Cascade Christian Chronicle 2016-17 by Cascade Christian Schools

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Dedicated to Developing Discerning Leaders 2016-2017 Don Johnson Superintendent of Schools Tim Kleefeld, CPA Director of Business Rob Mitton Director of Development Susan Crawford Director of Marketing and Communications Kristin Hannus Director of Extended School Dr. Ken Friesen High School Principal Dave Peterson Assistant High School Principal Michelle Suiter Junior High Principal Keith Patefield JH/HS Athletic Director Joyce Blum Director of Student Learning

Junior High Students Learn a New Language

2017 I-term a Time of Service, Praise, and Thankful Tears

New Writing Curriculum Builds Foundation

Terry Broberg Principal Puyallup Elementary Tina deVries Principal Frederickson Elementary Tim Lorenz Principal McAlder Elementary Karen Curtiss Director Puyallup Early Learning Center Design, layout and some photography by Michelle De Monnin for De Monninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Art Studio, Inc. The Chronicle is a publication of Cascade Christian Schools, an interdenominational school district in Pierce County, Washington. On the Cover: CCHS Graduation 2017

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Development/Business Partner information: Rob Mitton Story ideas for the Cascade Chronicle: Susan Crawford Cascade Christian Schools Notice of Nondiscriminatory Policy as to Students Cascade Christian Schools admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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This time of year, as we finish another school year, my thoughts turn toward evaluating whether we achieved the goals we tackled at the start of the year, and what sort of impression we have made on the lives of our students. Our spiritual theme for this year was #TrustGOD, and we have certainly experienced growth and success as we have trusted our Heavenly Father for all areas of our school and relationships. Hopefully you have followed our weekly devotions and have gleaned some helpful tools for your family to grow in the area of trusting God. At school, we have seen the influence of our spiritual theme as our teachers worked together toward a new writing curriculum and in other areas of professional development, as well as students’ accomplishments in the arts, in the sports arena, and through service to others during I-term. Of course, a successful school year would not happen without the faithfulness and commitment of our many employees and PfC volunteers who impact our CCS family through their service. What a blessing to be collaborating with so many talented and devoted folks! I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for all you do on behalf of our families and our school. Our core team is always our families and parents. With so many of you continuing on to the next grade or developmental level with your children, we are excited for the opportunity to continue providing you with the best Christian education available in this region. Thank you for your confidence and partnership with us! There are many new families joining us for next year – remember to reach out and welcome them to this wonderful community! In that way, you will begin to walk out our Spiritual Theme for 2017-2018, “Love Does”. We are excited to learn more about how “love does” and to grow in our ability to love others, because God first loved each of us! What a privilege it is for me, personally, to have witnessed the many achievements of our students and families this year, who learned to follow more closely after God and His wisdom – trusting and serving Him together! My prayer for you is a safe and joyous summer! See you soon! Don Johnson,

Superintendent of Schools

Locations www.cascadechristian.org

Core Purpose

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Transforming cultures through teaching and training people in their purpose before God.

Mission To glorify God by providing quality, Christ-centered education dedicated to developing discerning leaders who are spiritually, personally, and academically prepared to impact their world.

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YEARLY THEME

A Year of Trusting God Every year, CCS has a spiritual theme. And every year, God shows Himself faithful in that theme. This year – as much as any other – the theme of Trust God seemed to resonate with those in our CCS community. Here’s what people had to say: “Part of what it takes to have the wonderful school and the ministry we have is having the right people. And this year, God has really brought the right teachers. He’s brought a great leadership team together. He’s brought great families and students, and God has also brought faithful supporters of our school and our mission here, which really makes a difference. I’m very thankful for that. It’s about our students though, and I know that our students have been trusting God all year.”

“I trust God because He did a miracle by changing the type of cancer my aunt had from an “incurable cancer” to a type that can easily be cured. He has been faithful.”

– Superintendent Johnson

- Dr. Friesen

“Listening to the news can certainly put a lot of potential fear and worry into our lives, but as Christians we can be confident God is on the throne and in control and will take care of His children.”

“I’ve learned that when you trust God, He’s usually trying to transform you and mold you into something greater. When you do that and you see what He can do, He’s showing you a different side to Him that you didn’t know and He wants you to show others as well what can happen in your life when you trust Him.”

– Principal Lorenz

– JH Student “There are many things in life that we are unable to do or achieve because of limited skill or capacity. Trusting God is something that everyone of us has the capacity to do, but we often choose not to do.”

