We've made it! Our first big five-day week is complete. We pray that your transition has gone smoothly. It is a joy to have our children back in our classrooms, hallways and playgrounds. May you each enjoy a well-deserved weekend of restoration.
As you notice, this blog is now a combined Holland Christian Elementary Newsletter Blog. In an effort to improve and consolidate communication with you, our parent community, we are merging the South Side Newsletter and Pine Ridge Post into one site. Please use this blog for all information relevant to our elementary campuses.
Swimming Lessons
Each year we partner with the Holland Aquatic Center in offering out students swimming lessons. This year swim lessons will be September 14 - 25. Please note there will be NO swimming classes on- Friday, September 18th for SS due to pictures or September 23 for PR due to the Walk-a-Thon event.
If you have not already filled the permission slip out from Parent night it will be coming home today. This is a mandatory parent permission slip that needs returned to your child's teacher on or before Thursday, September 3. This is a requirement of the Aquatic Center prior to a student's participation in swim lessons.
School Pictures
Get ready- SMILE! School Pictures will be held Thursday & Friday, September 17 & 18.
There will be an assigned day per class, watch for this and order information coming home on Friday, September 11th.
Each year we partner with the Holland Aquatic Center in offering out students swimming lessons. This year swim lessons will be September 14 - 25. Please note there will be NO swimming classes on- Friday, September 18th for SS due to pictures or September 23 for PR due to the Walk-a-Thon event.
If you have not already filled the permission slip out from Parent night it will be coming home today. This is a mandatory parent permission slip that needs returned to your child's teacher on or before Thursday, September 3. This is a requirement of the Aquatic Center prior to a student's participation in swim lessons.
School Pictures
Get ready- SMILE! School Pictures will be held Thursday & Friday, September 17 & 18.
There will be an assigned day per class, watch for this and order information coming home on Friday, September 11th.
Note from Our School Counselor
Our elementary counselor, Mrs. DeeDee Throop will be available at Pine Ridge every Tuesday (all day) and Friday mornings; and South Side every Wednesday afternoons and Friday afternoons, to assist with any personal or social situations that might arise with our students. She has 12 years of teaching experience and is starting her 14th year as a counselor. She loves our children and thinks of herself as a "cheerleader" for them. If you have questions or concerns about your child, please call, email, or drop in to see her. God bless you as you parent your precious children. dthroop@hollandchristian.org or 616-886-4240
Welcome to the library!
- Regular weekly library visits begin the week of August 31 (Any summer check-outs should be returned before students may borrow additional materials.)
- Be sure to bookmark the Elementary Media Center webpage. http://www.hollandchristian.
org/schools/elementary_media_ center. There you will find links to our library catalogs--searchable from any Internet connected device. We also have links for many online learning resources.
- We have added lots of new books purchased with book fair profit! Thank you for supporting our library.
- Please consider becoming a library volunteer. Contact Mrs. Hofman, mhofman@hollandchristian.org, or your classroom teacher.
- Don't forget to recycle for reading. We recycle printer and toner cartridges and used cell phones, with proceeds supporting our elementary libraries.
Pine Ridge Carpool Reminders
Enter and exit Graafschap Road travel around the traffic circle counter clockwise, yield to all bus traffic. No stopping on traffic circle, at the end of the day remain stopped until all cars have been loaded and a staff member waves you along.
Enter and exit Graafschap Road travel around the traffic circle counter clockwise, yield to all bus traffic. No stopping on traffic circle, at the end of the day remain stopped until all cars have been loaded and a staff member waves you along.
HC Batons
We hope you have treasured the note written to your child from last year's teacher and tucked inside the special HC baton. It's not too late to write your own note to your child, or ask a close family friend, leader, or mentor to write their encouragement to your child about what they see as God's gifts in your student at this point in their growing. We ask that each baton be returned to school in time for our Convocation on Wednesday, September 2.
