News Archive

This past month, Rachelle Payandeh '20 represented Canada at the IDO World Showdance Championship. Being part of Team Canada was a dream come true.

Early season resutls in exhibition, tournament and league play indicate the team will be one to contend with this season. 

Our Senior Volleyball Angels peaked at the right moment and played inspired volleyball throughout the AAA Volleyball Provincial Championships to run away with the Championship this past weekend. It was as close to perfect volleyball as could be hoped for. They didn't lose a single set in the playoffs after winning all three games to top their pool.

The BC Ministry of Education recently shared some statistics with us on last year's Class of 2016 and they are truly extraordinary. Every graduate from last year was recognized with BC Honours Standing. The Ministry also awarded more than 75% of the Class of 2016 with the BC Achievement Scholarship.

Twenty five LFA students attended the CONNECT MUN Model UN conference held at the Hyatt Hotel, Vancouver on the weekend of the 18-20th November. This group were very strong in their participation and they represented LFA very well.

Because of the Snow Day today, we have postponed the Dress Down Day to tomorrow, Tuesday, December 6. Bring your donation of $2 or more - all of the proceeds go to Youth in Action to pay for our Downtown Eastside initiatives. Thank you for your support!

Our LFA/VC school play, Crazy For You has been a true success this year. After a week of packed performances, tonight's closing show has just sold out!

It is a delight to share a story about one of our students whose actions reflect the values we hold dearly at the school. We recently shared a story about Jayna Lunny '21 taking part in Chopped Canada Junior. She won, which was very exciting. The post-script to her winning is, however, a much better story, which was told recently in The Province newspaper. Take a moment to read A lesson in giving from a 13-year-old superchef.

Our Senior Volleyball Angels have come charging out of the gates at the AAA Volleyball Provincial Championships. Three straigh wins has them advance in top place out of their group. 

Can you believe it has been 30 years??? We hope that you will join us to share smiles, friendships, stories, photos and more with us on Saturday, May 6th, 2017.

Congratulations to the six members of LFA’s public speaking team who represented the school so wonderfully this past weekend at the Provincials held at St. John’s School.

This past weekend 32 teams, representing seven zones from across BC converged in Delta vying to cap their season with a Junior Volleyball Provincial Championship. Our Angels played some inspired team volleyball to finish ninth in BC.

In order to accommodate a staff professional development workshop, we will be having a delayed start on Wednesday, November 30th. Homeroom will start at 10:00 a.m. We apologize for the short notice. To avoid any inconvenience, the school will be open to students at our regular time of 7:00 a.m.  Students arriving prior to 9:30 a.m. are asked to remain in the dining hall.

Please note that we have been advised that a film crew will be closing Nanton Avenue and disrupting normal traffic flow near Little Flower Academy from 8am to noon on Monday, November 28th, 2016.

The LFA Volleyball program continued it's remarkable season when our Senior Angels captured the Lower Mainland Championship on Saturday. With the victory, they secured their spot at the AAA Provincial Championship Tournament in Kelowna.

The last weekend in October saw 60 grade 10 Model UN students attend VYMUN (or WPGA Model UN) in Whistler. This conference comprises 300 students from many schools in BC and it is now a conference for beginner and experienced Model UN students. Special congratulations goes to the 11 students who won awards at this conference. This was a great achievement given all LFA students were first time Model UNers.

In this, our 90th year of operation, we find ourselves at the end of our most recent Strategic Plan. During the past five years, the character of Little Flower Academy has shone as we’ve invested in making the student experience extraordinary. We've done so while navigating significant changes like a transition from one Principal to another; the introduction of the LFA Foundation; and, perhaps most importantly, ensuring the independent, Catholic foundation of the school with the appointment of our independent Canonical sponsor LFA Stewardship. We’ve accomplished all this success with grace and poise.

This past May, our very own Jayna Lunny '21 was selected to be a contestant on Chopped Canada Junior, Season 1. The show will air on Sunday, November 20th.

