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Snow "Hours" Make Up - this coming week!
Don't forget - this coming Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday school starts at 8am to make up for snow day hours!
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Director of Curriculum Announcement
Dear Heritage Community - I am pleased to announce that Mrs. Rachel Super has accepted the position of Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the 2024-25 school year. Mrs. Super brings 15 years of experience teaching at HCS and is completing her Master’s Degree in Education (Curriculum & Instruction, Special Education, and Early Childhood) this May. Her expertise in Teaching for Transformation, instructional coaching, biblical integration, and passion for struggling students will fill a big role for Heritage going forward. I am greatly looking forward to working with her as we bring this position back to focus on teacher coaching, TfT implementation, and oversight of curriculum and assessment at Heritage Christian School.
Congratulations Mrs. Super!
~Mr. Goodbar
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Association (ICACSA) Information
A reminder that if you haven't signed up to be a member of the Association and are interested in being involved and supporting the mission and vision of Heritage, there's still time.
Members must sign an agreement with the statement of faith and pay annual dues. All memberships expired March 1st so if you would like to be a part of the association and have not signed up in the last month, please click on the Membership Application which can be submitted online along with payment. *Please note that we only accept Paypal payments and NOT Venmo even though that shows up on the form. You can also drop off a check in the office.
The spring association meeting will be held on Thursday, May 2 at 7pm at the school. We encourage you to make plans to attend! Watch for the agenda and additional information about the meeting to come next week!
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Spirit Day
Our "Principal for the day" William Kartvelishvili chose Tuesday, April 30th to be hoodie and hat day! Please celebrate by wearing your teams favorite hoodie or hat!
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Middle School Neon Night
Attention 5th Grade – 8th Grade students! Save the date!
- MS StudCo presents “Neon Night”
- Friday, May 10, 2024 from 7:00-9:30 PM
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Worship, Chapel Time , and Class Games between 5th- 8th grade classes
- Classes will wear “neon” colors to school on Friday, May 10 and then come back in the evening for some food, fun and fellowship
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5th Grade: Neon Pink; 6th Grade: Neon White; 7th Grade: Neon Yellow; 8th Grade: Neon Blue
- Students will enjoy Chapel Messages including hearing from Heritage Alumni, and Class Competitive Games!
- Sign up in the hallway outside Mrs. Pickart’s Room by MAY 3!
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We need your help with food for the event. Sign Up Genius here: NEON NIGHT
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Evening of Art Thank You
"THANK YOU!" to all those who helped to make our 3rd Annual Evening of Art: Gallery Walk a success!! Thank you for rolling tape, mounting artwork, cleaning, arranging artwork and flowers, labeling, brainstorming, and for all the help the day of the show; gym set-up, making and bringing cookies! We appreciate all those that stayed and helped with transforming the gym from an Art show into a welcoming space for Grandparents Day! You continue to give of your time and talents, and it amazes me how encouraging and generous you are!
SPECIAL THANKS to Katrina Cannon, Laura Hanneman, and Erica Wallace for all your time, encouragement, and God-given gifts in gathering people, and helping pull off this event!! You are so FUN to work with! Also, thank you to Teresa Shymansky (somethingbeautiful.org) for displaying the beautiful bouquet of flowers as a focal point of the art show, again this year! The evening was definitely a beautiful display of COMMUNITY BUILDING, IMAGE REFLECTING, and BEAUTY CREATING!!
WE ARE GOD'S MASTERPIECES...created for GOOD WORKS! Eph. 2:10
Mrs. Tresa Munson - Fine Arts Director
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Heritage Night at the Ballpark - Saturday, May 18th
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 18th for Heritage Night at the Cedar Rapids Kernels. The game will begin at 6:35pm and it will end with fireworks! Discounted club seat tickets will be offered. We will send the flyer home that you can fill out or you can check it out here and order online. There is also a couple of chances to participate in pre-game activities! If your child is interested in the pre-game activities the sign-up is below. There is a limited amount available so it is first come first serve.
Heritage night at the Kernels
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Teacher Appreciation Donations and Volunteers
Help us show our appreciation for our teachers who have gone above and beyond this year. Sign up to donate food or consider donating a $10 gift card from businesses that have supported Teacher Appreciation Week in the past!
Teacher Appreciation Donations
Heritage teachers give so much time to their students, now let's give a little time to them during Teacher Appreciation Week! Your time commitment is short, but the impact is big, so please sign up to volunteer and help us show our appreciation for all our teachers and staff do for our families.
Teacher Appreciation Volunteers
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Operation G.O.O.D. Volunteers Needed! We need drivers for 2nd - 8th grade in order to do our service project!
