Principal’s Message

Just before the Christmas holiday I was getting my nails done with my daughter, and her young nail tech asked her if she was making any New Year’s resolutions. They bantered back and forth, sharing some of their ideas of what their resolutions were going to be and I listened intently, but all the while…

Angels have walked beside me throughout my whole life, and they still do.   When my Dad passed away two months before my twelfth birthday, my Mom was left with very little to provide for the holiday season. She warned me that this would be a tough Christmas and not to expect too much. As much…

After another wonderful CGS experience of acknowledging the importance of Remembrance Day, I am left revisiting the ideas expressed in a commercial campaign that ran several years ago, where Canadians were encouraged to “Make every day Remembrance Day”.  The message was a good one and one that I think we could all be reminded of.…

Each year the CGS Staff embraces a theme for the duration of the school year. A few years ago, we decided to share our staff theme with the entire CGS community in the hopes that it would be of comfort and support, during our long COVID struggle. To our delight, everyone whole-heartedly embraced our ‘We…

“What did you do in school today?” is quite possibly the most asked parent question in the history of questions! “Nothing.” is quite possibly the most common student answer to the above question in the history of answers! If this wasn’t so frustrating, it would be funny. In all seriousness, this situation is so common that every…

As we approach the Labour Day weekend, the countdown is on. A little like the dropping of the New Year’s Eve ball, but instead of a new calendar year, we are counting down to the start of a new school year. It generally comes with the same excitement and anticipation and yes, sometimes even nervousness…

The Power to Make a Difference Seeing the tremendous support for our fundraising efforts in Principal’s Club again this year, has left me feeling so grateful. After speaking to several parents recently, I realized that not everyone knows what Principal’s Club is really all about, and yet they still contribute and support us! This is truly a tremendous feeling, but…

Parenting in the Digital Age Last Fall, while eating breakfast in a hotel restaurant, I noticed a young family sitting at a table across from us — Mom, Dad and two young children, the youngest being about preschool age. I noticed that Mom was getting a little flustered as she tried to manage the two…

What’s Your Word? As we are now about halfway through the first month of a new year, I am going to hazard a guess that many of those New Year’s resolutions we all made have already gone by the wayside. A new calendar year usually triggers the need in people to make resolutions but no…

The Real Test of Parenting As I so often do at this time of year, I had an opportunity to sit down with one of our parents and chat about their child and their goals moving forward. This particular parent stressed many times throughout our conversation that their primary goal for their child is that…