The recent Stanford Model UN experience and conference on the 11- 13^th of November left many impressions and was a wonderful experience. The first impression was aesthetic, as the campus, with its Spanish architectural elements and beautiful spruce trees, is one of great beauty. This conference could be classified as the most academic of all Model UN conferences that LFA attends because of the university prep schools competing, the high level of debate, the detailed and professional background guides and the very capable and knowledgeable chairs. It was a wonderful learning experience.

Our Junior Volleyball Angels continue to impress, taking the League Championship over rival STM in a fantastic game that showed the best of both teams.

LFA's Bantam Volleyball team has shown that the future is extraordinarily bright for the volleyball program at LFA. The heartbreaking semi-final, third set loss (13-15) to St. Pat's was only the second loss of the season for our Angels, who before Tuesday had put together an incredible 26-1 season.

LFA hosted the regional playoffs last night, with both our Junior team and our Bantam (grade 8) team vying for a spot in the finals. For our Juniors, it was celebration and anticipation of the championship game and Junior Provincial Championship to come while our Bantams suffered a heart-breaking loss by the closest of margins. 

The Junior Volleyball Angels won both games last week 2-0, capping off a 9-3 regular season, which had them finish second in league standings.

LFA's Valerie Mok ’18 is the recipient of the 2016 National Gold Medal for the Licentiate of The Royal Conservatory of Music (LRCM) in Piano Performance. 

Every autumn, Bettina Sy '97 (from our Alumnae Executive) works with the school to bring in successful alumnae and their colleagues from their professional network. It gives our students an opportunity to hear from--and ask questions of--successful female role models from a wide array of industries.

Our Junior Field Hockey team continued its unbeaten run this season with a convincing win over a really good team from Notre Dame. The win in the Vancouver semi-finals means LFA will compete for the League Championship tomorrow.

It took three sets to overcome a determined Notre Dame, but our Angels emerged as this year's Senior Volleyball BC Catholics Champions. Our Angel's capped off the 25th annual BC Catholic girl's volleyball tournament with our fourth title and, impressively, our second title in the last five years.

With their Provincial Championships hopes dashed in the shoot-out loss earlier in the day, there could have a let-down by our Senior A Field Hockey Angels. It will be no surprise to anyone who knows this group that they gave everything they had until the final whistle. In fact, the girls really viewed this game as a blessing--an opportunity to end the season on a high note, playing great hockey, and letting our five senior players enjoy every moment of their final high school field hockey game.

Our Senior A Field Hockey Angels travelled to Vancouver Island to play for their spot at the AA Provincial Championships. In a quirky berthing formula, LFA needed two wins against the North Shore and Vancouver Island wildcard opponents to claim their spot at Provincials. Despite being the dominant team against North Shore's Seycove, the game ended a 0-0 draw and the decider fell to a shoot-out, where only one goal was scored (by Seycove) in the ten attempts by the two teams.

From November 2nd through 5th, St. George's will be presenting Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. There are several LFA students involved in the production, including Camryn Attisha '19, Brianna Clark '18, Bridget Meehan '18, Anya Naval '19, Katherine Paez '19, and Charlotte Siddall '18. Tickets are still available for the show!

Our Senior A Field Hockey Angels kept their Provincial Championship qualification hopes alive with a determined 2-1 win over rival York House last night.

LFA and VC proudly present Crazy for You. A riotously entertaining and spectacular, all-singing, all-dancing tap-tastic show, Crazy for You uncorks the American musical’s classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment, and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen on stage!

Information and tickets are now available at www.lfabc.org/CrazyForYou

In the final game of the tournament, our Angels showed both poise and determination, never once failing to give their best effort.

Angels go through the pool play with a perfect record but are clipped in the final two, very close playoff games to finish in fourth.

Come out to LFA to cheer on LFA alumna Demetra Maragos '15 as she returns to her home court, this time playing for Ryerson University! UBC Women’s Volleyball will play Ryerson University on Friday October 14, at 4pm in the LFA Gym.