- PELC employee

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“My husband had been waiting for a promotion for a year-and-a-half and he could have been moved anywhere in Washington state. So we just put our trust in God, knowing that he might have to live in a trailer for a few months away from home or maybe he would get this area, but instead of worrying about it, the devotionals really encouraged me to just trust God and know that His plan was much greater than ours and in the end my husband did get his promotion, and he got promoted right in this area.” – Puyallup Elementary teacher “It’s been huge for me to realize that parenting is a group effort. I was trying to do too much on my own. But having a support group of parents around me helps me to know that it’s God and God alone, and that He wouldn’t have given me this challange if He didn’t think I could handle it - with His help.”

“I didn’t think I was even going to be able to graduate from Cascade because my father got stationed overseas. My future was up in the air. I definitely had to throw all of my trust in God just knowing that He had my plans. I was able to take online classes at home and was still able to graduate from CCS.” – CCHS student, Class of 2017 To read all of the #TrustGod devotions, and subscribe to our weekly devotional email, go to cascadechristian.org/ about/devotions.

Watch for the entire series of TrustGod devotions in book form coming this fall!

– Frederickson Campus parent

Get ready for next year! We’ll be diving into the theme Love Does: Because He First Loved Us.

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SECONDARY ELECTIVE

Junior High Learns a New Language By Brooke Sikora, CCJH Faculty It has been my privilege to teach an introduction to ASL elective class at our Junior High for a couple of years now. Before I started working at Cascade Christian, I worked for five years with an infant sign

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I would be remiss if I did not also make students aware and sensitive to the unique culture this language belongs to.

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language company called Baby Signs®. It allowed me to be a stayat-home working mom providing for my family, and opened the door of communication with my own infants far earlier than if I had waited for their natural speech development. In addition, it allowed me to learn more about a language I was inherently interested in! Ten years later, I have been given the opportunity to return to this passion in my classroom and I love it!

The students are very interested in learning another language and pick it up very quickly. We start with the basics like the alphabet and counting, and then move on to simple pronouns and verbs. Surprisingly, American Sign Language signs only account for 15% of our English language vocabulary. What this means is a single sign can be used for

multiple but similar words. (There are hundreds of different sign languages around the world.) While teaching signs and building vocabulary is the most significant component, I would be remiss if I did not also make students aware of and sensitive to the unique culture this language belongs to. I want students to be brave enough to interact with deaf individuals they may encounter in our community but also thoughtful of how to do this without offending. Each semester our class has concluded with a special performance in ASL. The class selected two songs and together we learned how to sign them. Then we performed them at the JH Creative Arts Celebrations. It was just beautiful to see how far we have

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come. Parents really enjoyed the opportunity to see their student signing. Many students have had such a positive experience in our JH ASL program that they plan to continue their learning in high school. Eighth grader Julia Gakin said, “I loved how I got to learn about a different culture and how I could sign to my friends if we were supposed to be quiet. It is a unique language.” Seventh grader Abby Gurr plans to continue taking sign language in high school. “My favorite part was learning how to communicate in sign language so I can communicate with other people who know the language.” Seventh grader Willow Sikora, “My favorite part about sign language was that I get to explore another culture and be able to be a part of it. I also love interacting through a different language. I think one of my favorite parts of class was when I introduced a new game called King’s Chair and taught new signs.”

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I-TERM FOCUS

CCHS I-term Student Returns to Puyallup Elementary on a Yearly Basis CCHS Junior Danny DeBock is fond of our CCS Puyallup Elementary Campus. He must be – he keeps going back. This spring, for the third year in a row, Danny returned to the school where he started as a Kindergarten student. He knew, even at that young age, that something was different. The CCS community, he said, “is one of a kind. I haven’t seen a school quite like CCS. The culture is different. How kids interact is different.” He added that he feels there’s a Christ-like atmosphere at CCS. Danny was on campus the week of April 3-7 as part of CCHS Impact Term (I-term), where students, “help people around the world,” according to Danny. His team, the Elementary Tutoring team, spent time on campus all week helping teachers and interacting with students. Danny was specifically helping with the 3rd and 5th grade students this week.

passion. I’ve had some defining moments playing sports,” he stated. He keeps returning to CCS Puyallup Elementary because, “I’ve been blessed with really great teachers (here and at the JH/HS). I have grown mentally, spiritually, physically, socially being at CCS. I am here to serve. God has put me here for a reason. I want to be where God has called me.”

