Volume 6, Issue 1 CANADIAN ADVENTIST TEACHERS’ NEWSLETTER Winter 2012 CAT~news A publication from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Office of Education

THE SPIRIT OF GENEROSITY make-shift tents and sleeping bags in alleys and less Dennis Marshall, General Vice-President/Director of Educa- travelled streets; some live in shelters and other pub- tion lic places; others live unnoticed in your neighborhood.

Two thousand years ago a phenomenal A great opportunity awaits you this Christmas to show event took place that would change the love to the needy people living among you. Let the world. The angel Gabriel appeared to a spirit of generosity come alive in your heart today and virgin named Mary living in Nazareth, a take the initial steps to bring joy to someone in des- town in Galilee, and said to her: perate need of your help. In addition or in lieu of “Greetings, you who are highly favored! sharing gifts with those you love, plan to give a gift to The Lord is with you.”...Do not be afraid, a family in need or to a homeless stranger. Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you In this edition of CAT~news, the focus is on the are to give him the name Jesus." (Luke 1:28-31) theme, The Spirit of Generosity, most appropriate for the Christmas season. In the next few pages, you Mary believed the angel and nine months later she will read stories from different schools about their bore a son and named Him Jesus, as she was told. generous acts of love for needy families in their com- Wise men from the east went to Bethlehem where munity and abroad. As you read, may the spirit of Jesus was born in a manger to celebrate His birth, generosity compel you to spread God’s love by giving bringing with them gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh, generous gifts this Christmas to the broken and the gifts that symbolized His kingly authority and the re- less fortunate people living among you. demptive purpose of His birth. To all our teachers and school administrators who The apostle John, in his gospel, states clearly the have labored long and hard educating our boys and reason for the birth of Jesus Christ: "For God so girls to become responsible and self-sufficient citi- loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, zens, who are spiritually accountable to God, we say that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but Thank You. May you be richly blessed during this have eternal life." (John 3:16). Similarly, the apostle Christmas season. Paul captures the essence of Jesus’s ministry with these words, “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us". (Romans 5:8)

These two verses inform us that Jesus Christ is God’s love gift to the world for the redemption of man, that God so loved us that he offered His only Son as What’s Inside? a ransom for our sins in order to reunite us with Him forever. What greater gift can we desire? And how Featured Schools ...... pg 2 can we say thanks to God during this Christmas sea- North American Division News ...... pg 3 son for His generous gift to us? SDACC News ...... pg 4

The best way to express your love to God is to show SDACC News ...... pg 5 love to someone else, especially the less fortunate. Teaching Tips/Ideas ...... pg 6 There are many needy families living among you: Professional Development/Resources ...... pg 7 they live in homes without heat; they live in cars and The Back Page ...... pg 8 vans parked in inconspicuous places; they live in Dates of Importance ...... pg 8

Contact Information Education Director/General Vice-President: Dennis Marshall ([email protected]); Associate Director/Registrar: Betty Bayer ([email protected]); Administrative Secretary: Brandy Perkins ([email protected]) Address: Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Office of Education, 1148 King St. E., , L1H 1H8 Phone: 905-433-0011 Toll-Free: 1-800-263-7868 Fax: 905-433-0982 Website: http://catnet.adventist.ca

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Featured Schools

COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL school spirit, have fun and help those who are not as OSHAWA, ON fortunate.

Students at College Park AVALON ASSISTS LOCAL FOOD BANK enjoy many opportunities to Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy, Port Hardy, BC give to others. Some of the On Friday, November activities we participate in 23, 2012 Avalon stu- are: giving gifts from the dents from grades two ADRA catalogue to help to ten delivered over people in need around the 500 grocery bags to be world, sponsorship of FACE filled by residents of children in Uganda, filling Operation Christmas Child Port Hardy as donations shoeboxes, supporting to the Harvest Food special projects or needs Bank. as we learn of them, as well as Fall and Christmas The students then retrieved the bags full of non- Food Drives. The grade 5 perishable food on November 30, 2012. We had an classes are currently doing excellent retrieval rate and many bags of food were a food collection drive in- delivered in time for Christmas hampers.

