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Carver Christian High School 7650 Sapperton Avenue Burnaby, British Columbia V3N 4E1 Phone: 604-523-1580 Fax: 604-523-9646 www.carverchristian.org [email protected]
Carver Weekly Newsletter December 13, 2017
Great is Thy Faithfulness
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassion's never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 At this halfway point of our final year of Carver Christian High School, it is good to pause and remember the many special moments of God’s truly faithful provision to us as a school and community. God has blessed us with faithful, skilled and Christian staff who daily support and challenge one another towards excellence. It is a joy to see how each staff member has grown professionally and personally. As a community, we have enjoyed the security of this rented location for 13 years: the “Marion Campus” has served us well. In big-picture terms, the leadership of School Board members at all three campuses has provided shared wisdom to guide us into the establishment of two new Christian high schools! There has been consistency in the administrative leadership, enabled through the ongoing close relationship of VCS, JKCS and Carver - a stool with three strong legs. We have watched more than 500 students learning, stretching and developing through Carver, emerging young men and women who contributed to the special culture we enjoy at Carver today. Each of those teenagers blessed our school community with their unique character. We are profoundly blessed by Carver parents who serve here in many capacities - committee work, transportation for athletics, volunteers for many events and speakers sharing their expertise in classrooms. Generous, investing parents and extended community members enable us to purchase items for learning year after year – band, athletic, art equipment, books, technology and much more. Truly, great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto us. Merry Christmas, Carver!
Paul Tigchelaar Principal
Fall Drive Update: Total to date $28,000 | Parent participation: 13%
It’s about two weeks to Christmas and we are all looking forward to extra family time. Every gift post-marked by Dec 31, will be eligible for deduction from this year’s taxes. Please prayerfully consider this opportunity to support us in our mission to deliver excellent education to our students with a Christian worldview! You can drop a gift off in the school office or, if you want to donate online, take advantage of the super easy CanadaHelps. The link on the website is there in the upper right-hand corner.
Carver Beekeeping Club Honey is for sale! This will be Carver's FIRST and LAST honey sale! This is a great Christmas present for anyone on your list. This all natural honey was produced by Carver's bees from flower nectar within 6 km of Carver. Jars are $20 each and supply is very limited: so, get yours while you can. See Mrs. Smythe to get yours today! All funds from this honey sale go to the equipping of the future Vancouver Christian and John Knox Christian High Schools Bee Keeping Programs.
Adam Wasik Bee Master
Hey, Honey!
At Britannia Mines, our science class had the opportunity to not only learn about pollution and resource exploitation in a classroom, but also to explore the causes and see the mines themselves. Our guide gave us a brief explanation of earth theories before giving us a detailed orientation of the mines and showing us how some of the old mining devices worked. Our class rode the train in the mine and saw the refinery (which was 20 stories high!) We also learned about the problems that mining copper created in the ecosystem. Copper can be incredibly toxic to certain organisms; therefore, if the amount is not reduced, life ceases to exist around the mine. Our guide explained the technology and processes that scientists and researchers are using to restore the ecosystem, including a water treatment facility. I learned and saw a lot of things that I didn’t expect. All in all, it was a very hands-on experience.
Emma Hwang Grade 10 student
Mining Smarts
On Thursday, December 7, the grade 11 students went for a career education exploration field trip to BCIT in Burnaby.
BCIT Career Education Exploration
On Wednesday, December 6, the Art 10-12 class visited the Vancouver Art Gallery to see a contemporary Canadian Painting exhibition and learn about current local artwork. A number of Carver alumni are successful, working artists!
Art 10-12 Field Trip
As part of the Children’s Literature unit, Carver’s English Honours 11 students recently headed over to the JKCS campus to read stories and facilitate planned activities for their K-3 students. It was a wonderful experience for these seniors to read fun books like Llama Llama Red Pajama, Emma’s Rug and The Gruffalo. The children responded with rapt attention and enthusiastic participation.
