Unity Christian High School
"Imitators of God"
Wed., March 17, 2010
Phone 737-4114 Activity Line 737-3865
www.unity.pvt.k12.ia.us or www.unitychristian.net
SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING
All college students who aspire to become high school teachers are required to complete several weeks of student teaching. In most cases the student teaching experience is broken into two segments so that the college student benefits from working with at least two different cooperating teachers in a couple of different school settings.
Unity Christian High School has served as the “training grounds” through the years for numerous beginning teachers. This year is no exception, and yet we monitor the number of student teachers and the departments where they are placed. Although it depends upon the high school student’s schedule, we try to assign student teachers in such a way that no student will have what is perceived to be too many student teachers. I am pleased to report that the student teachers who come to us from Dordt College and Northwestern College perform at an outstanding level.
We welcome four secondary education student teachers for this session. They are as follows:
Russ Dykshoorn, a senior majoring in History at Dordt College, is working with Mr. Jeff Droog as his cooperating teacher. Russ is from Abbotsford, British Columbia.
Dale De Jong, a Northwestern senior from Orange City, is teaching History with Mr. Terry Beimers.
Jessica Pomerenke, majoring in Math, is from Sioux City. Her cooperating teachers are Mrs. Shirley Kaemingk and Mrs. Janna Van Donge. Jessica is a student at Northwestern College.
Megan Redlin is a senior at Northwestern College from Buffalo, Minnesota. Her major is Spanish and Mr. Rob Suwyn is her cooperating teacher.
We are pleased to cooperate with our local colleges in providing a strong preparation for each of these student teachers. We wish them God’s richest blessing as they follow His lead in the future.
Harlan De Vries, Principal Calendar
Wed., Mar. 17 Roundtable; Game Club
7:00 p.m. – Finance Committee; 8:00 p.m. – Board Meeting
Thu., Mar. 18 Chapel: Hope
1:00 p.m. – Matinee of The Velveteen Rabbit
Tuition statements distributed
7:00 p.m. – The Velveteen Rabbit
Fri., Mar. 19 Senior Capstone Reflection Outline Due
Dismiss at 11:50 a.m. – Inservice – End of 3rd Quarter
7:00 p.m. – The Velveteen Rabbit
Sat., Mar. 20 7:00 p.m. – The Velveteen Rabbit
Sun., Mar. 21 6:00 p.m. – Morning Glory Singers at Sioux Center 1st CRC
Mon., Mar. 22 Girls & Boys Golf Practices Begin
5:00 p.m. – Dordt Invitational Co-ed Track Meet
Tue., Mar. 23 Chapel: Pastor John Lee
11:00 a.m. – Moms-in-touch
6:00 p.m. – WEC Academic Banquet at Spalding Catholic
Wed., Mar. 24 Report Cards available on Parent Access on the website
Thu., Mar. 25 Chapel: Easter
Jr. High Band Festival at Unity
Fri., Mar. 26 Regional Science Fair in Brookings
Sat., Mar. 27 Knightsounds Trip (through the 29th)
Tue., Mar. 30 11:00 a.m. – Moms-in-touch
Dismiss at 1:50 p.m. – Faculty Inservice
5:00 p.m. – Unity Early Bird Co-ed Track Meet
Wed., Mar. 31 Roundtable
Dismiss at 1:50 p.m. – Faculty Inservice
Advance Dates
Apr. 1 Snow Make-up Day
Apr. 2 Knights for Life Prayer Vigil
Apr. 2-5 Easter Break
Apr. 8 UCHS Foundation Banquet Spring
Apr. 9 Junior/Senior Banquet Showers
Apr. 10 Solo/Ensemble Contest; ACT Test
Apr. 13 Mother-Daughter Banquet
Apr. 16 Dordt Choir Festival; Freshman Grandparent Day
*Congrats to:
*The Math Team who placed 2nd at the Dordt Competition. Srs. - Matt Gorter, Sarah Kaemingk, Austin Van Wyhe, Austin Walhof; Jrs. – Seth Borchard, and Jinny Seo; Sophs.– Kaira Krommendyk, Renae Meines, Kristin Nymeyer, Nathan Reichert, David van Beek, Heather Vander Kooi, Alex Walhof; Fr. – Daniel Gorter and Shannon Vander Berg
*The Science Fair Project winners and all the students for their hard work.
*Caroline Reinders who was Athlete of the Week in the Sioux Center News.
**Moms-in-Touch: For the past two weeks, Unity's Moms In Touch praised God that
He is the Miracle Worker (One who performs unexplainable and supernatural acts) and that He is our Rock (One who is a firm foundation, stable, dependable, support, refuge). Please join us in praying Isaiah 26:3-4 for our child(ren) and all our students, faculty and staff: Lord, you promise to keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because he/she trusts in you. We pray that ___ would trust in you forever, for you are the Rock eternal. Moms In Touch gave thanks and prayed for by name some of our sophomore students along with Robert Suwyn (Spanish) and our custodial staff (Dennis Snieder and Bev Sneider, Shelley Everson and Melinda Jacobsma/Assistants) along with many other cares and concerns of our Unity staff, students, families and building project. Moms In Touch meets for one hour each Tuesday from 11 a.m. - noon in room 2 of the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. All moms are welcome and encouraged to join us at any time. If you have any questions or prayer requests, contact Rachel Raih, rraih@mtcnet.net, or Carol Borchard, familyborch@yahoo.com.
**Spring Musical: "The Velveteen Rabbit" continues on March18,19 and 20. Admission is $5 adults/$4 students (K-college).and begins at 7:00 p.m. Call our office for reserved seating. There will also be general seating for the same cost.
**Unity’s Junior High Band Festival will take place on Thursday, March 25 in our gym at 7:00 p.m. Junior High Bands from Sheldon, Ireton, Sioux Center, and Orange City Christian Schools as well as our own Unity Symphonic Band will be performing. Free will offering will be received for Unity’s music department.
**Track and Wind Jackets – order deadline is this week – go online to read the description about each jacket and prices. Several apparel items have been reduced as well. See the order form online.
**Senior Presentations Night: Wed., May 19, 2010
**MOC/Floyd Valley Drivers Ed registrations are available in the office. They must be returned to our office by Friday, April 2.
**Spring/summer sports pocket schedules are now available in the office. Schedules are on our website. Changes will be made there. Changes need to be made at times because of the Iowa weather.
**The UCHS Mother-Daughter Banquet will be held on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 pm at Unity, with punch being served at 6:30 pm. Join us for an evening around the theme “Garden of my Heart”. All girls (8th grade or older), mothers, grandmothers and friends of UCHS are invited. Cost of the catered meal is $8.00 per person to be paid that night. A freewill offering for Unity will also be taken. Contact Kay Kleinhesselink at 712-737-3192 or kamik@c-i-service.com, Mandy Viet at 712-552-1103 or jimsrepair@netllcwb.net, Jill Jacobsma at 712-737-8141 or jacobsma@orangecitycomm.net, or Deb Peters at 737-3832 or bartmf750@hotmail.com for reservations by Monday, April 5, 2010.
**Wood Shoe and Dutch Costume Exchange on Wed./Thur., Apr. 7/8 from 2:00-7:00 p.m. at the Iowa State Bank Basement – watch local newspapers or check the bulletin board for more details.
**Thank you for your participation in the Pizza Ranch Mission Haiti project – a total of $7200 was realized from the eight Ranches.