Welcome to our 2018 Valley Christian School Blog
Greetings from Principal Ron
Donkersloot
I
am excited to serve as the principal of Valley Christian! I have had the
opportunity to meet with staff and board members as well as some parents this
past September and October 2017 during my visit. What I saw in the staff and the
community excited me about becoming involved with Valley Christian School!
As a introduction, I wanted to give you some information about our
family. I am from Brandon, Manitoba, which is where my parents came as Dutch immigrants
after WWII. I graduated with a Bachelors of Religious Education from Reformed
Bible College (now Kuyper College) and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from
Calvin College (both in Grand Rapids, Michigan). My wife, Mary Lou (who is a
“California girl”), and I met at Reformed Bible College. We are blessed with three sons and a
daughter.
I
began my teaching career in New Mexico working for Rehoboth Christian School as
a teacher for grades 4–6 at a small Christian school on the Navajo Reservation
in Crownpoint, New Mexico. Our two oldest boys were born in New Mexico and
although we thoroughly enjoyed our four years in Crownpoint, I felt the desire
to move back to Canada. I was very grateful for the opportunity to become the
principal of Vancouver Christian School (also VCS!).
After
17 years at VCS I felt it was time to let others have the opportunity for
leadership. I took the position as Superintendent at Rehoboth Christian School
(in Gallup, New Mexico) for four years and then as principal of an elementary
school in Gallup for seven years. I had also served as Director of Personnel
for the same school district for five years.
During
our intervening years here in New Mexico three of our four children have ended
up in BC and we now have four granddaughters living in Maple Ridge with our son
and daughter-in-law. The call to come back to BC has been strong and this
opportunity is seen as a gift from God.
Three
of our four children (and a son-in-law and daughter-in-law) are also in
education, two here in BC and a son in Michigan where both he and his wife
teach at Fremont Christian School. They have three daughters so we are blessed
with seven granddaughters!
It
is my hope and prayer that we are able to serve the VCS
community for many years to come.
I
invite you to come and check out Valley Christian School if you have the
chance! We have a ready smile for everyone and we would love to show you what a
little treasure we have here at Valley Christian School!
Ron Donkersloot
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