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Coldest Night of the Year | Feb 22, 2020
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Coldest Night of the Year | Feb 22, 2020

BC A2020-02-16T22:16:44-05:00February 12th, 2020|Categories: Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, School Life|

Hi All, The Coldest Night of the Year event is a week away today! It might be cold out there but its warm in here! We have 20 kids and their brave parents joining us... including three staff members! Way to go BCA! Want to walk with - sign up soon! If you can't join us, consider donating to https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=889817#&panel1-1 Thanks all! Good luck BCA! Mrs. C. Dear BCA Families, Our Students and Staff continue to strive to help those in need in our community. Together we will be walking in the Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY), a [...]

Principal’s Corner | February 7, 2020
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Principal’s Corner | February 7, 2020

BC A2020-02-16T22:11:53-05:00February 7th, 2020|Categories: News, Principal's Corner, School Life, Staff News|

Chapels This year in Chapel, we are continuing to learn about God’s story and how God uses different people in the Bible to teach us about His son. This month Mrs. Beaman, former JK teacher, spoke about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. A disciple is someone who follows Jesus, is changed by Jesus and is committed to the mission of Jesus. The more we draw near to him (ie. reading the Word of God and praying) the more he changes us to be more like him and the more people see him in our lives. She [...]

Principal’s Corner | January 10, 2020
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Principal’s Corner | January 10, 2020

BC A2020-02-08T20:40:40-05:00January 10th, 2020|Categories: Brag Board, Donuts for Dads, Events, Important Reminders, News, Principal's Corner, School Life, Senior Programs|

Chapels I trust you had a wonderful Christmas holiday and are ready for the new year! This year in Chapel, we have been learning about God’s story and how God uses different people in the Bible to teach us about His son. This week I spoke in Chapel about how knowing Jesus changes us. Acts 4:13 states, When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished, and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. I used examples of people who had been changed by Jesus including [...]

1st PLACE! 2019 Tri-School Spelling Bee
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1st PLACE! 2019 Tri-School Spelling Bee

BC A2019-11-26T23:20:40-05:00November 18th, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, School Life, Spelling Bee|

Could we 'BEE' any more excited to share this news with you? Last week several of our Junior and Senior students traveled to Rehoboth Christian School to take part in the Tri-School Spelling Bee Competition, and proudly came back to BCA with the 1st place trophy! Congratulations to our Senior team for placing first overall and to our Junior team for their dedication to attending weekly practices and positive attitude and energy that they brought to the team; we look forward to seeing how you continue to develop at next year's competition as you join our Senior division. [...]

Remembrance Day 2019
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Remembrance Day 2019

BC A2019-11-26T23:27:04-05:00November 11th, 2019|Categories: Events, News, Principal's Corner, School Life|

At BCA, we remember. We remember those who leave and never return; we remember those who return but are never the same. .../div> A post shared by Burlington Christian Academy (@burlingtonchristianacademy) on Nov 11, 2019 at 7:11am PST "The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them". - Czeslaw Milosz. At BCA, we remember. We remember those who leave and never return; we remember those who return but are never the same. We are [...]

BCA is Going Green!
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BCA is Going Green!

BC A2019-11-26T23:30:37-05:00November 8th, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, Principal's Corner, School Life|

BCA is going green!Thank you to Ms. Watt from Halton Waste Management for coming to visit the school this week for an informative assembly as we learn how to become a Green School. We are excited to announce that we have already put blue and green bins in all of our classrooms and are working toward building our very own compost station at the school. Our Green Team club is off to a great start and we are looking forward to seeing what initiatives they come up with next! We are thrilled to be partnering with the City of Halton as [...]

EdVenture | Session 1 Ends with a … splat?
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EdVenture | Session 1 Ends with a … splat?

BC A2019-10-31T12:36:37-04:00October 23rd, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, EdVenture, Events, News, Newsy Bits, Principal's Corner, School Life, Senior Programs|

EdVenture's first session this year, the sky was the limit as students designed, built, tested, and revised their plans to build catapults. This physics based unit involved the study of several types of simple machines in order to successful create a compound machine. the catapult. Students learned the history of the catapult and concepts related to store energy of tension, torsion, and gravity used to propel objects. Their culminating project was to work in groups to create their own strong catapult to launch pumpkins. With different targets set up on the hill, students from our Junior Kindergarten classes to Grade 8 [...]

CAASO Cross-Country Meet | October 18 2019
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CAASO Cross-Country Meet | October 18 2019

BC A2019-10-31T12:16:31-04:00October 19th, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Events, Extracurricular, News, Newsy Bits, Principal's Corner, School Life|

On Friday October 18th, BCA competed in CAASO’s cross country meet. Thirteen Christian schools attended and had wonderful weather for running. Thirty students from BCA competed and were supported by a wonderful cheering section. All students displayed great effort and represented our school with wonderful sportsmanship. Well done BCA!

From the Compassion Society of Hamilton
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From the Compassion Society of Hamilton

BC A2019-10-22T14:00:50-04:00October 16th, 2019|Categories: Brag Board, Community Outreach, Events, News, Newsy Bits, Principal's Corner, School Life|

From the Compassion Society of Hamilton Thank you to the young volunteers from Burlington Christian Academy today. They were an awesome group and they sorted clothes, bagged sugar, flour, potatoes and fresh produce, they did our Thanksgiving raffle draws, they organized and hung Halloween costumes and had fun while helping their community. Special thanks to Heather and their teacher who supervised them and helped out with them. You guys rock???? #BurlingtonChristianAcademy, #Communitycares, #Youthwhocare See the post here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/compassionsociety/posts/2369480779983821

New Family Breakfast!
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New Family Breakfast!

BC A2019-10-22T14:13:41-04:00October 14th, 2019|Categories: Events, News, Principal's Corner, School Life|

We look forward to spending time with our new (and those nearly new) to BCA families at our New Family Breakfast on Wednesday October 16th from 8:30am to 9:30am in the gym. Parents and students welcome! Come and enjoy some coffee and breakfast treats while meeting fellow families and getting to know our staff and members of the PTA. We hope you will join us!