November 8, 2024

Veterans Day Celebration - Monday

You are invited to join us for this very special annual community event held at Heritage on Monday, November 11th. We are thankful for our veterans, and we look forward to honoring them. The event's prelude will begin at 9:15am and will conclude by 10:45am. Please join us outside after the ceremony for an honorary flyover at 11:00am. Please note that this is a full day of school this year.

Our guest speaker this year is retired Air Force Major Kent Christen. Kent "Frag" Christen grew up in Guttenberg, Iowa and graduated from Guttenberg High School in 1988. He attended the University of Iowa and graduated with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in History in 1992 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force the same day. Kent entered active duty at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas to attend the Intelligence Applications Officer Course. After graduating, he served for 20 years at duty stations in Korea, Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois with temporary assignments to Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. During his career, he served as a flight instructor and evaluator, a formal schools instructor, Group Senior Intelligence Officer, ROTC instructor, and as the analyst for a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, Kent deployed twice for Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 and 2009 and once for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007. Along the way, he earned two Bronze Star Medals, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, three Meritorious Service Medals, Air Force Non-rated Aircrew Wings, a Master Intelligence Badge, and a Combat Action Badge. Kent retired in 2013 and worked for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for six years before moving with his family to Coralville and going to work for the City of Cedar Rapids as an analyst. Kent, his wife, and his two adult sons attend Grace Community Church in North Liberty.

Feel free to spread the word to your friends and neighbors so that we can once again celebrate and honor the brave men and women that have served our country.

Mailing Help Needed - Tuesday!

Next Tuesday, November 12th, we’ll be preparing our Annual Fund mailing that goes out to about 500 of our friends and supporters. We’d love some help stuffing the envelopes and sticking the mailing labels on. We’ll begin right after drop off in the morning (8:20ish) in the teacher’s lounge. If you have availability on Tuesday morning, whether you can stay for only a half an hour or longer, any help would be appreciated and make the job go faster. It’s also an opportunity to chat with other parents and have some fun together. (There’s always lots of laughter heard on these days).

If you have any questions, please contact Brenda or Erica in the office. We’d love to see you Wednesday morning

H.A.N.D.S Restaurant Night



Join us for our next Dine-Out night on Tuesday, November 12th at Barrel House . A percentage of the sales goes back to Heritage H.A.N.D.S. for their awesome work of building community at the school! Hope to see you there!

Business Guide Update

We'd love to promote your business within the Heritage Community! It's been a couple of years since we've updated our Heritage Business Guide but if you own a business or are closely connected to a business that may be of service to other Heritage families in any way, please contact Brenda Wichhart at wichhartb@hcs-nl.com with details. As a Heritage family, we don't always know what everyone does so this is a great opportunity to be able to support one another and your businesses. Please contact Brenda by November 29th to be included in this listing of businesses owned and operated or used and trusted by parents, faculty, and staff. Our most recent copy of our Business Guide can be found here...please also let Brenda know if you see something that needs to be edited with our current information.

Middle School StudCo Spirit Days

Next week the Student Council would like to invite students to dress up for a couple of different occasions.

On Monday, the 11th, we have our Veterans Day Celebration and students in Heritage Singers/Jubilate or Band should wear concert dress. As this is a day to honor the service of our military personnel, all students should be encouraged (not required) to dress nicely as well. (See Parent Student Handbook p. 24 & 56). Students are also welcome to wear red, white, and blue following the above guidelines for the morning celebration or bring other red, white, and blue clothing to change into after the Veterans Ceremony.

Wednesday, the 13th will be Camouflage Day. All students are invited to break out their camo gear!

Enrollment for 2025-2026

Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year at Heritage Christian School is open to any new students, and we wanted you to be the first to know! Please note that if you would like to enroll a PreK student for next school year, please apply by December 2, as open enrollment for PreK families will begin the following day.

To apply, sign into your current FACTS Family Portal. From the left navigation menu select the following:

• Apply / Enroll
• Application
• Click to here to open Application
• Create a New Student Application

Please email Sarah Franje (franjes@hcs-nl.com) or call the office at 319-626-4777 if you have any questions.

