Elementary

Nov 13, 2017

KIDNAPPED BY SECOND GRADERS

By |2017-11-13T20:34:26-08:00November 13, 2017|Custom-Fit Education, Elementary|0 Comments

About an hour drive outside of Guatemala City, we arrived at Bethel school in Patzicia. As usual, we were welcomed warmly into the school by the administrators, but also by the children as they were having their break. We exchanged many handshakes, high fives and fist bumps. During my trip to Guatemala at the end [...]

Oct 10, 2017

INSPIRED BY MICHAEL

By |2022-05-17T14:45:59-07:00October 10, 2017|Custom-Fit Education, Elementary|0 Comments

Last April, I introduced my older brother Michael to our learning support staff at one of our meetings. He was visiting me from Toronto and I introduced him as my inspiration for working as an Educational Assistant (EA). When Michael was three years old, he and my mom were visiting family in Germany and they [...]

Sep 11, 2017

GOOD PROBLEMS

By |2017-09-11T15:56:42-07:00September 11, 2017|Custom-Fit Education, Elementary|0 Comments

It became a bit of a joke in administration meetings, board meetings, even society meetings. I was tired of hearing that the increase in enrolment was a good problem to have, and I'll admit that there were times when it did get a little annoying. I always knew that the decisions made when enrolment was [...]

Dec 4, 2016

Selfless Servants

By |2016-12-04T10:15:59-08:00December 4, 2016|Elementary, Whole Child Education|0 Comments

I can’t remember exactly when I first met Mike Ouwerkerk. I know it was early on in my time here at ACS, 22 years ago. Mike initiated our Grandparent Crossing Patrol. Back then, there were no houses around our school property and looking out the front of the school you mostly saw a large, sandy [...]

Jun 13, 2016

Adventures with Amigos

By |2016-06-13T08:58:23-07:00June 13, 2016|Elementary, School Vision|0 Comments

It was Monday morning. Our Nicaraguan guests had departed on Saturday, and Sunday had been busy with Run for Water. I was getting ready for school and found myself looking for the light under the bathroom door, listening for movement from the guest bedrooms, and wondering if it was time to put the coffee on. It’s [...]

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