In case you have nothing to do over the holidays, start learning this material since we will have a test in January.\
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LcFikpLQsPdrrTewNV077wEj5K0r3vYt/view?usp=sharing
Sunday, 21 December 2025
Friday, 19 December 2025
December 19, 2025
8A, 8C Geography project due tonight at 11:59pm
US Universities
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13D96EpAgoHYaVkp6wMTMKWHXAjNx5bwn/view?usp=sharing
Investing in your future
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eIpj3oPN1L_gy0GBCnyXbxtbtUSrD4NS/view?usp=sharing
PW money
This is my REAL PJ
Thursday, 18 December 2025
December 18, 2025
PJ day tomorrow. You wear PJ, I buy you pizza lunch
8C Pizza lunch
- if you order pizza from Kwok, please bring $1 per slice and pay him. His cost is $1.50 each slice
- bring own drink and snack
ReadWorks.org (There are four reading passages you should do, especially during the Xmas holiday. Otherwise, you don't do anything for two weeks, your brain will be rusty and we will start from September 1st again!
1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student
2. Students should sign in with their Google account.
3. Students enter class code ZCVDVQ
High fat cheese and dementia
https://www.cp24.com/news/world/2025/12/17/could-eating-high-fat-cheese-help-lower-the-risk-of-dementia-study-examines-the-link/
Skip you whipped cream next time
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
Geography project issues
I am looking for the following in your project. If you don't include them, marks will be deducted. Due Friday Dec 19 at 11:59pm. Merry Christmas
Map (1)
Climate graph (1)
Population density and trend (1)
Population pyramid (1)
Currency and trend (1)
Geographic features (landform, lakes, rivers etc) (1)
Jobs (1)
Natural disasters (1)
Is it a safe place? (Toronto data: 81 murders in 2024, 37 murders in 2025)
Other information (e.g. attractions, food, culture, reference etc) (6)
Total 15
December 17, 2025
Compound Interest calculator
https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/finance/calculators/compoundinterestcalculator.php
Bring money if you order pizza from Kwok
Spirit Day tomorrow: Hat Day or crazy hair
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
December 16, 2025
Spirit Day tomorrow: Dress like a Kwok or student on Wednesday
8th Wonder of the World (Compound Interest of Saving and Investing)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQOX4B5G1c6eJ5sJp8zD7PuXLczKBmId2VSsI0XIwDU/edit?usp=sharing
Financial Literacy Test on Wednesday. If you dont study, you will not do well. Review the practice test from last week
- simple and compound interest
- bank charges
- currency exchange (how the lower or higher C$ affect prices of foreign goods)
- university tutition and fee
- credit, debit cards, loan sharks
- Google Sheet formula
Monday, 15 December 2025
8A, 8C Geography [project due on Dec 19 at 11:59pm]
send your project to
kwokhomework@gmail.com
Make sure the subject of the email is Your name: Geography project
e.g. Daniel Kwok Geography project
December 15, 2025
Spirit Day tomorrow: Twin Day
Financial Goals, post secondary fees and seeking the American Dream
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12FFUTTijUq0J8SRar9jr1_QNYZUwOGnnheccEJL8-8c/edit?usp=sharing
Financial Literacy Test on Wednesday. If you dont study, you will not do well. Review the practice test from last week
- simple and compound interest
- bank charges
- currency exchange
- university tutition and fee
- credit, debit cards, loan sharks
- Google Sheet formula
Friday, 12 December 2025
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
Thursday, 11 December 2025
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
Write a short summary of stem cells in their notebook
How umbilicoal cord bllod is stored at -180°C
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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
Tuesday, 9 December 2025
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.
“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.”