We need your help in driving or chaperoning for our various service projects on the morning of May 3rd. Please check out the signup genius and see how you can help! If we can't secure enough drivers, we'll have to cancel our off-site service portions.
Kindergarten and 1st grade parent volunteers are needed from 9am to 11am to walk with the students for trash clean up and drawing encouraging notes with sidewalk chalk.
2nd-4th grade parent volunteers are needed to drive to Squire Point from 9am to 11am.
5th-8th grade parents volunteers are needed to drive to area city parks from 8:45am to 11am.
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Open Positions for the 2024-25 School Year
We're currently recruiting for the following open positions for the 2024-25 school year.
- 5th Grade Teacher
- Admissions Coordinator/Registrar
If you or someone you know may be interested, please visit the Employment page on our website and click on the position for a job description, complete the Application for Employment along with the Associated Questions and submit to Mr. Brian Goodbar
Extended Care Coordinator
We're looking for an Extended Care Coordinator beginning next school year (Fall 2024). This position requires the person to be 21 years of age with a degree or experience in early childhood education. If you know of someone who may be interested in a part-time position (30-35 hrs/week), contact Mr. Brian Goodbar. For a complete job description, click here.
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2024 Talent Show
The 2024 Talent Show is coming up quickly. The Talent Show is for students in Kindergarten – 8th grade and is held the last day of school, May 24th. Talent show rehearsals will be May 7 & 8 from 3:30-5pm. Students who sign up must have their acts polished and performance ready when they come to rehearsal. If acts are not polished and ready, students will not be allowed to perform at the talent show. Students may participate in 1 solo act and 1 group act if desired. Solo acts should be under 3 ½ minutes and group acts should be under 5 minutes. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Super, Mrs. Palmer or Mrs. Munson.
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Missions - Mr. & Mrs. Pretorius and Anani
We are excited to announce that Miss Mysnyk got married over Christmas break. She and her husband are excited to continue to serve as global workers in India! Thank you for praying for them. Also, please remember that students can bring money in to support Anani through Compassion International. Thank you for praying for the nations with us!
Please pray for:
· Protection (physical, spiritual, emotional, etc.)
· Boldness (to share Jesus authentically and powerfully)
· Peace (people of peace to help share the Good News)
· Assurance (that God is with them and is for them)
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Sports Update
Track meet recap
Back on April 15th, the 5th-8th track athletes participated at a meet in Oskaloosa with eight other Christian schools. The sunny, warm day brought out great performances from Heritage with even a few records being broken. Heritage came away with 15 first place finishes, 12 second place finishes, 8 third place finishes, 5 fourth place finishes, and 8 fifth place finishes. Congratulations to our athletes who broke records: John Barclift broke the meet and school record in the standing long jump (8’) and 200m (:28.5). Bria Palmer broke the school record in the shot put (19’ 3”). Claire Cannon broke the school record in the 400m (1:09.43), and the Sprint Medley relay (Lexi Liu, Kaelyn Van Otterloo, Grace Barnes, and Claire Cannon) broke the school record with a time 2:14. It was wonderful to see the team cheer each other on. Way to go Eagles!
This past week, the 7/8 boys and girls track team participated in a meet hosted by Regina. With only five boys on the team, it was hard to place and score points in the 8th grade division, but it was a great learning and growing experience. The girls team had seven top five performances. Kaelyn Van Otterloo broke the school and meet record with a winning jump of 15’ 3.75”, and she placed 5th in the 100m dash (:14.45). Lauren Kallemeyn placed 5th in the high jump (3’ 10”). The 8th grade sprint medley team of Lexi Liu, Amber Ellerie, Miriam McDonald and Claire Cannon placed 4th. Claire Cannon broke her own school record in the 400m bettering her time by two seconds (1:07.55) for 3rd place. Claire also placed 4th in the 100m (:13.99) and 3rd in the long jump (13’ 4.5”). Nice work Eagles!
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Upcoming Events
Last Day to Withdraw Enrollment for 2024-25 Without Penalty
Tuesday, April 30
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 6-10
ICACSA Meeting
Thursday, May 2
7pm
Operation G.O.O.D. Service Project
Friday, May 3
8:45-11:40am
Spring Choir Concert (HS 2nd-8th)
Tuesday, May 7
7pm
Spring Band Concert
Thursday, May 16
7pm
8th Grade Graduation
Thursday, May 23
7pm
Last Day of School/Talent Show
Friday, May 24
School Dismisses at 11:30am
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Heritage Christian School exists to serve Christ by partnering with parents to provide biblically faithful, academically excellent education. The vision of Heritage Christian School is to be a leader in developing passionate life long learners committed to Christ.
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