Talking about watersheds and wetlands is an excellent part of the curriculum in Grade 5. Talking about basic chemistry and chemicals is too! But talking doesn’t always equal learning. Facts and data apart from the story we are in have [...]
Edmonton Christian Northeast School is exactly that -- it is a school. Schools are places to learn STUFF. But at Edmonton Christian, we believe that we have an amazing opportunity for the students not only to learn the STUFF of the [...]
18 students. 6 adults. 9 packed days. 3 European countries. Countless memories. That is the barest summary of Edmonton Christian High School's "Vimy Ridge 100th Anniversary" trip. It might be best to leave it as a bare summary, because it is [...]
A look back at this year's Edmonton Christian High School drama production It has been a few weeks since Edmonton Christian High School students, under the capable guidance of teachers Suzanne Knol, Tim Epp and Nick Boschman, moved audiences with [...]
Let's face it, some things we learn stick with us for only 60 seconds. Others, we remember for 60 minutes and still others 60 days. But do we ever learn something that might stick with us for 60 years? Do [...]
Back from her trip to Iraq Nathaly Herrera-Lopez has logged a lot of kilometres on airplanes in the past few years. But make no mistake, she is a grounded person. And it is precisely this groundedness that has [...]
American Poet, Mary Oliver has on many occasions reminded people to live life with eyes wide open: In the Youtube world we live in, astonishment in life's (extra)ordinary things is becoming more rare. It is hard for us to be amazed by the [...]
The energy and excitement in the school was quite noticeable within minutes of arriving. I soon found out that it was Grade 4-6 Option Day at Edmonton Christian Northeast School. This is a yearly event that sees parents/grandparents/community members come [...]
Another "Throwback Thursday" alumni story I didn’t see that coming! It’s something Matthew Oosterhuis, award winning coach of The Kings University Eagles soccer program must have said a number of times since his graduation from Edmonton Christian High School. Work [...]
The January calendar page gets flipped over, torn off or grayed out. And just like that, the new year isn’t so new any more. The excitement that brought us into Christmas and into this new calendar year has waned. Though [...]
