John Knox Christian School

We are so glad you have come to visit our website, and we hope that you find what you are looking for. John Knox is a well-established elementary school in the heart of Burnaby that provides a strong academic program, a warm Christian community, and a Christian perspective on all of life. If you are interested in providing the type of education that nurtures your child according to God’s Word and His ways, John Knox Christian School deserves your serious consideration. Take a look around our website! Should you have additional questions that are not answered here, please don’t hesitate to give us a call.

Preparing Students For A Life Of Transformation And Service Through Excellent Christ-Centered Education. Our vision:

• Is grounded in a Biblical Christian perspective
• Provides quality, innovation and excellence in education
• Develops and promotes local and global leadership and service
• Strive to meet their full potential and become passionate lifelong learners
• Develop and exhibit strong critical thinking skills coupled with a growing understanding of competing worldviews
• Demonstrate respect for others and all of God’s creation
• Learn to respond to God’s call to live as disciples of Christ
• Provide excellence in teaching and student learning practices
• Demonstrate committed and caring relationships
• Establish a dynamic and evolving professional teaching/learning community
• Are Christians committed to living out their faith
• Provides a secure learning environment in which each student is nurtured, encouraged and challenged
• Provides an environment that promotes faith formation, worship and prayer
• Partners together to help children flourish in their spiritual, social, cognitive, physical and emotional development
• Prayerfully supports and works to strengthen and sustain the school’s mission, finances and facilities

Out of much prayer, planning, and hard work, JKCS is born, its life closely intertwined with the group of Dutch immigrants who brought it forth: New West Christian Reformed Church (NWCRC). They share a facility for 7 years: four classrooms, divided by temporary partitions, accommodate 65 K-7 students who help pack up the desks and classrooms each Friday afternoon to make space for Sunday worship. Sunday nights, the facility transforms into classrooms once again for another week of school. Two teachers and a principal who does double-duty as a teacher, lead the new student body.

Every subject is taught in the light of God’s Word. The curriculum directs our students to a Christian understanding of God, themselves, their fellow man, and the world in which they live. Along with factual information, students are given guidance and direction by teaching values that help develop every potential God has given each of them. The school meets provincial requirements for certification as a Group 1 Independent School.

At John Knox Christian High School (JKCHS) curriculum shapes students’ understanding of their personal identity, the human condition, and the created universe. Our courses are much more than a vehicle through which factual information is conveyed; they are also an experience intended to prepare young people “to be transformers of everything that is broken in this world.”[i] Student progress is measured both in terms of knowing more and in terms of being more because while firmly established in the foundation of a Christian Worldview, we recognize God’s invitation to be agents of renewal in everything that we do.[ii]

Within the context of this redemptive Christian Worldview, there is room to support a range of priorities. We have embraced the new BC Ed Plan because it provides more freedom to personalize learning and to expand the development of unique gifts and interests. Through quality teaching, our staff members look for opportunities to connect the development of curricular competencies with students’ personal passions and gifts. We offer a comprehensive range of options, teaching everything from workplace Math and Life Skills classes to challenging academic honours courses. In addition, arts courses, community service projects, overseas and local missions’ trips, competitive sports, aerobic fitness, independent studies and student leadership initiatives expand the scope of learning opportunities.

Christian studies modules and training in apologetics are also principal features of a JKCHS education. Our students learn that their faith can be rooted in evidence and reason and that the Christian Worldview can stand up to a rigorous investigation.