October 17, 2025

Enrollment for 2026-2027

Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year at Heritage Christian School will begin Monday, November 3, and priority will be given to current families for the first month. This is open to any new students (PreK-8th) desiring to enroll at Heritage. If your child already attends Heritage, they are automatically enrolled for the next school year. When enrollment begins, you will apply through your FACTS Family Portal.

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

Veterans Day Celebration Photos



If your child(ren) is new to Heritage Christian School and he/she has a relative that is a veteran or currently enlisted in the United States Armed Forces, please send a picture (preferably electronic) to Erica Wallace at wallacee@hcs-nl.com. These pictures will be added to a slide show and to a wall recognizing the families that have sacrificed for the security and safety of our nation. Please send all photos by Friday, October 24. All hard copy photos will be returned. Pictures submitted in previous years do not need to be resubmitted as we have kept electronic copies of them.

Please include the following information with your photo:

·        Name

·        Branch of Service

·        Years of Service

·        Relationship to Heritage student

Veterans Day Celebration

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.

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

Volunteers Needed



If you are a volleyball parent, love the game of volleyball, or just want to serve at Heritage, we are looking for volunteers to be line judges, run the scoreboard, and work concessions at our volleyball games. All the jobs are easy to learn and any training needed before the game can be provided. If you like to volunteer, please use the sign-up genius link below. High school students can also volunteer in any of these roles for silver cord hours.

Volleyball Volunteer Sign-up

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child (sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse) helps provide for needy children worldwide and is a great opportunity to give out of the abundance that God has given to us. This year, each PRE-K – 5th GRADE CLASS will be filling two shoeboxes to send, and collections will take place between October 14 and November 7. Here’s how you can help: 

• Each class will fill two shoeboxes (one for a girl and one for a boy)
• We are asking every Heritage student to bring in $3 (or MORE to cover for those students that don’t bring money in) to help cover the shipping and handling cost ($10 for each shoebox).
• Ideas for what to include in shoeboxes can be found at https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/what-goes-in-my-shoebox-suggestions/
• Donate any of the following items by bringing them to the school (check your child’s classroom newsletter for details):
• SMALL toys (that can fit in a small shoebox) – small cars, dolls, stuffed animals, yo-yos, jump ropes, toys that light-up or make noise, etc. PLEASE, NO WAR-RELATED TOYS OR BREAKABLE ITEMS.
• School supplies – pens, pencils and sharpeners, crayons or markers, stamps and ink pad sets, coloring books, writing pads or paper, solar calculators
• Hygiene items – toothbrush, mild bar soap, comb, brush, washcloths, etc. (NO TOOTHPASTE)
• Other miscellaneous items that a child would enjoy – watches, picture books (no words), sunglasses, flashlights (with extra batteries), ball caps, socks, T-shirts, hair clips, etc. (NO CANDY OR FOOD of any kind!)
• DO NOT INCLUDE: USED OR DAMAGED ITEMS, WAR-RELATED ITEMS, CANDY OR FOOD, TOOTHPASTE, LIQUIDS OR LOTIONS, MEDICATIONS OR VITAMINS, BREAKABLE ITEMS SUCH AS GLASS, OR AEROSOL CANS
• Please note that we will NOT ACCEPT TOOTHPASTE or CANDY/FOOD

Middle School Lock-in - Oct 24

The HCS middle school lock-in is set to take place on Friday, October 24. Middle school students should have received information about the lock-in (hard copy packet). Here is the link to the information as well: https://docs.google.com/document/d/176uxhPfdTze0f38XppKd6WR68KbVQnDW/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs. We are requesting assistance from parents to help the night go smoothly and be one of fun and fellowship. We are in need both of food/drinks and chaperones. We need chaperones to help with games till 2:00am and chaperones who are able to stay all night till 6:30am (or chaperone form 2:00-6:30am). Here is the link for you to sign-up to help with food or chaperoning: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BADA62BA5F85-52689041-middle. We hope all middle school students will be able to come! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Lock-In Committee

Jackson Ridder (ridderj@hcs-nl.com)

Matt Sheyko (sheykom@hcs-nl.com)

Nichole McDonald (mcdonaldn@hcs-nl.com) 

Pray for the Nations

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!

