CALENDAR Wednesday, February 9 Cookie Baking Day Monday, February 21 Presidents’ Day - No School Wednesday, February 23 Faculty In-service Dismiss 2:25 PM School Board Meeting 7:00 PM Biannual Society Meeting 7:30 PM in the music room

Tuesday, March 15 Little Blessings Preschool Registration & Open House 6:00-7:30 PM Friday, March 18 3rd Quarter Ends Dismiss 2:25 PM Tuesday, March 22 Hostess Supper 6:30 PM Thursday, March 24 6th Grade Math Bee Monday, March 28 Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences April 4 - 8 Christian Education Week Thursday, April 7 8th Grade Day at WCHS 7th Grade Math Bee Tuesday, April 12 Interscholastic Solo/Ensemble Wednesday, April 13 Cookie Baking Day Tuesday, April 19 8th Grade Math Bee

February 2011 Volume 97, Issue 7

Knightly News

1301 5th Street P.O. Box 550

Hull, IA 51239 Phone: 712-439-2273

Fax: 712-439-1713

The mission of Hull Christian School is to educate covenant children in the light of God’s Word, preparing them for a life of Christian discipleship,

responsible stewardship and humble service in His kingdom.

Biannual Society Meeting Hull Christian School will hold a Biannual Society Meeting on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:30 PM in the music room. The agenda will include: (1) Election of three new board members, (2) Approval of 2011-2012 proposed budget.

Board Notes December 2010

1. Stewart Vander Stoep opened with devotions. 2. Principal’s Report was received for infor-

mation. Nancy Hospers will resume her teaching duties after Christmas break. Tracy Eekhoff is on maternity leave. Howard Gre-vengoed has resumed his maintenance du-ties.

3. Committee Reports

♦ Education Committee: Approved revising the Enrichment Program to allow 7th grade stu-dents to take 8th grade math if they meet cur-rent guidelines. Approved revising the Pre-school Enrollment Policy to state: “Under ex-ceptional circumstances students may attend the morning and afternoon preschool classes. These circumstances must be presented to the Education Committee and then atten-dance must be approved by the Education Committee.”

♦ Promotion Committee: Committee is work-ing on a promotional PowerPoint.

♦ Building Committee: Boiler work will be done over Christmas break.

The work of all the committees was supported and approved.

4. Board members are to be thinking of possible board nominees

5. Reviewed policies 2100, 2400, 2520. 6. Rob Westra closed the meeting with prayer.

Board Notes January 2011 1. Dave Te Slaa opened with devotions. 2. Principal’s Report was received for informa-

tion. Mr. Ten Pas updated the board on cur-rent state political issues and how they could affect HCS.

3. Committee Reports

♦ Education Committee: Approved the pro-posed 2011-2012 school calendar with an August 22, 2011 start date and May 25, 2012 end date for a total of 186 instructional days.

♦ Finance Committee: Approved presenting the proposed 2011-2012 budget to the society at the February 23, 2011 Society Meeting.

♦ Executive Committee: Approved offering Mr. Ten Pas the position of principal for the 2011-2012 school year.

The work of all the committees was supported and approved.

4. Intention Slips were reviewed. 5. Reviewed Biannual Society Meeting Agenda

for Wednesday, February 23, 2011. 6. Board nominees were selected and notifica-

tion letters were sent. 7. Dave Van’t Hul closed the meeting with

prayer.

Congratulations to Tracy Eekhoff

and her husband Eric on the birth

of Levi Jon born on December 16.

The little guy weighed in at 6 lbs.

12 oz. and was 21 inches long. We

praise God for the safe arrival of Levi and ask for

continued prayers for the Eekhoffs as they adjust

to the new addition to their family.

Marianne Bleeker and her husband, Eric, live on a farm SE of

Hull and attend Sioux Center Bethel CRC. They have 4 chil-

dren. Justin is a 4th grader and Claire is a 1st grader; both

attend HCS. Barret is 4 years old and Lydia is 2 years old.

Marianne is employed at Trans Ova Genetics and Sioux Center

Swine AI, and Eric is employed with Select Sires and feeds

cattle.

