Middle School Students Share God’s Love at Elim Village At Maple Ridge Christian School, we often talk about forming students who live out their faith beyond the classroom. This Christmas season, our middle school students had a beautiful opportunity to do just that.s part of their Flex program, students explored the biblical call to be “salt and light”—to preserve what is good, shine God’s love, and reflect His hope wherever they go. Guided by their teacher, Ms. Abby Francois, this

HS ELL Students Serving a Local Elementary School On Tuesday, December 16, MRCS High School English Language Learning (ELL) students brought, our International Student Coordinator, Ms. Reimer’s Teaching with Transformation vision to life as Courageous Contributors, serving a local inner-city elementary school in Surrey through compassion, service, and meaningful connection. As part of their learning journey, our ELL students explore what it means to contribute courageously—within their homestay families, at MRCS, and in the wider community. This outreach marked an

At our school, we often tell our community that Teaching for Transformation (TfT) is more than a curriculum framework—it’s a way of seeing and living God’s story. But unless you are in our classrooms day after day, it can be difficult to picture what that truly looks like for our students. This fall, one of our beloved Grade 1 teachers, Mary Owen, invited her students into a food drive as her FLEX Project. FLEX Project is what we call a

How Programs Like This Shape Students for Life If you walk down the hallway on a Career Life Education (CLE) Foods class day, you might catch the unmistakable smell of something delicious cooking. You’ll also find high school students learning, chopping, mixing, and discovering practical skills that shape them long after graduation. This small but impactful program is one of many at MRCS that equips students to become creation caretakers, and community servers — and it’s the kind of learning

How Dirty Hands Are Building a Legacy If you ask our students what their favorite school supplies are, you might expect answers like binders or art supplies. But for one adventurous fourth grader, the answer might just be shovels, soil, and space seeds. Jerry Vos, one of our dedicated Grade 4 teachers, told story after story of students discovering God’s creation in ways that simply don’t fit inside a classroom. From restoring local forests to growing food from “space seeds,”