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

Volleyball Update

The Heritage volleyball teams have been busy with games the past couple weeks. The JV team was nervous for their first game, but they started off with strong serving (21 ace serves) to come away with a solid win against Valley Lutheran, winning in two sets (25-13, 25-21). They then faced a skilled LIS team, who had several strong servers, falling in two sets (16-25, 4-25). This past Tuesday, Heritage played Cedar Valley. Despite a rough day at the service line, the girls worked together to get the ball back over the net and win enough points to come away with a win in two sets (25-23, 25-22). Then on Thursday, Heritage took on INCA. It took 3 sets, but the girls were able to go on several runs by serving tough; we had 32 ace serves. The Eagles won 25-21, 9-25, and 15-6.

The Varsity has been extra busy with 4 games and a tournament. The Varsity team has been learning new positions and a difficult 5-1 rotation since we only have one setter. They have shown tremendous growth in learning their positions since the first game. In our first two games of the season, the Eagles came away with two wins: Valley Lutheran (25-12, 25-22) and LIS (25-11, 25-19). Then on Saturday, we faced some tough teams at the Trinity Net Fest Tournament. The Eagles went 1-3 on the day, falling to Trinity CR (Blue), Trinity Waconia, Trinity CR (Gold) and defeating St. Joseph. Sofia Sanchez led the way in ace serves with 11 for the tournament. The Eagles took on Cedar Valley on Tuesday and fell in two sets (15-25, 15-25). On Thursday, we faced INCA. The Patriots had several strong servers that we found difficult to serve receive, which resulted in a loss of the Eagles (8-25, 14-25). We encourage you to come out and cheer on the Eagles volleyball team next Tuesday, starting at 4:30 at Heritage.

Volleyball Schedule

Monday – Varsity Practice 3:30-5:00pm

Tuesday – 4:30/5:30 JV/V games vs Trinity CR @ Heritage

Wednesday – JV Practice 3:30-5:00pm

Thursday – Varsity Practice 3:30-5:00pm

Basketball Update

We are looking to kick-off our basketball and cheerleading season in a few weeks. Here is a bit of information and players’ parents should be looking for more information via email in the upcoming week.

• JV (5^th/6^th) girls team will be coached by Charlie Ruess.*
• JV (5^th/6^th) boys team will be coached by Chris Voss.*
• Due to low numbers, we will not be having a Varsity (7^th/8^th) girls team this year.
• Varsity (7^th/8^th) boys team will be coached by Tony Greazel and Eric Vanderhorst. 
• Cheerleading (5^th-8^th) will be coached by Susan Sanchez.

We are currently looking for an assistant coach for the JV boys and an assistant coach for the JV girls team. Coaches at Heritage are volunteers and do not need a state certificate or license. We do ask that our coaches agree with our school’s statement of faith, pass our school’s volunteer background check, take a quick concussion course and agree to some basic coaching guidelines. Organizational skills, communication skills and background or experience in the sport of basketball help. If you are interested, please contact Sarah Franje (franjes@hcs-nl.com) by October 31.

Upcoming Events

Operation Christmas Child

October 14th - November 7th

Middle School Lock In

Friday, October 24

Enrollment Opens

Monday, November 3rd

Veterans Day Celebration

Monday, Nov. 11th

9:15-11:15am

No School

Monday, Nov. 17th

Teacher In-Service

Picture Retakes

Friday, November 20th

All School Thanksgiving Chapel & Pie

Friday, Nov. 21st

1:30-3:00pm

Report Cards go home

Friday, Nov. 21st

Parent Teacher Conferences

Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24th and 25th

No School

Thanksgiving Holiday

Wednesday - Friday, Nov. 26th - 28th

No School

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