Speaking of the next season, will he return to Puyallup Elementary for his Senior year I-term? “I’d have to pray about it. I would love to, or go abroad.” He sees other things in his future, possibly coaching (on the side), a good job, and a wife and family. But most importantly, he says, “I want to be where God wants me in life; my main purpose is serving God.”

He adds that he’s grown in the last year. “My life is completely different from last year. A lot has changed. In sports, I was number one in tennis. Then I lost a heartbreaking match, and learned that sports isn’t everything. I had to pick myself up and learn from it, but it was very hard to get past. It’s made me stronger. I’ve learned that it’s what you do after a defeat that makes you who you are, and makes you better for the next match or the next season.”

During the week, his favorite thing to do is play with the kids at recess and PE. “That’s where I find my enthusiasm, energy and

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I-term: From the blogs South Africa “As tonight ends our last full day in Cape Town, we have sorrowful yet thankful hearts. Returning from our last day at the townships to the team house was miserable. When we arrived at the team house, most guys kept up a tough face and didn’t shed any tears, whereas most of the girls had trouble holding back their tears while saying goodbye to our beautiful kids, teens, and our incredible Life Skill Educators. Soon after that, we rushed over to St. James beach to witness 5 of our own students get baptized; Skylar, Ashlyn, Kenzie, Lindsey, and Anna. To end our night, we were immersed in what we know best as an “Authentic African Cultural Meal”. We ate exotic meats, learned to play the djembe, and watched some cultural African dancing.”

National Parks “It is only in the presence of God’s great works that we realize the frailty of the human existence – Nathan Suiter.”

Habitat for Humanity “The week in Tri-Cities was very humbling, as we got to see God’s hand shown through simple acts of community service. I’m sure we will all remember this faith in action for a long time. I would like to thank Habitat for Humanity for having us. All of the Tri-Cities crew members we met were very kind and welcoming. It was an honor to serve them all.”

Hospital “When we were at Good Samaritan, we split into groups to accomplish various tasks. One group worked on creating charts to show the nurses what time slots they needed to pay more attention to the patients on. Another group worked in Sheryl Ward’s (the manager for the medical and oncology floor) personal office to clean and organize documents. The groups spent approximately two hours working separately and then came back together to visit the volunteer department at the hospital. Tomorrow we will return to the hospital and continue doing work for them, both behind-the-scenes and spending time with those who need it most.”

South Sound Dream Center “Today we went to go serve some families in a local housing complex. This experience opened up my eyes to how people can be so thankful when it comes to people reaching out to them to help their needs. I got the opportunity to pray over an 81 year old Ukraine lady. She was so thankful that we were serving for the Lord and she too, was a Christian. It brought me to tears as I was praying over her. As she was weeping, Kyla gave her a warm hug and it brought her to tears too. That was an experience of a lifetime and I am so blessed to be able to come on this I-Term.”

To read more about CCS I-term, go to cascadechristian.org/I-term

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CLASS OF 2017

Left to Right: Grayson Jones, Sean Hussey, Amanda Kasper, Sarah Pemberton, Kalina Whiteford

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CLASS OF 2017 Sean Hussey

Time at CCS: 12 years Future plans: Sean will be attending Seattle Pacific University to get an engineering degree. “CCS has given me the skills and tools I need to prepare for an academic future. Specifically, the math program has helped me prepare for an engineering degree. CCS has also given me multiple examples of being a disciple of Jesus, and has built a great Christian foundation.”

Grayson Jones

Time at CCS: Since Pre-Kindergarten (about 13 years) Future plans: Grayson is going to the University of Washington, and then to medical school to become a physical therapist. “The amount of work we have to do has taught me how to manage my time. In addition, Mr. Eklund made me think deeply about my faith and not just blindly accept things. The people here have taught me how to be compassionate.”

Amanda Kasper

Time at CCS: 8 years (second grade, fourth grade, and seventh through twelfth grade) Future plans: Amanda is attending Northwest University in the fall and studying to become a Nurse Practitioner. “Cascade’s rigorous classes and knowledgeable teachers have all taught me, not only in whichever subject I’ve taken, but also how to love learning itself. The teachers, students, and administrators at Cascade create a supportive and loving Christian environment, and I have learned what it means to have a good relationship with Christ and with other people.”

Sarah Pemberton Time at CCS: 15 years

Future plans: Sarah is headed to the University of Washington Seattle to major in biology. She hopes to pursue a career in medical research. “At CCHS, I’ve been able to take many challenging AP and STEM classes, including AP biology. It was that class that helped me find my purpose before God. CCS has also provided me with a nurturing spiritual environment and brought a Christian worldview into every class. It’s a place where my faith may be discussed freely.”

