A deep hope we have for Edmonton Christian students, is that when they come face to face with brokenness that they will rise to the occasion. In term two this year, the grade 5 classes were challenged to take an "expedition" [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The amount of energy in a room can tell you lots about the event that is going on. When I stepped into the Edmonton Christian West School gymnasium yesterday, believe me, there was real, positive energy. The students, ranging from [...]
I imagine on a cold winter day, like the day I am writing this, more than a few people will be dreaming of life on a tropical island somewhere. A place where it is warm and where in true island [...]
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, [...]
There is a saying: "Anything worth doing once is worth doing twice." I'd argue that that saying may not be completely right, because I don't think that twice will be enough for the Mosaic Centre Spa and Portrait Day. In December 2015, [...]
Wetlands are places of abundant shallow water. This past week, the shallow wetlands east of Edmonton became places of deep, authentic learning. It's the kind of learning that moves Edmonton Christian Schools towards its mission of "challenging students, through Christ centred education, to actively play [...]
Where is God? It is a question we have all asked ourselves at different moments in our lives. Noel This question has been the focus of a semester-long assignment in Biology 20. At the beginning of the semester, [...]
