A Fantastic Voyage!

JKC is excited to announce that two of its awesome staff, Jon Chow and Tyler Summers, will be embarking to China for 5 weeks to train Kung Fu amongst other top-rated martial arts students around the world and under the leadership and wisdom of Shaolin monks!  The intensive training will be an experience of a lifetime and we salute our soon-to-be Kung Fu masters on their incredible journey. 

If you’d like to learn more, talk to  Jon and Tyler as they’d be happy to tell you more about this amazing opportunity!

 

Halloween Howl Resurrected!

We have decided to awake the undead, “Halloween Howl!”   Bring your families on Friday, October 30th from 6:30pm – 8:30pm to Bayview Community School for a night of ghouls, ghosts and great fun! 

Visit a face painter or a fortune teller and dare to enter the haunted house.  Take a shot on the haunted hockey net as well as many other games to win a ghoulish prize.  Tickets on sale now at Bayview Community School!

Volunteers are more than welcome as we can always use a helping hand!  Please contact Vimi at 604-736-4080 or jerichokidsclub@telus.net if you’re interested in volunteering.

Summer Sk8ers!

The General Gordon Older Kids program has turned into quite the skateboard camp over the summer of 2009! It all started at the beginning of the summer when a couple of the kids decided to bring in their skateboards. It didn’t take long before several of the other kids caught on and were bringing their own skateboards. Pretty soon, every summer day was another skate Jam at GG!

With the help and guidance of our fearless leader Tyler and the help of his trusty sidekick Rhett (both previous skateboarders), ramps and rails were brought over to GG and it wasn’t long ’til the kids were grinding, sliding and ollieing their way to the pros.

As a treat, Cassandra was able to contact her friend and professional skateboarder, Tony Ferguson, who dropped by one Friday afternoon to show the kids some of his sick moves. The kids were ecstatic to see Tony kick flip, heel flip, ollie varial, slide the rail and ollie over a chair! If that wasn’t enough, Tony also brought in a skateboard deck from his company “Alife” and had an ollie competition to see who could ollie the “highest and cleanest”. To our amazement, Saw Whately, who just started skateboarding at the beginning of July, was able to prove just how much he’s learned and how much effort he’s put into learning the difficult sport by ollieing the highest and winning the skateboard…Great Job Sam!

For more info on Tony Ferguson and what the Vancouver pro is up to these days check him out here.

Get Famous, Vancouver!

Come be a part of a world record and join the World’s Biggest Yoga Class!  On Sunday, August 23rd @ 11:00am (doors at 10:00am) at UBC Thunderbird Stadium, in a fundraising effort to help keep kids active, the Vancouver Fitness Guide is sponsoring an event attempting to enter Vancouver into the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most people doing yoga in one place at the same time. Included with each $25.00 ticket will be an event beach towel and swag bag filled with event give-aways. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Athletics 4 Kids.

Just Byng It.

Next week, our Adventurers are heading to Robert’s Creek for an incredible camping excursion at Camp Byng.  Sign your child (if in grade 3 or older) up for three days of awesomeness (July 27th-31st) while spaces are still available!  This is an experience that your child will never forget!  Camp games, nature walks, fun-filled activities and a sunset talent show are some of the many amazing and cool things that your child will be experiencing.  Please take advantage of this opportunity…It only comes once a year!

If you don’t know about our annual camping excursion, here’s a lil’ scoop…
We leave Wednesday, July27th at 9:00am sharp on a yellow school bus to the Horsehoe Bay ferry terminal. We then travel by sea to the lovely Sunshine Coast and take another school bus to our Camp Byng location in Robert’s Creek, BC. Once the kids are settled, we have an orientation, dinner and then a nature walk and camp songs before bedtime. Our Thursday is fun-filled with programmed activities such as “Eagle Eye”, Beading, Tye-Dying, Hiking and our signature evening event….the Talent Show! On Friday, July 31st, we pack up, clean up, eat up and trek along our scenic journey back to JKC by 4:00pm.

Don’t worry….Our awesome staff are there every step of the way. Some staff have been going for over 5 years.

Questions?? Contact us!

Just get there.

Hats, Hats, Hats!

We have been very lucky with our forecast of absolute sunshine!  Because of the beautiful and striking weather, please make sure that your child is wearing a hat.  JKC has provided each child with a hat that must remain at the Centre at all times so that the hat is not misplaced, forgotten, etc.  As a back-up, we ask that you pack a hat with your child on a daily basis in the case that your child’s JKC hat has been lost.  If your child is without a hat, JKC is selling supplemental hats for $5 each. 

Hats are mandatory as we we are strong advocates of sun safety and we appreciate family and community support of our sun safety policies.  Thank you for helping us help you!

Friday Finale

Friday, June 26th is the last day of school and a Pro-D day for Bayview, General Gordon and Southlands schools.  Bayview JKC will be the only location open on this day.  Thus, all children will be attending Bayview JKC for care.  If your child is/isn’t attending JKC on Friday, please let a staff member know. 

We will be open from 7:30am to 6:00pm for children registered on Fridays.  If your child is not registered for Fridays and needs care, please contact the office to book a space (if available). 

We are going to have a fantastic Friday to end the school year so if you’re not coming to JKC, have a fabulous summer!

September 2009 Registration Begins!

Current members….please see your child’s Program Coordinator to pick up your September 2009 registration package (it will have your child’s name on it).  You have from Wednesday, May 20th to Monday, June 1st to submit your forms as wait listed registrants will be filling unattained spaces after June 1st.  All forms must have deposits attached or they will not be processed.  Please contact the office if you need to set up an alternative payment date, if you’re out of town during the registration period or for any other concerns, questions or inquiries. 

Wait listed registrants will be contacted after June 1st and offered spaces that are still available.  New member registration will begin on Monday, June 15th (dependant on space availability). 

Thank you!

Behind the Scenes at JKC

Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at JKC?  On Monday, June 8th from 6:30pm – 8:00pm, join us at our Annual General Meeting (AGM)!  Our Program Coordinators, Office Coordinator, Program Manager and Executive Director will be presenting reviews on their programs and operations.  We invite parents to attend this event to network with staff and other JKC parents as well as to learn about our organization and the responsibilities of our Parent Advisory Committee (PAC).  The decisions we make are decisions made  by our parents so get to know our PAC and how we work together to make JKC an exciting place to be!

Child care and a light dinner will be provided AND your annual membership fee for the 2009-2010 school year will be complimentary if you attend!  You can download the registration form from our website’s Home page under “Family Information.” 

Register today!

Early Birds…Did You Get Your Worm?

Current JKC Members! 

Have you registered for our Awesome Summer Adventure 2009?!  Friday, May 1st is the the last day for our Early Bird rates (exclusive to JKC current registrants only).  Get your registrations in before our exclusive deal expires!  Early Bird registration forms received after May 1st will not be honoured with Early Bird rates and will be charged General Registration rates so please, please submit your forms by this Friday!