Monday, 8 December 2025
December 8, 2025
Duh: dont sleep, pay attention in class whenb Kwok teaches
Pay Day Loans
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z7xovbpVmfH5fIAohUnO9nXMOKwC6hRITRF2WxI8Y6M/edit?usp=sharing
- ask parents if you have a SIN number
Can food drive continues
Spirit week next week. Monday is Green/Red day
- Monday: dress anything that is green and red to earn a Kwok's treat
Thursday Dec 11: Financial Literacy Practice test
Zebra mussel reading comprehension
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1fb7RcLduScBvriNW2w-jk8LV3EPLCXfwrVLCnfjGg/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, 5 December 2025
Can food drive, 8C
Kwok 36
Hyeong Woo 4
Yueru 2
Nadin 6
Taylor 2
Seafel 2
Yin 2
Isaac 2
Desmond 4
Sean 6
Sarira 4
Parham 8
Tani 6
Credit and debit card comparison
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cA6uYLdrPYFoA2XdlH8bz_tjboi6OwF67Mre22e3b2E/edit?usp=sharing
This weekend, listen to the audio lessons on stem cells, debit/credit card comparison and take notes in your book. Otherwise, you wont remember
Thursday, 4 December 2025
December 4, 2025
7D
- Science test tomorrow. Study. 23 Multiple-choice questions, online. Bring your laptop, please
Back to the future
https://archive.org/details/back-to-the-future-trilogy/Back+to+the+future/Back+to+the+Future+Part+1.mp4
8C
- bring food tomorrow for the multicultural celebrations
- Food drive. Every 2 cans of non-perishable food will earn you an extra 1%. Last day is
next Friday Dec 12
- Holiday concert tonight at 6pm. Buy your tickets online. Tickets also for food
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
DEcember 3, 2025
Formal letter to apply to the Kwok’s School for Elite Geniuses. (45m)
Department store credit card
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cA6uYLdrPYFoA2XdlH8bz_tjboi6OwF67Mre22e3b2E/edit?usp=sharing
- find three department store credit cards, and determine their annual fee, interest rates and details (Canadian Tire, Apple, and one other, such as PC Loblaw)
- calculate the interest charges of the following items
Update food list
8C
Kwok Pizza (40 pepperoni, and 10 cheese)
Tyson Fried rice
Isaac Sushi
Sana Sushi
Kia Potatoe pancakes
Sarira Chips
Yann Popcorn
Kaveh Salad
Desmond Coke
Shayli Mac and Cheese
Katherine Chocolate
Nadine Brownie
Yueru Cookies
Barbare Cupcakes
Taylor Fruit salad
Emily H Candy
Tani Chocolate
Maxwell Fried rice
Daivik Dorito
Hyeong Woo Cookies
Rochelle Fruit bowl
Parkam Drink
Emily T Oreo
Elenora Coke
Rayn Chips
Seafel Noodle
Sean Pasta
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Dec 2, 2025
8C Credit card calculations
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cA6uYLdrPYFoA2XdlH8bz_tjboi6OwF67Mre22e3b2E/edit?usp=sharing
Look up American Express Centrino card. Most difficult card to get in the world. How much is the annual fee?
Formail letter sample
Greetings! As a grade 8 student at Cummer Valley Middle School, I am interested in applying to the grade 9 enriched STEM program at your school. Please consider this letter as my application to the program.
2nd paragraph: 6 to 10 sentences
Your strengths, extra curriculum, achievements in the past few years
Very well rounded student (academic, music, sports, volunteer work)
Since 2021, I have been placed on the school Honour roll in every school term. at leisure, it is an honor to assist the school librarian every lunch time to Shell the books and to unpack the new order on a regular basis. I am fortunate enough to be selected as one of the member of the school jazz band this year.
Holiday concert on Thursday Dec 4th and food drive
- no ticket, no admission. Tell parents to buy tickets please. Online, School cash online
- can food drive this month. Please bring food items to donate to the less fortunate
Monday, 1 December 2025
Multicultural celebration Dec 5, 2025
8C
Kwok Pizza
Tyson Sushi
Isaac Sushi
Sana Sushi
Kia Potatoe pancakes
Sarira Chips
Yann Popcorn
Kaveh Salad
Desmond Coke
Shayli Mac and Cheese
Katherine Chocolate
Nadine Brownie
Yueru Cookies
Barbare Cupcakes
Talor Fruit salad
Emily H Candy
Tani Chocolate
Maxwell Fried rice
Daivik Dorito
Hyeong Woo Cookies
Rochelle Fruit bowl
Parkam Drink
Emily T Oreo
Elenora Coke
Rayn Chips
Sean, Seafel, Yasdan, Precious???
December 1, 2025
Stem cell article
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/bone-marrow-transplant/in-depth/stem-cells/art-20048117
As the breeze gently brushes my cheek, the sea birds chirp softly in the bush behind my back along the long sandy beach in Hamilton Island. I cannot ask for another perfect day similar to this one, as the cloudless, bluish sky is so clear and the tepid water near the ocean shore feels refreshing as if I am able to walk on holy water. Heaven must look like this, I wonder, as it is so peaceful when I'm trying to relax in such a lovely Paradise. Sometimes I wonder why people come here and completely isolate themselves on such a lonely Island? There is no doubt that having time alone is the key to perfect meditation for the soul and mind. Needless to say, the food in the Great Barrier Reef is beyond your imaginations! The restaurant close by serves Super Fresh seafood, ranging from yellowfin tuna to the rare shellfish that has never been described in the encyclopedia. However, it is sad to say that some of these species are now endangered, since they have been consumed by human beings for their freshness, texture, and flavour.
Free Microsoft 365. Log in from TDSB account. Good till you finish university
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/office
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