Alumni Spotlight
ZCS Alumni Spotlight // Luke Gruppen ’17
Luke Gruppen, a Zeeland Christian School alumni, looks back on his time at ZCS with gratitude for the teachers and experiences that helped shape his faith and his calling to serve others. One memory that stands out began in second grade, when Maestra Koop, now ZCS’s Head of School, took the time to teach Luke…
Read MoreCuriosity Encouraged. Faith Deepened. A Calling Discovered.
Alumni Spotlight: Josh Parks ’10 Sometimes, all it takes is one teacher who says, “Go for it.” For Josh Parks ’10, that teacher was Mrs. Roskamp. “I loved everything about my seventh-grade English class with Mrs. Roskamp,” Josh remembers. “Not only because she let me write a 30,000-word prequel to The Chronicles of Narnia instead…
Read MoreCalled to Care: How McKenna Schafer ’16 Lives Out Her Faith in Nursing
When McKenna Schafer ’16 walks into the ICU each day, she never knows what challenges await. As a nurse serving patients and families in northern Michigan at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, she regularly encounters situations that are heartbreaking, difficult, and deeply human. Yet through it all, she carries with her a foundation that…
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