Recently I was waiting in line to order a coffee while I was at TWU, when I heard a voice from across the atrium. “Mr. Cumiskey?” This isn't unusual if you’ve worked in education. Bumping into former students is normal. As the alum came up to me for a little coffee-lineup chit-chat, she asked an [...]
A month ago, I was driving my six-year-old grandson home at the end of our school day. He was a little chatterbox in the car, excitedly sharing everything he had done that day. Out of the blue, he exclaimed, “Grandma, did you know that I am your sister in Christ?” I laughed and said, “I [...]
There are few joys greater than being a grandparent, and the annual Grandfriends Day celebration at the elementary campus was a reminder of just how special that role can be. From the moment I stepped into the school lobby, there was a buzz of excitement in the air and the energy could be felt in [...]
“This must have God’s hands in it,” says grade 4 teacher, Measha Thompson, who, overcoming many challenges, moved from teaching kindergarten for the past three years to teaching grade 4 for the 2023-24 school year. Finding Her Home When Measha visited ACS for the first time, she knew this would be her home. Although her [...]
As my kids get older, I’m constantly finding ways to be relevant for them. I’ve even gone so far as to adopt some of their language. Have you come across any of these? “Hey, Caleb that’s fire!” “Jude, that’s drip!” “Wow, boys, that’s W!” “You’re alpha.” “That’s cap, you’re capping.” “That’s skibity sigma” (yes, that’s a [...]
Outside of my grade 4 classroom are two beautiful trees. We get so used to them being there that we often take them for granted. But they are something to marvel at. They promise us spring as they wake up from winter’s sleep. They shelter us from the heat of the sun when it threatens [...]
From July 20-29, I had the privilege and the opportunity to visit the region off BC's Northern Coast known as Haida Gwaii (Islands of the Haida and for a while known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). With two fabulous hosts and seven other educators, including my sister, Evangeline, and Koenraad Beugelink, Faith Formation Director, [...]
I really enjoy driving. Which is a good thing considering we bought a farm in Chilliwack while keeping everything else in Abbotsford. I don’t love driving all the time. Late nights to pick up kids from youth, driving to Abbotsford for the fifth time in one day, early morning hours when the highway is jammed…these [...]
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” Those famous opening lines of Charles Dickens’ novel, A Tale of Two Cities. The novel begins with, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was [...]
“Leanne,” I wrote to my editor, “I think I just wrote a book.” Those words catapulted me into a world I had never dreamt I would be in. I mean, I teach math and science, what business do I have writing a book? I have plenty of excuses to NOT write a book: busyness, fear, [...]
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