Getting The Ball Rolling!

Game 1 is tonight at 7:00pm PST! I took the day off school to mentally prepare and get in the zone. Hopefully it pays off. My beard is still struggling to grow but I remain confident it will appear a little fuller given a bit more time.

Meanwhile, a teacher in Toronto, Ontario sent me this great email to inspire us to get things going! The playoffs haven’t even officially started yet and we can already see the goat-o-meter starting to rise! Good job, Montcrest School!!

Hello,

My name is Jennifer Bairos and I teach grade 7 history at Montcrest School
in Toronto, Ontario. A few weeks ago my grade 7s were studying the concept
of cause and consequence using resources from the Critical Thinking
Consortium. One of the resources we used to discuss intended and
unintended consequences was an article about Joel Nagtegaal and the Goats
Canucks Goats Campaign.
My grade 7s found this campaign to be very interesting, and they
immediately wanted to get involved. Initially their idea was to each bring
in two dollars so the class could buy a goat. After more discussion, they
decided they wanted the whole school to be involved in this initiative, so
the decision was made that on Friday April 8th the school would have a
grub clothes day (we are a school with uniforms) and all of the money
raised would be donated to buy goats in Kenya. A few students did a short
presentation on this campaign at an assembly and we raised about 300$ with
our grub day.
I’ve gone online and purchased 9 goats with the CRWRC on behaf of my grade
7 students and all of Montcrest School.

Thank you for inspiring my students! It was so wonderful to watch them
talk about this with the rest of the school.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Bairos

Jennifer Bairos
French and Social Studies Teacher
Montcrest School