ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. The Annual PRCS Auction will be held at Calvary Reformed Church on Friday evening, April 26, starting with dinner at 5:30 to 7:30 and the auction beginning at 6:30. Any donated items may be dropped off at Leah Lenting’s (367-1329). If you want them to be included in the booklet they should be dropped off by April 12.

2. Friends & Family of HCHS: The Board would like to invite you to a dinner and activity night on Friday, May 3, at the high school (Calvary Reformed Church). Pizza, pop, and dessert will be served and there will be games and activities for all ages. Please call Karen Van Baren (889-1849) or Linda Verburg (474-9799) by April 26 to reserve your spot!

3. Yearbook Patrons: If you have not been contacted to be a patron for our yearbook (The Sword & Shield) and would like to be a sponsor, please call the school office at 339-1733.

4. Sophomores: Several still owe $5.50 for The Pearl.

5. Field Trip: On Friday, April 19, the HCHS students will be taking an afternoon/evening field trip to the Chicago Field Museum and a Baroque concert at the Rockefeller Chapel of the University of Chicago. More information will follow.

We sat down to eat in the gym this past Thursday and were about to start when the gym doors opened. In walked a man and part of his family, people who have been talked about so much of late.

“Students!” Mr. Van Uffelen said, “This is Mr. Vermeer and his family.” After the announcement, we prayed together and had lunch. We invited Lori, Mr. Vermeer’s daughter to sit with us at our freshman table. Lori will be a freshman in our school next year.

On Friday, Lori was in attendance with the freshman class all day long. She took Western Civilization notes, an English test, and an Algebra quiz. She did all the things that she would be doing in a normal freshman school day.

We welcome the teacher, student, and family with a grateful heart. We thank God that we have been blessed with a new teacher who fulfills all the teaching needs that were required for the next year and years to come.

Algebra II

Meghan Looyenga

What is the smallest class you have been in?

I’ll bet there aren’t many smaller than the Algebra II class that Emily and I are in. There are only two of us, and that makes for a very interesting learning experience.

We often get to work together and help one another when we don’t know the answer; the only problem is finding an answer when neither of us knows the answer!

When asked what she thought about the little class, Emily said, “Algebra II is the best class in the school!” I think I agree. We really enjoy this unique experience.

World History

Jacob Wiersma

In World History class, we have studied all the different peoples that have lived in and ruled the Fertile Crescent. These peoples included the Amorites, Chaldeans, Hittites, Egyptians, and Israelites.

It was interesting to find out what these civilizations were like: what kinds of weapons they used, what languages they spoke, and what their forms of writing were like. The Bible mentions all of these people at some point or another, which makes this information good to know. It gives us a better understanding of Biblical times.

We also studied the Greeks. We learned about their culture, religion, democracy, and conquests. We have learned how the world was being prepared for Christ’s birth, even at a time when Alexander the Great was conquering the known world.

Right now, we are learning about how the world was being prepared for the coming of Christ, “in the fullness of time,” when the Romans took over even more of the known world than that of the Greeks. We are learning about Roman culture, the Roman republic and empire, and how the Romans conquered as much of the world as they did. We are also learning about the difference between the Pax Romana, the Roman peace, and the far more glorious peace that Christ brings to His people.