Week 1: Welcome to a Great Year!

Why are we here?

Welcome to the 2013-2014 School year at TCHS Pickering! I'm glad to be back working to help you reach your career goals. I'm looking forward to getting to know our new students and growing the potential of all of our students to do great things. I appreciate your feedback - so although this weekly communication will explain what we do every week in our class in my words, this is your forum as well. If you have ideas or suggestions, feel free to comment on these posts every week. You are the reason we're here and you matter the most!

What's New?

We've added some new technology over the summer: 

• Two new Canon T4i cameras for basic photography skills, 
• One T3i with external microphone for video shooting, 
  
• a shooting base for product and still-frame animation,
• two cabled remote shooting devices
• two different ring lights for portrait & product photography
• lens covers for all of our kit lenses,
• a mat cutter for framing finished artwork & photography,
• scratch art work packs,
• acrylic paints for mural and other painting projects

In addition to new equipment, we're happy to announce that our school is becoming an Adobe Certified Associate testing center. This will allow you to earn industry certifications in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Download and read the files below for a 
 

certification-path-institutions.pdf
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aca_cs6_objectives.pdf
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If you missed our Back to School Night…

• You can download a copy of our class syllabus and guidelines here. Please read this and be prepared to discuss. Please return the signed back page to me by September 13th.
• Both AM & PM classes will normally have Phys. Ed on Thursdays. Make sure you have your PE uniform with you on those days. There are lockers available in our lab if you wish to store your uniform.