Lunar New Year Celebration

Crofton House School invites families and staff to celebrate the Year of the Rat at a Lunar New Year Celebration on Thursday, January 30 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Manrell Hall. The program has been organized by Crofton House Senior School students and includes a traditional Lion Dance. There’s still time to RSVP online.

Holiday & Vacation Calendar

The Holiday & Vacation Calendar has been updated for the 2020–2021 school year. The calendar is available on the school website and can be found on My CHS Parent page or by searching for “holiday calendar” in the website search tool when you're logged in.

Junior School students enjoying the snow that greeted us the first week back from break.

Alumna Chloe Wong '19 was on campus to receive the Governor General's Medal and the Crofton House Alumnae Association Prize for Scholastic Achievement, presented by CHS Alumnae Association president Jennifer Fotheringham '84.

The Senior School is hosting a lunchtime “Pro Speaker” series in January and February. This week, Joanne Sweeney, a skilled broadcast journalist, PR practitioner, author, speaker, expert digital marketer and Google trainer, skyped in from Ireland to talk to students about her career path. She gave students advice, advising them to trust their gut instinct and persevere. “Your first lesson for today,” she said, “don’t ever worry about the ‘how-to'... you will always figure the out ‘how-to’ if you have an ambition or a dream. Hold onto it and don’t let anybody break your spirit.”

Next in the Pro Speaker series was Michelle Mezei. Michelle works as a neuromuscular neurologist at Vancouver General Hospital and the Division of Neurology at UBC. She visited campus to talk to students about her career path and her experience in the field of medicine.

As part of their Computer Studies, Grade 10 students are experimenting with growing plants and herbs using a smart garden that is equipped with LED lights with a specialized light spectrum for indoor growing, automated watering and NASA engineered soil. 

Grade 11 students taking a snowshoeing break during their outdoor education trip to the Cheakamus Centre in Squamish, BC.

Grade 9 and 11 Mandarin students celebrated the Lunar New Year with a field trip to Aberdeen Centre in Richmond, BC.

Will’s Jams, a rock, folk, and blues band with songs aimed at children under 10, put on a show for Grade 1 to 3 students. The show was interactive and had the girls up dancing, hopping and twisting.

Students sang along with the tunes in English, French, Mandarin, and American Sign Language.

Grade 7 students explore the work of contemporary artist Cindy Sherman at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Grade 7 students started a new theme of Early People in Humanities this week. Students were put into groups and asked to read pages from the text and record 5-10 words that they found interesting or felt described the text. The words were exchanged with another group and they developed a short dramatic piece with narration, tableau and slow-motion to share their understanding with the task.

The CHS Parents’ Auxiliary welcomes the community back after an enjoyable winter break. We have a busy schedule to look forward to, with many events planned for the second half of the school year. We hope everyone can participate either as a guest, a volunteer, or both.

Father-Daughter “Fla-Bingo”

We are looking forward to dads and daughters donning their most creative flamingo- and tropical-themed outfits for an evening of fun, food, and bingo on Thursday, February 6. Donations of prizes and cash are always appreciated and can be dropped off in the Junior School office until January 29. See you there!

Service Together

Senior School families are asked to watch their inbox for an opportunity to register for Service Together, formerly called Service Friday. Spanning two afternoons, February 19 and 21, parents and daughters will create nutritious and tasty meals, which will then be delivered to Downtown Eastside centres that provide services and outreach to people facing food insecurities.

Upcoming PA Events

• Service Together #2 (Senior School only) – February 19 and February 21
• Mother-Daughter Dance – March 10
• Grandparents’ Day (JK to Grade 3) – April 17
• Staff Appreciation Luncheon – May 14
• Inaugural Backpack Event – June 3
• End-of-Year BBQ – June 5

Log into the My CHS portal to access the full school calendar.

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Junior School

Senior School