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Collection Overview

Title: Christian School Papers Collection, 1882-[Ongoing]

ID: COLL/481

Extent: 189.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

The collection includes minutes (restricted), reports, yearbooks, anniversary booklets, clippings, newsletters, programs, tracts, guides, handbooks, manuals, photographs, pamphlets, courses of study, educational material, and publications detailing some of the Christian schools, regional organizations, associations, and conferences affiliated with National Union of Christian Schools (NUCS) and Christian Schools International (CSI). [See also the Campus Titles Database.]

Box and Folder Listing

Series 268: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS)

formerly Grand Rapids Christian School Association (GRCSA)

Box Vault

Item 210

Box 98

Folder 1-17: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Board minutes --- May 1971 - Sept 1972: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 99

Folder 1-16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Board minutes --- Oct 1972 - Jan 1974: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 100

Folder 1-4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Board minutes --- Feb 1974 - May 19: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 5-16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Board minutes --- May 1982 - Jun 1996, Jun 1997: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED

Box 102

Folder 1-3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Education Committee minutes [incomplete] --- 1971-1977, 1983-1992: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Executive Committee minutes and material --- 1972-1974: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Board minutes, correspondence --- 1925-1947: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 6: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Grand Rapids Council of Christian Schools minutes --- 1953, 1960: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 7: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): The Greater Grand Rapids Christian School Association minutes [Includes more than GRCS] --- 1963-1966: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 8-14: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS Administrators' Council minutes --- 1959, 1970-1971, 1972-1977: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 15: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA Development Foundation minutes and material --- 1972-1975: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Media Literacy Task Force minutes --- 1996-1997
Folder 17: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Professional Status Committee minutes --- Oct 1969-Mar 1971: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 18: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): PACE Committee minutes --- 1989-1993
Folder 19: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Professional Development Committee minutes --- 1991-1992
Folder 20: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Promotions Committee minutes --- 1983-1985, 1989-1991

Box 103

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS Principals' Club minutes --- 1944-1950: Acquisition Information: RESTRICTED
Folder 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS Principals' Club correspondence --- 1941-1960
Folder 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Michigan Christian Principals' Club reports --- 1943-1961

Box 162

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Salary Committee minutes --- 1969-1971

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Salary Committee minutes --- 1969-1971
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Salary study report --- 1970
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): NUCS salary schedule compilation --- 1968-1969

Folder 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Site Committee material --- 1970-1974

Folder 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Grand Rapids Christian School Foundation Annual Report --- 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991-1995

Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Superintendent's letters/reports --- 1969, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996

Other Information: 1997

Folder 5-9: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA board communiqués to district boards, #1-93 --- 1969-1977

Folder 10: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Reglement der Bereeriging voor Geref. Schoolonderwijs

Folder 11-12: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Handbook --- 1971, [rev 1973]

Folder 13: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Financing plan --- 1970-1971

Folder 14: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Correspondence --- 1971-1974

Folder 15: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Music survey --- 1961

Folder 16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Grand Rapids Christian Educators' Club directory --- 1965-1966

Folder 17: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Building plans and proposal for association schools --- 1991

Box 141

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GR Christian Educators' Club, yearbook --- 1955-1956, 1956-1957

Folder 2

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council of Christian School Boards, survey, "How Well Are the Grand Rapids Christian Schools Doing their Job?" --- 1956
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Souvenir Booklet, Christian School Rally Day --- 13 Aug 1947

Folder 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS, financial approach; financing plan --- 1970-71; 1971-1972

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS, financial approach --- 1970-71
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS, financing plan --- 1971-1972

Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Issues re: school-sponsored dance, unification, Franklin Campus

Folder 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Community Education curriculum --- 1983-1984

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Community Education curriculum --- 1983-1984
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Focus on Christian Education --- 1982, 1985

Folder 6: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Ninth grade and middle school report and the responses of individual association schools --- 1984

Folder 7: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Middle School Instructional Council minutes --- 1985-1989

Folder 8: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Middle School Instructional Council documents; Middle School Program Development Committee report, 1986; evaluation of middle school student report, 1988; Quest program report, 1987; curriculum electives mini courses; student service opportunities --- 1986

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Middle School Instructional Council documents; Middle School Program Development Committee report --- 1986
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Evaluation of middle school student report --- 1988
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Quest program report --- 1987
Item 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Curriculum electives mini courses
Item 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Student service opportunities

Folder 9: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Vision Task Force report --- Jan-92

Folder 10: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): K-12 Science / Health Study Committee. Material --- 1992-1995

Folder 11: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRSCA Strategic Plan; Proposal of a new structure to enhance curriculum development --- 1994, 2007-2012

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRSCA Strategic Plan --- 1994, 2007-2012
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Proposal of a new structure to enhance curriculum development --- 1994

Folder 12: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Clippings [includes advertisements] --- 1920, 1967-1993

Folder 13: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Communications Committee, association schools review packets, advertisements, publications, and brochures --- 1997

Folder 14: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Association schools, advertisement flyers and information sheets --- 2007-2008

Folder 15: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Brochure, "Through the Generations," re: DeVos Center for Arts and Worship (CAW), the Gainey Athletic Field, and individual school improvements --- 1999

