The
purpose of John Calvin School is to assist and support parents in the education
of their covenant children to the glory of God. In accomplishing this
mission, the vision of John Calvin School
is to provide excellent Christ-centered education in service to God and our
neighbour.
Good Friday morning John Calvin School community on what’s
shaping up to be another beautiful day as we bring the first full week of June
(and Week #11 of home-based learning) to a close and, at the same time, bring
to an end formal instruction for this COVID-19 school year. Thank you very much parents and students for
all your hard work during what will altogether be 12 weeks of student learning
from home. Yes, at times, the work was
challenging or may have been overwhelming; but we, the staff at JCS, really
appreciated how you rose up and took on the challenge of instructing your
children or carried out your learning at home.
Your dedication, patience, and stick-with-it-ness helped accomplish the
work that was assigned by the staff.
Even though formal
instruction is completed, there is still a week for unfinished assignments and
projects to be submitted. During the
weeks of June 8-12 and 15-19, the staff will be busy with report cards and
various year-end activities either from home or at school. May our Heavenly Father continue to bless the
work that is being done by home and school, and the communication between
parents and teachers for the last two weeks of the 2019-2020 school year.
We are planning our
virtual Year End Assembly for next week Friday, June 12. Stay tuned for time and more details,
including viewing platform, early next week.
As we bring formal instruction to an end for the COVID-19
2019-2020 school year, I would like to thank everyone for all their hard work
and perseverance over the eleven weeks of home-based learning. Above all, I would like to thank our Heavenly
Father for providing everyone with all they needed for their respective tasks
during this time. May we continue to be
encouraged by the words of Hymn 85 from our Book of Praise.
Now thank we all our God O may this bounteous God
With
hearts, and hands, and voices, Through
all our life be near us,
Who wondrous things has done, With ever joyful hearts
In whom his world rejoices; And blessed peace
to cheer us;
Who from our mothers’ arms And keep us in his
grace,
Has blessed us on our way And guide us when
perplexed,
With countless gifts of love, And free us from
all ills
And still is ours today. Of this world in the next.
All
praise and thanks to God
The
Father now be given,
The
Son, and him who reigns
With
them in highest heaven,
The
one eternal God,
Whom
earth and heaven adore;
For
thus it was, is now,
And
shall be evermore.
May our Heavenly Father continue to provide us with
everything we need during the COVID-19 pandemic and as we head into the summer
holidays. May we continue to put our
hope and trust in him. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
We congratulate Pete and Cherie Buikema with the birth of
their daughter, Naomi Cherie. All is
well with mother and baby, and the rest of the family too. She is a little sister to Anjelica (Grade 8A)
and Isaac (Grade 6B), as well to Landon, Calvin, and Warren. (“Our
children all are gifts of God, our sons and daughters his reward—each one a
blessing from the LORD, as heritage on us bestowed. Psalm 127:3, BoP). May the Lord provide the Buikemas with all
that they need as they continue to raise their children in the fear of His
Name. We also congratulate Mrs. Cathy
VanAndel with the birth of another grandchild, a grand-daughter born to her son
Barry and his wife Hailey.
May the Lord continue
to provide for those in our community who need Him in a special way; be it
those who are sick (in particular we think of those who dealing with cancer),
who are impacted by COVID-19, who are dealing with difficult family situations,
or those who are grieving the recent death of a loved one. .
Kindergarten
registration: There are still a few outstanding
forms so please send them in as soon as possible. We are planning
Kindergarten Day for Wednesday, August
26.
FYI, included with today’s
Chronicle is the latest edition of The Link newsletter published by the LCRSS
(League of Canadian Reformed School Societies).
Reminders:
*It’s that time of year again, so please continue to
be wary of ticks and mosquitoes.
*Unfortunately,
the state of emergency for Ontario has been extended to June 30. I guess we will have to wait and see what
restrictions will be lifted to determine what we can and cannot do for the
summer and into September.
*News and Views materials are due on Monday, June 8
with distribution scheduled for Sunday, June 14. There will be no Chronicle next week because
of the June issue of the News and Views.
*The 2020-2021 class lists will be emailed to the
parents on Friday, June 19.
*Library Books and Lost and Found: If you have any school library books at home,
please return them on June 19 when you return textbooks, workbooks, and chrome
books. When you are in the school on
the Friday, please check the tables under the overhang by the main entrance for
lost and found items. All remaining
items will be taken to the GBF or Value Village.
*The last day of school is June 19. That is also the designated drop-off and
pick-up. Our plan is to stick with the schedule that was posted in last week’s
parent memo. We will provide you with
more details about what that will look like at the end of next week.
*Graduation is planned for Friday, August 21. Our desire is to host a Graduation Activity as
‘normal’ as possible at that time; however, we are also making plans to host a
grad activity if restrictions remain in place.
For the time being, set aside that date and we will
keep you posted as to our plans as the summer unfolds.
Enjoy
your weekend everyone and have a blessed and restful Sunday. We’ll touch base again for a final time this
school year in a fortnight, D.V..
G. Hofsink