volving the workplaces in Student comments: closest proximity to us. “It felt like we could help some less fortunate people Boxes have been distributed for collection purposes, have a better Christmas this year.” Audrey Johnston and soon the students will go caroling to each work- “I felt happy to help those in need.” Talia Markin place and gather up these boxes of food and supplies “I felt like I was helping people who need help.” destined for the Adventist Community Services Cen- Ekikah Walkus tre. We thank God for his blessings at CPES and for allowing us to help others. WHAT’S YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH? Chinook Winds Adventist Academy, , AB GRANDVIEW ADVENTIST ACADEMY, MOUNT HOPE, ON In November Ms. Juana Gal- damez (Math Teacher at Chi- For our school nook Winds Adventist Acade- spirit week, stu- my) began asking her students dents at about how they might reach out Grandview not to the world this Christmas sea- only had a great son. She showed the students time dressing up the ADRA Canada gift catalogue and invited them to but also helped think about how they might be generous. As a result, the local wom- the Junior and Senior High students at CWAA chose en’s shelter Inas- to partner with ADRA in providing support to various much House. projects. Each grade picked a gift(s) from the cata- Each day stu- logue and are currently raising money to make dents donated someone’s Christmas wish come true! The Grade 7 items related to our spirit day. On Monday, the stu- wish list includes: Keep a girl safe from Trafficking dents wore their pyjamas to school and brought in and Exploitation, Eco-friendly Stove, Bucket Drip Irri- blankets, pyjamas, and pillows. There was no school gation System, and Alpaca Blanket for a child or El- on Tuesday due to parent-teacher interviews. derly person in Peru. The Grade 8 wish list includes: Wednesday was Wacky Hair Day and the students three Chicken and worm farms and Alpaca Blanket brought shampoo, conditioner, barrettes, and other for a child or Elderly person in Peru. The Grade 9 hair accessories. Thursday was Teddy Bear Picnic wish list includes: Emergency, food, water, and shel- Day. The students brought both their own teddy from ter materials. The Grade 10 wish list includes: Emer- home and a new one to donate. Friday was superhe- gency, food, water, shelter materials and a Solar ro day. On that day, we were local heroes for the food Greenhouse. The Grade 11 wish list includes keep a bank as we brought canned goods and food for the less fortunate. This was a great opportunity to show continued on p. 4

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North American Division News

NAD DASHBOARD ducing students not just to an understanding of You can now access your Certification truth but also to a personal Savior. If you teach Bible Data Sheet on the new NAD Dashboard and are interested in reviewing the materials, contact website. Secure File Access is available Betty ([email protected]). at www.dashboard.nadeducation.org . GRIGGS To access the new app, log in to the The courses and services provid- Adventist Education Toolkit using your e ed by Griggs are undergoing a -mail address and password, and click on the image significant transformation, and we that looks like the one posted here. If you do not think you’ll like what you see! know your log in information please contact your One example is that the Conference Education Secretary, Boarding Academy webquests they are developing for various courses Principal or Brandy Perkins at the Seventh-day Ad- will be made available for K-12 teachers to use in ventist Church in Canada. You can also access other their classrooms. Stay tuned for further information! resources for GoMath, Big Ideas, and Stepping Stones, as well as TDEC Resources and Webinars. LEARN 360 Just click the FILES icon. This new video-streaming service has partnered with organizations NAD CONVENTION 2018 such as National Geographic, His- The next NAD Teachers’ Convention will be held in tory Channel, and the BBC to pro- Chicago. Plan now to be there! vide even more videos, film clips, BYDESIGN ELEMENTARY audio files, images, tracks, The texts and teacher resources are sound effects, and articles than Discovery Learning now available for Gr. 1-4. Gr. 5-8 ma- currently provides! The NAD has made it possible for terials will be available in June 2013. all schools to have free access to this service from eTextbooks are planned for a Fall 2013 January to June 2013. Group licensing for schools release for Gr. 1-4 and Spring 2013 for after that time if you like what you see will be availa- Gr. 5-8. A Multigrade resource is cur- ble at very reasonable rates. Access information will rently being developed and should be available within be sent shortly to all superintendents for distribution a year. to schools.

STEPPING STONES KINDERGARTEN CUR- ENCYCOPEDIA BRITANNICA RICULUM The NAD has arranged a one-year Check the Kendall Hunt website trial for the new EB program “Image for the units currently available . . Quest” that provides access to 2.6 . they are being released as they million digital graphics for educa- are finished. The entire program tional purposes. Stay tuned for ac- will be available for ordering by cess information. fall 2013. Just a reminder, if you order Stepping NAD WEBSITE Stones submit a copy of your receipts to the SDACC You may have noticed that the Office of Education for the $444.00 funding. website was down for a period REACH due to server issues. It is back This summer, training modules up now, but is currently being will be developed for unions redesigned. The new site is ex- and conferences to use to as- pected to be up and running in a few weeks. sist their teachers in meeting UPCOMING WEBINARS the special learning needs of students in their class- Coming in 2013: February 5 – Differentiated Instruc- rooms. These should be accessible by fall 2013. tion, March 5 – Inquiry Learning, April 2 – ByDesign.

