November 14, 2025

Reminder - No School Monday!

Today marks the end of the first trimester and Monday is an in-service day for our teachers so there is no school. Please pray for our teachers as they take some time to learn, collaborate, prepare for parent teacher conferences, and refresh for the 2nd trimester!

Picture Retakes

Picture retakes are on Thursday, November 20. This if for students who were not satisfied with their initial portraits or those who missed the initial photoshoot date. Here is some important information for those needing to take pictures.

• Those that are getting portraits retaken will need to return their portrait package at the time of shoot.
• You can order by either picking up a paper order form in the office, filling it out, and returning with payment on picture day. Or you can order online using this link: https://vando.imagequix.com/g1001234616.
• Pictures will be available to purchase throughout the year. Please note, after sale prices are a bit higher than pre-sale prices, and a fee for shipping will be charged.

All School Thanksgiving Chapel & Pie

On Friday, November 21st, we'll be having our annual All School Thanksgiving Day Chapel. This is 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.

NEW THIS YEAR: instead of lunch, we invite families to come for chapel at 1:30pm followed by a slice of pie and fellowship together. Bring a blanket and we'll sit on the floor and the bleachers. You are welcome to take your students home afterwards.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who joined us on-site for the prayer walk this morning or took the time to pray for our school community wherever you were. We're blessed to be able to freely bring our praises and petitions before the Lord and appreciate the support our families provide as we partner together. In this season of thanksgiving, we give thanks for each one of you!

Winter Apparel Store Open

Heritage H.A.N.D.S. is excited to announce that our Winter Apparel Store is now open! Click the link below to place your order. All apparel orders are due by November 16!



Winter Apparel

If you would prefer your order to remain confidential (not placed in lockers), please email Laura Hanneman at heritagehands@hcs-nl.org. These orders will be packaged in paper sacks and held in the office with names clearly labeled.

Heritage Blankets coming soon!

Crossing Guard Volunteers

We are still in need of a crossing guard on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:10-3:35p.m. Your support makes a real difference in building a safe and welcoming school community and we'd love for you to be a part of it! If you are interested please contact Erica Wallace. wallacee@hcs-nl.com

Book Fair Results

THANK YOU to all the families that participated in the book fair! I really enjoyed meeting each of you! Every order counted! We had over $1900 books ordered. With the $230 in book donations and the $1100+ in book rewards, we filled all the teacher wishlists again! God is Good!

We had only a handful of students fill out tickets to win a free book and all were selected. Those were sent home a few weeks ago.



There is a new event link online for any birthday or Christmas orders coming up. Check out the Book Friday Sale starting today. Everything is on sale thru Dec 2nd! All event rewards will benefit the school on the next book fair. https://linktr.ee/MiddleBooks

Parent Teacher Conferences - November 24th & 25th



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. 24th and 25th.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.

Enrollment for 2026-2027

Enrollment for the 2026-2027 school year at Heritage Christian School is now open, and priority will be given to current families through December 1st. 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.

If you need to apply for a younger/new child, 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

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

Heritage’s JV and Varsity volleyball teams finished off the season at the conference tournament this past weekend, playing some of their best volleyball. The JV team faced off against LIS in the first round. We had played them twice already this season and knew it was going to be a tough opponent. We kept the scores close in both sets, even pulling ahead early in the first set, but ended up dropping both sets, 19-25 and 21-25. This sent us to the consolation bracket where we played Trinity Davenport, a team we had lost to during the regular season. Despite losing the first set 17-25, behind an energetic bench and strong teamwork, the Eagles pulled off the upset, winning the final two sets 25-18, and 15-13. The final match of the day to win the consolation bracket, the girls faced off against Pathway, a team we had also lost to during the regular season. The first set was back and forth; it took extra points, but the Eagles won 27-25. The Eagles fell in the second set 13-25. In the third and deciding set, the Eagles came from behind to win 15-13.

The Varsity team first faced off against Pathway, a team that we knew we were very evenly matched with. The two sets were back and forth and took extra points to decide; in the end the Eagles fell 26-28 and 21-25. Heritage then faced off against Trinity Davenport. The Eagles took care of business, winning in two sets, 25-19 and 25-16. In the final game of the day, the Eagles faced Cedar Valley. Heritage used strong net play in the first set to win 25-15. The second set the Eagles fell 18-25. In the third and deciding set, the Eagles found themselves down late in the game. They pulled within one, but couldn’t quite close it out, falling 13-15. A special thank you to our 8th grade players Elyse Anderson, Elsa Holler, Addyson Humes, Bria Palmer, Kielyn Penrod, and Julia Stanton for leading and representing Heritage well this season!

Basketball/Cheer Schedule

5/6 JV Girls

Tuesday – Practice 3:30-4:45

Wednesday – Practice 3:30-4:45

Friday – Practice 3:30-4:45

5/6 JV Boys

Monday – Practice 3:30-5:00; PARENT MEETING AT 5:00

Thursday – Practice 3:30-5:00

7/8 Varsity Boys

Monday – Practice 6-7:30

Thursday –Practice 6:30-7:30

Friday – Practice 6-7:30

5^th-8^th Cheerleading

Tuesday – Practice 5-6:30

Thursday – Practice 5-6:30

Upcoming Events

Parent Survey Window

Nov 4-17

No School

Monday, Nov. 17th

Teacher In-Service

Picture Retakes

Thursday, 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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