Elementary

Our Student Support Services team of Dianne Van Rooyen and Tara Wilson along with other staff work hard to create a community where all are valued, where all gifts are shared and where everyone is celebrated. This begins in the classroom where teachers, using ideas from Responsive Classroom, intentionally put in place practices to create safe joyful classroom communities. Our aim is to create an inclusive place where all our students feel like they belong.

In the Student Support Services room, our team builds on what is already happening in the classroom. We work with students with learning challenges either one-on-one or in small groups to help them succeed and reach their God-given potential. We value their personal gifts and put in place strategies to help them achieve both academically and socially. Parents partner with us as we put these strategies and support in place. It is our hope that every student of all abilities experiences a place where all belong.

Determining if Maranatha can meet a student’s needs 

Striving to meet the unique needs of each student to the best of our ability is a challenging process that, at times, requires discussion and review. MCA is privately owned and operated and seeks to provide an affordable Christ-centered education for its students. As such, the limited resources we have may affect how much specialized education Maranatha is able to provide. Maranatha will accommodate enrolled students to the point of undue hardship on MCA in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. Admittance of a student with exceptionalities requires significant and intentional communication to determine a student’s strengths and needs and the ability of Maranatha to meet those needs. At times, a student’s needs may be better met elsewhere. A procedure for admittance of a new student with exceptionalities is available as well as a procedure for access to additional support for a current student of Maranatha. 

We use the Singapore Math curriculum, which exceeds the Ontario curriculum as it teaches techniques and skills to easily and accurately perform mental math. Even before we adopted Singapore Math, our students have consistently performed well in the Gauss Math contest, a world-renowned math contest sponsored by the University of Waterloo.

Here are just a few of the most recent accomplishments by MCA students. We encourage you to follow us on social media as we post about our students’ successes on a regular basis. 

2023   1st place in Intermediate Division (Zone 1A) –  Royal Canadian Legion for Remembrance Day Black and White Poster

2023   Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. – Gr. 5 student ties for 22nd after winning regional competition

2023   MusicFest Silver – Grade 8 Band // MusicFest individual MVPs for two Grade 8 students

2020   MCA swept the podium at the Bluewater Fluid Power Challenge in London, winning first, second and third after working on a prototype using simple hydraulics for six weeks.  

2019   Panthers’ Infinity Too Robotics team came in first for robot design out of 19 teams in the FIRST LEGO League Windsor Competition at St. Clair College 

2019   Bluewater District Christian Schools Science Fair – MCA students placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in various categories (Physical, Biological, Technological, Christian Perspective)

2019   Grade 6 student is published in the Polar Expressions Publishing Short Story Contest for Young Writers

2019   1st place in the Junior Division – Royal Canadian Legion for Remembrance Day Poster  

Every Monday morning, our students participate in Chapel services. Parents are welcome to attend. During the rest of the week, teachers lead a devotion period each morning. It’s a chance to pray for students’ concerns and praise God for answered prayer.