February 2019 – Burlington Christian Academy

Principal’s Corner | February 22, 2019
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Principal’s Corner | February 22, 2019

BC A2019-03-02T10:59:45-04:00February 22nd, 2019|Categories: Community Outreach, Events, News, Principal's Corner|

Dear BCA Families It was a short week this week and for Grade 6-8 students it started with an amazing day of skiing at Mt. St. Louis/Moonstone Resort in Coldwater on Tuesday. It was nice to get out in the great outdoors! Bring a Friend Day and Open House on Wednesday brought new students for the day and we enjoyed meeting some new families in the evening. Our basketball teams participated in the annual CAASO Basketball Tournament in Burlington on Thursday. Mr. Collier was the convener for the tournament and Miss Hawton, the statistician. There were 12 schools participating. [...]

Royal Canadian Legion Poster and Literary Contest Winners
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Royal Canadian Legion Poster and Literary Contest Winners

BC A2019-04-08T14:30:43-04:00February 21st, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, School Life|

February 21, 2019 Every year around Remembrance Day, The Royal Canadian Legion runs a Poster and Literary Contest. Through the creativity of the contest, Canadian school children honour Canada’s Veterans, and help maintain remembrance of our Veterans. The competition is judged through 5 levels of the legion; branch, zone, district, province and country. This year BCA students from grades 1-8 entered the Remembrance Day poster competition. On Family Day the legion presented medals to the following students: Julia Grade 1, Josie Grade 2, James G Grade 7, Isabelle Grade 7, Madeline Grade 7, Ellis Grade 7, Ellery Grade 8 [...]

Principal’s Corner | February 15, 2019
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Principal’s Corner | February 15, 2019

BC A2019-02-18T21:09:21-04:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: Events, News, Principal's Corner, School Life|

Dear BCA Families What a great week at BCA! Yesterday students enjoyed a lovely day of outdoor activities in mixed grade groups in the morning and skating in the afternoon for our annual Winterluve event. Grade 7&8 students led the outdoor events and provided leadership in each of the groups. The weather was absolutely perfect for the winter outdoors! It was nice to see so many parents out for the afternoon skate! Students enjoyed some hot chocolate at the school following their skating time. Yearbook Cover Contest Students have been working at school to create a yearbook cover for [...]

Coldest Night of the Year 2019
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Coldest Night of the Year 2019

BC A2019-03-06T10:49:49-04:00February 13th, 2019|Categories: Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, School Life|

*UPDATE February 24, 2019* GOAL EXCEEDED. THANK YOU! Thanks to your generosity, the team has passed their goal of raising $2000 for this wonderful cause. View this post on Instagram Emma (and the rest of the BCA Bobcats Team) is getting ready to participate in tonight's coldest night of the year walk for charity. Thanks to your generosity, the team has passed their goal of raising $2000 for this wonderful cause. A post shared by Burlington Christian Academy (@burlingtonchristianacademy) on Feb 23, 2019 [...]

Principal’s Corner | February 8, 2019
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Principal’s Corner | February 8, 2019

BC A2019-02-09T19:26:29-04:00February 8th, 2019|Categories: Bring a Friend Day, Community Outreach, Events, News, Principal's Corner, School Life, SOTA|

Dear BCA FamiliesOur week started off with the Grade 3 Chapel presentation on Monday featuring skits and music based on the theme of the “I am” statements of Jesus. Our SOTA students also shared their talents with us.French ProjectsGrade 8 French students have spent the past couple of weeks working on francophone country travel posters. They were tasked with presenting a country study with the idea of a travel brochure, to generate interest and make us want to travel there! They focused on location, terrain, people, foods, landmarks and attractions. They were so creative with their drawings and produced lovely [...]

Principal’s Corner | February 1, 2019
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Principal’s Corner | February 1, 2019

BC A2019-02-02T12:41:02-04:00February 1st, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Chess Club, Community Outreach, Events, News, Principal's Corner, School Life|

Dear BCA Families, With a break in the weather and temperatures heading closer to zero, I hope you can enjoy the long weekend ahead and get outdoors! It has been hard for students this week with the extreme cold temperatures, beautiful snow cover and no outdoor recesses! They were very disappointed. We enjoyed a short video in chapel this week based on John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father, except through me”. As always our chapel time began with Mr. Cope and Miss Jaclyn leading us in worship songs. [...]