Alex's Portfolio

Science Class SLC Reflection

March 7, 2026 /

Evidence of Organization:

My science notebook is a learning tool that is beneficial to me when I need to take notes or review content from the past.

Evidence of Active Learner:

I improved on completing work on time, having a positive attitude towards my work, and my academic integrity

Semester 1 shows that I have been able to consistently submit my homework assignments on time and the comments show that I still have room for improvement in terms of quality. However, in semester 2, I showed that I had less comments, and less assignments that didn’t meet the rubric. The final learner skill that I improved on is showing academic integrity. This is shown through the fact that I haven’t misused technology in class, crossed boundaries between individual and group work, or broken the rules while in a 3 for 3 quiz.

Evidence of Understanding Key Concepts:

Over the course of the year, I have been able to demonstrate a strong understanding of most of the content that I have learned this year.

Evidence of Growth in Science Skills:

Standard 1: Developing and Using Models

    Standard 3: Engaging in Argument from Evidence (CER)             

 

Standard 6: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information                      

My skills in science have developed significantly because I put in more effort in my work.

PE Net and Wall Reflection

February 26, 2026 /

Badminton Unit

I had improved in my reaction time towards balls coming towards me. I showed this by being able to counter smashes by blocking them in time. I also was able to improve my smashing, as I learnt the technique, and the speed of the birdie. In this unit, I was also able to get better at communicating with my teammates about when to move positions and recover into position for the next play.

Pickleball Unit

In pickleball, I was able to adapt to my opponents playstyles and copy their techniques,. This is because I started trying my best, so I got to the higher courts. I was also able to enhance my communication with my teammates to develop strategies, that could help us earn easy points.

Math 8 Semester 1

January 20, 2026 /

1 .Active Learner Habits:

One strength I bring to math class is that I am able to collaborate with people well and I am able to engage in productive conversations with my peers.

Another strength I bring to math class is that I am able to understand the material well and teach my classmates that don’t understand it.

A third strength that I bring to math class is that I will actively ask questions and I ask about things I’m unsure of instead of sitting there and not taking any actions towards my learning.

Area of Growth:

One area I want to improve on in this semester is being able to hand in all my work on time. This is because I didn’t finish all of the homework assignments on time, which I want to be able to do this semester.

This is an area of growth for me because I am usually really busy with extracurricular activities, but I need to be able to finish the amount of work given, so that I can prepare for highschool.

Plan for growth:

I will work on this habit by regularly checking my to-do list and I will practice being more organized by organizing my homework into folders.

One specific habit I will take is to write down my homework somewhere instead of just checking schoology everytime, as I might miss important information like tests or projects.

PE Portfolios Reflection Badminton Unit

January 20, 2026 /

In this unit I learnt a lot of things like serving, smashing, drop shot, and generally getting better at badminton by watching others and learning from them. The videos also helped me because it enhanced my ability to do a low backhand serve, as well as many other serves.

Unit 3: Identity and Healthy Relationships

December 10, 2025 /

https://www.canva.com/design/DAG5qv5bpsQ/ZbLlpZif_IAvx2ykxq-l_A/edit

The purpose for this portfolio was that it helped me learn about how we can identify healthy and unhealthy things in a relationship from a movie or TV show. This project shows our understanding of what is a healthy relationship versus a unhealthy relationship.

One of the most important ideas that I learnt in this unit is that consent is very important in a relationship. If consent is not given, then you are not allowed to to the thing that the person didn’t agree to. Boundaries are also important. If set boundaries are crossed, then it is a huge red flag. Not communicating well enough in a relationship can also cause there to be misunderstandings as well as confusion, which can lead to an unhealthy relationship.

Language Arts Socratic Seminar Reflection

November 24, 2025 /

I chose this because it shows the most about what I did and how well I did during the Socratic Seminar. It also shows the difference between me and the average of the whole class.

