ECS Stories
Challenge Accepted, Lessons Learned
Challenge given: “You have been asked to submit a proposal for the design of the front entrance of the new school. The school design committee would like the [...]
Deep Hopes for Our Students
What are your deep hopes for your children? More specifically, what do you hope for when, each day, you send them off to Edmonton Christian Schools (West, Northeast [...]
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 [...]
More than Bricks and Mortar
Planning a new building for the West school will be exciting work! This past week, a group of teachers, staff, administrators, architects and Edmonton Society for Christian Education [...]
One Candle
“One candle can light a thousand and is in no way diminished--but actually resurrects in a thousand ways.” Ann Voskamp, The Broken Way, Zondervan Press, 2016 One candle. [...]
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
To make peace, one needs to know what peace is. Grade 3 at ECWS began exploring that. I came across across this bulletin board outside their classroom. [...]
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." [...]
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 [...]
The Diviners
Mere existence is not really an option for the universe. God created it to flourish! If you’ve ever snorkelled above a healthy coral reef, seen the northern lights, [...]