Kalina Whiteford Time at CCS: 13 years

Future plans: Kalina is attending Pacific Lutheran University in the fall and majoring in pre-medicine. “The AP, concurrent, and Honors classes I have taken throughout high school have challenged me and given me a better idea of what classes are like in college. I have been able to receive a Christ-centered education at CCS, which has allowed me to learn more about God.”

Want to know more about our Class of 2017 Valedictorians? Meet our Salutatorians? Go to CascadeChristian.org/stories.

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CASCADE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Class of 2017

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CASCADE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

78 Graduates 638 combined years in Christian Schools (K-12 only, does not include preschool)

8.39 years average in Christian schools per student 25 Seniors have attended Cascade Christian Schools since Kindergarten 5 with a 4.0 GPA (Highest Honors) 24 with a 3.60-3.99 GPA (High Honors) 28 with a 3.0-3.59 GPA (Honors) 3.29 Total Class Grade Point Average 87% (68 students) planning to attend higher education institutions in the fall

42 Students received potential scholarships & grants offered toward college tuition totaling approximately $4,814,838 over the next 4 years. (This is money that does not need to be repaid!)

Preparedâ&#x20AC;Ś

for life.

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ELEMENTARY

New Elementary Writing Curriculum Builds Foundations for the Next Level

This year Cascade Christian Schools adopted a new writing curriculum at the elementary level. The goal is to make sure students are trained to be effective communicators – even as young as Kindergarten. The teachers have worked hard to help our students in the areas of narrative, research and opinion/persuasive writing this year. There is a great partnership our teachers have with one another across the district. All 4th-6th grade teachers met in mid-March to discuss the next writing unit (opinion/persuasive) that was to be covered in the 4th quarter of the school year. Teachers collaborated with the other grades to make sure they were building foundations that could be built upon in the succeeding years. They also worked to be sure they could incorporate a student’s writing across the curriculum. For instance, in research writing, students can apply what they have learned to their reports in Social Studies (Washington State report, country report, state report). In addition, they began planning ways to make sure they could do the same thing in their unit on opinion writing this spring. Similar planning took place in Kindergarten through 3rd grades. Each grade level met as a team and began the process of laying out a strong unit on

opinion/persuasive writing. The work the teachers began earlier in the month was completed on the morning of March 31 when they met together as teams. One of the topics the 7th-12th grade teachers discussed was effective communication. The foundations we are laying for your child in elementary school will be utilized and built upon when they move into our Junior High and on into High School. Effective communication is a life skill, and purposefully educating your student in this area from K-12th grade is a way to make sure they graduate from Cascade Christian ready to impact their world.

Putting it into practice… In one exercise, McAlder Elementary campus teacher Laura Gruner took her students outside to sit in the sunshine, and asked them to respond to a prompt: “Like the psalmist, respond to God with what is in your heart.” “These quotes are too wonderful to be kept in my classroom,” Gruner shared in an email. She added that the new curriculum has really brought the writing talents of some students to light, and says “Every piece of writing is so fun to read.”

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Here is what they wrote: “I always wanted a permanent friend that’s always there for me.” -5th Grade Student “Summer brings laughter and a tint of sadness. Summer brings responsibility, but most of all summer brings the family closer together.” -5th Grade Student “What’s on my mind is [my old school], it’s weird to not be popular but I like it here because there’s no pressure… At McAlder it’s really easy to make friends.” -5th Grade Student “I know it’s all about God’s master plan, and He will protect us.” -5th Grade Student “At the beginning of the year I was scared… I don’t like change… God has a plan for us and to fulfill it, there will be some change.” -5th Grade Student “God has a plan even if it seems he’s not there sometimes. I had that happen to me, I felt like I didn’t have a plan, but God helped me and now I’m at McAlder.” -5th Grade Student

and studied for tests, and it wasn’t scary anymore. I trusted God, I pressed on, and I found my higher calling that is here at McAlder!” -4th Grade Student “I know that [God] will never leave me and He will be with me always. God will help me out if I need help through anything…” -4th Grade Student Another student chose to record what he could see: “The sky is blue, with swirling figures in it. The sun is shining, maybe too brilliantly. The grass is green with my Bible on it. Water droplets form in the sky, swarming toward the brilliant blue. I love the rain; it brings plants to life, makes it a relief on such a sunny day. With too much sun, it makes plants drowsy, and they lose all their hope. There are big bundles of trees, all shining with hope, except for the one doomed from winter. A wind from God brings shivers to the grass. Alas, alas, it brings new plants to life with all seeds coming off the trees. The clouds are moving away with satisfaction.” -4th Grade Student

“It was scary changing schools and leaving friends. But it wasn’t scary getting on my feet again. I made new friends Not Pictured: Boys Golf, Track and Boys Soccer

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PERFORMING ARTS Students Explore and Demonstrate their Creative Potential through the Arts.

