Dear GCS Parents

Welcome to the 2019-20 School Year! The staff here at Grandville Christian School are looking forward to a fantastic year together. In less than two weeks, we will be kicking off the new school year with another fantastic group of students. We have been hard at work over the summer getting ready for the year and we are excited to welcome them back! Over the summer, we have done some reorganizing and some names and faces are in a few different places as well as a few new faces joining our staff!
  • Kindergarten - Kaiti Piotrowski - Mrs. Piotrowski will be joining the GCS staff as our English Progressive Kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Piotrowski has over 6 years of early elementary teaching experience and is thrilled to be joining the GCS team!
  • ESS - Robin VanSolkema - Mrs. VanSolkema joins our ESS team with a wealth of knowledge and experience working with early elementary literacy interventions. We are exited to have her join our team and begin working with our early elementary students!
  • ESS - Sarah Fennema - Sarah Fennema will be switching roles from first grade teacher to our Educational Support team. She will be filling the role that Janet Kromendyk leaves after her retirement. We are excited to add Ms. Fennema to this team as she adds great experience as a classroom teacher and the added Spanish language aspect to our student supports.
  • 1st Grade - Angie Johnson - Ms. Johnson will be transitioning from 3rd grade teacher to 1st grade Spanish Immersion teacher. She is excited about this age group and will bring great excitement to the first grade team!

Please also take note of some important dates below:
  • August 15 - GCS Open House 6:30-7:30
  • August 19 - First day of school-1/2 day for K-5.Dismissal at 11:30. Jr K starts August 20
  • August 23 - No School
  • August 30 - No School -Labor Day
  • Sept 2 - No School - Labor Day
  • Sept 27 - Grandparents Day- More details to follow

Hot lunch will begin service on Tuesday, August 20. You will find the August menu HERE. You will also see more information about hot lunch at our open house.
Also see the attached 2019-20 GCS Calendar HERE as well as the School Supply List HERE

We are excited to start the year with our Pre-K -12th Grade Theme for the year, Wonder! You can read more about a brief description of the theme HERE. Our theme will be a large part of what we do this year in connection to our Mission of Loving. Learning. Serving.

I am also excited to share that a new parent committee has formed in the goal of finding ways of being environmentally responsible again, connected to our mission. The name of the committee is the Creation Care Advisory Committee. More can be found HERE.

Bus information for students who will be riding GCCS buses and Grandville Public buses can be found in your PowerSchool account information under the transportation tab.

And last but not least, click on the link for GCS 2019-20 Class Lists



Again, I couldn't be more excited to kick off the new school year and see all of our students back in the building! If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to let us know. You can call or email the office at 616-538-9710 or gcsoffice@gccsmi.org. You can also contact me at the same number above or at dbraman@gccsmi.org
Thank you again for partnering with us at GCS, I hope to see you at our open house on August 15!


Derek Braman
Principal
Grandville Christian Elementary School
Grandville Calvin Christian Schools
dbraman@gccsmi.org