Principal’s Message: Giving with all our Mites! I have a dream for 2017! My dream is that CWAA would become known as the school in Calgary that really cares about our neighbors. I have a dream that we would be watching and listening for needs in our community and immediately taking action. Imagine the difference […]

Principal’s Message: Recognizing Internet Addiction in Youth (summary and exerpts of article, “Caught in the Net” from The Journal of Adventist Education, April/May 2016, http://jae.adventist.org) The use of technology has exploded over the past few decades with access to high-speed Internet. The educational and social benefits are many. However, a growing number of experts, including […]

Principal’s Message: GOD’S GUARANTEES FOR 2017! As you think back over this past year, what couldn’t you count on? Financial security? Success after a strong effort? Recognition at work or school? Good health? Friends or family? Abundance of food? Self-discipline? Loved ones staying alive? The truth of the matter is that there are very few […]

Principal’s Message: Racial Teasing: Reflections On Being Different by Dr. Dana Lyer  (Excerpt taken from Psychology Today, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-insight/201311/six-ways-help-your-child-cope-racism-part-2) There are no words to describe how racism feels. Everyone deals with it differently. Some people lash out verbally and others withdraw into themselves. Some people can talk openly about how it feels, others hide it deep within. How […]

Principal’s Message: God is Able One of my most vivid and confusing memories during my Grade 10 year was sitting in a phone booth in the dorm at Upper Columbia Academy in Spokane, Washington and sobbing to my mom on the phone with an unexplainable anguish. I could not put words to the deep sense […]