut les terminer avant la semaine de relâche. N'oubliez pas les critères du succès que nous avons créées comme une classe. C'est un projet important qui aura un grand impact sur votre note du cours, donc: bon courage!

De plus, n'oubliez pas que lundi (au commencement de la période) est la discussion de la semaine, qui sera menée cette semaine par Johnny.

FSF2D1 (grade 10 core French)

J'espère que vous avez bien aimé le commencement du film (La Grande Séduction). Nous allons continuer le film pendant la semaine (we'll finish it before March Break).

Aussi, n'oubliez pas: le quiz de vocabulaire (chapitre 2, La Machine à Rajeunir) est ce mercredi (le 7 mars). You must be able to write all nouns and verbs in French, and everything else in English.

CHV2O1 (grade 10 civics)

It's YPI week!  I'm looking forward to seeing all of your Youth Philanthropy Initiative presentations starting on Monday.  I already have one group that has volunteered to go first (Noor, Michelle, Kaitlyn).  Every group should be ready to present on Monday in case they are called upon. 

Good luck with your final preparations for this-- remember there could be $5000 on the line for your charity!

End of a great first week!

One week of semester 2 is down-- we're off to a great start! 

*Note that my period 5 civics class has officially been moved to room 101. 

Things to keep in mind for each course as we move into week 2:

Period 1 (FIF3U1):  June, soit prête pour ta discussion lundi matin!  N'oublie pas de consulter le site web www.radio-canada.ca.  Aussi: les deux groupes qui n'ont pas présenté vendredi, soyez prêts pour lundi (Hannah, Jeremy, June; et puis Lara, Emily et Cheryl).  De plus: nous allons commencer un des romans pour ce cours cette semaine!

Period 2 (FSF2D1):  Les présentations auront lieu ce mardi, le 14 février!  Lundi, vous allez avoir du temps en groupes pour travailler et pratiquer.  I hope you guys had fun doing the practice literacy test on Friday!

Period 5 (CHV2O1):  The Citizenship Reflection Assignment we worked on in class Friday is due on Monday.  Remember: if you choose to do an actual powerpoint, you will need to bring in a laptop to class on Monday (your own, or from the Ridge Room) to present to your small group.  Also, remember that one of your examples that you use cannot be from the film Freedom Writers. 

Willkommen!  Bienvenue!

Where am I at the Ridge?

Here is my schedule for semester 2:

Period 1:  FIF3U1-- grade 11 French Immersion (room 211)
Period 2:  FSF2D1--grade 10 Core French (room 213)
Period 5:  CHV2O1--grade 10 Civics (room 209)

Outside of class, I can be found before school, after school and some lunch periods in my workroom (room 221). 

I can also be reached by email:  yullj@hdsb.ca