April 4, 2018

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

AFTER GALA PARTY ONLINE AUCTION

Healthy and Whole By Jeremy Tinsley, Principal To be a whole and healthy person, we can learn a lot from the Indigenous people’s wellness wheel, which has four parts - the physical, the emotional/relational, the mental, and the spiritual. I’ve thought about what God is teaching us through this First Nation wheel. It’s interesting that God designed us to be holistic people - we can’t really separate our emotional side from our physical side or our spiritual side and be healthy and flourishing. Rather, God designed each part to work together for the good of the whole, as we hear in 1 Corinthians 12. I’ve been taking time to think about which of the four quadrants I spend most of my time in, and whether I’m neglecting any of the quadrants. To neglect one of those four areas it is like driving a car with a flat tire. It’s not going to work well and it’s stressful because the car wants to veer off course. My role here at DCS, and who I am as a person, has led me to spend a lot of time thinking, in the mental quadrant. I spend hours each day thinking about what to say, what to write, who to call, whose emails I can get to, thinking about the school’s mission and how God is calling us to move forward as a school community. I think about how I can support or help others; I think about broken situations and the role students, staff, or the school can have to bring healing and shine Jesus’ light into those situations. I do a lot of thinking, I enjoy it and find it rewarding. I’ve realized that I can sometimes neglect the physical, by not eating quite as well as I should, not sleeping enough, or exercis-ing regularly. I also neglect my emotional quadrant at times - I give emotionally to others, as many of us do each day, but how do we get filled back up emotionally and relationally? How do you? I probably don’t take enough time in that area. Neglecting any of these areas long-term may lead to depletion,

which is a state of fatigue, and eventually burnout. It’s not sus-tainable. God simply didn’t design us to neglect any part of who He made us to be. Consider your own four quadrants. Think about the areas you spend the most time in. I did an exercise where I wrote down

how I spent my time in each area, how frequently each week, and for how many minutes or hours each week. It was eye opening. You may want to do the same. Is God prompting you to make a change in your life, to spend more time in another area so that you can be fully you and healthy? So that God can fully use you for His Kingdom purposes? If one of your goals is to be a faithful servant of the Kingdom of God, if that’s what you want in life, then this is important stuff. You will be better off for these changes, and so will your family, your colleagues and our entire community.

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 18 for the ele-mentary Student-Led and Parent-Teacher Conferences. Infor-mation will be going home this week.

We are excited to host DCS's first After Gala Party online Auc-tion open until April 20, 2018!! Items include: an Apple iWatch and iPad mini, tickets for TNT paintball, 1 week at Camp Imadene and more!!

Click on the link: https://www.32auctions.com/DCSonlineauction

Please help us to keep raising needed monies to provide equip-ment for our work experience, trades and applied skills pro-grams. We would so appreciate your help in spreading the word for our AFTER GALA PARTY!! Thank you!!

ELEMENTARY PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES

SCHOOL CHAPELS ELEMENTARY

Wednesdays at 1:20pm Elementary Gymnasium

Families are welcome to join us.

April 4—Upper and Lower Grade Chapels April 11-Grade 2

April 18-All School Easter Chapel April 25-Upper and Lower Grade Chapels

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 11:00am

Pentecostal Church

Please note that the full-day Professional

Development Day has changed to Monday, April 30.

APRIL PRO D DATE CHANGE

CUPCAKE DELIVERIES!

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 make an order, email mnederlof@duncanchristian.com

Coming Soon—Mostly Likely to Succeed

SAVE THE DATE!

April 26, 2018 (Evening)

Duncan Christian School is excited to host the

documentary

Most Likely To Succeed

PARKING LOT NOISE AFTER-HOURS

Chicken and Sausage Sales Coming Up!

All proceeds go to support the Grade 12

Mexico Missions trip in September 2018! Email

Bethany Ellis at bellis@duncanchristian.com

for more information.

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!

