CCHS: Cinderella

Last weekend CCHS held its two showings of the classic musical, Cinderella. The musical was directed by former graduate Ellen DeYoung, who worked long hours to ensure that the shows would be successful. Juniors Nathan Mulder and Abby Petersen played the roles of Prince Charming and Cinderella, respectively. After working for long hours memorizing lines and dancing at play practice, the shows turned out to be a great success. A mixture of singing, dancing and humor kept the audience engaged and interested throughout, with the humor coming specifically from junior Tony Sauro, who played the herald. Participants from all classes were involved and they each played a key role in making this year’s spring drama a success. Congratulations to all involved!

- Nathan Bonnema

CCHS Reflection: Tim Bosma

The death of Mr. Tim Bosma has been all over social media recently. Often when we hear of atrocities such as the one surrounding Mr. Bosma’s death, we feel compassion for the family of the deceased, but the whole affair seems rather surreal. Mr. Bosma’s death, however, hits closer to home; he was a part of the Dutch Christian Reformed Church community, which many of us are a part of.

The Bosma’s two year old daughter was baptized in 2011. At that time, the members of the church made baptismal vows to care for the child and encourage her to become a woman of faith. Now that the child is fatherless, these vows take on a new meaning. Now the members have the responsibility to support Mrs. Bosma and help her raise her daughter. It is their opportunity to demonstrate what the Body of Christ should look like. Even church members who don’t attend the Bosma’s church have the responsibility to care for this family, though.

Mr. Veenstra, the pastor of Ancaster CRC, where the Bosma family attends, said “We’re the body of Jesus. When one part hurts, we all hurt, and then we take it to the Lord in prayer.” CRC churches all over North America have shown support for the Bosma family. They have held prayer vigils, posted comments of encouragement on the Facebook page dedicated to Mr. Bosma, and agreed to sing ‘In Christ Alone’ at church to show solidarity. It is the duty of fellow Christians to keep the Bosma family in their thoughts and prayers as they deal with this tragedy.

- Lydia Marcus

CCHS Prom: An Evening By the Sea

Last Saturday, Calvin held its annual Prom, this time at The Mermaid in Mounds View. The students arrived around 6:30 and were dressed in fancy dresses and sharp suits and tuxedos. After taking pictures and talking for a while, the students sat at their tables and enjoyed a dinner provided by caterers at The Mermaid. Soon after the lighthearted senior wills and prophecies were read, students ate some dessert, and hit the dance floor. The dance featured a great DJ who mixed some awesome songs, and together the students had a great two-plus hours of dancing. When the dance ended around 10:15, many were exhausted from the high energy dancing and overall, feedback about the event was great! Thank you to the chaperones and those who came to take pictures, and also thank you to those who helped to plan such a great night for our school.

- Nathan Bonnema

Independent Projects Highlight: Home Economics

Independent Projects

Rachel Anderson and Home Economics

Rachel Anderson, a junior, has been working on her Home Economics project that she started in March. Since then, she has made bread, chicken, raspberry pie, soup, cornbread  muffins, lasagna, angel food cake, and bacon wrapped stuffed cream cheese chicken. She said that she is also “[s]tarting to sew more, working on making a puppet with my dad, and starting a scarf.” Both Rachel and Abby Petersen, also a junior, feel that lasagna has been the best thing Rachel has made so far. “She ate my lasagna three days in a row,” Rachel commented. I also asked if she would be using these recipes in the future. “Yes,” she answered, “unless I wanna survive on Mac & Cheese for the rest of my life”. This may sound easy but Rachel has had her struggles, “The hardest things was making Angel Food Cake; the blender broke too I had to use a manual one.” Seems that Rachel has learned a lot of new things that could benefit her in the future. You can follow Rachel's Home Economics adventures on her blog: http://rachel-home-ec.blogspot.com/ 


- Angela Balboa

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Human Anatomy and Physiology: Bodies Field Trip

Bodies Field Trip

Thursday, April 18th had a lot in store for the Human Anatomy and Physiology class (HAP) as they went to the Science Museum of Minnesota and experienced  the inner workings of the body up close by viewing the Body Worlds exhibit. Since the beginning of their 3rd trimester, juniors and seniors of the HAP class have been learning about the various parts of the human body, how each part functions, and what crucial role it plays in the daily life of each individual.  At the Bodies exhibit, students were fascinated by the inner workings of the body, and were in awe of the complex machine the body is. Being able to view the smallest of the workings in our body is a very interesting thing indeed. Going to the science museum, they were able to see up close how the body works, get a more of a hands on experience, a further in-depth look, and an overall understanding of the bodies they have and how complex they are, and the wonderful creation they are in the eyes of God. Reflecting on the exhibit, Jacob Bursaw, a senior, gave his interests about the time there. “I enjoyed my time there, I was able to see all of the muscles and ligaments to move the body.” When asked what surprised him the most he responded, “all the information about the lungs, it was a lot to take in, but it was understandable.” The entire class enjoyed their adventure through the exhibit, and they will continue their learning further in the class of one of God’s best creations, the human body.

- Andrew Thomas

CCHS Responds: The Boston Marathon Explosions

On April 15, 2013, at 2:50 pm, there appeared to be some smoke coming out of a garbage can near the finish line at the Boston Marathon, an annual event. Thirteen seconds later the first bomb, near the finish line, went off. Minutes later, another bomb a few blocks away exploded. These bombs killed three people, one of which was a child, and injured over 150 people. “It was horrific,” cried a doctor that was rushed to the scene. Boston is still in a state of shock and chaos.

I believe that God used bad for good, because if it was any other event it would have taken longer for police, and ambulance to come. Since it was a marathon, doctors and police were already there. All we can do now is pray for healing of those who were affected by this tragedy. As for the future to possibly avoid events like this, “If you see something say something”.

- Angela Balboa