Colleen Veenendaal: Colleen is our part-time resource co-coordinator with lots of experience.
Deborah DeRuiter: Deborah, who is back at I.C.S., will be assisting as an EA in several elementary classrooms.
Janet Vandenberg: Janet will again be working in the resource department.
Maureen Veldman: Maureen is in her second year as an EA at ICS.
Bonita Vanderlinde: Bonita returned to ICS after several years away to work as an EA at both the secondary and elementary levels.
Michelle Kanis: Michelle is one of our teacher assistants, helping students at both the secondary and elementary levels.
Peter & Jenny Verhelst: They have been very diligent in their work as part-time custodians.
Audrey Toet: Audrey is the anchor of the office team and, as school secretary, the person to go to if you have questions.
Sharon Nyhof: Sharon is back for her third year at I.C.S. She very capably gets our full class of energetic kindergarten students off on the right foot.
Laura Harke: We’ re pleased to have this ICS alumnus as our grade 1 teacher for another year.
June Vandermeulen: She is using her talents in the grade 2 class again this year.
Mary-Ellen van Doornik: She is also back for her third year to work with our grade 3 students.
Mark den Hollander: Mark is back for his fourth year, but definitely has acquired a different role here. Look for Mark in the VP’s office, teaching High School classes, or working as Resource Coordinator for the High School.
Klaren Heidema: She teaches all subjects to our grade 5 students and Social Studies to the grade 6 students.
Fred Folkerts: Fred is back in the grade 6 classroom to impart wisdom … mostly science … which includes an aquarium in the back corner and bugs randomly crawling around the classroom.
Evelyn Dykstra: After many years of working in our High School and serving as our Careers Counsellor and Resource Coordinator, Evelyn has taken up a different challenge in teaching Grade 4.
Liz Buist: Liz teaches LA and Bible studies in grades 7 & 8. She is with us for half days, but can pack a lot of learning into those mornings.
Bob Leach: Bob is handling many of the secondary school math and science duties. He does his utmost to pack the tight math and science curriculum into a busy school semester.
Frank Baker: Whether it’s Biology, Math, or Reformed Studies, Frank is the man to visit for an interesting conversation on any one of these topics. He has a lot of fascinating information to share with all those who are savvy enough to listen carefully.
Jeff Dykstra: If there’s a tale to be told about Shakespeare or Chaucer, Jeff, our high school English teacher, will be the one to tell it.
Shane Van Veen: This is Shane’s fourth year at I.C.S. teaching Math, Chemistry, Computers, and Phys. Ed. This year again, he will be the “go to man” as far as the sport program at I.C.S. is concerned.
Peter Veenendaal: Peter is the man who urges us onward, leading us on in his capacity as principal. When not busy inspiring us, Peter also teaches Grade 10 Geography, Art 20G and is now also our Career Counsellor.
Rob Bonefaas: This is Rob’s first year of teaching and we are very excited to have him on board. Rob comes to us with a Bachelor of Music and can be found in our new ‘Centre of the Arts” conducting our new band. Rob also teaches several subjects to our Grade 7&8 students. Somewhere in there he also has some time for Grade 1&2 Music and Grade 5&6 Choir.