Reflections from Head of School Brian Goodbar



Dear Heritage Community,

This is an exciting time to be part of our community! We’ve increased our enrollment by 20 students (10%) from last year. I have already interviewed over 20 new students for the 2025-2026 school year, along with four PreK students for the 2026-2027 school year. With the advent of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), Christian schools in Iowa are experiencing enrollment spikes across the state.

To support this growth, we have established a Master Facilities Planning Committee that has been meeting for several months to assess our needs. As many of you may know, we’ve contracted with...

Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP)

2024 Testing Results

Each year, students at Heritage Christian School take standardized tests. This past March our students took the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP).

This test serves many purposes for our school and our students and measures student achievement and growth across different subjects. The results help parents and teachers identify a student’s academic strengths and monitor a student’s progress over time.

It also allows us to compare their academic performance to other students in the state allowing Heritage to formulate decisions on curriculum and instruction.

Outstanding results for Heritage students:

2024-25

Theme Verse

Our theme for the school year is Run the Race based on 

Hebrews 12:1-2a "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus."

This is exactly what we desire for every student, staff member, and family at Heritage Christian School, to carry out our "race" fixing our eyes on Jesus. Our hope is that we will be examples to our students and their families as we learn and grow in Christ this year.

Alli Olsen Memorial

Outdoor Learning Space

On the last day of 4th grade at Heritage in 2021, sweet Alli Olsen was tragically killed in an automobile accident. Alli was most at home enjoying God's creation and was fearlessly adventurous. This past summer, Heritage built and dedicated an outdoor learning space to honor her memory. While the brightness of her smile and infectious laughter is greatly missed, our prayer is that all who visit this shelter will experience and enjoy the beauty of God's creation around them just the way Alli did.

Heritage Gala

Educating for Eternity

Sponsors

We're looking for sponsors for our 2025 Gala! If you have a business, a family member has a business, or you just know a business or individual that may be interested in sponsoring at any level, contact wichhartb@hcs-nl.com for more information.

Virtual Tour

Come tour with us!

Haven't been in our building for years or maybe haven't ever been inside at all? Click on the link below and take a virtual tour with us and see what our facility has to offer!

Check out a few highlights from our year so far by clicking the links below:

Soccer Season

See You at the Pole

2nd & 3rd Grade Field Trips

Middle School Discipleship Groups

Donuts with Dads

Pumpkin Patch Field Trips

Volleyball Season

S'mores Night

1st Grade Children's Museum

School of the Wild

Annual Fund

Interested in donating to our Annual Fund? Information will be mailed out next month but feel free to click below to see our website for details on our current Needs List for 2024.

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