Monday, January 20
8:45 am Parent Prayer
7:00 pm Equipping Parents Seminar
Tuesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 22
12:00 pm Elementary Honour Choir Practice
Thursday, January 23
6:30 pm HLCS Winter Open House
Friday, January 24
Pro-D Day – NO SCHOOL IN SESSION
Looking Ahead…
Monday, January 27
8:45 am Parent Prayer
Tuesday, January 28
Wednesday, January 29
12:00 pm Elementary Honour Choir Practice
Thursday, January 30
Friday, January 31
2025-2026 Re-Enrolment Opens
Candy Gram order sheets DUE
9:05 am Late Start
9:15 am K – gr. 8 Chapel
Hot Lunch
2025-2026 Re-enrolment Period for Current Families
Re-enrolment for our current school families for the 2025-2026 school year will be opening on Friday, January 31 and will close Friday, February 14, at 4:00 pm. (Any re-enrolment forms received to the school office after 4:00 pm will be subject to a $250 late fee.)
Please watch your email on January 31 for an email from the school containing the 2025-2026 Re-enrolment forms and information.
This is an important time for the school community as this sets the framework for what classes will look like for the 2025-2026 school year. We thank you for the attention and promptness you will put in your response during the upcoming re-enrolment period.
Hearts for Hope Gala Event – Saturday, March 8th, 6:00 pm
Get your tickets now for our Gala event of the year featuring performances from Hope students and church members. Tickets available through both campus offices. $55 per person; $30 for children ages 5-13. All proceeds benefit our Margaret Towriss Bursary Fund, helping families with tuition who otherwise could not afford to attend our school.
High-level performers are invited to participate in our entertainment program. If you are musically talented, whether with an instrument or voice, and would like to perform, please contact John Lok at
Volunteer Opportunities – 2024/2025 School Year
1. Library Volunteer Opportunities
Our Library needs your help! Come help organize, revitalize, and enhance the books in the library for our young readers. Please remember to leave your email when signing up. Upon successful signup, you will receive a training video to view and learn from before your volunteer session.
Library Volunteer Sign up Link
Any questions about the library please contact our Library Liaison: Zina:
2. Term 2 Lunch Supervision for ES and MS Campuses
Link to sign up: (please take the time to read description) Term 2 2025 Lunch Supervision Volunteer Link
Board of Governance News
The Board of Governance is pleased to announce that we have appointed Ron Donkersloot as the chair of our new transitional school board. Ron comes with over 40 years of experience working in education, many of those years having been spent in Christian schools. Establishing this school board is another step in the process towards creating an independent society for Hope Lutheran Christian School; it is an important step in preparation for the upcoming church congregational vote on the creation of a new school society. A next step will be finding additional board members to join Ron on the board. In the meantime, if you have any questions about this, please don’t hesitate to contact Danny Nagtegaal ().
Reminders from the school office:
- We’ve noticed that there seems to be some backsliding with regards to students and their uniforms. Please ensure that you send your child to school in their proper uniform. Please note that “proper uniform” includes their uniform pants/skirts (as opposed to jogging pants/cargo pants) and black shoes. Not having proper shoes is the most notable “uniform offence”, and we’d like to work together to be more consistent in ensuring that students are showing up and wearing their proper uniform.
- Additionally, we have noticed a slow increase in the amount of “lates” that are occurring. Please be reminded that students are to be at the middle campus and in their classrooms by 8:15 am, and students are to be at the elementary campus by 8:50 am. Thanks for your continued support and partnership with us as we equip your child to impact the world for Christ’s glory!
Grade 5 Candy Gram Fundraiser
Our Grade 5’s will be organizing their first fundraiser for their year-end celebration – candy grams for Valentine’s Day. For $2, students can purchase candy grams for classmates, friends, or big/little buddies and the candy grams will be delivered by our very own Grade 5’s on Valentine’s Day at the elementary school campus, and before Valentine’s Day at the middle school campus (due to LEST). The candies in the candy grams will be individually wrapped. The candy gram sheets will be going out to the students by January 21st and the deadline for the submission of the candy gram sheets will be on January 31st. Please help support our Grade 5 year-end celebration by purchasing candy grams.
February 28 – OPTIONAL Ski Day
Hello Hope Lutheran Families,
Ski day has been set for February 28, 2025.
Save the date email along with the event FAQ has been sent previously. Please look through the FAQ and let us know if you have any further questions.
The promised link for google form sign up is HERE.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Diana at or to Hope Lutheran PTL at
We hope to see many families on the mountain, and we pray we get more snow on the mountain soon.
Port Coquitlam May Days – Maypole Dancing
Every year the City of Port Coquitlam hosts a May Days celebration starting with an opening ceremony and culminating in the May Day Parade. This year we would like to put together a team of Grade 3-5 students to perform the opening ceremony Maypole Dance along with other Port Coquitlam school teams. If your child is interested and you are able to commit to the practice and performance times, please complete the Google Form so we can secure our place at the opening ceremony. Mrs. Berg and Mrs. Watson will be the staff coordinating and running these practices. If you have any questions please reach out to either ( or ).
