Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

We want to start by acknowledging that our school is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and it’s on this land that we are grateful to live, work, and play.

Here were some highlights from our last two weeks of the school year:

Upcoming Dates for Parents:

Extended Interview with Mary

Final Words

For Friday, June 17, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

We want to start by acknowledging that our school is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and it’s on this land that we are grateful to live, work, and play.

Here were some highlights from the week: 

Upcoming Dates:

INTERVIEW with Mr. Wes Liu, Our HS Vice-Principal

Our next scheduled staff interview will be with Vanessa Neufeld, our K-8 Educational Support Service Coordinator.

Spinning the Wheel: One Lucky Listener WINS Our Summer Prize Pack!

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack is going to happen right now!  .

We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend! 

For Friday, June 10, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

We want to start by acknowledging that our school is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and it’s on this land that we are grateful to live, work, and play.

Here were some highlights from the week: 

Upcoming Dates:

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Our next scheduled staff interview will be with Wes Liu, our HS VP.

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend! 

Stick around to hear bits and bytes from our wonderful middle school community. Talk to ya later, parents.

Tim: Good-bye!

*This episode was originally recorded on May 27, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

We want to start by acknowledging that our school is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and it’s on this land that we are grateful to live, work, and play.

Here were some highlights from the week: 

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab).

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

Interview: Mr. Joel Wedemire, Director of Technology

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week:

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. We are also looking for a Resource Teacher in a 50% position.  If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab).

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

From 7B Science: A couple of video posts showed simple motors, connections between magnetism and electricity

Mina Chan Interview

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

Bits & Bytes: Catch a few moments from Mrs. Voo's chapel talk.

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week:

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. We are also looking for a Resource Teacher in a 50% position.  If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab).

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

6Ta Science: Egg Drop Experiment

Debbie Harvey Interview (our next staff interview will feature Miss Mina Chan).

Mary: Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

Bits & Bytes from the Middle School

Featuring Grade 6 Science and clips from our strings concerts.

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week:

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. As well, we are looking for a Resource Teacher in a 50% position.  If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab).

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

From 6L in French: Le bistro des animaux

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Our next scheduled staff interview will be with … Karen Kwong!

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

Bits & Bytes from our students

For Monday, April 25th, 2022

We are a little bit out of our normal schedule for this episode because you and I were at a principals retreat last week. It was a wonderful time of learning and building relationships with other visionary leaders from our schools across BC.

Here were some highlights from the week:

From Mr. Tse: “Congratulations to all the players who represented VCS to combine for winning the CESS Grade 6/7 Badminton Championships - Overall Team Champions Award! A great showing yesterday from everyone.”

House Team Game of the Week: Charades

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab).

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

7T: 🎙️Record your two Poetry Cafe poems

Interview: Miss Tana Wilkins

Mary: That was such a great conversation with Tana.  I loved hearing her surprising love for teaching English!  I'm sure her enthusiasm spills out to her students.  As well, it warms my heart to hear how she has been welcomed and loved by our staff community!

Tim: Our next scheduled staff interview will be with … Ed Kwong!

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend! 

For Thursday, April 14th, 2022

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week (see MS Community Classroom):

House Team Scoring Update

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

Mary: Up next on the show, it’s time to hear from one of the all-time VCS greats, Mrs. Ellen Freestone!

Our next scheduled staff interview will be with … Tana Wilkins.

Final Words

Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June.

Welcome back to our Middle School Matters podcast!

Here were some highlights from the week (see MS Community Classroom):

Upcoming Dates:

Other Items

We are looking for a middle school teacher for next year! This is a full-time, permanent, humanities position. If you or someone you know is interested in joining a fun, progressive teaching team that loves to learn together, please check the VCS website (see Careers under the Contact tab). The job description can also be found here: https://vancs.org/downloads/sb_vancs/MSHumanitiesTeacher1.pdf

4 Tips for Parents from Common Sense Media: How to Embrace Your Child’s Screen Time

Mr. Cavey’s Seesaw Update: What learning have students been sharing lately?

From 7C: In this unit in science, students have been learning about how climate change impacts people around the world, and how people are responding to climate change (i.e. mitigation, adaptation). Students were given a climate change profile of a real person around the world, and learned how to think like them and speak like them. Students interviewed and were interviewed by 6 other students, to learn about how climate change impacts people differently. Students then compared and contrasted these profiles with this graphic organizer. (Previously featured: 8P, 8C)

Mary: Up next on the show, it’s time to hear a little bit more from one of our awesome Grade 8 teachers, Mrs. Karen Prinsloo!

Thank you for listening! We so appreciate your support. We’d encourage you to subscribe so that you don’t miss a future episode, and encourage other parents to do the same! Contact us at any time at [email protected] or [email protected]. Remember to send us your comments and feedback about the show.  Our final "spin it to win it' draw for a family prize pack will happen in June. We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve your children each day. Have a great week, and we’ll talk to you again next weekend!