Parent Teacher Conferences - November 25-26



If you haven't signed up for a time for Parent Teacher Conferences for your students, please do so soon! Conferences are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 25th and 26th.You should have received an email with a signup genius for each of your child's teachers. If you did not receive that or you have questions regarding Parent Teacher conferences, feel free to contact Erica Wallace at wallacee@hcs-nl.com or your child's teacher.

You're Invited! Parenting Workshop

Compass Church (who currently worships in our gym on Sunday mornings) is hosting a parenting workshop on Sunday, November 17th at Heritage and you're invited to attend. The details are blow:

Compass Church Parenting workshop

Parents of children 4^th grade and younger

Sunday, November 17^th, 4-6pm @ Heritage Christian School

• 75 minutes of training, encouragement, prayer, and connecting with other parents
• Childcare provided
• Resources for parents
• Pizza dinner for parents and children afterwards
• Seating/Space is limited
• To register or for more information visit compasschurchia.com and hit the link for Parenting Workshop
• $10/family

All School Thanksgiving Lunch

Friday, November 22nd, will be our annual All School Thanksgiving Day Lunch. Again this year we'll have an opportunity for the entire school community to come together at the same time to give thanks through worship, eating, and fellowship. We look forward to spending time acknowledging together how God has blessed us as individuals, families, and a school.

Parents and grandparents, you are encouraged to arrive at school by 11:20am to join your child(ren) in the gymnasium for chapel, beginning at 11:30am. Following chapel, we will enjoy lunch "picnic-style" on the gym floor at 12:00pm. Recess will follow outside from 12:30-1:00pm.

Missions - Mrs. Pretorious & Kossigan

Please continue to pray for global workers Michael and Mary Pretorious and for our Compassion International sponsored child, Kossigan, from Togo. Students are welcome to contribute towards Kossigan’s sponsorship (through Compassion International) by giving money in their classrooms or the office. Thank you!

“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in His love He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17

Please pray for:

·        Protection (physical, spiritual, emotional, etc.)

·        Boldness (to share Jesus authentically and powerfully)

·        Peace (people of peace to help share the Good News)

·        Assurance (that God is with them and is for them)

Sports Update



The Heritage Eagles traveled to Davenport to take on the Trinity Lutheran Tigers in the final regular season match. In the first set of the 5/6 match, the Eagles found themselves behind late in the set. The girls didn’t give up; with some continued hustle after every ball and consistent serving from Lydia Super, the Eagles won set one 25-23. Set two, the Eagles fell 7-25, so a third and deciding match had to be played. It was once again, a close game, but Addison Maher came in to serve several clutch serves in a row, and the Eagles came away with a the victory, winning the third set 15-10. The 7/8 team was down a key player, so a new line up and new positions was a hurdle that had to be overcome. The Eagles got behind in the first set as they figured out the new positions and rotations, but they steadily climbed back in it, losing only by two points 23-25. In the second set, the girls came out the gate ready to play with strong serving and plays at the net. They built an 18-7 lead. The Trinity Tigers had a strong server that we had difficulty serve receiving, and the Tigers were able to even up the score. It was back and forth play the rest of the game into extra points. The Eagles couldn’t quite pull it out in the end falling 27-29.

The season wraps up for both teams this Saturday at the conference tournament at Central Lutheran, where the 5/6 team is seeded second for the JV tournament and the 7/8 team is the number one seed for the Varsity tournament. Keep up the great work Eagles!

Cheer Schedule

Practice - Thursday, Nov. 14 - 3:30-5:00pm

Practice - Friday, Nov. 15 - 3:30-5:00pm

Upcoming Events

Veterans Day Celebration

Monday, Nov. 11th

9:15-11:15am

Picture Retakes

Friday, November 15th

No School

Monday, Nov. 18th

Teacher In-Service

All School Thanksgiving Lunch/Chapel

Friday, Nov. 22nd

11:30-12:30pm

Report Cards go home

Friday, Nov. 22nd

Parent Teacher Conferences

Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 25th and 26th

No School

Thanksgiving Holiday

Wednesday - Friday, Nov. 27th - 29th

No School

Current Family PreK Registration

Monday, Dec. 2nd

Open Family PreK Registration Begins

Tuesday, Dec. 3rd

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