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It’s Already Been Ten Years

As I was reminiscing with a parent recently about that first year, we realized that I have a special connection with our upcoming senior class (though I doubt they remember it).  Carly, Noah, Gibson, and Brody — I was your first grade teacher for the first three days...

The Child is the Father of the Man

William Wordsworth has a way of saying much with just a few words — the trait of a poet whose words are worth considering. What Wordsworth is saying — and what we as educators at Calvary take to heart — is that the experiences, emotions, attachments, and habits that...

Finding God’s Footprints

At Calvary, one of the ways we serve families is by removing the distractions of life that can keep our kids from meeting with God.

Finding God’s Footprints

We’re lake people, here in Holland, Michigan. We know what it is to dip a toe into that frigid...

A State Championship

 Calvary won the Division 4 Boys Cross Country State Championship at Michigan International...

A Valuable Education, Part 4: Intentionality in Parenting

A Valuable Education, Part 4: Intentionality in Parenting

Charlotte Mason developed a comprehensive view of the relationship between education and parenting. She viewed parents as the primary educators and emphasized the importance of proactive, rather than reactive, engagement from parent to child regarding character, habits, and respectful relationships with the world. The best possible partnership between parents and school is born out of this shared viewpoint.

A Valuable Education, Part 2: Intentionality in Music

A Valuable Education, Part 2: Intentionality in Music

Our achievements at the MVSMA state choir festival are yet another piece of proof that regardless of natural ability, everyone can sing. Everyone can write, and work with their hands, and draw. That is to say, everyone can work hard, receive training, and be able to do well in a wide range of subjects. One of the things that makes our school unique in our area is that we believe it is important that they do so.

A Valuable Education, Part 1: Intentionality in Science

A Valuable Education, Part 1: Intentionality in Science

At Calvary, we offer strategic scientific subjects, taught in specific ways, with skillful teachers — mammalogy, herpetology, ornithology, entomology, basic anatomy, physics, biology, chemistry, and advanced anatomy.

An Exceptionally Valuable Education: An Introduction

An Exceptionally Valuable Education: An Introduction

A February 2025 Gallup poll revealed that 73% of Americans are dissatisfied with the public school system. Reports like these tend to garner responses in the press full of unchallenged platitudes about what defines a valuable education: what’s working and what’s not working. But what actually defines a valuable education?