Come out and join the Duncan Christian School team! Team Captain, Chris Muller is already signed up and is ready to run! Register before noon on April 6 (to take advantage of a reduced price) online at: https://raceroster.com/events/2018/14562/29th-annual-tc10k/register Questions: Please contact Chris Muller cmuller@duncanchristian.com or Tom Veenstra tveenstra@duncanchristian.com

Times-Colonist 10K Run - Sunday, April 29

Attention All Grade 10 Students and Parents! WEST COAST TRAIL 2018 Meeting!

When: 7:00 pm on Monday, April 9 Where: Duncan Christian Secondary School room 203 What: A meeting to kick off plans for next September’s West Coast Trail hike Who: All DCS Grade 10’s and their Parents - We are aiming for 100% meeting attendance and 100% WCT participation Why: Introduce and explain many important components of the trip, so that we can all prepare well!

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND THIS VERY IMPORTANT PLANNING MEETING!

West Coast Trail 2018 Meeting

April 7 Island Sr. Classic All-Star BBall

April 9 WCT Student & Parent Mtg 7pm

Grade 7 FT—Mt Tzhouhalem Hike

April 12 Grade 8 FT to Capernwray

Scholastic Flyers Due

April 13 Secondary End of Term 3

Kind. FT to Cowichan Estuary

April 16 Senior French Tour de Duncan

April 17 Grade 7 Badminton Tourn at DCS

April 18 Elementary Parent Teacher Conf

North Islands Badminton-Port

Alberni

April 20 Full Day of Classes

April 21 12/13U Island Vball Championship

in Secondary Gym

April 23 Grade 7 FT—Knippsen-Genoa Bay

Hike

April 24 DCS Health Fair Gr 8-12 All Day

April 25 Secondary Milk Run

April 26 Science Show at Secondary Gym

12:30-2:30

Parent Education Evening—Most

Likely to Succeed Documentary

April 27 BCChristian Sr Girls Soccer Tourn

Secondary Report Cards Term 3

FT Grade 2 Haliburton Farm

April 28 BCChristian Sr Girls Soccer Tourn

April 29 Times Colonist 10K Run

April 30 Pro D Day—No Classes

May 1 and 2 Secondary CVIAA Track Meet

May 3 Grade 7 Bounceball

Secondary Isl. Badminton Champ.

May 4 and 5 Narnia Drama Production

Future Dates : PLC Friday and Early Dismissal (12:30pm):

May 11.

Pro D Days—School Closed: April 30 (note date change)

Secondary End Of Year Dates:

June 14 Secondary Awards Ceremony

June 15 Last day of High School Classes

June 18-22 Secondary Study & Summer School Wk

June 18-25 Secondary Exams

June 26 Grade 12 Graduation

Elementary End Of Year Dates:

June 20 Grade 7 Recognition Evening

June 21 Elementary Last Day of Classes

SCHOLASTIC APRIL FLYERS

Scholastic Flyers for April have gone home already, if you are wanting to

place an order, orders are due in on Thursday, April 12. Please make

cheques payable to D. Carpentier. Proceeds from Scholastic go to replen-

ishing the school and classroom libraries.

PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION

RE-REGISTRATION

If you missed re-registration, please contact the elementary office at

office@duncanchristian.com or call 250-746-3654.

Preschool Registrations are now open for the Fall of 2018. Packages are

available at the Elementary School Office and from Preschool.

If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact our Preschool Director, Darlene Brandsma at dbrandsma@duncanchristian.com or the Elementary office.

PAINT NITE FUNDRAISER

Barnyard Daisies Paint Nite Fundraiser with Artist, Mario Peruzzo

Team Gina Lion

Friday, April 6th , 2018 7:00pm

DCS Secondary

Join us as we raise funds for DCS! When you

buy a ticket to this event, $15 will be donated to

DCS. Feel good about giving as our local artist

guides you and your friends through two hours

of painting and laughing ‘til your cheeks hurt.

The best part? You don’t have to be an artist to

have an amazing time.

$45 class fee

Tickets can be purchased at the

following website:

https://www.paintnite.com/events/barnyard-daisies-at-duncan-christian-school

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GRANDFRIENDS DAY

Please save the date of Friday, June 1 for Grandfriend’s Day!

DCSS DRAMA PRODUCTION

DCS CHARGERS’ SPORT NEWS!

