For a homeschooling family, the beginning of a new school year can feel DAUNTING! After the boxes of new curriculum arrive and the excitement fades, you spread the books and lessons out and realize how much you are supposed to get through all of that in the next 9-10 months! I don’t know about you, […]
Why We Love Heritage Christian School Excerpt from Heritage Family News article, Feb/2018 issue By Steve and Heather Jensen These are some of the specific things we love about HCS: Community Connection: When Heather is at HCS events, she intentionally seeks out and gets to know people she doesn’t recognize. As other Heritage Moms have welcomed […]
I hope you all are enjoying your summer and indulging in some well-deserved rest. In the midst of the resting and slower pace that accompanies the summer season, many of you are planning or thinking about possibly trying to plan, for the upcoming school year. As you do so, I wanted to encourage and remind you to […]
As we send out this last e-newsletter of the 2021-2022 school year, I wanted to congratulate everyone on the successful completion of another school year! Some of you may already be done, some of you are on the final pages of your lesson plans, and some of you may still be plugging away throughout the summer. […]
As the school year comes to a close over the next few weeks, it is that TIME as a student to get ready to write a "final" paper or take a "final" exam. This is to ensure that everything that you have read, studied, or researched has been retained and understood. The definition of test preparedness is […]
Time has come once again for our Resurrection Sunday or Easter services. As a pastor, we often look at Easter Sunday as being the Super Bowl of church services. Most of us prepare all year to go over and above showcasing the very best our church has to offer. Why do we spend so much time on this […]
God put the word “investment” on my mind this week and I wanted to talk about that with you all. One of the definitions of investment provides a wonderful description of what Heritage families exude with their children: “an act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a […]
When my oldest daughter was about 3 years old, she learned a song that said, “I am standing, I am standing on the solid rock of Jesus!” It was adorable to hear her sing it and we loved to watch her perform it with so much passion and conviction. She may not have understood completely […]
The True Cost of Public Education by Vicki Stormoen, HCS Principal “I would love to pull my kids from public school and have them attend a Christian School or a Christian homeschool program, but I just can’t afford it.” This is one of the more common things I hear from those looking into the world of […]
Hello Fellow Home School Families. Let me start by saying how privileged I feel to be a part of the HCS family. We are unique in so many ways but I am most proud that our ministry stands strong for the principles and values bestowed upon us by our Creator. Heritage, without hesitancy or complacency, […]