Folder 16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): DeVos Center for Arts and Worship (CAW) material for the Inaugural Weekend, Sept. 2002

Folder 17: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Various press releases --- 2003-2005

Folder 18: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Slide photographs, association school buildings --- 1981-1983

Folder 19: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Early class photographs [Baxter or Oakdale] --- 1913-[1920]

donated by Margaret Kluitenberg Wilmers

Folder 20: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Photographs, CD photographs, of New 2 You Thrift Store opening --- 2005

Box 175

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council constitutions, articles of association, and related correspondence --- 1942-1964
Folder 2-3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council board minutes --- 1941-1945, 1959
Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council correspondence --- 1959
Folder 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council booklet, Toward Better Parent-Teacher Association Financial Projects, --- undated
Folder 6: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council booklet, Toward Better Parent-Teacher Association Programs --- [1953?]
Folder 7: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council annual workshop materia --- 1962, 1964, and undated
Folder 8: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council Bulletin --- 1957-1967 [incomplete]
Folder 9: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council Newsletter --- 1965 and undated
Folder 10: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Central Council clippings --- 1955-1964 and undated

Box 163

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Historical material

Folder 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Mission statement, undated

Folder 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Consolidation Study Committee background material and final report --- 1964-1968

Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Pamphlet re: consolidation [1968]; agreement of consolidation document, [1967-1968]; GRCSA bylaws, [1968-1969]; GRCSA board document outlining structure, goals, policies, role of local organization, 1969; association primer, undated

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Pamphlet re: consolidation --- 1968
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Agreement of consolidation document --- [1967-1968]
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA bylaws --- [1968-1969]
Item 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA board document outlining structure, goals, policies, role of local organization --- 1969
Item 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Association primer --- undated

Folder 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Merger documents, relationship of district boards to association board; purposes and functions of joint committees --- 1969

Folder 6: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): “Benefits and Challenges of the Association Organization of Grand Rapids Christian Schools,” a review after seven years, Jan 1977; “Association Benefits and Strengths,” [1987]

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): "Benefits and Challenges of the Association Organization of Grand Rapids Christian Schools," a review after seven years --- Jan-77
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): "Association Benefits and Strengths" --- [1987]

Folder 7: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee reports, math, 1976; reading, 1977; language arts, 1978; science, 1981; social studies, 1982; art, 1983

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee reports, math --- 1976
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee report, reading --- 1977
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee report, language arts --- 1978
Item 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee report, science --- 1981
Item 5: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee report, social studies --- 1982
Item 6: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA study committee report, art --- 1983

Folder 8: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): "Financing Christian Education: A Grand Rapids Christian School Association Member Survey" by the Social Research Center of Calvin College --- 1984

Folder 9: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Enrollment manuals --- 1971-1972, 1977-1978, 1985-1986

Folder 10: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): ECCES (Evangelical Committee for Christian Education Scholarship) material --- 1972-1992

Folder 11: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Shared time report, 1967-1968; “Questions and Answers Concerning Aid to Non-public Schools,” 1968; government-school relations bulletin, NUCS, 1974

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Shared time report --- 1967-1968
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): "Questions and Answers Concerning Aid to Non-public Schools," 1968 --- 1968
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Government-school relations bulletin, NUCS --- 1974

Folder 12: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Vision Campaign --- 1986

Folder 13: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Elementary and middle school curriculum guides --- 1999

Folder 14: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Promotional material --- 2009-2010

Folder 15: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA annual Impact reports --- 1970, 1972, 1978-1985, 1987-1989

Folder 16: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA annual Impact Report --- 1994-1996, 2005-2006, 2008

Folder 17: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA annual Impact Report --- 2009-2010, 2018-2019, 2020-2024

Folder 18: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Annual meeting [2007]; annual meeting publication including Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws, Mar 2010; annual meeting, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Annual meeting --- [2007]
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Annual meeting publication including Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws --- 10-Mar
Item 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Annual meeting --- 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

Box 142

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): "Get Healthy" Funding Initiative: debt reduction, renovated athletic stadium, Quest Wellness Center: information packet, drawings of Quest Center --- 2007

Folder 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Advertising flyers, brochures, clippings re: association school; brochure outlining construction diagrams re: new GR Christian Elementary School --- 2009

Folder 3: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCSA newsletter, Kids' Korner, [intended for families with chidren ages 0-5] --- 1995

Folder 4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Currents [incomplete]; (continued by Eagle Vision) --- 1990-1997

Folder 5-7: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Eagle Vision --- 1997-2017

Folder 8

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): VHS tapes, PACE Discovery Showcase --- 1992
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): VHS tapes, "The Weaver," Ken Medema with GRCS musicians

Box 101

Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Mission Advancement report --- 1997-2001, 2002-2003
Folder 2-4: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Newsletter --- 1969-1977, 1980 - Jul 1990

Box 122

Item 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Scrapbook of articles re: parochiaid issue --- 1968-1969
Item 2: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): Reel to reel, GRCSA "Challenge Drive" --- undated
Folder 1: Grand Rapids Christian Schools (GRCS): GRCS Annual Report --- 2007

Oversized OS46

Item 2: Class photo from Baxter Christian School: Located on oversized "school" shelf
Item 3: Diploma from Baxter Christian School: Located on oversized "school" shelf