Friday, December 12, 2025

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Seniors: A reminder that a Jostens representative will be at school during lunch in the PAC lobby this Friday, December 12^th to deliver your senior apparel and keepsake items. If you ordered those items, please make sure that you stop by to pick them up. Caps, gowns, tassels, other regalia items and paper products such as announcements will be delivered to school later this spring.

Spotlight Scholarship – CFHZ Application: The CFHZ Community Scholars Application has officially opened and connects students to over 200 local scholarships for those in the Holland and Zeeland area.One application automatically matches you to more than 200 scholarships and may provide additional opportunities depending on eligibility. This scholarship is open to all students regardless of status or FAFSA completion and includes scholarships for employees or dependents of local businesses such as Russ’, Freedom Village, and Holland Hospital. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. Apply here: https://cfhz.org/apply-for-scholarships/

SLiC: SLiC is collecting squishmallows for children in foster care, as they are the most popular request by children of all ages. Each donation helps ensure children entering the foster care system have something of their own during an uncertain time. All plush donations will be distributed by Arbor Circle through their welfare and youth programs. The donation box is located in the SSO

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Men's Swimming and Diving: The Holland Dutch Varsity Swim and Dive team traveled across the river to West Ottawa last night for their first dual meet of the season. The 200 Free Relay team of junior Luke Arendshorst, sophomore Simeon Carter,  junior Jonathan Ross, and sophomore Aiden Lambers beat The Panthers with a time of 1:39.32. Lambers took second in the 200 freestyle (2:02.25) and second in the 100 freestyle (53.52). Arendshorst finished third in the 50 freestyle (25.08) and second in breaststroke (1:08.67). Ross placed third in the 100 butterfly (1:08.21) and third in breaststroke (1:16.47). Carter placed third in the 100 free (1:00.09). Exceptional. Swims were recorded by freshmen Urban Cassar (50 and 500 freestyle) and Charlie Dumez (200 IM and 100 back), sophomores Ace Brink (50 and 500 freestyle) and Corey Ross (200 IM and 100 butterfly), juniors Ryan Geerts (200 and 500 freestyle) and Keegan Welsh (diving and relays) and senior captains Anthony Poest (100 free and 100 back) and Nazario Estrada ( 200 IM and 100 butterfly).
“This is an excellent group of guys. We are a small team, but we are mighty in our abilities,” said head coach Tonya Book. The Dutch host Wayland and Ottawa Hills on Tuesday, December 16. The meet will begin at 6:30 at The Holland Aquatic Center.

Word of the Day

Leviathan is a word with literary flair that can refer broadly to something very large and powerful, or more narrowly to a large sea animal, or a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy.

Towering leviathans of the forest, giant sequoias often reach heights of more than 200 feet.