Exciting Summer Renovations at Kelowna Christian Elementary School: A Bright Future for Our Gordon Campus At Kelowna Christian School, our Elementary School holds a special place in our hearts. The Gordon Campus has been home to our youngest learners for over 39 years and is deeply rooted in our history. As with any well-loved building, time has ta...

At Kelowna Christian School, education goes beyond the classroom walls. It's about instilling values, nurturing faith, and preparing students to be Christ-like, compassionate and engaged members of their communities. One powerful way we achieve this is through engaging in service learning (SL), an approach that intertwines academic learning with me...

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As the sun sets on another season of She3, the after-school running club for girls in Grades 4 and 5, it's time to reflect on the incredible journey these young runners have embarked upon. From the first day of practice to crossing the finish line of their 5K run, each step has been a testament to their determination, growth, and sisterhood. Throug...

On Friday, April 19, students from across the province travelled to UBC Robson Square in Vancouver to compete in the Barry Sullivan Law Cup, a public speaking competition hosted by the Canadian Bar Association. The topic for this year's competition was to consider what responsibility, if any, should Canada bear in respect of refugees. Sara Gray, a ...

February 13, 7:00-8:00 PM Benvoulin Campus We are excited to welcome a great group of students to Kelowna Christian High School in September and want to welcome parents/guardians, as well! Join us to learn about the high school's approach and what students/families can expect from the high school next year.  WHAT? A session to provide par...

Every six years, independent schools go through a ministry review. This review process is a deep dive into our curriculum and pedagogy (as well as files, policies, and certification) at Kelowna Christian School. As a previous public school teacher, this concept was foreign to me; the idea that someone from the Ministry of Education would come in an...

 Mark your calendars because #GivingTuesday is just around the corner! On November 28th, join us in the global movement of generosity and worship night at the Benvoulin Campus, starting at 7 pm. 🌱 What is #GivingTuesday? It's a day to give back, celebrate generosity, and make a positive impact. Whether it's your time, skills, or financial supp...

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 121:8  Children love the classic family road trip, eagerly anticipating the time together well in advance. Family stories of a classic family road trip are shared for generations. School road trips can offer the same shared experience with more stu...

KCS is excited to host a fall community event for all our families! Join us on Thursday, October 19th, from 3:30-6:00 p.m. at the Lakeshore Campus (4091 Lakeshore Rd). There will be bouncy houses, face painting, pumpkins to decorate or launch across the field with Mr. Sader. The gym will be open for older students to use. There will be opportunitie...

October 3rd Now that school is in session, the halls of the KCS Lakeshore campus definitely sound different. The constant construction noises of saws, hammers and rock music playing on the worker's radios have now been replaced with laughter, the tuning of instruments, sliding chairs and the frustration of learning new locker combinations!On July 1...

Congratulations to all KCS students who won awards for their entries in the Royal Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day contest! Elementary, Middle, and High School Students created art, writing, and video to honour veterans, and their works were submitted to the Legion in November. KCS had 19 winners, out of the 39 winners in Kelowna. Six of our 1st P...

For the first time in KCS history, the Middle & High School Cross Country team attended the BC Christian Schools Cross Country Provincial Championship in Fort Langley. After a five-hour journey to the event, our 22 runners placed second overall in team points, missing the provincial banner by 5 points to a fierce White Rock Christian team....

November 1, 2022   KCS is continuing to share the link that the Bridge Church has set up to provide financial help for the Hendren family. Thank you for your generosity! From Amber 3 months. 3 months since I've heard her sweet words and felt her tight hug. Doctors say it's not likely we will ever have these things again. But I think she w...

Kelowna Christian School wants to acknowledge the significance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on September 30th there will be no classes and the school will be closed. KCS wants to provide 30 resources and ideas on ways to engage your family in learning and growing towards reconciliation on Sept 30th.  We have compiled a lis...

"Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn." Romans 12:15 Kelowna Christian will be spending the next few days recognizing and sharing resources ahead of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th. Please spend time interacting with the "A Liturgy Before Mourning with Those Who Mourn" from the book Every Moment ...

Welcome Back Kelowna Christian School students!  It was wonderful to welcome new and returning students to KCS for another amazing year of educating, equipping, and inspiring.  The first day of school for the 2021-2022 school year started on September 7th. Elementary, Middle and High School students were excited to join KCS staff for...

Did you know our Grads had prom this year?!? ✨ It was looking to be difficult for the Class of 2021 to have the night that they dreamed of with the ever-changing rules and restrictions. But, with the approval from the Ministry of Health, amazing parents volunteers, school staff support, wonderful venues, like Summerhill Winery and pool after-p...

A look at the 2020-21 School Year @ KCS Mike Campbell, Head of School, discusses how students and staff pushed beyond the challenges of the school year to find new opportunities and ways to succeed.  Video Credit: Aidan Feddersen

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been ...

What is the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Model? A Multi-Tiered System of Supports is an educational framework focused on data-driven decisions where students are supported in academic, social and emotional, behavioural, and sensory domains based on strength and area of need. The focus in Tier 1 is for the classroom teacher to provide u...

 Roles & Responsibilities for Student Support at KCS Let's clear some things up!  Our Student Support team is made up of a fantastic group of educators, let's lay out the roles and responsibilities within the student support framework and how it serves the KCS community. Director of Student Support Services Student Support Teache...

Let us introduce you! In order to serve our wonderful community better, we would like to introduce the amazing group of educators who help build up our student support team. Each team member shares a little about themselves, what they love about their role at KCS and how our core value of perseverance relates to their role within our school.&n...

 November 27th, 1999 Kelowna Christian School finally has a banner claiming the school a provincial championship on the gym wall. The tiny private school was crowned the volleyball single-A boys Saturday night when they capped a season that will surely be immortalized in the school's annuals. - Excerpt from the Daily Courier from the week of N...

WHAT YEAR DID YOU GRADUATE FROM KCS?  1998 (oh man that makes me feel old!).  It was the last year where the whole school K-12 was still on one campus at Gordon! WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?  I am currently and first and foremost a mom to Lily (grade 5 KCS) and Stella (grade 1 KCS). I also have a private practice as a Registered Clin...

EXCELLENCE "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters"  Colossians 3:23 In grade 1, my daughter came home and informed me that she had a new favourite Bible Verse. Her teacher Mrs. Hildebrandt had taught them about Colossians 3:23 and how it was our job as followers of Jesus to do everythin...

 I am a self-professed book lover. Secretly, I would love to find a job where they paid me to read all day. Reading takes me to places I will never go and puts me in the minds of characters I would have trouble understanding otherwise. Reading didn't always come easily for me; I was a late starter in my reading journey and spent more time in t...

 SUMMER MUSINGS Not surprisingly, as Head of School, I frequently get asked the question: "Why KCS?"Often the question is posed in the context of a conversation with a potential family. Really it's a version of the broader question of "Why this school?" - as opposed to "that" school. Mostly commonly (at least in my conversations) "that" school...

 Kelowna Christian exists to educate and inspire our students so that they can be effective, active and engaged servants of Jesus - both in their life at school and in their lives beyond school. How does our mission meet the classroom and the broader educational life of the school?The KCS Design Principles for Teaching and Learning are simple ...