Lorraine Fabre '18 had an incredible summer experience, being selected to attend a national forum for Youth Ambassadors put on by French for the Future. 

Our exciting Model UN year has commenced! Fresh from her two week prize trip and UN Pilgrimage with the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Elizabeth Vaz is newly inspired by global issues and her North American experiences.

A report on the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth by Elizabeth Vaz, who was a Vancouver Delegate in mid July.

Our Senior A Field Hockey Angels put their best effort forward when it counted this afternoon. Against the AA Provincial favourites, LFA stole a tie and a critical league point  with a complete team effort.

This year's first week of school was highlighted by celebrations for the school's 90th Anniversary. Sisters of St. Ann joined us throughout Thursday's events, marking the occasion of the Sisters' completion at LFA as well as our anniversary year.

In honour of our 90th anniversay, alumnae from our chamber choir join our current chamber choir singers in a performance opening our 2016-2017 school year.

This summer, the final act of passing assets and responsibilities from the Sisters of St. Ann to the charitable Jane Rowan Society, which operates Little Flower Academy, was completed when canonical sponsorship for Little Flower Academy was transferred from the Sisters of St. Ann to the newly formed canonical organization, known as the Sisters of Saint Ann, Little Flower Academy Stewardship (LFA Stewardship).

The following letter regarding the transfer of Canonical Sponsorship of Little Flower Academy is delivered to our LFA community from Sister Marie Zarowny, SAA, Provincial Co-Leader on behalf of the Sisters of St. Ann.

We're really excited about this year's 90th Anniversary BBQ celebration plans. Clearly, so is our LFA community. We've never seen so many RSVPs for an event. Current families, of course, but also Sisters of St. Ann, alumnae, past parents, and past faculty. Have you RSVPed?

For the upcoming school year, Little Flower Academy will be moving to a daily block rotation schedule. A daily rotation will result in fewer students missing the same block for sporting events each week and less class time disruption as many field trips can be planned around lunch and last block.

Senior Volleyball Tryouts will take place after school in the Gym - all those interested are encouraged to come to tryouts. If you have any questions, or will be missing this tryout please see or email Mr. Ballard (ballardr@lfabc.org).

Brianna Clark '18 and Valerie Mok '18 went to Fort St. John in June for BC Performing Arts Provincials. Performing Arts BC acts as the umbrella organization for 34 regional performing arts festivals throughout the province.

You might have noticed that your magazine is late this year. We've consolidated the magazine into a single, annual, summer-issued magazine. In doing so, and by saving on printing and postage, we've moved to a really lovely annual alumnae publication. We're really excited about the all new La Petite Fleur!

The best part is that it was mailed yesterday. Keep an eye out for your copy, coming very soon!

On Tuesday, September 6th, our new LFA Angels in Grade 8 and those who are joining our community for Grades 9 through 12 are invited to attend an orientation at LFA.

This year's Welcome Back BBQ will be so much more than welcoming our community back from summer vacation! 90 years is kind of a big deal and we intend to kick off our 90th year with a big celebration. You really don't want to miss out on the party: Thursday, September 8th.

Effective September 1st, 2016, a GoCard decal will no longer be required on student IDs and all youth 14 - 18years old will be eligible for concession fares with valid photo identification. Acceptable ID wil include:

• a valid school identification card issued by any secondary school which displays the student's photograph, name, school and validation by a school official; or
• a picture identification issued by any national, provincial or state government agency showing age or date of birth.

Sisters Naomi Shi '18 and Nicole Shi '18 are volunteering much of their summer to go to Guangzhou, China as cultural student ambassadors where they will be responsible for teaching Chinese students about Canada. Organized by the Canada Global Culture and Education Association and the Richmond Youth Services Agency, the trip was commended by Prime Minister Trudeau for helping to build goodwill between Canada and China.

It’s very exciting for us to share that Danielle Kettlewell ’10 will represent Australia in Synchronized Swimming at the Rio Olympics this summer. We are very excited to have an Angel to cheer for!