Mike Covey and his wife, Jackie, live in Hull and attend Hope

CRC. They have 3 children. Brady is in 5th grade and Rachel

is in 3rd grade; both at HCS. Addison is 3 years old. Mike is

the Head of Maintenance at BI Vetmedica in Sioux Center and

Jackie is the Fiscal Director at Community Health Partners.

Eric Ribbens and his wife, Stacy, live in Hull and attend

American Reformed Church. They have 3 children. Jenna is

freshman at B-H. Sadie is a 3rd grader, and Owen a pre-

schooler; both at HCS. Eric is part owner of Greenworld Inc.

in Sioux Center, and Stacy is a hair stylist and owner of

Attactions.

Rod Te Krony and his wife, Connie, live in Hull and attend

First CRC. They have 3 children. Ryan attends Iowa Central

College, David is a sophomore at WCHS and Marcus is a 8th

grader at HCS. Rod is the owner of Rod’s Sanitation and

Connie gives piano lessons, works part-time at WCHS and

helps Rod with the sanitation business.

Matt Vande Hoef and his wife, Melanie, live in Hull and at-

tend Hope CRC. They have 4 children. MaKinzie is in 8th

grade, Matias is in 3rd grade, Mason is in 1st grade and Maile

is in preschool - all at HCS. Matt is in sales at Van’s Imple-

ment and Melanie works as a part-time RN at the Sioux Cen-

ter Hospital.

Scott Westra and his wife, Andrea, live in Hull and attend

Hope CRC. They have 2 children. Macy is in Kindergarten at

HCS and Logan is almost 4 years old. Scott is an engineering

technician in the Natural Sciences Division at Dordt College

and Andrea is a paraprofessional in the Special Ed. classroom

at MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School in Orange City.

FUTURE TEACHER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM A cooperative venture between Hull Christian School and Western Christian High School

Following is a list of students serving teacher internships at HCS for the second semester and the classes they are working with:

STUDENT Vanessa Jansen Nicole Tubergen

PARENTS Jim & Rachel Jansen, Sheldon Roger & Sharla Tubergen, Doon

CLASS K & 1 Resource

CHURCH OFFERINGS 2010 - 2011 Amount through January 31

Church Goal Received Balance Hull 1st CRC $52,920 $ 44,000 $ 8,920 Hope CRC $63,720 $ 35,076 $ 28,644 Rock Rapids CRC $ 4,320 $ 3,284 $ 1,036 Sioux Center Bethel $ 2,160 $ 2,160 $ 0 Sioux Center Faith $ 1,080 $ 1,080 $ 0

Meet the Board Nominees The following brief articles are given to introduce the six individuals who have been nominated to serve as Board members.

GIVE-A-BOOK PROGRAM FOR THE PAST MONTH: Jerry & Lavonne Boer gave in honor of their child:

Tyson chose The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugenios Trivizas

Joyce Vande Griend gave in honor of her grandchild : Elijah Vande Griend chose Johnny Tractor and His Pals

by Louise Price Bell

Positions Available for 2011-2012 Hull Christian School is accepting applications for a full time 2nd grade teacher, full time 5th grade teacher and a full time Resource Room teacher. The 2nd and 5th grade applications will be due February 11 and Resource Room applications will be due February 21. Please con-

tact Mr. Ten Pas if you have any questions.

Michon Moget & Katelyn Bolkema Student Teachers at HCS My name is Michon Moget. I am a senior at Northwestern College and will graduate in May with a teaching degree as well as 2 endorsements: early child-hood and reading. I grew up in Sioux Center, Iowa where I attended the public schools. I will be here at Hull Christian School for a total of 12 weeks. The first half of my student teaching will be with Mrs. Fedders, the preschool teacher. I

then will be moving onto Kindergarten with Mrs. Feenstra. My name is Katelyn Bolkema. My parents are Leon and Deb of Rock Valley. I have an older brother, Kyle, and a younger brother, Kelly. I attended Rock Valley Christian and Western Christian. I am currently a senior at Trinity Chris-tian College in Palos Heights, IL. I am majoring in elementary education with a minor in history and will graduate in May. I am also busy planning a wedding for this summer. I am getting married on June 17 to my fiancé Devin Bonest-roo. Right now, I am student teaching at Hull Christian under Ms. Kim Beim-ers. I am teaching 5th - 8th history and 6th grade math, reading, and lan-guage. It's been a wonderful experience so far, I've really enjoyed working at

Hull Christian!

