ECS Stories
The Voice of Grade 4
The story of Edmonton Christian is a story of three schools that invite students to live lives of renewal. The voice of those students who hear this invitation needs [...]
Grade 1–Living the Story
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 [...]
We Are Crew!
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 [...]
BEING and BECOMING JUSTICE SEEKERS
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 [...]
Generation to Generation
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 [...]
Pausing In Wonder
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 [...]
Remembering Wilco VandenBorn
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 [...]
Potatoes for All!
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 [...]
What You See . . .
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 [...]