We confess that Christ is Lord of all and He calls us, in community, to equip students for a life of discipleship as stewards of His creation.

NEWSLETTER

February 19, 2020

The PLC dates, Pro D Days and other

school closure dates can be found in

the newsletter’s calendar as well as on

our website.

PLC Early Dismissal (12:30pm) for

the school year:

Friday, February 28, 2020

Friday, April 3, 2020

Friday, May 8, 2020

FUTURE PRO D DAYS AND PLC

EARLY DISMISSAL

Charitable Tax Receipts for current families will be available for pickup on February 28 and at re-registration. Any receipts not picked up by March 3 will be mailed.

Receipts for donors, grandparents and previous families will be mailed on February 28th. If you would like pickup on February 28 instead of mail, please contact Stacey Green at the school 250-746-3654 or via email sgreen@duncanchristian.com by Febru-ary 27

Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday, February 26.

Show your support of this nationwide awareness cam-paign on anti-bullying by wearing pink on this day. Pink symbol-

izes the intolerance of bullying and demonstrates how everyone can be part of the solution.

Join DCS to raise awareness about anti-bullying in our community, and the desire to have a respectful, safe, and caring community.

Show your commitment by wearing pink!

Kindergarten to Grade 12 Re-registration Days

Monday, March 2

from 8:00am to 7:00pm

Tuesday, March 3

from 8:00am to 4:00pm

Staff will be available during the re-registration times above to answer any questions and to assist you with re-registration forms and tuition. Packages will be going home Friday. After March 3, 2020, depending on available space within a class, new families will be given the opportunity to place their child(ren) at DCS.

RE-REGISTRATION DAYS

Secondary Parent/Teacher conferences

will be held by appointment on

Thursday, February 20

after school & evening, 3:30-5:00 and 5:30-7:30

We encourage parents to visit with teachers to discuss the progress of their chil-

dren. Please fill in the Parent-Teacher interview scheduling form with your requested interview

times. Drop in’s also welcomed and will be fit into the interview schedule as teachers are avail-

able. An interview request form has been emailed home and will be sent home with the

report cards. Please note report cards were published to the Parent Portal on Friday,

February 7.

SECONDARY PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

DONATION AND TUITION RECEIPTS

ELEMENTARY REPORT CARDS

The elementary report cards will be going

home on Friday, March 6.

Please mark your calendars for the Kin-

dergarten to Grade 7 student-led confer-

ences/parent-teacher conferences on

Wednesday, April 10.

PINK SHIRT DAY

February 20

Secondary Parent Teacher Conferences at HS

Mexico Missions 2020 Meeting at 6:30

February 20-22

Island Boys Bball Championship at NCS

February 21-22

Island Girls A Bball Championship at DCS

February 24

Grade 7 and Preschool Bowling

February 25

Grade 10 PARTY Program

February 26

Pink Shirt Day

February 26, 27, and 28

Grad Photos

February 27

Grade 5/6/7 Band Performance at Cowichan Theatre

Grade 10 and 11 VIU Discovery Day

HS Spring Dance

February 28

PLC Afternoon—Early Dismissal

February 28-29

Drama Retreat

March 2

Re-registration Day 8am to 7pm

Grad Parent Meeting 7:15pm

March 3

Re-registration Day 8am to 4pm

March 4—7

Provincial Girls & Boys Bball Tournament

March 6

Elementary Report Cards

Grade 7 Ball Hockey at QofA

March 7

Onward Movie Fundraiser

Spring Break March 9 to March 20

First Day of Classes after Spring Break

is Monday, March 23

SCHOOL CHAPELS ELEMENTARY

Wednesdays at 1:20pm Elementary Gymnasium

Families are welcome to join us.

February 26 - Upper & Lower Grade Chapels March 4 - Miss Rempel’s Grade 4-3 class March 25 - Upper & Lower Grade Chapels April 1 - Mrs Castella’s Kindergarten class

As special events sometimes change the time

for chapel, you may want to call the school office to check before you come.

SECONDARY Wednesdays at 11:23am

Pentecostal Church

FROM THE SECONDARY GUIDANCE OFFICE: GR. 11 AND 12 INFORMATION

- Grad photos will be happening on Feb 26 -28. ALL GRADS need to have these photos taken. They need to sign up with Mrs. Spencer.

- Gr. 10s and 11s will be attending VIU Discovery Days on Thursday, Febru-ary 27. They will have the opportunity to learn a variety of things about post-secondary education and VIU in particular. All gr. 10/11 students are ex-pected to attend this mandatory class trip. We will be leaving at 8:45 and returning by 2:30. For more information please see https://www.postsecondarybc.ca/event/viu-discovery-days-3/

- Gr. 12 parents - Grad Parent Meeting will be held on Monday, March 2 at

7:15pm.

