Resources for MCCS Students & Parents
Our Policy Manual, Parent Handbook, and Graduation Handbook provide essential information for students, parents, and community members. Accessing these documents requires a password. Did you forget the password? Send an email to office@mccs.ca or phone (604) 794-3072.
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MCCS Library
MCCS has a fully-developed library with a growing number of books and resources. Click here to search our library inventory online.
General Resources
Note: the following websites are considered useful for students and parents. Referring to these websites, however, does not imply endorsement of their entire content by MCCS.
Joyful Literacy
Have you heard of the “summer slide”? Unfortunately, it’s not the fun kind of slide you’ll find at a water park or playground. The summer slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn’t in session. Although the summer slide may not affect every student, on average students lose about 20 percent of their school-year gains in reading, and younger children are prone to the most learning loss because they are at a crucial stage in their development. What’s more, researchers propose that due to COVID-19 and (intermittent) school closures, as many as 70% of all primary children may have fallen behind by September 2021.
To combat the summer slide and help close the COVID-related gap in reading, the Joyful Literacy Team has created the Family Summer Literacy Boost, a video series designed to support literacy for all young children and their families. Each 20 minute video is full of playful practice activities with important foundational skills, and each video is accompanied by a package of handouts that include instructions, games, and activities for each video topic. Click here for the handouts. To access the video series, please contact Marianne Luteyn at mluteyn@mccs.ca.
Ready Set Learn
The Ready, Set, Learn booklet is designed to support parents in helping their preschooler get ready for school. This booklet offers information about the typical development of a preschooler, as well as tips for supporting their learning in key areas of development. Click here for more information.
MAP Growth
MAP Growth is the most trusted and innovative assessment for measuring achievement and growth in K–12 math, reading, language usage, and science. It provides teachers with accurate, and actionable evidence to help target instruction for each student. MCCS has been using MAP Growth assessments for several years now. Click here for a Parent Guide and click here for Family Toolkit.
Elementary: Numeracy
This guide covers how children develop math skills and understanding. It suggests simple activities parents can do at home to support their child’s learning. It will be most useful for parents of young children who are just beginning to explore math. Click here for more information.
Test-Taking Tips
Whether you're a high school or college student, tests are unavoidable. If you take a multiple-choice exam your strategy will be different than if you were to take an essay test. Test Taking Tips will help improve your test taking & study skills. Click here for more information.
How to Learn and Study Effectively
Here, you’ll learn several tips on how to study, such as scientifically-proven note taking methods, tricks for getting the most out of the time you spend reading, and programs that can help you take more effective notes. Knowing any one method won’t be enough; finding the ones that work best for you and using them in conjunction with one another, however, can be the difference between a market victory and a boardroom defeat. Click here for more information.
Bullying
Erase Bullying provides information, links, and support resources for parents, youth, and schools affected by bullying. Visit this website to read about the types of bullying, the risk factors for bullies and victims, and the effects of bullying. Click here to learn how to speak to your child and your school about bullying and become aware of school and community supports. Bullying and other unwanted behavior can be reported anonymously. Click here.
Canadian Centre for Child Protection
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is offering resources and information to keep families, schools, child-serving organizations, and, most importantly, children safe. Click here for more information.
Society of Christian Schools BC
The Society of Christian Schools in BC is an organization of Christian school communities in BC. SCSBC “seeks to do collectively what no school could or should do individually.” Click here for more information.
Federation of Independent School Associations BC
It is the purpose of the Federation of Independent School Associations BC to 'foster and encourage the establishment and operation of independent schools in BC. Click here for more information.
BC Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education provides guidelines and requirements for all BC schools as they want to 'help build a solid foundations for our children's future.' Click here for more information.
BC Centre for Disease Control
The BC Centre of Disease Control is an agency of the provincial health services authority. Among others, this agency provides the public with useful information on a wide variety of common childhood diseases. Click here for more information.
