Linden Christian School celebrates new space
WINNIPEG, MB - Students and staff at Linden Christian School (LCS) are enthused about the gleaming "Northeast Addition" to the facilities and campus they share with Grant Memorial Baptist Church.
At a September 28 ribbon-cutting ceremony, Grade 8 student Brennan Siemens told a group of supporters and suppliers that he rather enjoyed watching the construction of the new building through the window of the portable classroom he was crowded into last year. Yet he was still surprised when he and his buddies moved in after the summer.
"The new school wing blew us away," he said.
"We're no longer squashed," reported Libby Giesbrecht (also Grade 8) as she highlighted the "wide hallways" and "open spaces" as helpful for "building community."
The addition adds 28,000 square-feet and 13 new classrooms (including well-equipped rooms for art, band and choir) to the previously jam-packed school, which currently serves 875 students from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
"We now have the proper space for our staff and students," says LCS principal Rob Charach.
The new addition is the centerpiece of a major campaign that focuses on "building to shape lives."
In his comments, Grant Memorial senior pastor Tom Castor spoke briefly of the long-term vision that sees the school developing and graduating students who move on to become involved in the life of the city "to change it because they have been changed."
Charach explains that LCS is a ministry of the church; that church and school work alongside each other towards the same basic goals. These include instilling a Christian worldview, discipleship, mentoring and building healthy relationships.
LCS is an independent school that follows the Manitoba Provincial Curriculum and fields highly regarded programs in academics, performing arts and athletics. It was established on Christian values and the learning environment includes mission projects, weekly chapels, leadership development, prayer times and Bible instruction.
Linden Christian School also operates a Kindergarten to Grade 4 classroom in the inner city for children of immigrants and refugees. This "transitional" classroom currently serves 17 students.
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