ECS Stories
From Dunker to Doctor (Part 2)
Support on the Path: Family and Friends It could be said for all of us. Unless someone has walked a mile in our shoes ( or tool belt [...]
From Dunker to Doctor
Alumnus Mark Dykstra's Story More than thirteen years after his last slam-dunk on the basketball courts at Edmonton Christian School, Mark Dykstra is still a student. As a [...]
Lions’ Prime Time
As a community focussed on our children’s learning, wouldn’t it be great if there was a Miracle- Gro for the brain? You know... Miracle-Gro... the fertilizer we put [...]
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 [...]
Learning to See
“What did you learn today?” That's a question often asked of our students around a dinner table. It's a great question, but not just for students! Why not [...]
Grace and Grandparents
There is no doubt: Edmonton Christian Schools are heritage schools. Not the buildings, the schools. First of all, these schools operate in the heritage of God's grace. Since [...]
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 [...]
Drawing Straight With Crooked lines
A former colleague and Principal of ECNS closed all her e-mails with an Andrew Greeley quote : “God draws straight with crooked lines.” It was a reminder that [...]
Gifts in a Garden
More than one televison show or movie has made us chuckle at a character who often takes things literally. Someone says to that character, “Hop to it,” and [...]