HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 4900 – 40th Avenue Hudsonville, MI 49426 January 28, 2015 Phone: 616-669-1773 Fax: 616-669-4257 SONG OF THE WEEK Psalter #189 Make haste, O God, to save; To help me, Lord, make haste; Ashamed, confounded, they shall be Who would my life lay waste. All they that seek Thy face With joy in Thee abide, And loving Thy salvation, say, Let God be magnified. M<, REMINDER: We are halfway through the year and thankful for no major transportation related accidents. Please remember that the policies in place are intended for the safety of ALL of our children. Often parents make decisions that they think are for the good of THEIR children. As those who work in the school setting daily, we desire the safety of ALL of the children. To that end and to refresh your memories: 1) When dropping off at East campus, pull as far North as you can before dropping off (please do not drop your children off by the front doors unless you have received permission to do so). Stopping sooner if you are first in line could result in a fender-bender from the person behind you who expects that you will be doing what ALL of us are supposed to do. 2) When dropping off at West campus, follow the line forward as far as possible to drop off. Pulling into a spot and dropping off disrupts traffic flow and endangers children who are crossing the lot because they were dropped off where they were supposed to be dropped off. After school, no traffic is allowed in the lot prior to busses leaving the campus. If you are picking up, join the line in the church parking lot. If you have been at school as a volunteer, please wait for the buses to leave before backing out of your parking spot. 3) If this is unclear, please call the school offices for further instructions AND if an unfamiliar driver is used (grandma or grandpa) inform them of the procedures for the good of ALL of OUR children. Thank you – Mr. B. Kuiper and HCS staff SCHOOL NEWS: Friday, January 30 Burger King, Chips, Ice Cream Workers: HCS West - Please be here by 11 AM Lindsay Schimmel, Shauna Spriensma, Paula Steenwyk; HCS East - Please be here by 11:05 AM – Tami and Kim Scholten, Alison Spronk, Faith Smit Friday, February 6 Subway, Chips, Cookies Workers: HCS West - Please be here by 11 AM Brenda Terpstra, Denise Uittenbogaard, Susan VanBaren; HCS East - Please be here by 11:05 AM – Shelly Start, Jan Talsma, Sally Timmerman, Heidi VanBaren Hot lunch order forms for February (already!!!) are coming home today and are due THIS Friday by noon! UPCOMING HERITAGE CHR. SCHOOL EVENTS January 30 6th – 8th Rock-a-thon January 30 Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Day HCSW February 2 Geography Bee 12:15 PM February 3 Math Pentathlon Coach Training @ Huds. Chr. 6:30 PM February 4-5 Parent Teacher Conferences February 6 Fearfully & Wonderfully Made Day HCSE February 19 All School Program - 7 PM at Fair Haven Ministries February 20 Winter Break – no school March 7 Spring Children’s Clothing & Toy Sale (at HCSE) MATH PENTATHLON Th 1/22 - yes Math Th 1/29 - yes Math Coach Training @ Huds. Chr. 6:30 PM Th 2/5 - NO Math (PT Conf.) New Campus Cleaning: Thank you to all who volunteered to clean tomorrow. We will start at 8 am Th 2/12 – yes Math or as soon as you can get there. Plan to bring something to drink, a light snack will be provided. Meet at the main entrance on the Junior High wing. SPORTS SCHEDULES PT Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, February 4 and 5. The time frame for All games begin at 4 PM unless signing up for your K-5th grade students ends TOMORROW, January 29 at 11:59 PM. If you miss otherwise noted that deadline, you may call school to be added to the schedule or if you need to change your time. Sign th 8 Girls Basketball up for grades 6-8 will continue as it has for the past couple of times, by signing up on the laptops when Th 1/29 v Legacy (H) you arrive. Both days will be a half day of school. Both days will have public busing in the morning, T 2/3 v Byron (A) but NOT AT 11:30 AM. Th 2/5 v Hope (A) Public school bus families – there will be NO PUBLIC BUSING AT ALL THIS WEEK Friday, 7th Girls Basketball January 30 and Monday, February 2, or in the afternoons on PT Conference days (W & Th 2/4 and 5). Th 1/29 v Legacy (A) ACH Tuition payments: For those who signed up for ACH tuition payments, the 7th payment will be T 2/3 v Byron (H) deducted from your account on Monday, February 2. Th 2/5 v Hope (H) Attention Math Pentathlon parents: Game Day, which is planned for Thursday, March 5, requires each mathlete to provide a monitor for observing the students playing the games. Training will be provided at Hudsonville Christian's elementary school NEXT WEEK Tuesday, February 3 at 6:30PM. Be sure to sign up your monitor by this Friday!!! Please email Jodee at mjloop99@att.net. Thank you! Missing!! A pair of white men’s Nike basketball shoes. Please call Kate Bleyenberg at 616-437-6288 if you may have accidentally taken them home! Rock-a-Thon is THIS FRIDAY! We are still accepting pledges of at least $50 to attend the rock-a-thon. Plan on setting up at school on Friday between 2:30 and 5. Then come back and register between 6:30-7 pm. Please dress comfortably! If anybody wants to visit between 7pm and 7am, they are welcome. Thanks for all candy donations!! Any questions? Call Ronda at 481-3157 or Cara at 895-0121. Genesis Christian Preschool is accepting students for enrollment for the Fall 2015. To qualify for enrollment, your preschooler must be four years old by September 1, 2015. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Kristin Bleyenberg at kristinbley@gmail.com or call 485-0357 by March 11. The Geography Bee will be held in the HCSE gym next week Monday, February 2 at 12:15 PM. LAST WEEK!! The Yearbook staff would like to thank all of you who have already donated to become a Page Sponsor or Patron. However, we are still in need of more donors to fund our yearbook for this year. Please help us if you are able ASAP. Page Sponsors cost $95 and Patrons $45. Feel free to email or call school if you have any questions. Without the help of our supporters, our yearbook would not be possible. Thanks so much! FUNDRAISER NEWS: Spring/Summer Children's Clothing Sale: It's that time of year again! Time to start cleaning out the closets and hauling out the totes of clothing! March 3 is the date to mark on your calendar! Please call or email Jamie Noorman at 457-3742 or jnoorman@sbcglobal.net to reserve your seller number. SmartShop – Remember, you can schedule yourself to work on any day during the month that works best for you by logging in to signupgenius.com and clicking on the "Find a signup" tab on the upper right corner. Use the email address of hcssmartshop@yahoo.com to locate our signup sheets for the months of January-March. If you need help signing up or do not have access to the Internet please contact one of the committee members or email your questions to the email address listed above. OTHER PR SCHOOL NEWS: Have you marked February 5 down on your calendar? Please do! You don't want to miss the 3rd annual Protestant Reformed Student Orchestra's year end performance. Come and hear an enjoyable evening of classical, religious and folk music. Our group includes sounds from cellos, violas and violins. See you at 7:00 pm at the Grandville Middle School Auditorium. The PR Student Orchestra (PRSO) was formed to serve string students from the PR schools and churches. We have now grown to where we have students representing all of the area Protestant Reformed schools. We would love to share our music with you! Hope School Circle will be making Pigs-in-the-Blanket on Tuesday Feb 10. Call Joann Klamer at 403-8210 or email at Klamerjo@gmail.com to place your order soon so you don’t miss out. At $8.00 per dozen these are a great value and quantities are limited. Adams Chr. School Soup Supper: Please plan on joining us Thursday evening, February 12 from 5-7 for our annual soup supper! We will be serving 3 delicious soups, BBQ, hot dogs and homemade desserts - hope to see you there! Eastside Christian School Pizza Night: To be held on VALENTINES DAY, Saturday, February 14, in the basement of First PRC from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The pizza is homemade with our famous sauce and all the toppings! You can order your pizza baked or unbaked. Please call 942-0332 (church basement phone number) for your carry out orders. We will offer open gym IN THE SCHOOL until 9:00 p.m.! It is a great night of fellowship. We hope to see you there! Registration for the CCHS 4-on-4 volleyball fundraiser (Saturday, March 21) is open. Please email Denise Uittenbogaard (deniseuittenbogaard@hotmail.com) to reserve your spot. Covenant Christian Girls Summer Basketball Camp: A basketball camp is being planned for June 8-11 of this coming summer. Girls entering grades 4-9 are invited to participate in our skills camp. There will be a morning session (9 A.M.-12 P.M.) for elementary grades (46) and an afternoon session (1-4 P.M.) for middle/high school grades (7-9). Plan to attend! Thank You! CCHS Summer Volleyball Camp is scheduled for June 22-25 for 5th-8th graders. The 9-12th grade camp held at IMPACT Dynamic Training is also scheduled for the same week. More details and registration forms to come soon. Save the Date: Charger Camps are back from July 13-16 at Covenant Christian High School. More information and camp details will be available soon! OTHER NEWS: Southeast Church (host of the 2015 convention) is having a convention fundraiser February 11 at Rainbow Grill. Please come to either the Grandville or Hudsonville location where 10% of the ENTIRE day's receipts will be donated. Thank you for your support! Southwest PR Church's Young People's Society is hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 14, from 8:00 - 10:30 at the church. Donations go toward the 2015 Young People's Convention. The best cinnamon rolls in town will also be available to purchase! Save the date! Plan to attend the annual Soup Supper on March 14 from 4:30 to 7 pm at Hope School, sponsored by Hope Church Young Peoples Society. And stay afterwards to support the Hope School Foundation by attending their travelogue.