DCS Grad helps VIU to national title Danielle Groenendijk named an all-star at CCAA tournament Capping off a phenomenal rookie season at Vancouver Island University, Duncan Christian School grad Danielle Groenendijk was named a first-team all-star last weekend as the VIU Mariners won the national collegiate women’s volleyball championship.

Groenendijk served up a team-high four aces in the final series on Saturday night as the Mariners knocked off their provincial rivals, the Douglas College Royals 25-19, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 in Grande Prairie, Alta., to claim the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association title.

“The feeling I had when we scored the final point in the gold medal game was priceless,” Groenendijk wrote in an email to the Citizen on Monday. “We did it! We won Nationals! The best part was being able to cele-brate with my whole team! Honestly, it’s hard to put to words the feeling I had when we won.”

After winning the CCAA title in 2016 and placing third at nationals last year, the Mariners had their sights set on the national title since they first started training together late last summer, she noted.

“Winning nationals is something our team has been planning for since the end of August, and it feels amaz-ing that all our hard work paid off,” Groenendijk said. “Going into nationals, I didn’t know what to expect, but

I was excited to play and wanted to finish off the season at a high note. Our team’s mindset was to focus only on one game at a time and then when one was done, we could think about the next. Every game we came out to play and left it all on the court.”

The Mariners had lost three out of four matches to the Royals in the regular season and also fell to Douglas in the PacWest provincial championships at the end of February.

The Mariners were dominant the first two days of the tournament, starting with a 25-16, 25-12, 25-7 whitewash of the Boomerang d’André-Laurendeau in Thurs-day’s opener and then continuing with another straight-sets victory over the Lakeland Rustlers in the semis, 25-15, 25-15, 25-17.

“It was a pretty proud moment for me as a coach,” VIU head coach Shane Hyde said. “This was my fourth national championship, but this was one of the most special ones for me because I really do think that this team was the complete package from the start of the year. And all the ups and downs we’ve had maybe played into the success we had at the end.”

VIU’s Mikayla Wagner was named tournament MVP, and Groenendijk and Chantal Cumming were picked as first-team all-stars.

“I was honoured,” Groenendijk said. “Kinda crazy to think about because I am only a first-year, but it feels good that my hard work and dedication paid off. I just played for my team and did everything I could on the court and they did the same. I am truly thankful for my teammates and coaches and I’m sad the season is over, but I couldn’t have asked for it to end any other way.”

DCS graduate Danielle Groenendijk digs deep during the during a match at the Canadian Collegiate Athlet-ic Association championships in Grande Prairie, Alta. (Randy Vanderveen/CCAA photo)

PLC refers to our efforts to create a “Professional Learning Community” that is dedicated to continuous improvement in stu-dents’ learning. At DCS, it is our Vision to “strive to meet the needs of every child...” In striving to fulfill this vision, DCS will have early dismissals on some Fridays throughout the school year. This time will be used by staff to explore themes and issues that will lead to direct improvement in teaching prac-tices. By improving teaching practices we will be able to achieve a central purpose of our professional learning community, which is to improve student learning.

We also have Professional Development days in November and February when there will be no classes for students.

The PLC dates and any school closure dates can be found in the newsletter’s calendar as well as on our website.

The warning bell for both schools will ring at 8:30am, with the first class beginning at 8:35am. Students are considered late if they are not in their desks at 8:35am.

Students will be dismissed for the day at 2:50pm, except on PLC early dismissal days when students will be dismissed at 12:30pm.