School Library Book Donation
Do you have any gently used books that might be looking for a new home this New Year? The Elementary School library is always welcoming ALL book donations. There will be a library drop box at BOTH ES and MS Office Campus.
Please look at the Book Wish List below for specific title suggestions from Ms. Francescini;
If you wish to make a cash donation so that Ms. Francescini can purchase these books for our library please contact the School Office.
Gym Sense
From January 27th-February 14th, students will be participating in a gymnastics program called Gym Sense. The instructor, Miss. Lucinda, will be leading students through different stations and teaching different skills such as rolling and balancing. Students in Grades 2-5 are expected to be in their gym strip and everyone (K-5) are expected to have bare feet as much as possible. It is preferable that girls wear socks instead of tights for gym days, as this makes changing much easier. Modesty shorts are required if girls are in kilts or tunics. Please reach out to Mr. Mayer if you have any further questions: .
Elementary Honour Choir
Attention to students in grades 4 and 5. Do you love to sing? Would you like a chance to join a choir full of others who also love to sing? Then join the Elementary Honour Choir. We practice once a week on Wednesdays in the music room at lunch time. All those who want to join are welcome to come. Please fill out this form to let Ms.Allen know if you are interested. We will start this Wednesday, January 22!
Order the 2025 HLCS Yearbook!
Yearbook ordering is OPEN! Get your hands on the limited edition collection of our stories from the year. Share it with friends today, hang on to it for years to come! Order ONLINE HERE.
Purchasing Hope Lutheran Clothing!
Do you love Hope Lutheran Christian School? Are you interested in wearing HLCS Swag? Do you want to look amazing? Between now and January 31, there is an opportunity to purchase clothing with the Hope Lutheran logo on it! Click THIS LINK and place your order today! Please note that this is not a fundraiser, and no money spent goes to the school. However, it’s a chance to show pride in Hope Lutheran, and look great while doing it! Orders should be available for pickup at the school in mid-late February.
Understanding, Supporting and Connecting with Teens with Depression – Tricities FamilySmart
When our teens are struggling with depression, we can feel lost about how to best support them. How do we know when they are experiencing a mental health challenge and when should we intervene? Join us to learn from Karen Peters, Registered Clinical Counsellor, and Victoria Keddis, a parent with lived experience, about how depression shows up in teens and ways of journeying with them through it. Come together with other families to watch this video presentation, which will be followed by a facilitated discussion by a FamilySmart Parent Peer Support Worker.
Choose a Date/Time:
- Wednesday January 22nd at 6:30pm (PST)
- Tuesday January 28th at 6:30pm (PST)
What to do next:
- RSVP – Please let us know you are coming! Register here: familysmart.ca/events. The Zoom link will be sent to you with your confirmation email.
- ONE-ON-ONE – If these times/dates don’t work for you OR you would like to talk one-on-one with a Parent Peer Support Worker, we are happy to meet with you at a time that works for your schedule.
We hope you can join us. Please let us know if you have any questions or have difficulties with registering.
Tricities Familysmart
Family Peer Support Workers – Tri-Cities Team
604-878-3400
Dough Raiser fundraiser with Cobs Bread
Are you looking to purchase bread or treats from the Oxford location of Cobs Bread? Anyone who buys something at the Oxford Cobs Bread location just has to say they are a part of Hope Lutheran Christian School and 5% of their total transaction gets put aside for our school. This is an ongoing fundraiser.
Hope Lutheran Umbrellas
We have official Hope Lutheran Christian School umbrellas for sale! These are amazing umbrellas with an extra large canopy for maximum coverage. They sell for $25 each, and are available to purchase from either school office.
PTL/Community Relations News
January 16, 2025 PTL Meeting Minutes
Attending PTL meetings is a great way to connect with the rest of the school community and stay in the loop of important School/PTL events. Jan. 16 2025 PTL meeting Minutes is available for your review here.
Equipping Parents Seminar – January 20th
Do you wish you knew of some practical strategies for helping your kids overcome feelings of anxiety, fear and stress? How do we be our children’s source of contact, security and warmth when they are looking to their peers for direction, values and identity?
Join us on TONIGHT at 7:00 pm for an important seminar discussing why parents need to matter more than peers and offering practical solutions for retaining or regaining the parent/child attachment.
For our 3rd seminar in our Equipping Parents series, Taura Berg and Courtney Phillips from Hope’s own Student Services Resource team, will present on how parents and school staff can work together to support your kids who are experiencing anxiety, fear, and stress.
Whether you’re attending in person or via livestream, this seminar will empower you to be for your children what God intended: a true source of contact, security, and warmth.
We look forward to seeing you there!
When: Monday, January 20th
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Where: ES Chapel
Who: Any parent or caregiver of a child
Newsletter
Submissions are open for the February newsletter. How are you impacting your world? Do you have a special achievement to feature in our Kudos Korner? Share your story with us. Submissions for the Newsletter to .
Parent Prayer
You are invited and welcome to join other parents and our school administration to pray (even if you’ve never prayed before!). Please consider setting aside 30 minutes of your time at the beginning of each week to join us for Parent Prayer as we pray for our school, families, and community.
We meet at the Elementary Campus every Monday from 8:45 – 9:15 am (except for holidays).
