Icing on the Cake!
My mom’s mocha cake was special, not just because it was sooo delicious, but also because she only made it on very special occasions, such as my dad’s birthday. When that cake was brought to the table and the candles [...]
Hope Sandwiches
Recently our teachers have been thinking about their deep hopes for the students that attend Edmonton Christian Schools. Many of these hopes, in one way or another, speak about our students being people who love God and love their neighbours. [...]
A Christmas Card for You
A Christmas card from Edmonton Christian Schools to you: In these long days of darkness, God-With-Us has come. "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light." Isa.9:2. That's God's story. The darkness does not last! That's the Christmas [...]
What’s Your Superpower?
If you had a choice, what superpower would you have? Flight? Invisibility? Time travel? Breathing under water? That's fun to think about and it makes a great conversation starter at a dinner party. If dinner parties aren’t your thing, there [...]
Chew On This
What I can do, I will do. A will-do attitude is a way of living God’s story in a broken world. Because we believe it is still a God-with-us world, Edmonton Christian Schools instils a will-do attitude in students. But, [...]
Digging Deep in Social Studies 7
Last week our schools observed Orange Shirt Day (as shown here in pictures from all three campuses). It was a day to honour indigenous people who survived Residential Schools and to remember those who didn’t. Wearing an orange shirt, especially in [...]
Learning That Adds Up!
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 [...]
Deep Wells of Learning
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 [...]
A Throwback Thursday Rescue Hero
Like anyone doing this kind of work, Michael Walters would be uncomfortable being called a "hero." But, c'mon, he spends 12 hour shifts driving a "Rescue Van." A RESCUE van. Sounds like hero's work to me. At Edmonton Christian schools, [...]