BIBLE K-12 iPAD/TABLET SCHOOLS The NAD is currently exploring a new 9 senior academies out of 107 in the NAD are cur- Bible curriculum being developed by rently using iPads across the grades and in most sub- the Australasian Division. This pro- jects. As a first step in facilitating eText use, the NAD gram is an interactive program intended senior academy Bible textbooks will be available as to facilitate the transfer of head pdf files with a bit of interactivity. knowledge to heart knowledge, intro-

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SDACC News

WHAT’S YOUR CHRISTMAS WISH? PARKVIEW ADVENTIST ACADEMY, ...continued from p. 2 LACOMBE, AB girl safe from Trafficking and Exploitation. The Generosity can be difficult Grade 12 wish list includes a Set of Garden Tools to teach a young child as and Seeds for one Family. Thus far, the Junior and humans are naturally self- Senior High students have raised nearly 50% of ish. But somewhere many their commitment. It’s remarkable what happens parents did a fantastic job when you start talking to students about generosity! teaching how to give to their children because this year THE WAYS WAES GIVES Windsor Adventist Elementary School, Windsor, ON at Parkview Adventist Acad- emy the students are amaz- The Windsor ing their teachers with their Adventist Ele- spirit of giving. Taylor mentary School Lakusta Wong recently visit- has been in- ed the First Nations Church volved in a Fall in Hobbema and was im- Food Drive for pressed to try and make a Taylor by her big box of many years and difference there. She came hats, mittens and coats. this year was no back to school and ap- exception. Six- proached the staff about setting out a box to collect teen students coats and mittens for the students at Mamawi bundled up and Atosketan Native School. The box that was chosen distributed paper bags for households to fill with is three feet by six feet and at least three feet tall. It canned and non-perishable items. A week later, on is almost full now from the students and staff donat- October 24th, 2012, those same students from ing warm woollies for kids who grades 5 through 8 revisited those homes and show up at school without any. picked up those paper bags and more, filled with food, clothing, and toys for the church's Community Another student-led movement Services Food Bank which services the immediate has been by the senior boys. A community. This year, we were able to collect ap- classmate, Jessie Ganson, was proximately 500 food items and several bags of diagnosed with a brain tumor clothes and toys. last spring and had to undergo surgery. He has been in and Also, in conjunction with our very vibrant Windsor out of the while under- SDA Church Community Services Department, the going cancer treatment. The WAES students assisted in the annual Coats for guys on their own accord de- Kids winter coat give away. Students helped haul clared November as not just boxes and bags full of winter coats for the program PAA student is ref- Movember but No Shave No- where people from the community come into the ereeing a volleyball vember and they got several of church prior to the frigid weather to pick up a free game that he volun- the male staff to join them. They winter coat. teered his time collected sponsors and donors

In addition to this, each year the students and fami- for. He's sporting for their cause. Their goal is to lies of WAES pull together donating canned goods the beard he grew reach $5000. They have to make the Christmas season brighter for a couple for Jessie Ganson. reached a little over $1000 to of needy families in the community. We are current- date, and even though Novem- ly collecting for these families with plans to deliver ber is over, they are collecting bottles and cans to boxes to them just before we leave for Christmas earn the rest. The money will go to the family to help break. alleviate expenses that accrue from such an experi- ence. These are some of the things we've done since the beginning of the school year. In the next several The staff at Parkview Adventist Academy are very months, we plan to continue serving the community proud of our students!. For teenagers to see a need by giving of our time, efforts, and generosity. in someone else and fill it is a wonderful thing. They are truly learning the meaning of being a Christian.

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SDACC News

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AWARDS great your school is!