Grade 10 student Lorraine Fabre '18 has been chosen among students from across Canada to be a member of the National Youth Ambassador Forum, organized by French for the Future, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to organize events such as local forums that celebrate French language and culture.

The LFA/VC badminton team is into the Quarter Finals at the Provincial Championships after placing second in pool play in Richmond yesterday.

An incredible season for our Angels Tennis team is capped with a fifth place finish in British Columbia.

Alexis Fong ‘19 was part of the champion U18 team that represented Vancouver-Strathcona at the 36th Annual NACBAIT Basketball Tournament in Dallas, Texas this past weekend.

The Atlanta Boys Choir comes to Vancouver for a concert at St. John's Shaughnessy on Sunday, June 5th.

The Ministry of Education has recently drafted new curriculum for Grades 8 through 12. At the same time there are updates being made to the graduation program and provincial assessement.

Alumnae Lucia Stokovac '13 and Stephanie Fowler '08 are pursuing their passion for promoting social justice for women in vulnerable communities through her work with the Dixon Transition Society. These two amazing young women are raising funds for the Dixon Transition Society’s Charity Challenge as they run in the Scotiabank 5km and Half Marathon.

One nice sunny April day in 2016, 87 students from LFA and VC came together for the first ever one day LFA Model UN conference. This day came about because the LFA Model UN Club leaders thought that the younger members of the LFA MUN Club would benefit from another conference before competing at other conferences in the next academic year. 56 LFA students signed up almost as soon as the conference was announced. Leaders then thought of inviting VC to add interest and competition.

Little Flower Academy is truly blessed with a clear mission and vision. The legacy of the Sisters of St Ann at LFA is infused in our culture and still guides the school to this day. With so many of our alumnae having a positive impact on their families, their community and on our wider society, the school and the Alumnae Executive launched the Distinguished Alumnae program in 2015 to acknowledge those in our community whose impact has been profound.

This year we are very excited to announce two recipients of our Distinguished Alumnae award. We wish to acknowledge and congratulate Sister Eileen Kelly and Patricia Marsden-Dole ’63 as our 2016 Distinguished Alumnae. Alumnae from many years will know the impact that Sister Kelly had on our school as a teacher and as the Principal, as well as her impact on the wider community serving as a Sister of St Ann. Patricia will be well known to her Class of 1963, who are very close. She has been a trail blazer for women serving in Canadian Foreign Service, a scholar, and a tireless leader in social justice in her adopted home community of Ottawa.

LFA's Senior Soccer team capped a brilliant week of soccer with a win over Holy Cross in penalty kicks in the final of the 2016 BC Catholics.

Last year we took the opportunity to celebrate our inaugural Distinguished Alumnae inductee, Sister Jo, at our May, Alumnae Mass. We followed up with a lovely reception for all of the alumnae in attendance. Join us on Thursday, May 19th to take part in this occasion for both Mass and our Distinguished Alumnae Reception, honouring this year's inductees. 

Our amazing Choral program at LFA (our Concert and Chamber Choirs) is teaming up with Crofton House School, BC Girls’ Choir and Higher Ground Women’s Ensemble for an unforgettable evening of choral music. Voices of Girls and Women: a Benefit Concert for the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre is on Friday, April 29th.

The mission and vision established by the Sisters of St Ann for Little Flower Academy is so strongly felt here that one might take for granted how it resonates in the wider community. The work of the Sisters of St Ann was recently highlighted on the front page of the Vancouver Sun.

The LFA Model UN group that travelled to Rome for Harvard's Model UN conference this Spring Break has excelled on many levels. All of our students represented LFA so very well. One of the Secretariat members came to me after the second committee session saying that he had heard from many members on different committees who commented on the strength and eloquence of the LFA delegates at the conference.

