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Quarterly
Board Newsletter
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Fall 2002
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| As we reflect on the completion of our first year of school and in anticipation of our second school year, which began in August, we have abundant reasons for thankfulness to our Heavenly Father. God has blessed our school even in the midst of the trials that were part of our first year of operation as a small high school. We have been given a dedicated staff and administrator and many helpful volunteers. Our students also demonstrated respect for the teachers as well as an enthusiasm and interest in learning. Now that our second year of operation has begun and the workload for our teachers, and all involved has increased, we must again go forward by faith. We trust that our Heavenly Father will continue to bless the cause of sound Reformed Education for our future generations. We are happy to report that our administrator, Mr. Ralph Medema, continues to receive favorable reports from his doctors. Mr. Medema has reached the six-month milestone since his transplant and his leukemia continues to be in remission. We are thankful to God for His healing mercies. Mrs. Sue Looyenga expanded her education this summer by taking two classes at Dordt College. One class dealt with developing thematic units by incorporating the content of the courses under themes that emphasized our worldview and helping students view the content and skills they need at a given level. Mrs. Looyenga’s second class centered on writing curriculum and placing our worldview first in planning and writing it. She is working on her Master’s and hopes to finish in 2004, D.V. Mr. Dan Van Uffelen worked this summer on developing curriculum for American Literature and Mechanical Drawing Courses. He also revised curriculum for World Geography and English I. Dan and his wife Kate are anxiously awaiting the birth of their first child due in early November.We are thankful to God for providing us with a new teacher, Mr. Bob Vermeer. He comes to us from Covenant Christian High School, where he taught for 17 years. He is teaching math, physics, and computer courses. Bob and his wife Mary Lou have six children Rebecca is married to Rev. David Overway. Their sons David, 22, and Michael, 18, are attending Purdue-Calumet College. Mary Jo is 20 years old and working part time as a secretary at our grade school. Lori, 14, is a freshman at Heritage. Their youngest, Jonathan, is 10 years old and in the fifth grade. They now reside in Lansing and are members of Peace PRC. We pray that their work here will be blessed of the Lord and that they will enjoy the communion of the saints in our midst. |
we have moved our classrooms to another wing of Calvary Reformed Church. The increase in the number of students, 11 freshmen and 1 new junior giving us a total of 27 students, made this move necessary. We can see that we will soon need a facility with both larger and additional classrooms. The next two classes to come out of the grade school are both large, and the number of students at Heritage will quickly increase. The need for our own school building is upon us. At the last Association meeting, we established a building fund, with a goal of $1,650,000 by the fall of 2004. Association Members should have received new building fund envelopes in the mail. We put this need before you and pray that God will bless us with the finances necessary to provide a suitable facility. With much work ahead of us, we go forward trusting in our Heavenly Father to provide for us. We ask that you pray for the board and all those working toward this goal. The “Web Site Committee” of Heritage has developed a new web site. The address is www.heritagechs.org. Information regarding our faculty, curriculum, and school events can be found here. The Headliner, The Defender, board newsletters, and other news concerning Heritage Christian High School will be updated from time to time. We hope this new web site will help keep all involved in the school’s functions as we seek to promote excellent, Protestant Reformed Christian education for our high school aged students. We would like to thank the retiring members of the board: Henry Bleyenburg, Gys Van Baren and Todd Terpstra. Your dedication to Heritage is greatly appreciated. 2002-2003 School Board Earl Kamps - President Let us continue to remember the needs of HCHS in our prayers as well as in our thanksgiving for the high standard of education that is in harmony with our Protestant Reformed faith which God has granted us. In His Service, P.S. Reserve Friday evening October 11, for the Annual Fund Raising Dinner to be held at Calvary Reformed Church at 7:00.
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