Image Editing

Talk to your child about new photo editing software which has been installed on our mobile lab. It does nearly everything Photoshop is able to do at a fraction of the cost (i.e. it's free!). If students want to practice with it at home, download it for free at http://www.getpaint.net. There are a number of tutorials too.

Wearing Pink!

We celebrated the colour pink today to help remember that we should put an end to bullying. Check out the Wear Pink link.

Choir Fest

Choir Fest is fast approaching. Next Thursday, March 6, 2008 is the date. A letter is coming home with your child, but you can also view it here.

Country Studies Beginning

Check out Embassy World. If you have your country chosen , you can see if they have any embassy nearby (i.e. somewhere in Canada). After Canada you can look to the United States, but your chances of receiving something back from Canada are better than from the US. Secondly, email is better than having to write a letter as it's much quicker. Check out this sample email. Please talk with your teacher before sending an email because he wants to make sure you do it correctly.

Chinese Potluck

Grade 6 Camping

We have set Monday, April 7, 2008 for our parent camping information meeting. If you are coming or are interested in the details of the May 14-16 grade 6 camping trip, please plan to attend this meeting at 7:00pm in the middle school music room*. If you have not confirmed that you will be able to come camping, we need to have a confirmation from you by Friday, March 14 (the Friday just before spring break). If you have further questions, please contact your child's teacher.

*The Canucks are scheduled to play their last regular season game on April 5, 2008.

Lunar Eclipse

This is what the moon looked like from Surrey at about 7:36pm.

BC Chocolate Lily Book Awards

This year Surrey Christian School is hosting the 6th Annual BC Chocolate Lily Book Awards Gala on May 30, 2008. Two things worth doing:

1. Check out the website for details.
2. Speak with Mrs. Vander Beek about how you can get involved.
   

Total Lunar Eclipse

Service Projects

Students volunteering at A Rocha

Thoughout the year each class at Surrey Christian Middle School has the opportunity to complete a couple service projects at a few locations around the lower mainland:

• Adopt a Street


• A Rocha


• Surrey Food Bank


• White Rock Baptist Church


• Elim Village


• Salvation Army


• Surrey Parks

In addition to these service projects, students are responsible for an additional twelve (12) service hours (or points) which are due March 6, 2008.

Louis la grenouille

Please see the mp3 link in the right hand column.

Valentine's Day

Don't forget to wear your Valentine Day colours on Thursday (red, white, pink). They will count as points for your house teams.

Chinatown

Sunny skies and the Chinese New Year greeted the grade 6 classes on their trip to Chinatown last Friday. Ask your child about what he/she learned and saw.

Tech Stuff

Some classes have begun learning the code of the internet (html). Give the following a try:

Chinatown

Here are some of the sights we'll be seeing for this coming Thursday's field trip to Chinatown.

Correction: these are some of the sights we'll be seeing for this coming Thursday's field trip to Chinatown if we can find enough parent volunteers to come with us.

Sewing Complete!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our parent volunteers for making our sewing exploratory a success this year! The students had a great time today constructing their toques as evinced by their continual wearing of the winter hats.

If you would like to continue to practice your volunteering skills, there is a great opportunity this Thursday as we head out to Chinatown. Email your child's teacher for details.