Western Michigan Christian High School and the WMC Athletic Department are excited to announce the hiring of Tyler Ray as the next girls varsity basketball coach. Tyler Ray is no stranger to the WMC community as he is a 2010 graduate, a 3 time State Champion in basketball and has taught physical education at Grand Haven Christian since he graduated from Cornerstone University in 2014. “I am beyond excited to have Tyler join our coaching staff here at WMC”, said Athletic Director, Ryan Slack. “To have a guy that has been in our play, and coached in our program already is a huge bonus that Tyler ..read more

Western Michigan Christian High School and the WMC Athletic Department are excited to announce the hiring of Matt Haveman as the next boys varsity basketball coach. Matt Haveman is no stranger to the WMC community as he has coached the boys Junior Varsity team the last two seasons. Matt and his family are also supporters of Christian education as he has two children that are currently enrolled at WMC.  “We are ecstatic to have Coach Haveman be the next head coach of our program”, said Athletic Director, Ryan Slack. “Our basketball program is one of the most historic and successful program ..read more

Christ centered Project Based Learning   Grand Haven Christian (GHC) 4th graders collaborated with Western Michigan Christian (WMC) high school and middle school students to exchange Christ centered project based learning. GHC 4th grade teacher Dawn Rotman led the project and worked with WMC instructors to coordinate the learning exchange, “I have been wanting to do something at WMC with my students and it was fun to see this take shape. I was excited to see how many classes collaborated with us to make this happen.” Teaching for Transformation is the West Michigan Christian Education Col ..read more

On March 7, seniors Izzy Brower and Autumn Alderink coordinated a blood drive through the Versiti Blood Center of Michigan. “Thank you so much for hosting the blood drive. It was so AWESOME! These results were incredible and it included 22 new donors,” said Caitlin Gallagher, Senior Account Representative at Versiti, “I hope Izzy and Autumn got a lot out of this project and found it to be a meaningful part of their senior year.” Izzy and Autumn set their goal at 24 donations. They had 35 registered donors that included 26 whole blood donations, and 3 double red donations which brought the tota ..read more

From the Operation Christmas Child Website: Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world and, together with the local church worldwide, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 146 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories. Many shoebox recipient ..read more

Western Michigan Christian High School Spanish Immersion students can attend a university and work toward a Spanish minor while at WMC. This is due to our partnership with Calvin University. That program includes a summer off-campus Spanish 305 Cultural Enhancement Class in Merida, Mexico for thirteen days. Objectives include speaking Spanish and experiencing culture in a Spanish speaking country.   WMC students that went on that trip this past summer included alumni Ashton Leffring, Naomi Huttenga, and Amaria Greer along with senior students Chalon Anderson, Elise Lenertz, and Sydney Syt ..read more

“It is my great pleasure to announce that the cooperative agreement for High School Hockey between Grand Haven Public Schools, Spring Lake Public Schools, and Western Michigan Christian High School for the 2023-2024 season is official,” said WMC Athletic Director Ryan Slack.   It is part of the mission in the WMC Athletic Department to provide the best possible athletic experience to students. Part of that is to be able to provide opportunities for students to participate in the sports that they desire. Over the past year, WMC has been evaluating the desires of students and  learned ..read more

Tom Kuiper Named Boys and Girls Tennis Coach Tom Kuiper will lead the WMC tennis program beginning this fall after serving the last two years as Assistant Coach for both the boys and girls teams. Coach Kuiper played high school tennis at Holland Christian and played in leagues and groups for several years after that at Norton Pines. “I really enjoy watching the players improve and witnessing their enthusiasm for the game, a game they can enjoy throughout their lives” says Kuiper, “I think it is important to be part of a team or group in high school, the social interactions and friendships that ..read more

WMC Names Chris Ruiter as New Principal Meet Chris   Dear Western Michigan Christian Community: With excitement, anticipation, and gratitude to our Heavenly Father, the Board of Directors announces that a contract for the position of Principal has been extended to Mr. Christopher J. Ruiter, and he has accepted the position! Mr. Ruiter graduated from Grand Haven Christian and WMC! He then achieved his BA in Elementary and Special Education from Calvin University; his MA in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University; has continued his education at Grand Valley State University ..read more

Mrs. Newsted‘s 8th grade girls advisory group went to Kids Belong’s Foster Care Share Closet, located in Fellowship Reformed Church, Muskegon. (Kids Belong is a network that supports foster, adoption, and kinship families with supplies but also provides counseling and other services). The girls spent their time sorting kids’ clothing and hanging them for easy access for those in need. There were lots of “ooohs” and “aahs” over cute baby clothes and even some teen clothing. Some students spent time organizing the racks of clothes as well. They also learned a lot about the program as the ..read more