- For regular updates on scholarships, grad opportunities, and other things regarding gr. 11/12, please follow Mrs. Spencer's blog at www.guidancedcss.wordpress.com

DINNER AND AUCTION FUNDRAISER

VOLUNTEERING IN THE SCHOOL AND FOR

SCHOOL EVENTS

Thank you very much for volunteering your ser-vices to assist our students and staff. Education is a cooperative effort and your assistance is greatly valued and appreciated.

If you are considering helping in the school or driving for school events, please pick up a volunteer package from either school of-

fice.

STUDENT ABSENCE

The school parking lot off of Chesterfield Ave-nue can become congested in the morning. This is a staff only parking lot and we ask that all parents use the main parking lot off of Beech Avenue. There is no supervision for students in this area. Thank you.

PARKING LOT NOISE AFTER-HOURS

In consideration of our neighbours, please do your part by keeping the noise level to a mini-mum during after-hours events at DCS, both before and after school and on weekends. Please make every effort to avoid loud noises, such as honking, shouting, and slamming doors. Thank you for helping us to be a good neighbour!

Pets in the elementary school for classroom

sharing (show and tell) must be prearranged

with your child’s teacher first. They are to come

to school only for the child’s sharing time.

Please call or email the school offices if your children will be away for the day or part of the day. Absences need to be excused by a parent or guardian. Elementary at office@duncanchristian.com or Secondary at jvw@duncanchristian.com Thank you.

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION

Parents and guardian, please keep the school

offices informed of any changes to your contact

numbers, home address, and/or email address

throughout the school year.

The newsletter comes home via email the 1st

and 3rd Wednesday of the month and we need

your correct email address. If you are not receiv-

ing the newsletter, please contact the office to

verify your email address. Thank you.

PETS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2020-2021 Registration packages are available for the Early Learning Pro-gram. For more information please contact Darlene Brandsma at dbrandsma@duncanchristian.com

MEXICO MISSIONS 2020 MEETING FOR GRADE 11 PARENTS AND

STUDENTS

CHESTERFIELD AVENUE PARKING LOT

EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM AT DCS!

MOVIE FUNDRAISER

On Thursday (Feb 20) we'll have our next Mexico Missions 2020 meeting. Please plan to attend. The meeting will be at 6:30pm in the DCS secondary school (room to be determined). This is the same evening as secondary par-ent-teacher conferences at DCS, which we also encourage you to attend.

We expect the meeting to be 1 hour long. Amanda Rahn, a program coordi-nator from One Life One Chance will be with us and will share more about the program and what to expect. She can also answer questions that may come up.

Peter Terpstra will also be present at the meeting. Peter will take over leading this trip in June and will accompany the group as trip leader in September. Peter and Jeremy Tinsley will continue planning the trip together throughout the spring. Peter has experience leading missions trips, including youth group/school mission trips to Africa. Our Mexico 2020 team will be in great hands with Peter.

Do you have any refundable beverage con-tainers lying around the house? Why not do-nate them to the Duncan Christian School Grade 12 Missions Trip 2020! For pick up, please call either school office.

Also the Mis-sion trip stu-dents have an account at the Bottle Depot called Dun-can Christian School Mexi-co Mission. Anyone can return bottles to the depot (and mention the account before computer entry of returns begins) to help fund all mission students to Mexico in Sep-tember!

Thank you for your support.

2020 MEXICO MISSION FUNDRAISING

Sandy Veenstra, Karen Boer and our previous staff member, Fern Holmes, will be traveling to Cuba during spring break for a hiking and humanitarian trip. They will be accompanying a larger group, totaling about 19 people in all. They will be visiting an orphanage, schools and medical centres to distribute supplies and offer encouragement. The leader, Mary Hof, has done several of these trips in various Central American countries. For this Cuba trip they are collecting supplies such as used clothing, particularly men's clothes and shoes, ball caps, toiletries, razors, small toys, rope, school supplies, reading glasses, duct tape, and especially fishing tackle since we'll be visiting a fishing village. All items can be dropped off at DCS labelled Sandy or Karen. Thanks so much for you help!

The Senior Girls Basketball

team is happy to make and

deliver cupcakes to your son/

daughter on their birthday or

any other special occasion.

You choose the flavour

and icing!

Cost is by donation.

To place an order, email

mnederlof@duncanchristian.com

CUPCAKE DELIVERIES!

CUBA HUMANITARIAN TRIP—ITEMS NEEDED

DRAMA PROPS NEEDED

The school’s drama class is in need of a few items for their production coming up in May. The items they need are: an old record player, a couple of lamps if they are getting tossed out, a tractor style steering wheel, spinning type party light or moving ceiling projector (like used in a nursery), black light, and, as always, leftover paint. Please drop off at the elementary office. Thank you.

Congrats to our Chargers Grade 8 Boys Basket-

ball team!

This impressive group of basketball players has been a top con-tender all season long!

Special Thanks to Coaches Jeremy Tinsley and Mike Dunn for doing a superb job preparing another young team for a great fu-ture in basketball!