English 11 Honours—Children’s Literature
John Knox Christian High School Info Sessions
Thursday, January 18, 2018, 7:30 p.m. at John Knox Grades 7-9 Info Session (for this year’s Grades 6-8 students). Find out what is in the works for the junior high program at John Knox. February 2018 General Info Session If you missed our fall Info Session or just want to hear what’s new, please join us for this useful info session. After this meeting, there will be a special workshop for current Grade 9 students for course selection for Grade 10 and beyond. Watch this space for exact dates and times.
1. Costa Rica and China Parents: Please arrive at 6.00 pm with photo ID for each parent. A notary will be at Carver to sign and stamp a document stating that you will allow your child to travel with Carver internationally: a. Both parents must be present in front of the notary with photo ID and their child b. If parents are legally separated, both parents must be in front of the notary with photo ID and their child. c. If parents are legally divorced, a copy of the custody paper must be handed in and both parents come with photo ID and their child
if it is joint custody. If it is solo custody, the custodial parent must come with child and photo ID. d. If a parent has passed away, a copy of the death certificate must be handed in and the living parent comes with photo ID and their
child. 2. All China, Costa Rica and Vancouver teams will have a parent and student meeting at 7.00 pm. This is a chance to get all detailed information regarding the trip and to pray as a community for your individual child, the whole team and what God will do in the midst of each outreach trip 2018.
Cultural Outreach Trips 2018: Mandatory Meeting on January 25
Vancouver Christian School K-12 Update
We want to thank all parents and students who attended our Information Night in mid November and appreciate the feedback we received as a result. Every parent comment and question is important to us and we will do our best to answer them in a variety of ways. Some recent updates:
We are now able to walk though a good portion of the school getting a better sense of room locations and space; excitement is building (if you will pardon the pun).
Furniture and equipment planning is well underway. We are committed to ensuring that next year is seen as a transition year for our Grade 8s; our students have had to make
a lot of adjustments over the past two years and we hope for a smooth flow into High School. Our Capital Campaign sits slightly above $3, 850, 000. We would love to hit the $4 million mark by the end of the year. We are looking forward to student input in redesigning the Phoenix, uniform design and sustainability planning. Significant support for bussing is coming from the south and west side of Vancouver; currently, there is not enough interest
to support a pick up area on the more westerly side of Burnaby (ex. Brentwood Mall). High school students living closer to Brentwood and Metrotown can easily take the Skytrain to VCS.
Please stay tuned for more information in upcoming newsletters; our most recent “Hope. And a Future,” is coming out shortly.
We are excited to present the VCS Winter Wish Book! If you are interested in taking a peek, please click on the link below. vancs.org/giftbook
Ellen Freestone
VCS Principal
From the Business Office: If you have a pledge payment or gift to make for this 2017 tax year, please don ’t forget to bring it in before 3.30 p.m. on Thursday, December 21. For tax receipt purposes, donations will need to be received or postmarked by mail on or before December 31, 2017.
Announcement
Vancouver Christian High School: Course Selection for 2018-2019 Course Planning Guides and Course Selection Sheets for 2018-2019 for students who will be going to Vancouver Christian High School will be distributed on Friday, December 15. Course selection sheets must be completed and handed in to the Carver office by Friday, January 19, 2018 in order to receive priority. Course selection sheets will not be considered without the completed transfer form. If you have any questions about the course selection process, students in grades 9 and 10 (2018-2019) please email Mr. Liu: [email protected]; students in grades 11 and 12 (2018-2019) please email Mrs. Lo-Voo: [email protected]
School Calendar December 2017 February 2018 January 2018
20 — Evening in December Concert Social 21 — Evening in December Concert Social 22 — Last day of classes/Student council event Christmas Break — December 25, 2017 to January 5, 2018
08 — Pro-D Day (no classes) 09 — School Reopens 25-30 — Exam Week 31 — Marking Day (no classes)
01 — Semester 2 starts 12 — Family Day (no school) 13 — Pro-D Day (no classes)
This year, as part of our Evening in December events, we are having a Sock Drive and donating all to Union Gospel Mission. Every year they distribute thousands of warm socks to those in need through the winter. We are collecting NEW and CLEAN adult socks from December 1 to 21. Please send in a bring a pair or two or bring them with you to the Evening in December events - it's good for the sole!