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PERFORMING ARTS

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ATHLETICS

Cougar Athletics 2016/2017 Season Fall

Football: Nisqually League Champions Girls Soccer: Nisqually League Champions Volleyball: Nisqually League Champions, West Central District 2nd Place Boys Tennis: Jack Hannah qualified for the 1A State Tournament in the spring

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ATHLETICS

Winter Wrestling: Four wrestlers advanced to state, and Senior Sean Hussey placed 6th Boys Basketball: Advanced to the state tournament

Spring Baseball: Finished 11-3 in league play, and advanced to the state tournament Boys Golf: Dyllan Gritter and Nate Sateren finished 8th in State Girls Golf: Amanda Kasper and Briana Gregory advanced to State Track: Morgan Schepker finished first in State in the 400 meter, and fourth in State in the 200 and 100 meter events; Boys 4x100 team placed 2nd in State

Not Pictured: Boys Golf, Track and Boys Soccer

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ALUMNI UPDATE

Lauren (Patefield) Hellum Class of 2013 What have you done since High School? I stepped into college eager to play the sport I love and to get a degree in an area that I knew would be the perfect place for me. Throughout college, I have grown as a soccer player and a teacher by the coaches and professors that have walked through the last four years with me. My best accomplishments academically would be that I maintained a high enough GPA to receive student-athlete awards for all four years of college. Though soccer was important, I knew that I was a STUDENT-athlete and my grades needed to be in a place that would allow me to succeed in my future occupation of being a math teacher. My best accomplishment athletically would have to be from my final senior season of soccer at Northwest University. I was privileged to receive a second team All-Conference award. This reward was just a start to the best post-season I have ever experienced. We went into conference playoffs as an underdog and beat two higher ranked teams to get into regionals. Our regional game was in Southern California versus Biola University. Biola was ranked 8th in the nation and was a #1 seed for the national tournament. We beat them 2-0 in regulation time and this led us to the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama (BEAUTIFUL city!). Our first round of Nationals was against a team from Kansas. They were the only other “upset” team to make it into the National Tournament. We beat them in a penalty kick shootout, where I was able to save two PKs and move us onto the Elite 8. This is probably my all time favorite game I have ever played for a couple of reasons. The first

is that I believe this is the best game that I have played in my collegiate career (though my dad would tell you my best game was at Biola). My second reason is that my parents and my husband (who had driven 40+ hours from Washington to Alabama and surprised me at that game) were in the crowd and cheering me on! The second round was against a team from Georgia, and we beat them in regulation time 4-1. This guaranteed us a place in the Final Four! Again, our team was the underdog from our conference playoffs, let alone the National Tournament. No Northwest University soccer program had ever made it past Conference Playoffs before! So to make it to the Final Four was an incredible, unforgettable experience. We ended up losing to a team from Ohio that won the tournament in the Final Four game. Though winning would have been amazing, I was so proud of our team for how hard we worked and fought to get to the semi-finals of the National Tournament! It was a time I will never, ever forget! My best accomplishment personally was getting married to my best friend. It will be a year on June 16th and what an amazing year it has been! I started praying for my husband when I was twelve years old. Little did I know that I had already met him and that we would be married nine years later. We met when we were ten years old at our parents’ community group. We would see each other weekly at that community group until we were about twelve. After that, both our families changed churches, and we didn’t see each other until I was in ninth grade. From there, we would see each other periodically over the next four years. It wasn’t until my freshman year of college that we started talking and becoming friends again. You could say that, “The rest is history!” God answered my prayers in ways that I could not have imagined.

What are you up to currently? Besides being married to an amazing man, I am currently employed in Sumner School District as a math teacher for the upcoming 2017-18 school year. It is an amazing opportunity to get a job, not only right after college, but before I even graduated!