Chargers Jr. Boys Basketball Coaches

Left to Right: Matt Miller, Harman Rathor, and Johnny Caron (DCS Alumnus)

Island Boys A Basketball Championship at NCS link

http://sportvictoria.com/basketball/2019-20/ISLAND/PO/1A/info.htm

Island Girls A Basketball Championship 2020 - Host

DCS

Tournament Schedule and

Pools

DCS CHARGER NEWS

POOL A

#1 Seed St. Andrew’s

#4 Seed Nanaimo Christian

#5 Seed Gold River

POOL B

#2 Seed Duncan Christian

#3 Seed Maaqtusiis

#6 Seed Queen Margaret’s

Fri. Feb. 21 Teams

10:00 am 1 St. Andrew’s vs. Nanaimo Christian

11:45 am 2 Duncan Christian vs. Queen Margaret’s

2:00 pm 3 St. Andrew’s vs. Gold River

3:45 pm 4 Maaqtusiis vs. Queen Margaret’s

6:00 pm 5 Nanaimo Christian vs. Gold River

7:45 pm 6 Duncan Christian vs. Maaqtusiis

Sat. Feb. 22

9:00 am Coaches Meeting

10:30 am 7 A2 ________ vs. B1 __________

12:15 pm 8 A1 ________ vs. B2 __________

2:00 pm 9 A3 ________vs. B3 __________ 5th/6th place Match

3:45 pm 10 L7 ________ vs. L8 __________ 3rd/4th place Match

5:30 pm 11 W7________ vs. W8 ____________ 1st/2nd place Match

Chargers’ win gives Island zone two spots and B.C. championships - check it out!

Our Team is coached by: Michelle Nederlof, Tammy Klassen, Sarah Jones(Klassen) and Olivia Bakker https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/sports/dcs-helps-island-add-provincial-berth/ DCS helps Island add provincial berth Chargers’ win gives Island zone two spots and B.C. championships by KEV-IN ROTHBAUER The Duncan Christian School Chargers helped Vancouver Island earn a second berth in the provincial single-A girls basketball championship by win-ning their last game at the provincial cross-zone tournament hosted by Unity Christian in Chilliwack last weekend. The two cross-zone tournaments are designed to help with provincial rank-ings and determine provincial berths, and Duncan Christian made an impact with their 55-28 victory over Fort St. James. Player of the Game Kristine Williams led DCS with 18 points and 25 rebounds, Julianna Kapteyn had 11

points, and Grace George put up 10 points and 16 rebounds. The Chargers were defeated in their first two games of the tournament, falling to Maple Ridge Christian 80-36, and Grand Forks 70-27. Against Maple Ridge, George had 13 points and 17 rebounds, Player of the Game Candice Bennett had 12 points, and Williams added nine. Against Grand Forks, Williams had 12 points and 12 rebounds, Ellie Kremer posted five points, and Morgan Nederlof was named Player of the Game.

In the News...Duncan Christian Chargers second at South Islands - Check it out! By Kevin Rothbauer https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/sports/duncan-christian-chargers-second-at-south-islands/

The Duncan Christian School Chargers will get a favourable draw at the Island single-A boys basketball championship after a strong showing at the South Island tournament that DCS hosted last Friday and Saturday.

The Chargers opened the South Island tournament with an 80-42 win over Chemainus, followed by a competitive 94-77 loss to Glenlyon Norfolk in the final.

DCS had nailed 18 three-pointers in a win over Chemainus on the previous Tuesday, and hit 10 from outside when the teams met again last Friday, including four from Jordan Wilson, accounting for all 12 of his points on the night. Jameson Hengstler had 22 points and six rebounds, Nathan Powell had 13 points and four assists, Cam Stevens had 11 points, Elias Floucault had 10 points and nine rebounds, and Andrew Yong had six rebounds.

Hengstler led the way with 24 points and seven rebounds against GNS, with 18 points from Stevens, 12 points from Powell, nine from Jordan Day, and a team-high three assists from Logan Jacobson.

“We did a pretty solid job, but the few moments of ill focus and lack of discipline cost us the 17 points that they beat us by,” DCS head coach Jim Brandsma said. “They are a good team, and we were just happy to be within 17 knowing why they had gotten those points.”

Just a week earlier, GNS had defeated DCS 86-46 at GNS’s own tournament. Jacobson had 14 points, while Hengstler had eight points and 13 rebounds. The Chargers then lost to Southpointe by a 60-40 score, with 13 points and nine rebounds from Hengstler, seven points and 10 boards from Floucault, and eight points each from Day and Stevens. The Chargers wrapped up that tournament with a 74-70 loss to Osoyoos. Hengstler led the way with 28 points and 21 rebounds, Wilson had 18 points and nine rebounds, Stevens had eight points, 13 rebounds and four assists, and Floucault had four points and 14 boards.

The Chargers will play in the Island championship at Nanaimo Christian on Feb. 20-22.

Duncan Christian’s Andrew Young is surrounded by Chemainus defenders as he tries to score during the teams’ game at the South Island tournament last Fri-day. (Kevin Rothbauer/

Citizen)