New time and place! HCS Back-to-School 2015 Convocation for all Preschool-12th grade students and all who are part of the HCS community: Wednesday, September 2, 9AM, HCHS Gymnasium. You are invited along with the entire Holland Christian Schools community to our annual Convocation Ceremony to kick-off our 2015-2016 school year. Whether you are a parent, grandparent, alumnus, friend, or supporter, we would love to welcome you along with all of our Preschool-12 grade students in a time of celebration, prayer, praise, and listening to God's Word at the beginning of this exciting new year. Various Holland Christian students, staff, and community members will lead in song, prayer, and devotion. Come and join us Wednesday, September 2, 9AM in the high school gym for this very special convocation service. You will be blessed!
Come Shop Our Kids' Stuff Re-Sale at HCHS on September 12, from 9:00 am to Noon. Lots of great fall/winter clothes for girls and boys and so much more. If you are interested in being a seller at this sale, please contact kidsale@
Volunteers needed: Sat. 11:30am - 1:30pm (clean up)
All sellers and volunteers can pre-shop the sale on Friday Night from 6:30pm - 8:30pm (Volunteers Only 5:30pm - 6:30pm) Please contact Shelly Conklin @ rconklinabc@sbcglobal.net or Lisa VanKampen @ dandlvankampen@charter.net.
Volunteers needed: Sat. 11:30am - 1:30pm (clean up)
All sellers and volunteers can pre-shop the sale on Friday Night from 6:30pm - 8:30pm (Volunteers Only 5:30pm - 6:30pm) Please contact Shelly Conklin @ rconklinabc@sbcglobal.net or Lisa VanKampen @ dandlvankampen@charter.net.
Walk-A-Thon
We are getting excited once again for our annual Walk-A-Thon on September 23rd and are looking for your help in making this years event a huge success. Donors are needed to put on the actual fundraiser and that is where you come in. If you as a family or business would like to give monetarily please email Kylie Leeuw at kyleeuw@gmail.com and she would be happy to help you. Your support is greatly appreciated!!
We are getting excited once again for our annual Walk-A-Thon on September 23rd and are looking for your help in making this years event a huge success. Donors are needed to put on the actual fundraiser and that is where you come in. If you as a family or business would like to give monetarily please email Kylie Leeuw at kyleeuw@gmail.com and she would be happy to help you. Your support is greatly appreciated!!
Important to help in communication: It is important that you update your demographic information in Powerschool now with your latest and most accurate contact information. Simply go in your browser to ps.hollandchristian.org, and, if you are a returning parent, log in with your personal log in and password. If you have difficulty, click the “If you are having trouble…” link to retrieve your login information. If you are a first-time parent, create a login for yourself. Then, either an “update demographic screen” will automatically pop up, or simply click the “change demographics” button on the left of the screen. This information is necessary for field trip participation, emergency response and treatment, student photo permission, and for the office to easily be able to contact a parent or guardian as needed or desired. When listing your child’s emergency contacts, please be sure to list two contacts other than yourself. Again, please do this today. Thank you!
September 2 - Convocation, 9AM, HCHS Gymnasium
September 2 - Convocation, 9AM, HCHS Gymnasium
September 3 - 4th Grade to Lansing Capitol
September 4 & 7 - No School
September 4 & 7 - No School
September 12 - Kids Stuff ReSale, 9AM-Noon
September 17 & 18 - Picture Day (Life Touch)
September 23 - Walk-A-Thon
September 25 - Boxtop Due Date
September 28 - No School
September 17 & 18 - Picture Day (Life Touch)
September 23 - Walk-A-Thon
September 25 - Boxtop Due Date
September 28 - No School
After School Program
Holland Christian offers a Before and After School Program for Rose Park, South Side, and Pine Ridge Elementary students each full day school is in session. The Before and After School Program provides children with an opportunity to develop spiritually, emotionally, physically, and socially through organized group activities and play. The cost of the program is $5 per hour. Drop in care, for children who do not regularly participate in the Before and After School Program, is also available if space allows. Before School Care: 7:00 am - 8:10 am After School Care: 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm If you have questions, please email Amanda Brouwer at abrouwer@hollandchristian.org.
