December 12, 2025

 STEM entrance exam on Monday

- the entrance exam is on Monday December 15 at 9am in your first choice school

- do the math practice test this weekend. There are three online

- Google "Education Perfect"

- Log in using Google TDSB account

Accept terms, then choose "Library" on the left side of the screen

- Math, scroll down to grade 8 specialized program

- test 1a, and start

- 29 questions, 30 mins, all multiple choice. Must have a scrap paper next to the computer to do the calculations. This is not a random guessing test

Currency convertion

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lacLOxgwWaGzdJoDkeyy5dR_JW0KVjEs-DYJ0pAckAM/edit?usp=sharing

ReadWorks.org (There are four reading passages you should do, especially during the Xmas holiday. Otherwise, you don't do anything for two weeks, your brain will be rusty and we will start from September 1st again!

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student

2. Students should sign in with their Google account.

3. Students enter class code ZCVDVQ

December 11, 2025

8C FL practice test solutions

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YepeRq48sRWsxnEKgaKykEcGa0MVNBh5/view?usp=sharing

 

8C Reading: Winter's Drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-82p_97KsDUNEk2TRB51g7r8-ZG9l9-Y/view?usp=sharing

Questions and answers

https://forms.gle/BnKeSCj6jHB1hNx46

8C Geography: Urban Sprawl

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NdedKKg85DviH1e0l1Nm_SRlQVTNg53rRexb5RcHbh8/edit?tab=t.0

Science Stem cells and cord blood

10:50 to 11:30 8D Science

• Two stem cell videos

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3g26p9Mh_k

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQXZ7cGZo1w

• Write a short summary of stem cells in their notebook

• How umbilicoal cord bllod is stored at -180°C

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-IU7iw-l0

8A and 8C Geography project due on Dec 19, 2025

 Send the file or link to

kwokhomework@gmail.com

No work, no mark and it is a ZERO. Merry Christmas

Dec 10a, compound interest calculator

 

Compound Interest Calculator - Daily, Monthly, Yearly Compounding

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ryG4qxQ8aagO0s0FqUBNhbnGB7UrPgmGzk5z4A6B_Nk/edit?usp=sharing

Financial Literacy Practice test tomorrow Dec 11

Everything since the beginning of time, and everything about money, credit cards, payday loans etc. . . 

Paper test

December 9, 2025

 How to write a complaint letter formally:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lmXARJ_wdjImX5KluqNYppGizuTv3UH-/view?usp=sharing

Alzheimers and Amyloid plaque in the brain

https://www.nebraskamed.com/health/conditions-and-services/neurological-care/amyloid-plaque-removal-slows-progression-of

X Movement, a children's fitness and mental health company, has a prominent location at 890 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1W1

from Chipotle

Kwok,

Thank you for reaching out. We’re always looking to make things right.

We want to treat everyone that comes into our restaurant with a high level of respect and care and I am sorry that you did not receive that. I will be following up with the West Ontario management team to ensure you and others will be treated properly in the future.

Sorry to hear that your portion sizes weren't what you hoped. I've looped in our team leaders at West Ontario so they're aware of what happened. We want to ensure that your favorites are being served with filling portions just the way you like them.

To make this up to you, Ive added two BOGO offers (buy one main menu item, get one free) to the bottom of this email for you to use within the next 30 days. You can use it on any online order!

Please let me know if there’s anything else I can do for you!

Have a great evening!

Sincerely,
Chantel

December 10, 2025

 Bamboo scaffolding in building construction in HK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRL27jLMQbk

Doctors are alarmed by the flu season’s early arrival in Toronto — which is hitting children the hardest

H3N2, a mutated from of the influenza virus, is being blamed as emergency rooms are getting crowded with kids.

It’s an annual misery. The deluge of sick, feverish kids arriving at ERs across Toronto. Only this year, influenza season has come earlier — and it’s nastier.

Children are flooding Toronto hospitals, pediatricians across the city are concerned about crowded emergency departments and experts say this is all likely being driven by a mutated form of the virus.

Dr. Kim Zhou, chief of pediatrics at North York General hospital, is pointing the finger at H3N2, a new mutated strain of Influenza A, as a possible cause. The strain tends to cause more severe infections and has been called a possible “mismatch” for this year’s flu vaccine, though doctors say it would still provide protection against the mutation.

Between Nov. 1 and Dec. 4, North York General said there were 652 emergency department visits for patients under 18.

The hospital is currently seeing 120 to 140 per cent of capacity within its pediatric unit, which is unusual for this time of year.

Zhou said she’s been seeing most children come in with “really high fevers, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration.”

“I don’t think we understand yet why the flu season is hitting a bit earlier this year but we do know that the particular strain of Influenza A we’re seeing, H3N2, does affect young children and the elderly more.”

Doctors begin to see the Influenza B virus, which leads to severe infections in children whereas Influenza A is more severe in adults, spread in January, Zhou said, which might lead to a “challenging year for flu in pediatrics.”

“We’re certainly concerned if this continues to increase at the rate it’s currently rising.”

Dr. Michelle Murti, the medical officer of health at Toronto Public Health, said Toronto is “about a month ahead, maybe more” in flu activity this year compared to 2024.

Murti said children under five are accounting for higher rates of flu hospitalizations than adults over 80, with both groups being vulnerable. When patients age five to 19 test for influenza, they’re “almost 50 per cent positive.”

“If they’re sick, it’s very likely that they are ill with the flu just because of how much more they’re getting affected” by it.

Sarah Warr, a spokesperson for The Hospital for Sick Children, said it is seeing more “positive flu tests” this year compared to the same period in 2024, with this season starting earlier.

This rise also contributed to an increase in emergency department visits, which grew by 50 per cent in the past two weeks. 

“Patients and families with non-emergent medical issues should expect longer than usual wait times,” she said in a statement to the Star.

This trend is not limited to Toronto. Last week, CHEO, a children’s hospital based in Ottawa, said it saw a “concerning rise” in flu cases and hospitalizations.

“Hospitals are really busy already for other reasons so anything we can be doing now to help protect people heading into that holiday season is really important,” Murti said, urging people to get vaccinated as early as possible.

On Dec. 5, Toronto Public Health issued a notice to physicians to “expedite flu vaccination for their patients this week,” due to increases in influenza activity, as per the chief medical officer of health of Ontario.

Dr. Jeff Powis, head of infectious diseases at Michael Garron Hospital, is also seeing an influx of children coming in with the flu. “We saw record numbers of young people presenting” to the ER.

Powis is expecting to see a rough year for the flu, with the addition of the H3N2 strain, and numbers “well above” the peak number of cases in previous flu seasons. “The vaccine isn’t quite as effective covering this strain as we would have hoped it to be.”

Prevention measures will be the “same advice” doctors gave during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, including practising proper hand hygiene and avoiding illness exposures.

“It’s going to be a busy flu season and we’re preparing for that.”