Laurentian Hills Christian School Blog

Community while Cleaning

May 10, 2012 - in Events, News

Saturday, May 5th a small army of parents and students participated in the LHCS Spring Clean-up. Inside the school, microwaves were scrubbed, paint touched up, shelves dusted and scuff marks erased. Outside the school, sand was spread for the long jump pit, the parking lot and sidewalks were blown clean and the playground was made safer by loosening the mulch. Our school became a little tidier and the property committee had help with a few unfinished jobs around the school; but what may have been more significant was the sense of community and common purpose. Smaller accomplishments by our youngest helpers were also appreciated and, although they didn’t know it, they were learning the value of volunteerism and were continuing to practice this year’s school theme of being a good neighbor. After the work was done, the clean-up crew was joined by LHCS board members who were meeting for a day of Strategic planning. Everyone was treated to a time of lunch and fellowship.

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Future Leaders

March 2, 2012 - in Education, News

On February 22nd the 7/8 class went to Kitchener City Hall to participate in a mock Council meeting. The week before, everyone in the class was assigned a role and had two class periods to prepare for their parts. The issue for debating was the Strasburg Road extension proposal.

When the class arrived at City Hall, Mrs. Yvonne Fernandes, the Ward 4 Councillor, gave us a tour. After that we walked into the Council Chamber, where Mrs. Fernandes introduced us to our spots and gave us a basic guideline for a normal city council meeting.

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The Froblem: Math Fair Challenges!

February 9, 2012 - in Education, Events

Suppose there were 7 lily pads in a row. 6 frogs sit on 6 lily pads, with an empty one in the middle. The 3 red frogs on the right lily pads want to switch places with the 3 blue frogs on the left lily pads. To do it, they may either: a) hop over one empty lily pad at a time, or b) hop over a frog onto an empty lily pad, like jumping your opponent in the game of checkers. How many moves would it take you to help the frogs switch lily pads? Could you do it in less than 17 moves?

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Grade 5’s play in Scrabble Tournament

February 8, 2012 - in Events, News

For the fourth year in a row, students in Grade 5 at LHCS have been given the opportunity to sharpen their language skills while playing in a Scrabble Tournament. For three successive Friday lunch hours in January, more than 10 games of one-on-one Scrabble were going on simultaneously. Grade 8 students assisted in the games room as students wondered “Is this a word” or had questions about scoring their words.

Congratulations go to Abby (251 points)., Ruby (219 points) and Brandon (184 points) who came in 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd overall with two wins each and the most overall points. Most improved player honours went to Sarah. whose score jumped from 17 in her first game to 88 in her third game!

Scrabble Champions from left to right: Abby, Brandon, Ruby

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