KIHS Mattagami First Nation

Samara created some really great wood burning art (a.k.a. pyrography) in class today. Check out the detail in her design!

Shirley designed her own business card in Communications Technology class it turned out really professional! The best part about it is that it's for Shirley's *actual* beading business. Check out her designs here you can order beaded jewelry, pop sockets, etc: http://instagram.com/beadsbyshirl/ Support Indigenous businesses!

Leeon learning how to use syllabics with our set of acrylic syllabic symbols as part of his native language class. Here, he spelled out names of his classmates I'm not sure how well "Ian" translates into Ojibwe syllabics, but I hope it's close! Syllabics are an interesting form of writing symbols represent different vowel and consonant sounds, where the sounds change depending on the orientation of the symbol. Syllabics are so intuitive to use that by the late 19th century the Cree had achieved one of the highest rates of literacy in the world using them for written language.

Congrats to Trentin Thomas and Landen McKay for winning first and second place in our Term 3 "SAS Badges Contest." For each week of the term, students who complete all of their course activities are awarded a badge. At the end of the term, the top 3 students in the school will receive a prize for earning the highest number of badges. Well done Trentin and Landen on managing your time well, being on-task, and completing your work consistently all term your prizes are on their way in the mail!

Meet the newest addition to our class Thunder! Tamiika brightened up our day by bringing in her new pup for a classroom visit. He was so quiet and well-behaved Ian didn't even hear him at first!

KiHS students at our after-school welding workshop with instructor Ken Cosens. Trentin, Ethaniel, Danica, and Hope all did a great job stick welding they welded some very straight and solid beads!