Sign up for the program here
HCMS Magazine Sale
Do you need any magazines or magazine renewals? We will be kicking off our annual magazine sale fundraiser at the middle school on Thursday, September 3. If you need any subscriptions, please see any middle school student, stop/call the middle school office for info, or go to the online store www.gaschoolstore.com . Simply use our school code 2519965. The sale ends on September 11.
REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENT:
Holland Hospital School Nurse 5K Run/Walk
Holland Hospital invites families to participate in the 2015 School Nurse 5K Run/Walk on Thursday, October 1, at Holland High School. This is a fun, family-style event to benefit the hospital’s School Nursing Program. Students can enter the Run/Walk for FREE by completing ten 30-minute physical fitness activities of their choice prior to the event. Training Card envelopes will be available to students at the beginning of the school year in the school office or at hollandhospital.org by searching “School Nurse Run.” From daily medication administration to treating playground bumps and bruises, the school nurses care for the physical, emotional and social needs of over 11,000 Holland-area students.
Holland Christian offers a Before and After School Program for Rose Park, South Side, and Pine Ridge Elementary students each full day school is in session. The Before and After School Program provides children with an opportunity to develop spiritually, emotionally, physically, and socially through organized group activities and play. The cost of the program is $5 per hour. Drop in care, for children who do not regularly participate in the Before and After School Program, is also available if space allows. Before School Care: 7:00 am - 8:10 am After School Care: 3:15 pm - 5:30 pm If you have questions, please email Amanda Brouwer at abrouwer@hollandchristian.org.
Sign up for the program here
HCMS Magazine Sale
Do you need any magazines or magazine renewals? We will be kicking off our annual magazine sale fundraiser at the middle school on Thursday, September 3. If you need any subscriptions, please see any middle school student, stop/call the middle school office for info, or go to the online store www.gaschoolstore.com . Simply use our school code 2519965. The sale ends on September 11.
REQUESTED ANNOUNCEMENT:
Holland Hospital School Nurse 5K Run/Walk
Holland Hospital invites families to participate in the 2015 School Nurse 5K Run/Walk on Thursday, October 1, at Holland High School. This is a fun, family-style event to benefit the hospital’s School Nursing Program. Students can enter the Run/Walk for FREE by completing ten 30-minute physical fitness activities of their choice prior to the event. Training Card envelopes will be available to students at the beginning of the school year in the school office or at hollandhospital.org by searching “School Nurse Run.” From daily medication administration to treating playground bumps and bruises, the school nurses care for the physical, emotional and social needs of over 11,000 Holland-area students.
Thank you to our parent board for a wonderful kick off to a new year with the ice cream social this past Thursday night. It was a huge success! I hope everyone had a good time. I know I enjoyed talking to many of you. We are off to a wonderful start. I love the first day of school. It is a reminder of the joy and excitement we miss in June, July, and August. After today, we get to do this almost every day. "Life Together" with the students at Pine Ridge is a blessing. Our first day was filled with chapel, prayer time in individual classrooms, lots of pictures, and fun on the playground with friends we had not seen since last June. We also did a little academic work too. It is our prayer that Pine Ridge will be a blessing to you and your child(ren) this year. Pray for us as we partner together to set the example for our students to follow.
Baton Twirling Classes
Athletic Sensations is offering Baton Twirling Classes. for more information please call 616-460-1747 or email athleticsens@aol.com, visit them on their website at www.athleticsensations.com. Flyers are also available in the school office.
Baton Twirling Classes
Athletic Sensations is offering Baton Twirling Classes. for more information please call 616-460-1747 or email athleticsens@aol.com, visit them on their website at www.athleticsensations.com. Flyers are also available in the school office.