What this shows me about me as a communicator is that, it shows that I can understand when I need to stop speaking and when to start speaking. It also shows my awareness of being able to know how much I have spoken and a number of times that I have spoken

Unit 2 Portfolio: Reflection on Learning

November 5, 2025 /

I used to think that mental health wasn’t as important as physical health and that mental health shouldn’t get as much attention as physical health should. I thought that mental health meant the mental state that a person is in currently and how well they’re doing mentally. I assumed that mental health did not include disorders and that it was only state of a person’s wellbeing.

My thinking has changed due to the information that I researched about, especially during the research for my mental health research presentation project. I learnt that anxiety was a mental health issue and that people could actually be diagnosed with it. I also learned that anxiety is a serious issue that can be both a feeling and a mental health disease that people have to deal with everyday.

The thing that surprised me most was that ignoring mental health was like ignoring a person’s physical injury. For example, if someone were to ignore a person with anxiety, then it can be compared to if someone were to ignore a person with a physical injury. I also discovered that people tend to treat mental disorders like an easy thing to deal with as people like to tell the people who have anxiety that it’s not a real disorder, and that they should just stop being lazy. This can be compared to a person telling someone with a broken leg to walk and they should just stop trying to act hurt. This helped me learn that mental health issues are hard to spot and deal with.

AnxietyDownload

Unit 1 Social Studies Reflection Inquiry into interest)

October 29, 2025 /

Something that went well for me was that I was able to find something that I enjoyed learning about, as well as something was researchable. This really helped me focus during work time because I was passionate about this topic, so that helped me work faster than normal.

Something that didn’t go well was the research because I got stuck on some of the steps and I was behind the rest of the class for a while. I also struggled with time management, as I kept on getting stuck on finding sources that I could actually use in my research which caused me to have limited time to work on the poster. The poster wasn’t organized and wasn’t the most visually appealing due to the lack of time I had to work on the final project.

Something I could improve on, is to ask the teacher more questions. The teacher is busy answering question from other students during class time so I think I could’ve taken action towards my learning by emailing the teacher. This would’ve helped me in many parts of the first unit and that could’ve prevented me from falling behind and rushing through the poster.

Health Unit 2 WOOP goal

October 10, 2025 /

Part 1

Hypothesis: I believe that the app will help me remember things, and help me become more organized in the 7 days that I will be using it. I think that I will be able to effectively use the app, and apply all of the uses of it into my daily life.

One of the outcomes I expect is that I complete this, and it helps me remember my homework. It ends up benefiting me, and it in the end I become more productive. The second outcome I see is that I end up not really listening to the app, or just not evening using it that much. Then I become less productive, procrastinate, and for things, as well as hand in all my homework late. The third outcome I see is that I use it, but it still didn’t improve my work ethic, and did not help me in finishing my work on time, as well as reminding me on tasks I need to do..

I am going to measure my goal by comparing how much homework I remember now and how much time I spend on it from 7-10 days ago and compared to now.

Part 2

Functionality and Usefulness
It helps me remember important things like homework, important events, certain dates, and other things I need to do. The app’s design itself doesn’t have very bright color, instead wants to actually benefit you in your goals. It also isn’t very addicting as the app just has an add date button, and a few other features that don’t really make you want to stay on the platform for long periods of time. It’s basically just a app that reminds you on what to do, and when to do it. The app isn’t very interesting, as there is nothing but a black screen with a few features that help you remember events or important dates that. The hypothesis did not prove to be true as the app is not as beneficial as I thought it would’ve been. It is also not very helpful because it doesn’t show the work done before last week as you need Pro for that. I think the companies main strategy of earning money is to rely on people buying the Pro version.

Design

Although the name and icon of the app might be goofy, but it is still a app that will be able to help you in the end, and is a beneficial app overall. Even though the app can be beneficial, there are just much better options out there for people who want to remember events, deadlines, and other important dates. The name and the app logo could just be a way to attract people, as they still need people to use their app. The app’s limitations are that, it isn’t that useful as there are plenty of other softwares that can help people remember things, and it just isn’t that interesting overall.

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