Name: Mrs. Laura Van Beek

Homeroom: 6th Grade

Subjects Taught:  Science (6th-8th), Bible (5th, 6th)

Education: B.A. in Elementary Education (Dordt College)

Completed Years of Service at SCS: 22

Why I am excited to teach at SCS:  Sanborn Christian School and its students have a special place in my heart.  It is an amazing blessing to be able to be involved in educating under God's Word for serving God in His world.

Why I love SCS:  I am blessed to be able to teach at SCS.  Two very important things in my life are my God and my family.  Daily at SCS, I am able to share my passion for serving the Lord with these special covenant children.  My family is also important in my life and one very special thing about SCS is that the students are like a family.  Every day is a new experience at SCS and a gift from God where His fingerprints are made evident all around. 

Favorite Bible Verse: 

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all you ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your path." (Proverbs 3:5,6).

 "For I know the plans I have you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). 

"But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.  For  am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.  I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.  Because you are  precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.  Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you (Isaiah 43:1-5)