Dear Families and Friends,

With the sun glowing and the blue skies shinning, Spring has officially arrived!

This week, kids returned back to the regular school year routine which brought to a close to our Spring Break camps. Our two weeks of camps went swimmingly, filled with some awesome out-trips and some pretty stellar in-days.

Grayson learning how whales hear under water

Whether it was exploring the Vancouver Aquarium, star-gazing at the Planetarium, splashing around at Sungod & Hillcrest pool or going bananas at The Great Escape, both the kids and the staff had a great time participating in some fun-packed adventures.

Personally, one of our favorite out-trips from the two weeks was Multi-Sport Day hosted by South Arm Community Centre. It was a great opportunity to interact with the other community centres and a chance to get to know some new faces. The day was filled with different stations for the kids to try out, cheers to be presented and medals to be giving out to the winners. Win or lose, West did their best and represented our centre well!

Drawing our versions of SEA monsters

To compliment our extravagant out-trips, the days spent indoors at Gilmore were loaded with new activities and games for the kids to try. Themes included OS-City Day, Iron Chef Day and even a Cowboys vs. Aliens Day.

One of the in-days that stood out was our Dragon's Den.  On this day the kids were tasked with creating their own products or businesses and then presenting them to our panel of "Dragons" in hopes to reach a deal and earn themselves some dragon dollars.

Overall, Spring Break was a great success and I hope everyone who participated felt the same way.

Best Regards,


Carolyn & Matt