• COOKIE COMMITTEE Is your sweet tooth craving some delicious HCS cookies again?? Let us help satisfy that craving! We will be baking cookies on Feb. 9 and the cookies we will be offering are: Butterscotch, Chewy chocolate chip and Peanut butter valentine M&M’s. Get some awesome cookies for your favorite valentine!! Please call or email Kristi Stiemsma: 439-1865 or kcstiem1@mtcnet.net, or Shelly VO: 439-2231 or lsotter@premieronline.net. If there is no answer when you call, please feel free to leave a message with your order. Orders can also be placed in Shelly or Kristi’s mailbox at Hope CRC or in the mailbox marked “cookie orders” located directly under the scrip mailbox at First Christian Reformed Church. Please remember to let everyone around you know

that they can order our wonderful HCS cookies!! • BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

The 6th graders won the December box tops com-petition!! Congratulations 6th graders! They also won last year’s December competition!! So we challenge them to win next year’s December competition as well!! Keep having fun saving those box tops!! Every-one enjoys the extra recess and traveling trophy!

What a great way to earn extra money for HCS!! • HCS CIRCLE HOSTESS SUPPER

The annual Hostess supper will be on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 6:30 in the Hull Christian School Gym. The offering will be for athletic uniforms, document camera and music room shades. Please

join us for a great night of fellowship! • LAND O LAKES MILK JUG LIDS

Just a little reminder to keep saving your milk jug lids from Land O Lakes milk and orange juice. Make sure they have the Save Five for School sticker on them. The drop off boxes are located at school, Hope

CRC and First CRC.

THANKS ONE AND ALL FOR HARD WORK,

PRAYERS, AND DEDICATION TO HCS!!

CIRCLE NEWS SCRIP

Free Fundraiser To raise money for our school, we have teamed up with a search engine called goodsearch.com. Goodsearch.com is powered by Yahoo and allows charitable organizations to register under its name. Every search a user makes will earn Hull Christian one cent. The first time you go to goodsearch.com find Hull Christian under Who Do You Search for? After the first use it will automatically go to Hull Christian for any future searches. Then simply conduct your search as you would normally. We have been using goodsearch.com at school with great success. Please tell your friends, family and co-workers about this sim-ple, easy and FREE fundraiser.

If you know of someone that would like to

receive the Knightly News please email

Tracy Eekhoff at teekhoff@hullchristian.com.

We will be closing out the SCRIP accounts the week of March 15.

Your credit will be applied to your account and will be on your April tuition statements. If you have any changes please e-mail Kim Heynen at kheynen@hullchristianschool.com or call school 439-2273 before March 1.

Casey’s cards are temporarily available in only $10 and $25.

♦ LOCAL SCRIP FEATURED THIS MONTH:

∗ Driesen Eye Center Need to get your eyes checked? Having trouble seeing the song-book in church or the blackboard at school? Get your eyes ex-amined at Driesen Eye Center in Hull and Sioux Center. The certificates are good on glasses and contacts only. They are available in $5 increments at 10%. Remember to say thanks to Doctors Scott and Peggy Driesen for their donation.

∗ Kid’s Corner and Kid’s Corner Too Located in Rock Valley, they offer gift cards in $5 increments at 5%. If your children need a few extra clothes to finish out the winter season or you are looking ahead to spring check out their wide selection of new and used clothing.

∗ Hi-Way Body: Brad Driesen will be giving 3% on labor only, non-insurance work. No certificates are needed, just tell them you would like it applied to SCRIP.

♦ Changes: Chili’s has increased its percentage from 9-11% until February 18.