Every year the SDACC Office of Educa- NEW SUPERINTENDENTS/TEACHERS tion recognizes the contribution of out- The following individuals are standing educators in our system. This new this year to our Adventist year we changed the award application education system in Canada: process and the name to the Excellence in Education Award. This award recognizes the work Shad Lehmann, Superintendent for the Manitoba- of exceptional teachers and outstanding school ad- Saskatchewan Conference ministrators. The award consists of a beautiful iron Charity Alcaide, Bella Coola Adventist School, BC and glass award and a cheque for $1000.00 for the Jassmae Allen, Red River Valley Jr. Academy, MB selected teachers and $1500.00 for the selected prin- Ellen Bannis, Grandview Adventist Academy, ON cipal. The 2012 Excellence Education Award winners Steven Brock, Chinook Winds Adventist Acad., AB are: Linda Bastien ,Windsor Adventist Elementary Paulet Cooper, Greaves Adventist Academy, QC School, ON; Gaylene Best, Deer Lake SDA School, Amanda Coward, South Okanagan Adventist Chris- BC; Paula Marshall, Crawford Adventist Academy, tian School, BC ON and Jason Perkins, College Park Elementary Allen Decena, Kingsway College, ON School, ON. The administrator recipient was Murray Sharon Foreman, Kingsway College, ON McLeod from Chinook Winds Adventist Academy, Jan Gordon, Robson Valley Junior Academy, BC AB. We extend our warmest congratulations to our Kay Graca, , NS outstanding educators. Nomination forms will be post- Duane Hall, Peel SDA School, ON ed on CAT~net - Heather Harrington, Sandy Lake Academy, NS http://www.catnet.adventist.ca for the 2014 school Michele Jackson, Okanagan Adventist Academy, BC year. Kyle Kay, Fraser Valley Adventist Academy, BC Myrne Koronko, North Okanagan Jr. Academy, BC 2013 SCHOOL EVALUATIONS Rebekah Loxdale, Sandy Lake Academy, NS The following schools have evaluations this Laura Lui, Deer Lake SDA School, BC school year: Philippe, Martin, Deer Lake SDA School, BC Veronica Martin-Batson, Sartigan Adv. Academy, QC Elementary Schools Skyla McCreery, Sylvan Meadows Adv. School, AB Peace Hills Adventist School (Interim Review) Lara Melashenko, Chinook Winds Adv. Academy, AB South Side (Full Evaluation) Cheri Notice, Mamawi Atosketan Native School, AB Sylvan Meadows Adventist School (Full Evaluation) Matthew Okimi, Prairie Adv. Christian eSchool, AB Woodlands Adventist School (Revisit) Gabriel Perez, Coralwood Adventist Academy, AB Hazelton SDA School (Revisit) Michelle Reyes, Parkview Adventist Academy, AB Robson Valley Jr. Academy (Full Evaluation) Bobie Rowse, Deer Lake SDA School, BC Rosthern Christian School (Full Evaluation) Maheshwaree Rycha, Red River Valley Jr. Acad., MB Adventist Christian Elementary School (Revisit) Leidamae Solijon, Windsor Adventist Elem. Sch., ON Crawford Adventist Academy East (Interim Review) Sara Sutherland, Okanagan Adventist Academy, BC Ottawa SDA School (Revisit) Erin Tait, Red River Valley Jr. Academy, MB Peel SDA School (Interim Review) Dawn Williams, Cornerstone Christian Elem Sch., ON Junior Academies Tawnya Willing, Prairie Adv. Christian eSchool, AB Red River Valley Jr. Academy (Interim Review) Joyce Woodworth, Sartigan Adventist Academy, QC Please forgive us and let us know if we forgot anyone. Senior Academies Cariboo Adventist Academy (Interim Review) CAT~NET - CANADIAN ADVENTIST TEACH- Chinook Winds Adventist Academy (Full Evaluation) ERS NETWORK Fraser Valley Adventist Academy (Full Evaluation) The new and improved ADVENTIST EDUCATION SABBATH CAT~net website is up and run- ning. There is now a ‘Search’ Please plan to do something special at feature that will make finding your local church for Adventist Education resources a lot easier. Check it Sabbath, on April 27, 2013. This is your out at http://catnet.adventist.ca special day to let everyone know how and let us know what you think.

