The basics
Get involved
Dangers + Peer Pressure
Balfour
About me!
100
What time does high school start in the morning?
8:30
100
When should you get involved in high school?
ASAP! Start in grade 9 at the beginning of the year.
100
Something every person deals with in high school. But you need to stay true to your values and who you are despite _______.
What is peer pressure
100
True or false? Balfour has secret stairways and doors to no where.
True
100
What is my name
Brittney
200
What should you do if you get lost or can not find your class room?
Ask a teacher for help
200
How can you find out about the clubs and teams you want to join?
Listen to the announcements, Talk to your advisory teacher or the teacher supervisor of the activity, Look for posters around the school
200
__% of teens who smoke say they started smoking because their friends smoke or they felt peer pressure to try smoking.
70% (Source: Canadian Lung Association)
200
You should dress in layers at Balfour because...
Each area of the school is a different temperature (some areas are really hot, others are freezing).
200
What school do I go to?
Balfour
300
Something that teachers assign for you complete in your own time. You should keep up to date with this!
What is homework
300
True or false? Most clubs and teams at take everyone who wants to participate.
True. Clubs take everyone and most of the sports teams (except teams like basketball, football, etc.)
300
List at least two ways to fight peer pressure.
-Get involved in activities you are passionate about so you have a good group of friends who will support you -Be too busy to get involved in harmful things (homework, activities, volunteering, etc. will keep you too busy for harmful dangers!) -Stay true to yourself! -Don't give excuses, say no to peer pressure and let them no you mean it.
300
Balfour changed its' teams name last year to this...
What is the Balfour Bears.
300
The club that I am president of is...
What is SRC
400
The 15 minute class to help support you in high school.
What is advisory
400
Name two reasons why getting involved in high school is important.
-make friends who have similar interests to you - have a better school experience - prepare your resume for work, scholarships, post secondary school - IB needs volunteer hours -relieve stress - find or work on your passions
400
Who should determine the decisions you make regarding things like parties, relationships, etc.?
You and your families.
400
This room used to be the gym in Balfour but around the 80s became the ____.
What is the library
400
What elementary school did I go to?
W.F. Ready!
500
What is a required class for grade nine students?
Math 9 English 9 Social 9 Science 9
500
The Balancing Act of staying caught up in school work, seeing your friends and family, and doing your activities is hard. What is the main way to keep your life balanced?
Always enjoy what you do! If you are stressed out that is not good and you might have to change how you are balancing your life.
500
What are three things about high school that you should base your decisions on? Hints: ____ as an individual, ____, and _____your time.
What is growing as an individual, learning, and enjoying your time.
500
What year did Balfour first open?
What is 1930!!
500
I enjoyed getting to know _____ and talking to _____ about high school.
YOU GUYS!!!
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