My maiden name is Vanden Bosch and I grew up north of Parchment.  I attended Richland schools.  College years were spent at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, achieving a B.A. and certification for K-8 in all subjects.  I have done graduate work at U of M and WMU.  I have taught preschool through 4th grade and substituted in more.

Phil and I have been married for 42 years and have raised four children.  We enjoy spending time with our eight grandchildren.  I spend any other leisure time in Bible study, reading, needlework and travel both in the US and internationally.

High School Teacher

I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida.  After graduating from high school, I attended Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where I studied engineering.  During a semester abroad in China, I had the opportunity to teach English to a group of Chinese college professors.  It was through that experience that I realized how much I enjoyed teaching.

After college, I moved to Kalamazoo.  My husband Tony and I joined Covenant United Reformed Church and started our family.  We have two daughters who are both students at Reformed Heritage Christian School.  In 2003, I began teaching high school part-time at RHCS.  I teach Spanish and science as well, but I particularly enjoy the opportunity to show students that math really can be fun!

I grew up in Portage and attended Portage Central High School.  I went to Western Michigan University for my undergraduate work.  I am currently attending Spring Arbor University for my Master's Degree.  I am a certified elementary teacher with additional endorsements in middle school science and social studies.  After graduating from Western Michigan University, I subbed for one year before getting hired full-time at RHCS.

My major at Calvin College was Elementary Education with a Language Arts group major.  After finishing there I thankfully received a contract to teach first grade at South Christian School in Kalamazoo, MI.  My fiance, David Kloosterman, was already working at The UpJohn Company.  I filled that position for 3 years before the first of our six children came into our family.

In 2005 I began to teach at RHCS.  I was recertified by the State of Michigan in 2007 to teach grades K-8 in all subjects and 9th grade Language Arts.  I have taken graduate courses at Western Michigan University and Spring Arbor Univesity in Kalamazoo and online.

I believe in the necessity of Christian Education for the children of believers and have been blessed to attend and work at Christian schools all my life.

Deuteronomy 6:6-7 "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to yor children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up."

Favorite things in our class include singing, earning a free hour for math games by passing our speed drills, and making art projects.

I graduated from Calvin College in 1972 with a BA in secondary education with a major in English and a minor in Music.  I finished my master's degree in Elementary Education at WMU in 1978.

Although Joy Mejeur has taught in four states, she is a native of Kalamazoo.  Joy attended South Christian Grade School and Kalamazoo Christian High.  She continued her education at Calvin College where she earned her degree in secondary education with a major in physical education. 

Joy taught four years at Westminister Christian in Miami, Florida and two years in Jenison Christian Junior High in Michigan where she instructed girls' physical education classes and sports.  A move was made to Inez, Kentucky where Joy volunteered at Appalachia - Reach Out and began teaching in the Martin County Public Schools.  She spent one year teaching first grade and the next nine years teaching seventh grade life science.  Then Joy went back to Miami for a year to teach sixth grade at Kendall Christian.  Joy then moved to West Sayville Christian on Long Island, New York.  Here she taught physical education, health, physical science, earth science, life science, Bible and home economics in the middle school.

Joy had taken summer classes at Western Michigan University and finished her Master's Degree at Morehead State University in Kentucky.  This degree certified her to teach all subjects in kindergarten through eighth grade.

After twelve years in New York, Joy moved back to Kalamazoo to assist her parents.  She has been teaching kindergarten at RHCS for nine years.  It will be exciting to see her first kindergarten students graduate from eighth grade this year (2008).  It is good to see the students grow in wisdom having the security of a Christian family and school.

    I graduated from Calvin College in 2008 with a B.A. in English along with a Secondary Education endorsement.  I also minored in Communication Arts and Sciences. I spent the last year substitute teaching for Kent County public schools as well as a few Grand Rapids area Christian schools. 
 
    I currently live in Wyoming, Michigan with my husband, Thom, and daughter, Cadence.  I am a GEMS counselor at Pathway Church in Byron Center,  as well as a member of the Calvin College Alumni Choir.

Graduated from Unity Christian High in 1983

Graduated from Western Washington University with BAE Degree in 1993

Graduated from Heritage University with M.Ed Degree in 1998

Taught 9 years at Goldendale Middle School in Goldendale, WA and 4 years at Central Valley High School in Spokane, WA.  Started teaching at RHCS in 2008.