MYP Service Program

Student Life and Service

Starting the academic year online has placed students and teachers in an unfamiliar

situation, facing new challenges, and the MYP Service Program is no exception. With COVID restrictions in place, getting into needy communities to provide meaningful, direct service will continue to be difficult, but our passionate and creative service leaders are ready to inspire our students to make a difference regardless of the challenges ahead. Each service leader will give a snapshot of what the year ahead holds for each grade of the MYP The MYP Service Program consists of Grade 6 and 7 completing mini-projects across a two-year program, Grade 8 being introduced to long-term projects with the Community Project, Grade 9 furthering their visions with Individual Service Projects, and Grade 10 continuing their service journey and preparing for CAS. Mr. Ben – MYP Service Learning Coordinator Grade 6 Service Program We have an exciting year ahead for Grade 6 student service. This year the students will be introduced to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and our Concordian Service Areas (CSAs). Students will learn about the importance of the SDGs and expand their knowledge on these world-impacting goals. In small teams, students will discover connections between their interests and service areas that they believe require immediate action and create projects of their own. It is time for students to put on their critical thinking caps, research, plan, and design well thought out mini-projects with their fellow team members. G6 service presents students with the opportunity to harness their innovative mindset and use their creativity to give back to our world.

Ms. Tashia

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Grade 7 Service Program Continuing on from their experiences in Grade 6, this year's Grade 7 students look forward to opportunities to cultivate both previous service projects and new ones.

Students will work collaboratively to develop innovative ways to contribute to the SDGs and CSAs, and each individual will work towards completing three total projects throughout the school year. They should expect a year of researching and executing creative service projects, while also building on ideas from previous projects and groupmates.

Ms. Chelsea

Student Life and Service

G8 Community Project

Mr. Aaron

While starting service online is sure to complicate how we’re able to implement service, we have the utmost confidence in our intelligent and talented group of students. With this current, adaptability is going to be key for our groups to be successful. Students will have to be creative and look at what impact and change they can implement within our community without necessarily being able to do a lot of in person service; at least not for the start of the year. We are confident that the grade 9s are up to the challenge however, and excited to see what new initiatives they will spearhead this year as part of Concordian’s Independent Service Learning.

Mr. Jaren

G10 Service EXCITING TIMES -- 2021-2022 will be a significant and exciting year for every G10 student as they journey through their last MYP year and prepare for their DP years and it will be my privilege and honor to help G10 students on this journey. I am confident that the G10 students, this year, will develop as nurturing moral and responsible young leaders with dignity, integrity, and compassion, who can and will make a difference in the world.

Mr. Watson

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As a new school year kicks off once again, so too does our grade 8 Community Project program. This project is centred around having students work in groups to find a need in their community and do as much as possible to meet that need in a sustainable way. Despite the challenges of the COVID pandemic, our students remain unfettered in their approach to helping to make the world a better place, one project at a time. For now, the grade 8 students are engaging in rigorous research activities to help find needs in their local communities, creating a goal and action plan to meet those needs, and then ultimately bringing their projects to life to serve others. Although we’ve started online, the students have already taken ownership of their projects and ideas and are eagerly preparing to put their plans into action.

We look forward to how these projects play out over the course of the academic year and hope that everyone will have a chance to come out and witness the progress for themselves at our Show and Tell and Community Project Exhibition events!

G9 Independent Service Projects