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Teaching Tips/Ideas

NOVEMBER LEARNING Leveraging the Power of RSS Using Google Read- l er Have you had a chance to ex- RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndica- plore Alan November’s web- tion) is a simple yet amazing tool that has the ability site since you heard his inspir- to streamline the way you currently view many of the ing presentation at the NAD websites that you click through on a daily basis. Convention? If not, you may not know that he has posted a What is Podcasting? number of quick Handouts and Tips there. Each of the sheets Podcasts are audio or video content that can be can be read, printed, and downloaded on a computer or fed to a mobile music passed out as needed. player (mp3 player or iPod.) Podcasting allows any- Teachers and administrators are free to use them for one to create and self-publish a syndicated radio or staff development sessions. Check out the following video show and gives established broadcast radio or link if you’re interested . . . http:// television programs a new way to distribute content. novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts-and-tips/ Find out how.

Popular Education Hashtags on Twitter Submitting a Podcast to iTunes Twitter users . . . here you will find an education So, you’ve spent some time working with your class hashtag list for Twitter. developing podcast episodes that you would like to share with others in your school community or even Levels of Technology Integration around the world. iTunes is one of the easiest ways. This handout explores five levels of technology inte- gration that moves from simply automating current An Introduction to Skype student products to transforming them through critical Skype is a phone service that allows users to make thinking, collaboration, developing audience and computer-to-computer phone calls to anyone in the building legacy. world absolutely free, using your Internet connection.

Observation Suggestions for Administrators You can use it to collaborate and make global con- nections with family, classes and professional peers Provided here is a list of questions administrators using something we are all very familiar with – a should keep in mind as they are assessing technolo- phone call. gy usage and are enhancing the capacity of teaching and learning in their schools. Recording Skype Interviews

Educational Essentials Checklist for School Lead- Record Skype class conversations that you have with ers visitors or leading experts and upload them to a class This list of questions is an attempt to get you to look website, blog or podcast series. Expand the bounda- critically at your school’s program and begin measur- ries of learning in your classroom. ing its effectiveness in teaching skills to today’s teachers and students that will outlast tomorrow’s Real-Time Assessment with Poll Everywhere changes in technology. Use a mobile phone’s text messaging capability or a simple web form to capture an audience’s thoughts Directing Learning with Google Custom Search and understandings at a given moment in time. It doesn’t make sense to teach students to search Great for instant polling in a classroom! without teaching them what’s involved in creating and managing a search engine. Here’s how. Making Learning Visible with Screencasting

Global Broadcasting with UStream Screencasting is a quick and easy-to-use idea that can help you create slick demonstration tutorials in For years, schools have weighed the costs and bene- any subject area, using any computer application. fits of streaming live video from inside of school. Now, The software allows you to record a movie of what with nothing more than an Internet connection and an you are doing on a computer. Along with your movie, inexpensive webcam, every classroom can have a you can record voice-over audio to provide a series of Web-based broadcast studio. instructions.

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Professional Development/Resources

LSU SUMMER SCHOOL 2013 Active Online Teaching February 11 - April 7, 2013 The following courses are scheduled to be Learn to build active learning and meaningful interac- offered this summer at Canadian University tion in your online asynchronous or synchronous College from La Sierra University: courses.

July 2-11, 2012 Technology for 21st Century Learning EDAD 524 - Educ. Organization and Leadership June 17 - August 11, 2013 July 12-24, 2012 Examine how information and communications tech- EDRS 504 - Methods and Materials of Research nology tools can help us engage today’s 21st century

learners. La Sierra University is now offering online courses throughout the school year so that teachers can com- Integrating Tech with Pathways 2 plete their Masters degree in 3 years. Only teachers June 17 - August 11, 2013 that attend summer school and apply to the program Learn to integrate technology with five themes of may take online courses. Below is the schedule for Pathways: Friends & Family, Environment, Personal the Online Courses offered: Feelings & Growth, Yesterday, and Social Issues & Culture. Winter 2013 EDCI 552 - Analysis of Curricular Alternatives Technology in the Early Elementary Classroom June 17 - August 11, 2013 Spring 2013 K-3 teachers will increase their skills in using digital EDAD 570 - Human Resource Function cameras, drawing software, iPads, interactive white- EDCI 506 - Learning and Assessment boards, and other technologies in the classroom. Fall 2013 EDAD 579 - School Finance WEBINARS https://www1.gotomeeting.com/ EDCI 564 - Special Education in the Regular Class- register/497144025 room K-12 Resources: LateNiteLabs.com Winter 2014 and LiveBinders.com EDAD 576 - EDAD 576 - School Administration K-12 December 20, 2012 (7pm - 8pm EST) EDCI 664 - Social & Emotional Intelligence LateNightLabs.com is an online platform of more than Spring 2014 150 virtual science labs. LateNite Labs works with EDAD 545 - Supervision of Instruction universities, two-year colleges, and high school stu- EDCI 550 - Instructional Models and Origins of Learn- dents in blended and online settings across the world. ing Whether serving as a course’s primary lab experi- ence or as pre-lab practice, we empower educators CANADIAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SUMMER to promote a rich STEM education. Harris Goodman SCHOOL 2013 from LateNiteLabs.com will host part of the session.

