Ms. Kuchmak went on to congratulate Avery Han from Grade 5, Chloe Mac from Grade 6, Krisha King, Scarlett Luong, and Katrina Hupa in Grade 4. She asked these five students to stand up and be recognized for creating pieces that showed care, effort, time an
By Jenna Romanowich
Our Grade 8's officially stepped into the world of AI literacy this week! As they reach the age to engage with these powerful tools, we are ensuring they do not just use AI—they understand it.
Our Grade 8's officially stepped into the world of AI literacy this week! As they reach the age to engage with these powerful tools, we are ensuring they do not just use AI—they understand it.
Through a series of "unplugged" games, our students pulled back the curtain on how Generative AI actually functions. They became:
- Probability Predictors: Learning that AI is a "next-word or token" prediction engine, not a magic brain.
- Hallucination Detectives: Discovering how AI can be "confidently wrong" and why human fact-checking is non-negotiable.
- Bias Hunters: Understanding how AI mirrors human patterns and stereotypes based on its training data.
Our Motto: Intelligent Assistant > Artificial Intelligence.
We believe AI should not be a "quick fix" that weakens our students' thinking. Instead, we are teaching them to use it as a powerful assistant to strengthen their curiosity, sharpen their ideas, and make them braver learners.
We believe AI should not be a "quick fix" that weakens our students' thinking. Instead, we are teaching them to use it as a powerful assistant to strengthen their curiosity, sharpen their ideas, and make them braver learners.
Next Steps: Next week, we dive into Prompt Engineering. Using our new P-R-C-R (Purpose-Role-Context-Result) framework, students will learn to build "Master Prompts" that keep their own initial ideas at the center of the process.
Watch out world—the Grade 8 Architects are building the future!
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
Junior, Middle and Senior Schools
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
