You need to look very carefully and you can see the wires on fire by this transformer. That happened this past Sonday and the loud noise it made, I just had to go outside to see what made the noise. After seeing the burning hydro wires I wondered if we would still have EDH - city power - at night. We did but the dwellers on the other side of the street didn't. Oh, the simple pleasure of life like electricity.

This past week was exam week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. There was no school in the afternoons. There were special programs on those mornings. This is a snapshot of the graduating grade 8 class. Their ceremony was held this past Tuesday morning and many of the parents were also present. Yes they also came to school on Wednesday morning. On Wednesday we had a step-up program for the grade six class. They were stepping up from elementary school to middle school. The students were challenged at both programs to live for Jesus.

The elementary students had a 'field' day last Tuesday. The grade 1 - 6 were divided into groups and had various fun activities such as the one pictured here - a wet sponge was passed over and under the team members and the dripping sponge was squeezed to see which team could fill the coke bottle first. Many of the students cooled themselves before the water came to the coke bottle.

Yesterday was the school graduation for the grade 12 students. There were 15 graduates. It was neat to hear a former graduate give advice to the students. A parent whose daughter was graduating, who himself was also a graduate of the school, prayed for the class. A teacher addressed the graduates giving what their names meant in service to Him. This picture is the inside of St. James the Just Episcopal Church. There was a reception after the service celebrating Amelia Chabot, a QCS graduate. The service was in English. Starting time as stated on the bulletin - just after 8 A.M. The doors were still locked when I came. The traffic noise outside drowned out the service many a time of the many trucks going up the mountain:-)

During the last weeks in school the students in grade eight were working on Challenge 4, a unit from A World in Motion. The students enjoy these hands on experiences, exploring series and parallel circuits, a solenoid switch, a galvanometer, flashing lights, and even a small electric motor. It was great to see and hear the excitement when the group got the project to work. Their excitement was not without a cause - when the group worked together getting the experiment to work, they received an A!

The grade seven's looked at various bridge structures via Nova and realized that different bridges span different crossings. The various bridges also had different construction costs. They had to determine which bridge to construct to span the various barriers. After this their object was to construct a toothpick bridge according to the instructions given. Upon completion we will test the strength of each bridge on the last school day. These two girls completed their bridge and were anxious to try the load limit of their construction. Impressive.

During the last week of school, the boys' basketball team challenged the staff and community to a basketball game after school. The following day there was a soccer game between the two teams. The 'staff'' lost the basketball game by 4 points but won the soccer game. When there is a soccer game, all the real 'pros' come out to play. Some of the adults play twice a week and love the opportunity to play more than that. This develops great community.

At the end of the school year, the school Board shows its appreciation of the staff at a board/staff dinner at a restaurant. It is a time of saying thank you to the staff who are staying, and saying farewell to those who are leaving the school. Each of those leaving are 'roasted' by a fellow staffer:-) The out going board members are also thanked for their service and the new board members are introduced to those in attendance. Good food. Good fun. Good fellowship. Building good fellowship - unity in service and purpose. Thank You Lord.