The schedule for CUC Summer School will be availa- Live Binders is an online 3-ring binder. It allows stu- ble shortly. As soon as we know something we will let dents and teachers to combine web content with PDF teachers know. and word documents in an online binder. The binder can be organized into tabs and subtabs and be em- ADVENTIST VIRTUAL LEARNING NETWORK bedded on blogs and other websites, or downloaded

AVLN offers several classes online that to a computer desktop. Live Binders can be used as teachers can take to renew their denomi- an online digital portfolio for students. Because the nation certification. Online registration and Live Binder is online, students can access their bind- details can be found at www.avln.org. er from school, library, home, or any internet connect- Courses cost $250 plus academic credit ed computer. Teachers can use Live Binders to cre- fee. ate classroom ‘textbooks’ that combine relevant online content, teacher created worksheets, and Global Classroom Collaboration notes. Assignments can be added to classroom Live February 11 - April 7, 2013 Binders that contain all the instructions, related mate- Learn how to use exemplary project templates and rials, and links to relevant content. Dr. Michael Eng- tools such as email, Skype, and wikis to support glob- land from Southwestern Adventist University will host al learning. this part of the session.

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The Back Page

THE MEANING OF THE SNOWFLAKE MAKE A PAPER SNOWFLAKE OR Written by Holly Gerth A SNOWFLAKE CARD

Taken from: www.enchantedlearning.com Every new snowflake that comes to the earth is a picture of our Saviour’s Make simple snowflakes from paper. You birth, because they are sent from up can tape these snowflakes to a window above and remind us of God’s care for a nice winter decoration or paste them and love. onto a piece of folded construction paper for a great Christmas card. Each one is so intricate and small because Christ sees the details of us all, and just as Supplies Needed: two are never the same the Lord knows and calls us White Paper each by name.  Scissors

Snowflakes gently cover the world in white and hide  Optional: A protractor what’s unlovely from our sight, showing us how He  Optional: Glitter or glitter glue covers our sin and gives us His grace when we come  For a card: A piece of coloured construction paper to Him. and glue

So may every snowflake bring Christ to mind and in Directions: every bit of white may you find a reason to celebrate 1. Fold a piece of paper in half. anew and a reminder of His love for you. 2. Fold over one side, then the other, to CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD PUZZLE make tow 60 degree folds. You can Taken from: www.homeschoolhelperonline.com do this by eye, or you can use a pro- tractor. This is a good exercise in geometry for measuring angles. 3. Cut off the edges of the paper in an arc - this makes a circle (if you were to unfold the paper). 4. Cut a lot of the paper away. 5. Unfold your snowflake carefully. Optional: Decorate you snowflake with glitter or glitter glue. 6. Glue your snowflake onto a folded piece of con- struction paper for a great Christmas card.

Dates of Importance

SDACC Education Council Executive (CUC) January 30, 2013 Teacher Interview/Banquet January 31, 2013 CUC Board Meeting February 1-3, 2013 MS Principals’ Council February 4, 2013 NAD UDOEC February 11-14, 2013 BC K-12 Board February 17, 2013 SDACC Education Council February 27-March 1, 2013 SDACC K-12 Board March 3, 2013 SDACC Board of Directors March 2-4, 2013 NAD ECEC Advisory March 4-7, 2013 CWAA Full Evaluation April 14-17, 2013 CUC Board Meeting April 19-21, 2013 CUC Graduation April 21, 2013 Cariboo Adv. Academy Interim Review April 23, 2013 Tell/Reach Canada Week April 21-27, 2013 ADRA Canada Day April 25, 2013 Adventist Education Sabbath April 27, 2013 ON K-12 Board April 29, 2013 FVAA Full Evaluation May 5-8, 2013 NAD Elementary Associates May 14-17, 2013 NAD K-12 Advisory/UDOEC May 20-23, 2013

NAD Summer Curriculum Committees June 10-27, 2013

Dates are subject to change. Please confirm with your local conference.