High School Graduation Class of 2022 June 24th marked a special day on the TCPS High School calendar with the Grade 12 Graduation. This year, we were able to return to an in-person ceremony and have parents and family join the students on this special day. Wearing their caps and gowns for their final day at TCPS, students came to the stage to be presented with their Ontario Secondary School Diplomas OSSD). In addition to receiving their OSSD’s, graduates were also recognized with certificates and plaques for Honour Roll, Principal’s List, IB Diploma, Subject Awards, the Lieutenant Governor’s Award and the Governor General’s Medal. This year’s valedictorian, Jolene U., shared a wonderful speech with her fellow graduates. It was a day filled with great memories and fond farewells. Our graduates will be studying at the following post-secondary institutions this fall: the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Western University, Queen’s University, Trent University, Metropolitan Toronto University, New York University and the University of Buckingham. We wish the graduating class of 2022 all best for the future. Grades 2 – 5 Digital Discovery Course A very popular TCPS After School Course, the Digital Discovery class program helps students learn to design and create fun projects. Some of this year’s exciting projects introduced students to animation, game design, app design and coding. Students gained a better familiarity with many different tools and concepts and applied them independently. Students used many of the different programs in the Adobe Creative Cloud, giving them access to the world’s best creative apps and services. The Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ programs and services for photography, design, video, web and more. This introduction came with many hands-on lessons that gave students the ability to create anything they could imagine. The primary focus was on the powerhouse design tools such as Photoshop, Animate and After Effects. These programs allowed students to explore their creativity. One of the first Adobe programs utilized this year was Photoshop, the industry standard for creative visual expression. Students discovered how to open and navigate documents, customize the Photoshop interface and edit photos. They also learned how to crop and transform images, make detailed selections, work with layers and masks, retouch photos and use Smart Objects and adjustment layers to apply non-destructive modifications to their images. In addition, they learned many additional parts of Photoshop such as working with type and layer effects. The students were also introduced to 3D game development. Hands-on lessons were used to teach the students the basic programming principles of game design. They discovered how to build their world’s terrain, populate it with characters and props, m their behaviors and, finally, introduce game rules. This was done in visual programming language that created a development environment that allows for maximum creativity and design. The students truly enjoyed this After School Course and we anticipate high enrolment in the program again in the fall! Elementary Hour of Code Project Every student in TCPS is given an opportunity to learn computer science and computer programming as core parts of the curriculum. Coding is part of the Ontario math curriculum. A global movement with over 180 countries participating, the Hour of Code is an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. Each grade used their grade-specific Computer Science Fundamentals course. Designed to be fun and engaging, Computer Science Fundamentals courses blend online and “unplugged” non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem-solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship. The courses are optimized for each grade, and each includes 10-25 hours of instructed learning over several lessons. Students created their own games, art, and digital stories that they can share. Collectively the TCPS grades 1 – 8 students wrote and recorded an unbelievable 1,699,834 lines of code. Outstanding! Previous Page 1 Interim pages omitted … Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Interim pages omitted … Page 115 Next
Grades 2 – 5 Digital Discovery Course A very popular TCPS After School Course, the Digital Discovery class program helps students learn to design and create fun projects. Some of this year’s exciting projects introduced students to animation, game design, app design and coding. Students gained a better familiarity with many different tools and concepts and applied them independently. Students used many of the different programs in the Adobe Creative Cloud, giving them access to the world’s best creative apps and services. The Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ programs and services for photography, design, video, web and more. This introduction came with many hands-on lessons that gave students the ability to create anything they could imagine. The primary focus was on the powerhouse design tools such as Photoshop, Animate and After Effects. These programs allowed students to explore their creativity. One of the first Adobe programs utilized this year was Photoshop, the industry standard for creative visual expression. Students discovered how to open and navigate documents, customize the Photoshop interface and edit photos. They also learned how to crop and transform images, make detailed selections, work with layers and masks, retouch photos and use Smart Objects and adjustment layers to apply non-destructive modifications to their images. In addition, they learned many additional parts of Photoshop such as working with type and layer effects. The students were also introduced to 3D game development. Hands-on lessons were used to teach the students the basic programming principles of game design. They discovered how to build their world’s terrain, populate it with characters and props, m their behaviors and, finally, introduce game rules. This was done in visual programming language that created a development environment that allows for maximum creativity and design. The students truly enjoyed this After School Course and we anticipate high enrolment in the program again in the fall! Elementary Hour of Code Project Every student in TCPS is given an opportunity to learn computer science and computer programming as core parts of the curriculum. Coding is part of the Ontario math curriculum. A global movement with over 180 countries participating, the Hour of Code is an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. Each grade used their grade-specific Computer Science Fundamentals course. Designed to be fun and engaging, Computer Science Fundamentals courses blend online and “unplugged” non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem-solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship. The courses are optimized for each grade, and each includes 10-25 hours of instructed learning over several lessons. Students created their own games, art, and digital stories that they can share. Collectively the TCPS grades 1 – 8 students wrote and recorded an unbelievable 1,699,834 lines of code. Outstanding! Previous Page 1 Interim pages omitted … Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Interim pages omitted … Page 115 Next
Elementary Hour of Code Project Every student in TCPS is given an opportunity to learn computer science and computer programming as core parts of the curriculum. Coding is part of the Ontario math curriculum. A global movement with over 180 countries participating, the Hour of Code is an introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science. Each grade used their grade-specific Computer Science Fundamentals course. Designed to be fun and engaging, Computer Science Fundamentals courses blend online and “unplugged” non-computer activities to teach students computational thinking, problem-solving, programming concepts and digital citizenship. The courses are optimized for each grade, and each includes 10-25 hours of instructed learning over several lessons. Students created their own games, art, and digital stories that they can share. Collectively the TCPS grades 1 – 8 students wrote and recorded an unbelievable 1,699,834 lines of code. Outstanding! Previous Page 1 Interim pages omitted … Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Interim pages omitted … Page 115 Next