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Richmond Pentecostal Church Childcare Donates to Support Christian Home Education

HCOS Forward Together is excited to announce a generous contribution from Richmond Pentecostal Church (RPC) Childcare (https://www.rpcdaycare.com). RPC Childcare has gifted HCOS $6,000 to provide 30 students with bursaries of $200 each. RPC Childcare believes in tithing on their own profits, and HCOS Forward Together is encouraged by their faithful example of Christian service. One of

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Home Visits – Is this a Test? No!

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One of the key pieces in our Distributed Learning model at HCOS are the Home Visits. Our teachers schedule these visits throughout the year, connecting with students and families during each of the two terms. Frequently I’m asked by families if the teacher is coming to test their kids, and to that I answer “No!”.

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Born to Thrive

Family, General, Mental Health, Parents, Students / hcos

The final article in our 3 part series on Mental Health focuses on how to help our children thrive in a world often filled with obstacles. We hope you have been able to glean helpful information from these articles. To watch the series, visit Anxiety and Mental Health Resources For Families. Part 1 – Own it

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Student Service Centre – Literacy & Numeracy Support

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We are happy to announce that two new EAs have been hired to increase our Student Support Center capacity in the area of Literacy. Taryn McPherson brings with her a wealth of teaching and EA support for students while Carlee Bouillon, a former HCOS student and recent university graduate, brings with her an expertise in

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Resilience and our Mental Health

Family, General, Mental Health, Parents / hcos

This is Part 2 of our series on Mental Health from the 3 session event hosted by ACSIWC and Katy Kwon. You can watch the sessions at Anxiety and Mental Health Resources For Families. Part 1 – Own it or Moan About it? Resilience is the ability to have something happen in life – loss, grief,

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Own it or Moan About It?

Family, General, Mental Health, Parents, Students / hcos

Over the past 18 months we have seen the impact that mental health plays in our day-to-day lives. We have all experienced the toll of social restrictions and the stress of the unknown, which has left many feeling alone and out of place. At HCOS our educational approach is to focus on the whole student;

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Touching Base with History

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Home education allows students the
opportunity to have fun and be part of important
community causes. Recently HCOS students had the
opportunity to participate in the Asahi Baseball
Association Legacy game, celebrating the Asahi, a
baseball team from the early 1900s.

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Welcome to a new school year!!

General / hcos

We are looking forward to an exciting year ahead at HCOS! We are so grateful to partner with you in education and we want to warmly welcome you! Last year we wrote about what an intense season we had been through as a school community. Here we are a year later and not much has

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Welcome to the new HCOS!

Family, General / hcos

We’ve worked hard over the last year to create a brand and identity that we believe represents what HCOS has become over the last 17 years. We are a community of dedicated home educators who believe children learn best in programs designed for them.

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