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Calvary Christian GraduatesIsaac Burns is the son of Matthew Burns and Melanie Martin. He was involved in basketball and track and ran the sound booth at church. Isaac par-ticipated in the Hurricane Sandy Relief program and local highway clean up. He will attend Muskegon Community College for an autobody degree.

Lyssa Byers, daughter of Scott and Rosanne Byers, was a member of choir and band. She volunteered at the Rescue Mission and for tutoring. Lyssa will be attending Cedarville Uni-versity, majoring in exercise science.

Abbie Cammenga is the daughter of Jim and Anne Cammenga. While at Calvary, Abbie was in-volved in Student Govern-ment, serving one year as class secretary; National Honor Society; Honors Choir; and Good 2 Go Club. She also played basketball and participated in cross country. Abbie volunteered at Grant Christian School, tutoring, and with Love, Inc. of Newaygo County. Her church ministries included youth group, praise team and nursery worker. Abbie plans to pursue a career in pre-medical biology at Cor-nerstone University.

Ryan Cashler is the son of Lance and Tanya Cashler. He worked while attend-ing high school and was a member of the National Honor Society and Strategy Club. Ryan played football, baseball and basketball and was a member of the band. He plans to join the Army ROTC program.

Joel Fullmer, son of Tim and Becci Fullmer, plans to attend Cedarville University to study me-chanical engineering while playing NCAA division two soccer. While at Cal-vary, Joel played soccer and participated in choir and Student Showcase. He was a member of National Honor Society and Student Council. He is a drummer in his church worship and youth group bands.

Cory Greeno, son of Paul and Cindy Greeno, was a member of National Honor Society, Student Council and Strategy Club. He played soccer and golf and ran track. Cory sang in honors choir and was a member of the jazz band. He will attend Grand Val-ley State University in the fall to pursue a degree in chemistry.

Brittany Chartrand participated in missions trips to Guatemala and Detroit. The daughter of David and Laurie Char-trand, Brittany was active in student council, National Honor Society, Strategy Club, and was on the year-book staff. Her community service included tutoring and volunteering at Hope’s Outlet. She will be studying marine biology at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Chris Chartrand is the son of David and Laurie Chartrand. He was on the yearbook staff and played soccer and basketball. He went on a missions trip to Guatemala in 2013 and vol-unteered at Hope’s Outlet. Chris will attend Muskegon Community College for two years. He then plans to transfer to Grand Valley State University to major in social work.

Brendan Hamilton will study exercise science and sports management at Grace College in the fall. The son of Dan and Carrie Hamilton, Brendan was on the yearbook staff as its editor, he ran track and cross country, played basketball and soccer. He was a member of the honors choir, choir and band and volunteered as a day camp counselor.

Gabrielle Kuszews-ki, daughter of Ron and Kathy Kuszewski, was a member of National Honor Society, Strategy Club, and Book Club. She played volleyball and was in band and on the yearbook staff. She was part of the mis-sions club for the mission to Guatemala in 2013, and was a volunteer for Unity Music Festival. Gabrielle will study mathematics.

Elise Maine is the daughter of Rick and Deb-bie Maine. While at Calvary, Elise was a member of Na-tional Honor Society, Good 2 Go Club and Student Council. She played soccer and volleyball. Elise will at-tend Baker College in their Physical Therapy Assistant program.

Jonathon Moe will attend Lincoln College of Technology to study diesel technology. The son of Dean and JoAnne Mo, Jonathon went on a missions trip to Utah. He volunteered at Fort Faith Camp and enjoys Tae kwon do and hunting. He also worked while at-tending high school.

Michelle Postiff will be attending Spring Arbor University to study interna-tional business. She is the daughter of Bob and Linda Postiff and was a member of National Honor Soci-ety, Student Government, Honors choir, and the cha-pel worship team. She ran track, played volleyball and was a cheerleader. At her church, she is an AWANA leader and serves on the praise team.

Taylor Richards will study secondary education and play basketball at Cor-nerstone University in the fall. She is the daughter of Brad and Joy Richards. Her student activities included National Honor Society, class president, student law day participant, basketball, volleyball, track and soccer. She was a member of choir, honors choir and band.

Brook Sigur, daughter of Randall and Bridgette Sigur, participated in choir all four years in high school. She was class sec-retary, class vice president, and a member of National Honor Society. She was a cheerleader for two years and participated in track and field in her sophomore year. Brook will attend Cornerstone University to study elementary educa-tion.

Gage Berg, son of Vince and Noel Berg, plans to study at Cornerstone Uni-versity to focus on a career in writing. Gage was a member of the choir at Calvary. He participated in basketball and golf and Chapel service, and as-sists with parking at the church .

Submitted by Calvary Christian Schools) When we say something was done on purpose, we mean it was not an accident, not a random sequence of mishaps, not an afterthought. It was planned. It was intentional. This can be said of creation itself, and it can be said of the institutions in place that help us carry out God’s plan in this world. The following is an abridged version of the CCS Mis-sion Statement you can see in all of our documents. It is abridged because we have recently been encouraged to trim the 37 words down to 18 words. This example is six lines with three words in each line to help us remember them.

Partnering with parentsto equip students

toward personal excellencein the pursuit

of God’s purposefor their lives.

Partnering with parents…This joint venture is based on the assumption that the responsibility of “training

up a child in the way he/she should go” (Proverbs 22:6) falls first and foremost to the home. The Christian home should not fully delegate this parental responsibility to any institution, public or private, but it can choose to part-ner with educators who humbly serve “in loco parentis.” This Latin term literally means “in place of parents,” but it does not mean “instead of parents.” It more accurately implies “from the place where parents stand.” In other words, does it not make common sense to choose training partners who stand on common ground? The staff at CCS strives to reflect parental care as they come alongside to help instruct, direct, discipline (discipleship), and love their students. This being true, the “product” of the Christian school is not the student that the home sends to the setting, but more rightly the setting and service that the school provides to the home. The average student spends over 15,000 hours under the influence and supervision of schoolteachers during his/her K-12 education. Imagine the educational advantage of having a like-minded partnership between

the school and home. Imagine a school setting that purposefully integrates learning with life, science with conscience, facts with faith, theory with wonder, and wonder with belief. Being like-minded is not being “close-minded” to differing perspectives – it is agreement on essential truths. It is as inclusive as God’s Kingdom but as limited as His narrow way. (Matthew 7:13-14)•

Why mission matters at Calvary Christian Schools