Pythagoras Academy
8671 Odlin Crescent V6X 1G1 Richmond, BC, Canada

At Pythagoras Academy we have 4 house teams named after local trees. They are Birch, Arbutus, Oak and Maple. Students earn house points for their team by showing gratitude, respect, open-mindedness, open-heartedness and wonder. The winning team celebrated this week with an ice cream party!

Students in grades 4 to 7 intentionally selected and arranged artistic elements, processes, materials and tools to create beautiful paper-mache masks, inspired by a variety of different cultures. Children had the opportunity to create their masks collaboratively using ideas from inquiry and experimentation, while they discussed relationships between different cultures, time periods and art forms. They then developed technical skills using mixed media, including acrylic paints, paper-mache, cardboard and drawing symmetrical forms.

The Grade 1 teachers and students took advantage of a break in the clouds to head outside with their Wonder Wagon to explore. They discovered worms, beautiful stones, slippery mud and deep puddles. Led by their questions and curiosity they created nature scenes and shared their learning with their friends and families on Seesaw.

As the students and staff of PA head off for a well-deserved winter break, please enjoy this yearbook filled with some of the special moments of an eventful and memorable 2020. See you all in the new year! https://www.youtube.com/watch

Pythagoras Academy will conduct an information session for the community on January 27th, 2021 at 7 pm via Zoom. This session is geared towards parents who are interested in registering their child for Kindergarten in September 2021 at Pythagoras Academy. Pythagoras Academy, in Richmond, B.C. is a non-religious, co-educational independent school certified by the Ministry of Education. Please RSVP by 9 am on January 23rd if you would like to attend the information session. htt...ps://forms.gle/XRtLQGE77pF6wwtT8 The Zoom link will be sent to you one day before the event, on January 26th, 2021. This information session will guide you through the admissions process, and the curriculum for Kindergarten and above students. You will also get a chance to communicate with the Head of School at Pythagoras Academy, Mr. Bouchard. We look forward to hearing from you soon! You are also welcome to check out our school website at www.pythagorasacademy.ca or call us at 604-370-0199 between 9 am to 4 pm on business days.

Pythagoras Academy will conduct an information session for the community on November 16th at 7 pm via Zoom. This session is geared towards parents who are interested in registering their child for kindergarten in September 2021 at Pythagoras Academy. Pythagoras Academy, in Richmond, B.C. is a non-religious, co-educational independent school certified by the Ministry of Education. Please RSVP by 9 am on November 15th if you would like to attend the information session. https:/.../forms.gle/6bWM7u1Ms2oHdz3c7 The Zoom link will be sent to you one day before the event, on November 15th. This information session will guide you through the admissions process, and the curriculum for Kindergarten and above students. You will also get a chance to communicate with the Head of School at Pythagoras Academy, Mr. Bouchard. We look forward to hearing from you soon! You are also welcome to check out our school website at www.pythagorasacademy.ca or call us at 604-370-0199 between 9 am to 4 pm on business days.

To make the most of the beautiful fall days, the kindergarten students at Pythagoras Academy headed out into the school grounds and the surrounding area with one of our 2 new Wonder Wagons. These wagons were generously funded by our Pythagoras Academy Parent Organization and are filled with everything that the students and teachers might need to explore, discover and wonder about the natural world, including magnifying glasses, sit spots, clipboards, buckets, and other tools. The students searched for signs of fall and shared their observations and excitement with their friends and teachers. These hands-on experiences in kindergarten and grade 1 enrich an inquiry into the natural cycle of the seasons.

Pythagoras Academy staff has been missing our students and families! We look forward to seeing some of you back at school on Monday.

This year at Pythagoras Academy, instead of visiting the pumpkin patch, we brought the pumpkin patch to the school! Our first annual PA Pumpkin Patch was a great success as every class had the opportunity to visit with their cohort and choose the perfect pumpkin. Students and staff were encouraged to dress up as farmers for the day and the sunny weather, the crisp fall air and the smiles of the children made it an occasion to remember. Students were excited to take their pum...pkins home with them to prepare for Halloween, while teachers all chose a pumpkin to use for inquiry-led explorations during the week leading up to Halloween. Classes will be engaged in math activities, they will examine pumpkin attributes and life-cycles and participate in art-inspired pumpkin decoration and carving activities. This fun event brought together the whole school to build our sense of community and to create a new tradition.

