The mission statement of Edmonton Christian Schools says, " ...students will be challenged through Christ-centred education to actively play their role in God's story." Do Grade One students really get that? We believe they do when the curriculum is built around [...]
Recently some staff members attended an education conference at which the hashtag #WeAreCrew was used. The idea was that in a school there are no passengers; we are all crew. One of the great things about Edmonton Christian School’s story [...]
Who do we want our students at Edmonton Christian Schools to BE and BECOME? That's an important question for a school to ask itself! The answer can, in part, be found in what we call ‘Throughlines.” Throughlines get their name [...]
I grew up without grandparents. Of course, I had grandparents, but they lived on another continent and I met 3 of them only a couple times as a young child. I never even met my maternal grandfather. It wasn't until [...]
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. Albert Einstein Equations and graphs have taken up quite a bit of the Physics 20 student's study this fall. At [...]
As of late, Edmonton Christian Schools have become more focussed on thinking of our school story as one part of God's bigger story. Each of us--parents, students, staff and supporters-- have a role to play in this story. Dr. Wilco VandenBorn [...]
The West kindergarten students who are learning about Autumn, recently made a trip to the Wedgwood Farm to "glean" some potatoes from the fields. Grade one classes joined them as part of their study of Patterns--Seasonal Changes, Plants and Building Community. [...]
When one walks into a school building, it usually doesn't take long to find the story that school is living into. Here are just a few of the bulletin boards you might see if you walked into Northeast Edmonton Christian [...]
Schools are places filled with stories! Not only the stories in the literature we read or the current events we grapple with, but also the stories that each person brings to a school community. Lived stories. The beginning of the [...]
