She's five, loves snowshoeing, and is passionate about giving back. Sekoia Kornelius, a kindergarten student in Mrs. Humphrey's class, has been raising money and awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation for the last few years. Sekoia's mom first developed a passion for the cause and in turn began Sekoia's journey of giving back. GET [...]
Back in 1996, I had an idea. I think this idea was somehow inspired by my high school friend, Robin and by the latest advance in communication—email. The idea: SPAM® haiku.At the time, I had 34, what we now call, contacts. They included Robin, of course, several university friends, and my colleagues at Abbotsford Christian School. [...]
Almost one year ago, I wrote a blog post on my trip to Greater Los Angeles to check out Christian colleges with my daughter. This year for spring break, my wife, Sharon and I took our two younger kids back to LA to visit our older daughter who has settled in to Providence Christian College [...]
The Middle School was a slightly hazardous place to visit in mid-March. You ran the risk of being hit by long range paper airplanes, out in front of the school. Upstairs, you had to navigate through a giant pile of newspaper, dodge a Ping-Pong ball and watch your step for errant marbles. Why did we [...]
“There is not any language that can stop a friendship. What is worthy is the interest and willingness we all put in it.” Elimilieth, grade 11 student at Centro de Fe Vida Nueva, Managua, Nicaragua. The words above were written in a card I received from a student, on the day the Nicaragua [...]
I spent spring break with 11 princesses and a snowman and I loved it! My wife and I drove our girls down to Disneyland for their first visit at the “happiest place on earth,” and found that even though we were on a break from school, we could still learn a lot. Here are some [...]
I was at the last basketball game of my son's high school career, two weeks ago. They finished 6th, losing in the final seconds of their second game to the team that went on to win the championship. It was a sad day for me and for my wife. Not just because we lost, but [...]
On a coffee break from marking provincial exams, I was talking to some fellow English teachers about the use and abuse of technology in the lives of students. One of these fellows recounted a conversation he had with a younger colleague who said that there is nothing wrong with texting while doing homework in that [...]
The forecast said rain…all week…and the boys had just begun two weeks of spring break. We were spoiled with the most beautiful, sunny weather for weeks but wouldn't you know it, the kids were out of school and cooped up in my house. Oh sure, that's fun for a day or two, but active kids need [...]
MONDAY, 7:25 am I am sitting on a BC Ferry with 25 very excited and energetic grade 8 students. We are on our way to Swartz Bay, where we will board another school bus that will take us to Victoria's Inner Harbour. Once there, we will board the two-masted schooner, the “Pacific Grace,” to spend [...]
