Principal’s Message

  At our kick off meeting of this school year, I introduced the CGS Staff to the story of The Coffee Bean. Each staff member received their own personal copy of the book as well as a coffee bean inside of a small container, to act as a reminder of an important lesson shared and…

  Inevitably at some point in the school year, parents reach out because they are concerned that their child isn’t loving school. My first question is always “Why do you think that?” and the answer is often the same: “When I ask them what they did in school today they always answer ‘nothing’”. Oh oh,…

  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 comes with the same excitement and anticipation and yes, sometimes even nervousness for what’s ahead. To help us through…

Several years ago, I read an article written by Bunmi Laditon entitled ‘I’m Done Making My Kid’s Childhood Magical’! I shared parts of it with the CGS community back then and I feel inspired to share it once again especially as we embark on a summer that finds the world opening again and many of…

Recently I have had a few parents speak to me about their child’s behaviour around screen usage. Exposure to screens, in our youngsters, has become increasingly more common over the past several years and then of course COVID hit and screen time seemingly took over our worlds. Despite our good intentions, screen usage became a…

This past June, Children’s Garden School turned 35! I wish I could say CGS celebrated it’s 35th birthday, but with a nearly empty school and COVID restrictions in full force, it wasn’t the right time to party. We didn’t, however, want this milestone to go by without acknowledgment, so we have decided that our 36th…

Each year the CGS Staff embraces a theme for the duration of the school year.  Last year we decided to share our staff theme with the entire CGS community, in the hopes that it would be of comfort and support.  To our delight, everyone whole-heartedly embraced our ‘We Can Do Hard Things’ mantra. It truly…

  I really wanted to share a message with all of you that, for a change, was not COVID-related. No matter how many times I started to write, it always ended up being about “silver linings” and “new normal” or some other buzz phrase that we have been seeing and hearing over and over again…

2020 marked our 6th year of maintaining a Gratitude Jar at CGS. It has been a wonderful place where students, staff, parents and visitors are given the opportunity to reflect on all the good in their lives. It is a place to bring gratitude to life by taking the time to write it down. Practicing…

2021! The year that everyone thinks will fix the woes of the world! The year that we all get our lives back. The year that will sparkle and shine like no other. Wouldn’t you hate to be 2021? Seems like way too much pressure, and like most New Year’s resolutions, completely destined to fail. This…