Dec 15, 2020

WRITING ON THE WALL

By |2022-04-28T14:53:15-07:00December 15, 2020|Relationships, Secondary|3 Comments

Sometimes you hear sermons where parts of it stick with you for many years. Bill de Jager (former teacher, vice principal, and interim principal of ACS Secondary) once illustrated that every interaction we have in our ordinary days creates this fine thread between you and that person. The more you spend time with someone, the [...]

Dec 7, 2020

TEACHING GRADE 4 SHOULD COME WITH SPOILER ALERTS

By |2022-04-28T14:54:31-07:00December 7, 2020|Elementary, Relationships|0 Comments

It was Disney dress-up day at the elementary and in order to do my family proud, I chose a Star-Wars themed costume. Sometimes agreeing on a movie for family movie night can be a challenge with five of us, but we can always agree on the Star Wars saga. We are one of those families [...]

Nov 24, 2020

NOT THE WEEKEND MIKE PLANNED

By |2020-11-24T06:51:42-08:00November 24, 2020|Relationships, Secondary|2 Comments

Gut check time. I’m wiped…I was told I’m supposed to be authentic and honest…. So here it goes: I was supposed to go to Whistler during our past long weekend. It’s been a long road from early August when preparations for this school year began. But Whistler was coming! It’s an annual trip my wife [...]

Nov 3, 2020

MENTAL HEALTH AT ACS

By |2021-07-07T21:25:02-07:00November 3, 2020|Relationships|2 Comments

Recently at a meeting I chose to show a video entitled, “Flourishing.” The video keyed on staff to work towards flourishing. From a series called, “Wisdom For The Way” from Christian Schools Canada, these videos encourage Christian schools to engage their staff in devotions during this pandemic. It was engaging, relevant, and something that I thought [...]

May 18, 2020

SPECIAL DELIVERY

By |2020-05-18T11:16:41-07:00May 18, 2020|Middle School, Relationships|0 Comments

We hear it so often now—everything has changed; everything is different now. Even my Saturdays are different than before. I used to wake up a little later than on a weekday, go for my run, then go ahead with all the errands moved to the “Saturday-To-Do-List.” Typically, this involved a trip for groceries or to [...]

May 11, 2020

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEXT YEAR?

By |2020-05-11T10:50:45-07:00May 11, 2020|Elementary, Relationships|6 Comments

"So, what are you doing next year?" I have had that question come at me about once a week since I announced that this would be my last year as principal at the elementary campus. Up until about three weeks ago, the only answer I could give was, “We are still figuring that out.” What’s [...]

Feb 24, 2020

MORSELS OF MOTIVATION

By |2020-02-24T08:10:06-08:00February 24, 2020|Relationships, Secondary|1 Comment

BY: JENNIFER WITTRUP, STUDENT LIFE CENTRE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT When I was offered the position of administrative assistant to the secondary Student Life Centre (SLC) and realized that my position would be the first face students would see upon entering, I knew that I wanted to do something special for the first week of school. Naturally, [...]

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