What are you most excited about right now? Right now, I am most excited about being offered a job right out of college. I was nervous that it would take me until August to find a job, or even that I might have to sub the first couple years into my career. I had an amazing opportunity to be observed by a few principals, vice principals and district members of the Sumner School District during my student teaching, and with that observation I was offered a place in Sumner. Though I

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do not know what school I will be at yet, I know I have been guaranteed a job and that is a huge weight off my shoulders.

How did God prepare you for where you’re at right now? God has prepared me for where I am at right now and for anything else life will throw my way through the testimony and life of my aunt. My Aunt Nancy was and will always be my hero. She fought cancer for 8 years and walked with God through every step of it. She has taught me to be faithful to our Savior in all circumstances, because with Him, we can do all things. Her life verse was Jeremiah 29:11, which is such a well known verse, “’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.’” She held onto the verse until the very end…knowing that the plan God had for her was way better than her own. Her testimony lives with me everyday and it is through her story that God has prepared me for the rest of my life.

In what ways did you grow in your faith as a result of your experience at CCS? I grew in my faith as a result of my experience at CCS, in part because of having the opportunity to have chapel once a week. I loved having chapel, and being able to worship and listen to different speakers weekly. Some of my favorites were when my own youth pastor, Jeff Bethke, got to come and speak at chapel, and also whenever AXIS came and spoke.

How do you feel that CCS prepared you for graduation, college, and life? On my last day of my senior year, Mr. Bryan Peterson gave what he dubbed “The Big 6,” which were things that we should do in life to succeed in every area. These things have stayed with me for the last four years and will continue to do so. Number one was a group of seven things: •

Be true to yourself.

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Help others.

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Make each day your masterpiece.

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Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.

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Make friendship a fine art.

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Build a shelter for a rainy day.

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Pray for guidance, and count and give thanks for your blessings every day .

The next five items were no less valuable: 1.

Direction determines path, not intention. Proverbs 27:12. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

2. Get plugged into a church/college group. 3. Find a mentor (a Solomon). 4. Two critical words: Thank you. 5. Let people feel the weight of who you are and let them deal with it. With the above in mind, CCS prepared me for the future through the guidance of the teachers and staff. I had many “Solomons” at CCS, and I am thankful for each one of them. Not only were they people who helped me in life, but they are the reason that I wanted to go into teaching and be an example to my own students.

What is a favorite memory of your time at CCS? To pinpoint a specific memory at CCS is really difficult. I attended CCS since 5th grade and there are hundreds of memories I could choose from. I think, if I had to choose, I would pick the Senior Retreat. I was able to help plan it as a Senior ASB officer and to see all of us seniors coming together and just being able to spend time with one another outside of school was a very fun experience. On top of that, reading all our senior letters will be something I will never forget. I still have all my letters and it was an emotional afternoon reading those, not only for me, but for all of my classmates. But that is just one memory of hundreds I could choose from.

What do you appreciate about your time at CCS? What I appreciate most about my time at CCS are the friendships that I still have from high school, not only my friends, but their families as well. I had many CCS friends come to my wedding or be a part of my wedding and I will always be thankful for the friendships that I have made at CCS. They are life long friendships that mean so much to me and I thank God for them.

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DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

WAYS TO GET INVOLVED THAT SUPPORT CCS STUDENTS

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT CCS September 22, 2017 CCS serves more than 1,300 students each year, and has 1,396 alumni. 98% of our graduates attend higher education institutions. Approximately 20% of CCS students receive tuition assistance each year.

October 16-23, 2017

INCOME Tuition & Fees 93% Gifts 6% Other 1%

March 17, 2018 EXPENSES Personnel 65% Facilities 15% Educational Programs 11% Other 9%

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More than 30 students will get to stay at CCS because of your generosity. GOLD BUSINESS PARTNERS

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in supporting Cascade Christian Schools by becoming a 2017-18 Business Partner, please call 253-841-1776.

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BRONZE BUSINESS PARTNERS

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NON PROFIT US POSTAGE PAID TEKS SERVICES

District Office 815 21st Street SE Puyallup, WA 98372 253-841-1776

See us on the web! CascadeChristian.org

Prepared for a Purpose...

Schedule a tour at CascadeChristian.org/tours, or call 253-841-1776.

CCS students are prepared through a well-rounded educational experience, focused on each student’s academic success, spiritual formation, personal and social maturity, and leadership development.

K through 12

DISTRICT-WIDE

KINDERGARTEN PREP INFANTS/TODDLERS

SUMMER TOURS

Five locations in Pierce County

August 8, 15 & 22 • 9-11 a.m. & 3-6 p.m.

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