Dear Newest Member, September 3rd, 2019

Your application was approved and we would like to provide you with a chair in our secret society. You have all of the qualities our group needs! You are now part of something powerful and special and even more secretive than the ILLUMINATI. This organization makes you rich and famous as we silently take over the world to have a new world order. This opportunity will take you to a greater height where you have long aspired to be and together we shall rule the world with long life and prosperity. We are about to embark on an incredible journey and we are going to learn so much from each other. Together we will work hard gaining experience points (XP), but I promise, it will be exciting and you will enjoy the quests, challenges, tests, and missions, leaving your brain bursting with knowledge.

This year, we will be experiencing Geography and HIstory through a variety of tasks, alongside 4 other secret societies. We gain XP in order to take over countries in our continent, then over time, we battle it out for the countries of others. (It will be exciting to team against the classes of Mme McChesney and Mme Flear!) We will be breaking out of escape rooms to improve our secretive spy skills, learning improv to help in any sticky situation, while playing and creating games, as well as producing creative pieces, All of these amazing memories will be captured in our Google sites and on Twitter as we document our learning adventures and we share our learning with the world through our podcast "BalAdos de la classe Stokes.

I look forward to your assistance in setting up our own individualized Mini offices, our space, and our virtual space (Google classroom). We will be using Google classroom's many tools and functions, share our work with family and show our growth through our Google Sites portfolios, as well as Flipgrid, WEvideo, Soundtrap, Screencastify, Lyrics training. We will also use it to track our XP in our learning log as we learn to track all of our amazing experiences in order to gain countries which in turn brings wealth and rewards. Some of the experiences that we will be partaking in are TED talks, theatrical performances, Podcasts, DELF assessments and more.

Our society is our team, where we trust one another and treat each other with respect. Each individual will have the freedom to share and express themselves without fear or judgment. Our society is also a place where creativity is encouraged and problem-solving is key to critical thinking. You will find some choice in how and what you learn about. This is a place to explore your interests and ideas. Be prepared for challenges, struggles, successes and failures, which are all part of the process, for all of us.

I promise to never stop trying for you and will always give you my best, but I will expect the same of you in return. Together we will achieve greatness!

I look forward to learning along with you and to a successful year.

It is pertinent to also know that as part of becoming a member you will be asked to keep our society hidden. Our members always say we are part of the Illuminati if we are caught or interrogated.

The Game Master

Mme Stokes