From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Halton Hills Christian School
Halton Hills Christian School
Halton Hills Christian School Christian School, to Halton Hills Christian School, a name
more reflective of the community where the school is lo-
Established 1965 cated and the area that it services. Halton Hills Christian
Type Independent School continues to serve Christian families from a large
geographical area.[citation needed]
Affiliations Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools
Principal Marianne Vangoor
Academics
Grades Harmony-Grade 8
Students learn a variety of subjects. The subjects the
Location 11643 Trafalgar Road, Georgetown, ON, school offers are art, bible, french, language arts,
Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada spelling, mathematics, social sciences, music, and phys.
Colours Navy Blue ed. The school also meets and exceeds the provincial re-
quirements for education. New this year, HHCS is run-
Nickname HHCS ning an enrichment program called “CEIADA.” CEIADA
Website [1] stands for Christian Education in a Digital Age. In this
program, students from various schools in the lower On-
Halton Hills Christian School (HHCS) is an independent tario area take part in projects such as making their own
Christian school located in Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada. Autobiography and posting it on Youtube, making a full
HHCS is a member of the Ontario Alliance of Christian Wikipedia article on their school, and making podcasts
Schools. every other week that will be posted on iTunes.
History Co-Curricular
In January 1957, a group of parents who felt the need Choir- Students from Grade 1 to 3 participate weekly in
for Christian education, came together to begin plans Primary Choir as do Grade 4 to 6 students in Jr. Choir.
for their vision of a Christian school. In October 1960 Grade 6 also learns chimes. Grade 4 and 5 learn to play
the school became incorporated as Georgetown District the recorders. Choirs also perform for local churches and
Christian School and gradually enough money was accu- nursing homes on ongoing basis during the year. Science
mulated to buy to property which is 8 acres on which Fair– Every other year, students in Grade 1-8 participate
the school now stands. The property is worth about in a school wide science fair. Several projects from Grade
$12,713.00. The school became a reality in 1965, when 7 & 8 are selected to go on and complete at the Provincial
it was dedicated for service. Psalm 111: 10, was chosen level. French– French language program begins in Grade
for the cornerstone: "For reverence of the Lord is the 1 and continues to Grade 8. Students are given opportu-
beginning of wisdom."[citation needed] Three staff members nity to learn to speak, write and read our second national
welcomed ninety-nine students to three classrooms that language.
September morning. The cost of building the school was Band– All students in Grade 7 and 8 participate in
$48,013.06. The cost of the school supplies and furniture, Band class and take instrumental music. The band prac-
flag, and flag pole was all together $4,551.11. Since that tices 2 times week to prepare musical pieces for chapels,
time, the school building has been enlarged four times concerts, church services and community events.
in order to accommodate the increasing number of stu- Chapels– Are held once a month. Activities range
dents coming from Christian homes in the community. from class presentations, to having local pastors or other
A pre-school for four year olds was started in 1997. In speakers from Christian organizations to speak. These
the fall of 2008, a process of re-branding was initiated times are the corporate worship times for the staff and
by the board and development committee, with the goal students. Parents are also welcome to join.
in mind to make sure that the school’s "brand" was rel- Electives– On a bi-annual basis, students from grade
evant and "current" with respect to their vision for ex- 1-8 have opportunity to explore a leisure activity for 4
cellence and growth.[citation needed] In the spring of 2009, winter afternoons. Some examples are: pottery, horse-
a new name and logo were presented and approved by back riding, writing and publishing.
the school membership. The school’s name is officially Community Service– Each grade participates in dif-
change in September 2009 from Georgetown District ferent ways to help out the community of Halton Hills
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Halton Hills Christian School
every year. The school, participate in food drive for the Young over the past 25 years now make it possible for the
local food bank, collect items for Operation Christmas brains of children with certain learning dysfunctions to
Child, host a toy drive during Christmas and/or hats/mit- be strengthened to the point of average or above-average
tens drive during the winter every year. functionality.
Intergrade Connection– Younger grade students are HHCS has students coming and going out of the Ar-
paired up with older grade students for various class- rowsmith room for 50%, 62%, or 74% of the school day,
room activities ranging from reading buddies to making depending on their individual program. To assist them,
crafts together to helping Preschoolers and Kindergarten they have 2 experienced teachers, trained in the Arrow-
students with their hats, mittens, and coats before they smith methodology[citation needed], and 1 teaching assistant
go home or out to play. to aid in the classroom activities.
Musicals/Dramas– Each year the students and staff Students work on a variety of 11 different cognitive
host a major musical production to celebrate a Christian exercises. All students complete pen and paper work,
holiday. All students from Pre-school to Grade 8 partici- some students work on computers, and some students
pate. use MP3 players to complete auditory work. Students are
Harmony PreSchool Harmony Preschool is affiliated required to do 70 to 100 minutes of homework, 6 times
with Halton Hills Christian School. The staff and students a week. The exercises work the brain as if it is a mus-
come from many different Christian denominations and cle. The new promise is that, as the exercises change the
with the support of their surrounding Christian commu- brain’s abilities, children begin to learn at the natural
nity. rate of their peers; they no longer require remedial sup-
port, program modification, or other forms of compensa-
Arrowsmith tion.
Following the solid methods developed by Barbara Ar-
rowsmith Young of Toronto, they have started a cogni-
Future Plans
tive abilities class. The Arrowsmith program is a vastly Halton Hills Christian School has recently announced
different approach to dealing with students with learn- that they are fundraising for a new expansion that will
ing disabilities. Previously, students were taught strate- co-operate with Capital Campaign to raise about four-
gies to compensate for their learning disabilities and the million dollars. The school is currently fundraising for
classroom environment was modified to accommodate the building expansion.[citation needed]The expansion will
these students and their needs. The Arrowsmith program cost 4 million Dollars. They would like to have the money
is only in certain private schools across Canada and the in the next two to four years.
United Sates.
The Arrowsmith program is based on the theory of
neuroplasticity. It is now a recognized fact that the brain
References
is pliable and elastic, not fixed as we used to believe. http://www.haltonhillschristianschool.org/
Therefore, it is now possible to physically change the http://www.hh-cs.org/
brain in response to stimuli and develop new neural http://www.ceiada.org/
pathways. The exercises created by Barbara Arrowsmith http://www.arrowsmithschool.org/
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