SECONDARY TIMETABLE ELEMENTARY TIMETABLE

08:30 Warning bell 08:30 Warning bell

08:35 - 09:59 Block 1 08:30 - 09:15 (45min) Block 1

09:59 - 10:07 Morning break 09:15 - 10:00 (45 min) Block 2

10:07 - 11:25 Block 2 10:00 - 10:20 Recess-Snack

11:25 - 12:06 Lunch 10:20 - 11:05 (45 min) Block 3

12:06 - 01:24 Block 3 11:05 - 11:50 (45 min) Block 4

01:24 - 01:32 Afternoon Break 11:50 - 12:35 (45 min) Block 5

01:32 - 02:50 Block 4 12:35 - 01:20 Lunch

01:20 - 02:05 (45min) Block 6

Wednesday chapel schedule slightly differ-ent - lunch break approximately 11:55-12:27

02:05 - 02:50 (45min) Block 7

PARKING LOT PROCEDURES

In recent years the clothing industry has ex-ploited the liberal attitudes in society toward morality and has “increasingly relied on the explicit sexualization of both men and women to sell products.” (Sexualized Images in Advertising by Jane Tallim Media Aware-ness Network May 2003). This trend is mani-fested in the cultural acceptance of low cut jeans and exposed midriffs in young women and in the various messages silk-screened on t-shirts. The underlying principles of the DCS dress code are respect for self and others, propriety, humility and modesty.

DCS Student Dress - Personal clothing is a matter of individual taste; however, how stu-dents dress reveals much about their attitude toward life and their respect for themselves, their peers and for God. Students should dress appropriately for school with emphasis on neatness, cleanliness and modesty. While dress need not be formal, it should not be recreation or beachwear casual. Keep it comfortable and appropriate to the school setting. The following is given as a guideline:

All shirts must have sleeves. Sleeveless

shirts and tank tops are not permitted, unless worn over top of a sleeved shirt (for example, a student might wear a basket-ball jersey on top of a t-shirt).

Pajamas are not appropriate wear for

school.

Flip Flops are not appropriate footwear for

elementary school. Socks must be worn with secure fitting athletic sandals.

Shirt collar/neckline must cover cleavage.

Bottom of shirt must at least touch top of

pants. Midriffs are not to be seen.

Skirts and shorts are to be no shorter than

mid-thigh. You must be able to sit and bend appropriately.

Offensive slogans or pictures are not per-

mitted (i.e. alcohol, drug, sex, bad lan-guage…)

Undergarments are not to be showing

Secondary students may wear hats and hoodies appropriately during school hours. Any student wearing a hat that ei-ther has an inappropriate message, or is worn inappropriately, will be asked to re-move it.

Regulations regarding dress and hair-

styles in the shop, home economics lab, and science labs must be followed to en-sure safety.

Students will be provided with appropriate

clothing if they cannot produce it them-selves.

Repeated offenses will result in a meeting

with administration.

DRESS CODE FOR K-12 KEEPING IN TOUCH

The school newsletter will be sent out the first and third Wednesday of every month during the school year to keep our community informed about school programs, dates and special events and so on. Newsletters are sent home via email. For those families who do not have email or who request a paper copy, a paper copy will be sent home backpack express with your youngest child. Special events and dates are often missed due to newsletters not being read, so be sure to look for it! DCS’ website

www.duncanchristianschool.ca Elementary teachers will send home class-room newsletters, or will have a classroom website to keep in touch. For secondary students an excellent commu-nication tool is MyEducationBC, a web-based tool to check homework, find out about missed school work, be informed about im-portant dates, and student grades. Please consider joining our Facebook, Insta-gram and Twitter accounts to keep informed of school events and more!

If you want to find out more about DCS hap-penings please contact: Beverlee Caron Manager of Communications and Marketing bcaron@duncanchristian.com 250-746-3654 ext. 2113

MORNING DROP-OFF PROCEDURE Please use the Beech Avenue entrance to drop-off and pick up your child(ren). Upon entering the school grounds in the morning, turn left to drop off elementary students, using the traffic circle and pulling up to the fence to drop off your child(ren). For secondary stu-dents, turn right upon entering the school grounds and head towards the secondary entrance. If you need more time to drop off your child(ren) please turn right upon entering the parking lot and park across from the sec-ondary building away from the traffic circles.

AFTER SCHOOL PICK-UP

In the afternoon we revert to the parking spaces for the full length of the parking lot. We ask that you back in to your parking spot please. A reminder that the parking lot off Chesterfield Street is for staff parking only and not for drop off or pick up of students. Also, secondary students who drive to school are to park against the fence or in the Pentecostal park-ing lot. BELL SCHEDULE

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