Our Gala committee has decided this year to shake things up a little, or rather a lot! Kick of your shoes, grab your blue jeans and join us for a decidedly "UN-GALA". Starting at 7pm, in the LFA Auditorium, the evening will feature exquisite canapés catered by our favourite LFA chef extraordinaire, "Chef Paul", wine graciously sponsored by Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, games, prizes, silent and live auctions and dancing with music and DJ services from Beyond Sound (of Father/Daughter Dance fame).

Next week (on Thursday, March 17th) the short documentary, Paradise Island, by our very own Kat Jayme '06, is having its Vancouver premiere at Vancity Theatre. You can get your tickets at VIFF today! 100% of the nights proceeds will be going to Surfrider Vancouver, a nonprofit environmental organization, to help with their upcoming beach cleanups in Vancouver.

A few years back, we believe LFA became the first independent school alumnae association in Vancouver to run a curling bonspiel. Perhaps it was the shrieks of laughter or maybe it was dreams of Winter Olympics to come, but the result was a quickly sold out event. Ever since, we've been asked when we'll do it again. Good news: the LFA Alumnae Curling Bonspiel is back!

Demetra Maragos '15 was faced with the difficult choice between Ryerson University or UBC. Though an accomplished singer, Demetra is also an elite volleyball player and was looking to play varsity volleyball. She's made her way onto the Ryerson team and was recently profiled in their student newspaper, The Eyeopener.

Our own award winning Chamber and Concert Choirs team up with the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir this March for you to enjoy an exceptional choir experience. This rousing concert experience with acclaimed gospel musicians and soloists will be an extraordinary evening of choir music that should not be missed.

A simply wonderful season is cut short by the slimmest of margins. While the Junior team didn't qualify for the Provincial Championship Tournament, they've had a brilliant season of great memories to take with them.

Elizabeth Vaz '17 has won the prestigious Independent Order of Oddfellows' UN Speech Competition. The prize for her accomplishment includes travel to take part in an international UN Speech Competition in Boston and New York.

It is wth profound sadness that we share this news. Sr. Josephine Carney '38, our love, our dove, our beautiful one (as Sr Jo would say) passed away this morning at 4:00 am.  She now rests peacefully with our Lord.

This year's Junior Basketball team capped off an extraordinary year with a big win over St Thomas More to clinch their first Junior Lower Mainland Championship in several years.

There are several exciting events for the Model UN Club this Spring. Firstly, the superbly organized HMCE (Harvard Model UN Congress Europe) will be attended by 23 studious LFA delegates who are presently preparing for their involvement on 6 committees including the EU (European Union, WHO (World Health Organization) and the G15 (Group of 15) among others.

Announcing our cast for Vancouver College and Little Flower Academy’s spring production of You Can’t Take It with You, a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart. Tickets are now on sale for the February 17-20 production.

Our Junior Basketball team travelled out to Maple Ridge to take part in the Kiwanis tournament. Far from taking the weekend off after exam week, the girls put in an outstanding effort and played some great basketball on their way to a silver medal.

The Junior Angels Basketball team got back to their winning ways this past week, rattling off three convincing wins.

Catherine Koch '75, whose work establishing and growing the Ugandan children's charity LITA is regularly featured in our newsletters, wants to share with you an upcoming event in support of the amazing work they're doing in Africa. Live music, dancing, food and drinks at the Imperial on Saturday, February 13th.

Our first ever Alumnae Family Movie Night is on! Bring your little ones for a free showing of Dreamworks “Home” in the LFA Auditorium, and enjoy a mostly hands-off evening to chat with your partner, old friends, and fellow LFA grads. There will be a small concession ($1 popcorn and candy bags) and a free caffeine station for parents. BYO dinner (picnic style), blanket and pillows, jammies, and toothbrushes.

In last night's highly anticipated Junior basketball league game between two of the top Vancouver teams, our Angels travelled to Burnaby to face the St Thomas More Knights.

This year's Junior Angels Basktball team has a younger look than some of the teams past. Of the nine players, seven are 9th graders. However, they move up to the Junior team with the experience of finishing second in last year's Bantam Provincials, which should bode well, despite now facing older players on every team.