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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

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

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?

Celebrating Our Wins

Mar 31, 2023

Classes 2 and 3 helped with maple syrup processing at Van Raalte Farm this week. Dear...

Froebels for Kindergarten & Young Learners

Mar 20, 2023

Frederich Froebel was a German educator perhaps best known for inventing kindergarten. One of his...

Resources for Parenting Modern Teens in Light of the Dangerous Pressures They Face

Jan 14, 2021

Chaplain Brent Pollema teaches high school Bible courses at Calvary and acts as the Chaplain for both campuses, spending time with students both inside and outside of the classroom. By Brent Pollema Chaplain, Bible Teacher Calvary Schools of Holland As we watch...

Calvary student’s essay wins local education grant

Jan 8, 2021

Eighth grade Calvary student Muireann Cruz wrote about teacher Zach Ward for a local Lake Michigan Credit Union essay contest. The following is an essay 8th grade Calvary student Muireann Cruz wrote and submitted for a recent Lake Michigan Credit Union essay contest....

Christmas Concert

Dec 15, 2020

Calvary Schools of Holland presents A Christmas Concert Virtual Presentation Welcome to this special presentation of our annual Christmas Concert event. We hope that you can set aside this special moment to watch your students and their friends sing beautiful...

A glimpse into the emotional climate of our classrooms

Dec 4, 2020

By Megan Goossen 6th Grade Faculty Calvary Schools of Holland One of my favorite authors is Madeleine L'Engle (best known for her novel A Wrinkle In Time). I came across this quote from her novel A Swiftly Tilting Planet the other day: “The world has been abnormal for...

Helping Children Deal With Uncertainty

Nov 23, 2020

By Ben Sytsma Assistant Principal, 5th Grade Faculty   Calvary Schools of Holland Each summer, I attempt to read through at least a few classic books, most of which are books that students at Calvary read at some point in their education. Many of these wonderful...

A Respite From The Storms

Nov 9, 2020

It seems that every American household is feeling a heavy burden right now. National elections City unrest My job My business Schools Masks Illness, death, bereavement My health My family’s health My family’s financial stability Will it get worse? Will it get better?...