Winter Carnival
15. Students will identify figures, groups, events and a variety of strategies and philosophies relevant to the history of social justice around the world. (JUSTICE)
19. Students will make principled decisions about when and how to take a stand against bias and injustice in their everyday lives and will do so despite negative peer or group pressure. (ACTION)
Week 1: Feb 5 - Feb 9
Announcements 📣
Winter Wellness Carnival is scheduled for Friday, February 17. Are you ready?
Monday AND Tuesday: Full Wolf Den Meetings
Winter Carnival is next Friday, February 16! To prepare, we are going to meet in full Wolf Dens Monday and Tuesday of this week. You will meet with all four grades in your Wolf Den at the locations listed on this sheet.
Monday you have three objectives:
Register for on-campus activities - have advisees use the QR code to the right to do so if they haven't already.
Sled Prep: Plan the theme for your sled and how to gather materials
Create Committees: Assign everyone to help with the following
Sled designing and building
Hype machine/Influencers (spirit week prep, Instagram account, posters, team dance, etc.)
More information about Winter Carnival 2024 can be found here.
WC on-campus activities registration form
Monday AND Tuesday: Full Wolf Den Meetings
Continue your work from yesterday. Make sure your group is ready to build a sled, make posters, etc when we meet again as full Wolf Dens on Monday February 12 (we will meet in full Wolf Dens Monday - Thursday next week in order to prep for Winter Carnival on Friday February 16.
Click below for the weekly NYT News Quiz
Click below to play Connections
Click below to listen to the FREQUENCY
Continue WC Planning
Start with one of our weekly/daily features linked above.
Sometimes more gets done in smaller groups. Continue your WC planning with your group. Who can bring in what supplies? Where will you store them? How can your group help to engage younger students who may be hesitant to participate?
Make sure everyone has signed up for their WC activities using the registration form.
Week 2: Feb 12 - Feb 16
❄️❄️❄️❄️IT'S WINTER WELLNESS CARNIVAL WEEK!!❄️❄️❄️❄️
Announcements 📣
Full Wolf Den Meetings All Week!
For more details - check out the WC page.
Please make sure students sign up for activities using the QR code/link on the right side of this page. We can use more sign ups for boxing and yoga.
The Wiffle Ball tournament is on - use this form to sign up.
The sled race is getting an upgrade! Your sled and drivers will have to complete some maneuvers in order to get points. Have a look at some of the driving skills they should practice here. You can set up a fake course in your spaces and have students practice before the big day.
Click below for the weekly NYT News Quiz
Click below to play Connections
Click below to listen to the FREQUENCY
Week 3: Feb 19 - Feb 23
Announcements 📣
Overall Winter Carnival Champions: The Wynners
Wolf Den Driver'S L.Ed. Podium: 1st Place - Turbo, 2nd Place - Icy Spicy Gingerbread Sleighers, 3rd Place - Rusty Racers
Wolf Den Tug of War: 1st Place - The Wynners, 2nd Place - Ultimate Rizz
Winter Carnival Review
Please take the time to talk about your advisory's experience at Winter Wellness Carnival. If you feel so moved, try using the Rose, Bud, Thorn format.
All students and staff should fill out the Winter Wellness Carnival feedback form - even if they did not attend. You can do so by scanning the QR code to the right or clicking here.
Wolf Den clean-up day - please have students/staff recycle all cardboard using the bin outside cafe 2 (literally outside - use the exit between the cafe and the weight room). Make sure folks take any reusable supplies home as well.
If time allows, check out this fun comedy video to share a few laughs. Here's a follow up video if your group enjoyed that and you still have time.
Don't forget about our daily and weekly features (linked below).
Click below for the weekly NYT News Quiz
Click below to play Connections
Click below to listen to the FREQUENCY
To honor Black History Month during our final advisory meeting in February...
OPTION 1: Please listen to the song Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday. Please share the text below with your advisory prior to listening to the song. Display the lyrics (or print them/hand them out) so your advisees can follow along while listening. Click here for lyrics.
In 1939, Billie Holiday’s adaptation of Abel Meeropol’s poem, “Strange Fruit”, described the horrors of Jim Crow-era lynching. (Please read/listen to this short article on Abel Meeropol). Holiday's rendition is widely considered the first influential jazz protest song. Her performance of the song often shocked audiences from their complacency, with some becoming very uncomfortable. Holiday faced threats, fear and resistance on a daily basis, but she did not stop performing it. Holiday’s label refused to record or distribute “Strange Fruit”, fearing backlash and the alienation of white listeners, which would lose them revenue and reputation. In response, Holiday recorded the song with Commodore Records, during a four-hour session in April 1939 (see this page for more).
Looking for more jazz? Listen to the album Lady in Satin by Billie Holiday, which is considered by many to be one of the best jazz albums of all time. Here is an article about the album.
OPTION 2 (from Monica Desrochers): The 2024 theme for Black History Month is ‘African Americans and the Arts’.
Have students check out this online art gallery that features Black artists. Have them pick out an image that speaks to them and share it with someone sitting next to them.
Here is a Spotify Black History Month playlist that features both old and new artists. Play this while students are reviewing the online art gallery.