Calvary teachers take an intentionally different approach in how they work with students. How Discipleship Goes Beyond ‘Classroom Management’ By Ben Sytsma Principal Calvary Schools of Holland If you look at any Christian school website, they have listed as a part of their vision that they exist in part to...
Calvary Schools of Holland presents Spring Celebration of Learning Concert Virtual Presentation Welcome to this special presentation of our annual Spring Celebration of Learning Concert. We hope that you can set aside that evening to join us online for this virtual event, in which your students and their friends...
A group of Calvary moms meets once a week to pray together for our families and school community. Weekly moms prayer group experiences answered prayers, invites other moms By Barb VanDyke Leader, Moms in Prayer Calvary Schools of Holland Although we are privileged and blessed to be mothers, we moms...
Students’ attitudes towards various subjects have a great effect on how their relationships with those subjects blossom or wither away. By Ben Sytsma Assistant Principal, 5th Grade Faculty Calvary Schools of Holland Throughout our lives, we are assessed or evaluated primarily by what information we know. I can remember, even...
The Shadowlands is a wonderful movie about C.S. Lewis and his relationship with his wife. In the film, Lewis receives terrible news and is powerless to change the outcome of the situation. In the midst of his sorrow, a colleague tells Lewis, “I know how hard you’ve been praying and...
Middle school students learned the principles of shelter building from the Outdoor Discover Center staff during this year’s Winterim. By Zach Ward 8th Grade Teacher, Director of Instruction Calvary Schools of Holland From single and double crochet, to chords and strum patterns, to opening strategies and endgames of chess, to...
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 students attempt to navigate through today’s culture,...
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. Students were asked to tell how their...
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 songs and recite meaningful passages that they have been...
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 so long...