On May 25, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students enjoyed a live, virtual, visit from a local artist, illustrator and author! Roz MacLean, an award winning illustrator, took students through her illustration process, while intertwining cross curricular objectives in mathematics, social studies, language arts and visual arts. Pythagoras Academy students embraced this learning style and found immense value in the innovative workshop. The workshop made the arts tangible, even during this... intangible time of COVID-19. Students created their own art pieces, focusing on authentic questions and challenges like, "What problems do you want to tackle when you grow up?" and "What are the superheroes in your life?" Their drawings and thought processes, infused by classical drawing skills and focused discussion, demonstrated impressive creative thinking! Thank you to Ms. Bolt and Ms. Dipa for organizing this virtual art workshop and Roz MacLean for joining us!

This morning, Pythagoras Academy had its first ever online closing ceremony! It was a wonderful way to finish the school year together. The grade 6-8 students filmed this collaborative musical theatre number for the closing ceremony. Please enjoy their rendition of "You Will Be Found" from the Dear Evan Hansen musical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elSqAaBsJY Thank you to Ms. Swords for putting this together and for all grades 6-8 students who participated in this project.

Check out this video from Michelangelo, one of our JK classes! It shows their appreciation for community helpers and frontline workers during the pandemic.

The Pythagoras Academy community is so grateful for hardworking essential service workers that have been helping us to stay safe during this pandemic. PA students brainstormed ways they could express their gratitude and share some love with the communities they live in. Students chose to express their appreciation in many different ways; for example, painting kindness rocks, hanging up hearts and signs in their windows, writing inspirational messages on the sidewalk with chalk, cheering healthcare workers at 7 pm, and writing letters of gratitude. We hope this video brings a smile to your face! Even though we need to stay at home right now, we are not alone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WiZ9vhIg48

Pythagoras Academy is having an online book fair with Usborne Books from May 11 to 15 2020! Please go through the photos to see all the amazing books, puzzles and activity books that are offered as part of this sale. Please visit this website: www.usborneonline.ca/justducky/... Instructions are: Do not pay online. 25% of the orders will be given to the school to help add new books and collections into our school library. Please click Send as wishlist on the shopping basket page once you have completed placing your items. Then fill out your information. Please put ATTN: PYTHAGORAS under comments. Becky from Usborne Books will contact parents for payment (Visa, MasterCard, Visa Debit and e-transfer) over the phone. She has plenty of stock and can personally help you put together an order. Becky will do porch deliveries! Thank you for supporting our school library. Stay safe and order from your home!

A grade 6 student at Pythagoras Academy, Millicent Liu, created this music video: "Never Enough: Covid-19 Parody". She made it in April 2020 during the COVID-19 quarantine; a time in which all schools are closed and students are doing online learning at home. Please check it out! https://youtu.be/12iC_E1t2CE

Pythagoras Academy kindergarten students put this video together to say thank you to essential service workers during the pandemic. <3

Pythagoras Academy launched our eLearning program this morning! It was wonderful to see so many students during virtual morning meetings today. Parents can access teachers' daily plans through this password protected page on our website: http://pythagorasacademy.ca/elearning Here is a video with Ms. Vihovska explaining how to use the eLearning website. Check it out and don't hesitate to contact the school office if you have any questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR4NKV1QwSI

Grade 2 students had a fabulous trip to Science World. Students first participated in a workshop about solids, liquids and gases and how they change. This connected to one of our term 3 big ideas: Materials can be changed through physical and chemical processes.Students got to make several mixtures and even experiment with dry ice! Afterwards, students had time to explore all the interesting exhibits and play spaces available at the museum.

On Wednesday, February 26th, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day at Pythagoras Academy. This year’s theme was Lift each other up. Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. It is now a day when people come together by wearing pink shirts to school or work to show they are against bullying and try to cultivate more kindness and empathy along the way. At Pythagoras Academy, students atten...ded the grade one Pink Shirt Day Assembly, displayed kind words in the main entrance, got their picture taken at the photo booth, participated in Pink Day activities in their classrooms, and received their License to be Kind. On Pink Shirt Day, Pythagoras students and staff proudly wore their pink shirts to show we will take a stand to ensure we all feel safe, valued and respected. https://www.pinkshirtday.ca

Last month, Grade 7/8 students went on ADST field trip to Roboplanet. Students explored different programming platforms (VEX, Mindstorms, WeDo 2.0, RoboMaster and Drones), built and tested different kinds of robots, wrote code using multiple programming languages (Java, Blocks and Python) and discovered the differences between machines and robots. Students had an opportunity to solve different programming challenges, design their own robots, test them and make changes to improve their performance. One of the Grade 7 students said that this was the most exciting field trip ever because he was able to try so many cool devices and robots!

Pythagoras Academy's production of "Mary Poppins" was "practically perfect in every way". Students sang and danced their hearts out two nights in a row! A huge congratulations to all staff and students who were involved in this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious production! And a very special thank you to Ms. Emma Swords for her incredible vision, hard work and artistic direction. We couldn't do this without you! More photos to come!