♦ REMINDER:

∗ Your order needs to be in the school office by 9:00 AM on order-ing day for it to go out that same week. Any order turned in after 9:00 AM will go out on the next week’s order.

∗ Remember to Use Shop to Earn on our HCS website.

♦ ORDER DATES/DELIVERY DATES Monday, February 7 Friday, February 11 Monday, February 14 Friday, February 18 No Orders February 21- NO School Monday, February 28 Friday, March 4 Monday, March 7 Friday, March 11

♦ Traveling in the near future or this summer? SCRIP offers these gift cards:

American Airlines - $100, $250 – 8% Avis Car Rental- $50 – 8% Budget Car Rental - $50 – 8% Celebrity Cruise Lines - $100 – 12% Best Western - $25, $100 -12% Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Clarion, Mainstay, Quality Inn, Sleep Inn -$50, $100 – 4% Residence Inn, Town Place Suites - $50, $100 – 8% Fairmont Hotels - $100 12% Marriott - $50, $100, $500 – 8% Visa - $25, $50 – 2%

Hull Christian School Biannual Society Meeting

Wednesday February 23, 2011 7:30 (in music room)

AGENDA

1. Opening Devotions by President Stewart Vander Stoep 2. Minutes of the August 18, 2010 Society Meeting by Secretary Rob Westra 3. Election of Board Members

a. Board nominees: Marianne Bleeker Mike Covey Eric Ribbens Rod Te Krony Matt Vande Hoef Scott Westra

4. Proposed Budget 5. Adjournment and Closing Prayer by Ed Haveman CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS Ed Haveman 2011 Stewart Vander Stoep 2012 Waylon Pollema 2011 Stephanie Baccam 2013 Rob Westra 2011 Ben Christoffels 2013 Darwin Boer 2012 Dave Van’t Hul 2013 Dave Te Slaa 2012

If you wish to absentee vote, please write your vote down, sign it, put it in a sealed envelope and turn it in to a current board member or the school office.

Description 2011-2012

Budget 2010-2011

Budget 2009-2010

Budget

RECEIPTS

Circle $ 21,000 $ 21,000 $ 20,000

Scrip $ 12,000 $ 11,500 $ 5,000

Foundation $ 12,100 $ 11,500 $ 15,000

Miscellaneous $ 19,650 $ 22,050 $ 7,630

Fair Share $ 135,940 $ 134,200 $ 125,220

Rally Day $ 37,000 $ 33,500 $ 32,000

Tuition current & past $ 500,019 $ 477,859 $ 440,856

Cash on Hand $ - $ 9,200

Total $ 737,709 $ 720,809 $ 645,706

DISBURSEMENTS

Administrative $ 16,500 $ 12,600 $ 11,100

Benefits $ 136,404 $ 139,053 $ 108,146

Building $ 43,038 $ 42,274 $ 44,567

Instructional $ 54,150 $ 37,900 $ 30,050

Salaries $ 487,617 $ 488,982 $ 451,843

Total $ 737,709 $ 720,809 $ 645,706

Educational needs $ 737,709 $ 720,809 $ 645,706

Estimated Students 166 159 147

Cost Per Student $ 4,444 $ 4,533 $ 4,393

Tuition $ 3,935 $ 3,935 $ 3,848

Per Family 2011-2012

Per Family 2010-2011

Per Family 2009-2010

1 Student family $ 3,935 $ 3,935 $ 3,848

2 Student family $ 7,082 $ 7,082 $ 6,926

3 Student family $ 9,246 $ 9,246 $ 9,043

4 Student family $ 10,427 $ 10,427 $ 10,197

Kindergarten student $ 2,636 $ 2,636 $ 2,578

Kindergarten +1 student $ 6,044 $ 6,044 $ 5,911

Kindergarten +2 students $ 8,532 $ 8,532 $ 8,344

Kindergarten +3 students $ 10,037 $ 10,037 $ 9,816

Preschool Per Month $ 110 $ 110 $ 110

Hull Christian School 2011 - 2012 Operating Budget