Student Council Corner: 11.29.2012

The high school is getting pretty pumped for December 7. Let’s celebrate with the boys and girls basketball team as they go for the win, and afterward you can join the student council as we host an amazing game night from 7 to midnight. We will be playing games from dodgeball to “never have I ever” to lots of other fun things. Your ticket to come in is to bring a snack. Freshmen bring salty snacks, sophomores bring sweet snacks, juniors bring the drinks, and seniors bring sweet snacks as well. Also, join us for our first formal winter dance of the year. We will be hosting this dance on December 15 at Blaine for an amazing night of fun, friendly dancing to some great music chosen by our student council members. The tickets are $5, but believe me, it will totally be worth it.

-- Nathan Mulder

World Languages

As one of the electives this year, students have the option to take a foreign languages class. It is a year-long class made up of one language per trimester. The students have just concluded their study on Greek, which was taught by Craig Krueger, father of student Ian Krueger, a sophomore. The first trimester ended before Thanksgiving break and starting today, Mandarin Chinese will be the focus. This class will be taught using Rosetta Stone with Mr. Koppendrayer as the teacher. Mr. Koppendrayer knows little about Chinese. In conjunction with Rosetta Stone, one of our own exchange students from China, Sunny, will be helping with the translations and will also help facilitate the learning. The third trimester language will be Latin and will be taught by Mr. Koppendrayer. This class is a great way for students to explore and appreciate diversity in language and culture.

-- Nathan Bonnema

CCHS Responds to Election 2012

The election has come and gone and President Obama has been re-elected. I think we can all agree that the best thing about the election is that it is over, especially the negative TV advertisements. As President Obama gets back to work, it is very easy for those who have opposed the President to preach doom and gloom, but it has to be understood that we have a Senate and a House of Representatives for a reason. The President makes just a small amount of the governmental decisions. We need to make a decision as a country to respect and support our President whether we have the same political stance or not. After all, he is the leader of our country, and his re-election is part of God’s perfect plan.

-- Nathan Bonnema

Basketball Season Has Begun!

Volleyball and soccer concluded just weeks ago, but the boys and girls basketball teams are both on the court preparing for their upcoming seasons. After just a week or two off, both teams have started captain’s practices. There are new players for both teams, so the early practices are a good way for them to get to know the team early. 

After the departures of key seniors for both teams, new leaders are coming into place. For the girls, juniors Kayla Howell and Claire Stephens will anchor the team as captains, with Anna Bankes and Rachel Anderson joining them as the only upperclassmen on the team. After finishing second in the conference tournament last year, the girls are looking to repeat the success of last season under their coach (and teacher) Mr. Ahrenholz.

As for the boys team, the senior trio of Jacob Bursaw, Will Hendrickson and Nathan Bonnema will lead the team as captains, with Nathan Mulder (a junior) joining them as the only other upperclassman. The team is looking for even more improvement after finishing with a solid, above .500 record, but losing in the second round of the conference tournament. The team is coached by Glenn Stewart, in his fourth year with the team, and Jamey Strand as the assistant, who is in his third year. Both teams are excited and are looking forward to a great season!


-- Nathan Bonnema

Congratulations Señora Feikema!

CCHS is excited to announce that Matthias Gerrit Feikema was born on November 8th at 4:50 A.M. He is the son of Kara Feikema, advisor and Spanish teacher at CCHS, and her husband, Andrew.  Matthias weighs 8 pounds 11 ounces, is 22 ½ inches long, and has a full head of hair. Both he and his mother are doing well and we ask for prayers and congratulations for the family.

-- Ian Krueger

Congratulations Cast!

CCHS put on one hilarious comedy with the drama ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ and people loved it. It’s a comedy about two old ladies (Aunt Abby, played by Sara Shields and Aunt Martha, played by Marta Vander Top) who try to help older lonely men to a peaceful place. And to do that, why not poison them? (They don’t really. it’s a play, kind of bad if they actually did!) Their nephew, Mortimer (played by Jack Harrison) , learning of what they had done, 12 times so far, tries to prevent them from doing this again, but isn’t completely successful. He has to also deal with the return of his murderous brother Jonathan (played by Nathaniel Koppendrayer) and his not-so-bright assistant doctor, Dr. Herman Einstein ( Played by Kellie Hedberg). Throughout the play, Mortimer tries to get rid of his brother, deal with his aunts unusual hobby, marry the love of his life Elaine (Played by Sophie Berkenpas) who has no idea what Mortimer has been through in a single day, and deal with the other quirky characters who have some untimely visits . Directed by Mrs. McCarthy-Vogel and Mrs. Kubacki-Postma, the cast managed to prepare and present a great comedy with the help of all the actors and behind-the-scenes volunteers at CCHS. By the spring time, another performance will be in the works and ready to present to the community.  Thanks for a great performance cast, directors, and crew!

-- Andrew Thomas

The Cougar's Tale Print Edition: Issue 3

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 Cougar's Tale Issue 3

CCHS: Hurricane Sandy Perspective

A hurricane known as “Sandy” smashed the New York coast on the night of October 29th, causing massive flooding, power outages, and 88 US deaths, 67 Caribbean deaths, and two Canadian deaths. The hurricane is being called a “superstorm” by some and is the the worst storm in over several decades. In the wake of the storm, one New York resident says that she has had hardly anything to eat in the past two days, and that “they would freeze to death.” Senator Chuck Schumer said that he would get federal help to the neighborhood as soon as he could. If you want to help with the disaster, you can donate money, get involved in the programs like the Red Cross, or simply offer up a prayer for our neighbors on the East Coast.

- Ian Krueger

CCHS Fall Fest

Games, festivities and food, all of these  things made a fun time for some of the students of Calvin Christian High. On Friday, October 26th, students went up to Deglman farm to take part in the fall festival being hosted there. Shortly after arriving, students began to raid the food in the barn. This lasted on through the night with talking and outside activities such as football, horseshoes, and tetherball.  A hayride was announced after this had been going on for some time. All of the students clamored on the two tractor-pulled wagons filled with hay bales. In the dark and cold night they traveled through the woods and fields of the farm.  On the return trip back, the wagons were also filled with pumpkins of various sizes. Carving of these pumpkins was done upon return. Until the return home, talking and snacking were what most people chose to do. After all the fun that was had students went home with their hearts in high spirits amidst the cold.

-- Gabe Modder