A Note from Our School Board

Dear CCS Family and Friends,

             

The School Board, administration, faculty, and staff are excited about 2012-2013. With God’s help and your continued enthusiasm and support… it’s going to be an AMAZING year!

Back in November and December of 2011, general support for the idea of an independent Christian school model was expressed by both church and school leaders, and the School Board and administrator were urged to begin the months of work that such a transition involves. We are thankful that so many of you began making this a matter of regular and earnest prayer.

As was expressed at the banquet last week, we want to thank Calvary Church for providing a great 32-year start to this continuing story. We are pleased to announce that Calvary Christian Schools achieved its status as an independent non-profit K-12 Christian school on January 3, 2012, with the intent of transitioning to that new status at the close of the current school year (June 30, 2012).

Many of you have had questions in recent weeks, and we will have more specific answers in the weeks to come, but rest assured that CCS will continue to be the place where these teachers and staff and parents and students come to do what we have been doing for three decades. There are some pending matters that, frankly, only God can answer in the weeks and months ahead, and we patiently await His leading.

Dozens of business and educational professionals are working on this transition. We are well prepared and thankful for God’s provision of all we need to open in the fall. We are pleased to say that all administrators, staff, and virtually all faculty contracted in the fall of 2011 have expressed whole-hearted intent to return in the fall of 2012. Their enthusiasm is inspiring. Their expressed commitment is no doubt why this year's re-enrollment is already one of the highest percentages in school history—with the April total being just two students less than last year’s record-setting return of 90%. We typically enroll dozens more students between May and September, and anticipate a full house in the fall. New families are calling and touring the school almost every week. It is our staff's expressed commitment to CCS that makes this possible during this year of transition to an independent model of the Calvary Christian Schools. We are all stakeholders in this important transition, and we thank each of you for your unwavering partnership in this historic year.

The CCS staff joins the newly incorporated CCS Board in the desire to see our school continue with confidence in the same family-friendly atmosphere and God-honoring setting that makes CCS our school of choice.  In other words, if you enjoy the CCS that you have chosen to partner with in the past, rest assured that it is in that spirit, unity, and enthusiasm that Calvary Christian Schools intends to continue serving our homes for years to come.

In a few weeks, we will be celebrating commencement for the Class of 2012. Commencement implies commencing, starting, launching, it refers to the beginning of something and not its end. And so this summer marks a new beginning for Calvary Christian Schools as we proceed with gratitude for our roots and anticipation for the growth and strength that God has for our future.

Signed,

CCS, Incorporated, Interim Board of Directors, (In alphabetical order)

Jeff Anhalt, Joy Assaad, Ron Kuszewski, Brad Richards, Joe Stewart, Andrew Wesner, Jeff Zehr