Fraser Health
Fraser Health provides a wide range of integrated health care services from acute care hospitals to community-based residential, home health, mental health and public health. Click here for more information.
Health Link BC
"With Healthink BC, British Columbians have trusted health information at their fingertips by phone or web.” Click here for more information.
Joyful Literacy
Have you heard of the “summer slide”? Unfortunately, it’s not the fun kind of slide you’ll find at a water park or playground. The summer slide is a decline in reading ability and other academic skills that can occur over the summer months when school isn’t in session. Although the summer slide may not affect every student, on average students lose about 20 percent of their school-year gains in reading, and younger children are prone to the most learning loss because they are at a crucial stage in their development. What’s more, researchers propose that due to COVID-19 and (intermittent) school closures, as many as 70% of all primary children may have fallen behind by September 2021.
To combat the summer slide and help close the COVID-related gap in reading, the Joyful Literacy Team has created the Family Summer Literacy Boost, a video series designed to support literacy for all young children and their families. Each 20 minute video is full of playful practice activities with important foundational skills, and each video is accompanied by a package of handouts that include instructions, games, and activities for each video topic. Click here for the handouts. To access the video series, please contact Marianne Luteyn at mluteyn@mccs.ca.
Ready Set Learn
The Ready, Set, Learn booklet is designed to support parents in helping their preschooler get ready for school. This booklet offers information about the typical development of a preschooler, as well as tips for supporting their learning in key areas of development. Click here for more information.
MAP Growth
MAP Growth is the most trusted and innovative assessment for measuring achievement and growth in K–12 math, reading, language usage, and science. It provides teachers with accurate, and actionable evidence to help target instruction for each student. MCCS has been using MAP Growth assessments for several years now. Click here for a Parent Guide and click here for Family Toolkit.
Elementary: Numeracy
This guide covers how children develop math skills and understanding. It suggests simple activities parents can do at home to support their child’s learning. It will be most useful for parents of young children who are just beginning to explore math. Click here for more information.
Test-Taking Tips
Whether you're a high school or college student, tests are unavoidable. If you take a multiple-choice exam your strategy will be different than if you were to take an essay test. Test Taking Tips will help improve your test taking & study skills. Click here for more information.
How to Learn and Study Effectively
Here, you’ll learn several tips on how to study, such as scientifically-proven note taking methods, tricks for getting the most out of the time you spend reading, and programs that can help you take more effective notes. Knowing any one method won’t be enough; finding the ones that work best for you and using them in conjunction with one another, however, can be the difference between a market victory and a boardroom defeat. Click here for more information.
Bullying
Erase Bullying provides information, links, and support resources for parents, youth, and schools affected by bullying. Visit this website to read about the types of bullying, the risk factors for bullies and victims, and the effects of bullying. Click here to learn how to speak to your child and your school about bullying and become aware of school and community supports. Bullying and other unwanted behavior can be reported anonymously. Click here.
Canadian Centre for Child Protection
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is offering resources and information to keep families, schools, child-serving organizations, and, most importantly, children safe. Click here for more information.
Society of Christian Schools BC
The Society of Christian Schools in BC is an organization of Christian school communities in BC. SCSBC “seeks to do collectively what no school could or should do individually.” Click here for more information.
Federation of Independent School Associations BC
It is the purpose of the Federation of Independent School Associations BC to 'foster and encourage the establishment and operation of independent schools in BC. Click here for more information.
BC Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education provides guidelines and requirements for all BC schools as they want to 'help build a solid foundations for our children's future.' Click here for more information.
BC Centre for Disease Control
The BC Centre of Disease Control is an agency of the provincial health services authority. Among others, this agency provides the public with useful information on a wide variety of common childhood diseases. Click here for more information.
Fraser Health
Fraser Health provides a wide range of integrated health care services from acute care hospitals to community-based residential, home health, mental health and public health. Click here for more information.
Health Link BC
"With Healthink BC, British Columbians have trusted health information at their fingertips by phone or web.” Click here for more information.
