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Our Staff

Administrators

Jerry DeGroot

Principal/CEO
jdegroot@barbarakensey.com

Jeff Engbers

Athletic Director
jengbers@barbarakensey.com

Dan Landstra

Director for Spiritual Leadership, Bible
dlandstra@barbarakensey.com

Bill Postma

Director of Instruction
bpostma@barbarakensey.com

Scott Soodsma

Dean of Students/Attendance
ssoodsma@barbarakensey.com

Doug VanderPloeg

Director of Transportation, Facilities Director
dvanderploeg@barbarakensey.com

Development

Troy Billin

Director of Development
tbillin@barbarakensey.com

Ken Koppenol

Financial Assistant
kkoppenol@barbarakensey.com

Kayla Rearick

Communications Specialist
krearick@barbarakensey.com

Deb Wieringa

Administrative Assistant
dwieringa@barbarakensey.com

Support Staff

April Arends

Food Court
aarends@barbarakensey.com

Jeannie Berger

Office/Finance Manager
jberger@barbarakensey.com

Krista Bosscher

Executive Administrative Assistant
unity@barbarakensey.com

Sandy Bussis

Tuition Clerk
sbussis@barbarakensey.com

Jennifer Byker

Receptionist/Student Services
jbyker@barbarakensey.com

Michelle DeGroot

Athletic Administrative Assistant
athletics@barbarakensey.com

Jordan Dyk

Weight Room Supervisor
jdyk@barbarakensey.com

Amy Netz

Accompanist

Aaron Rietman

Athletic Trainer
arietman@barbarakensey.com

Lori Rotman

Food Court
lrotman@barbarakensey.com

Mark VanderVeen

Outdoor Facilities
mvanderveen@barbarakensey.com

Dawn VanDyken

Finance Assistant
dvandyken@barbarakensey.com

Tom VanHouten

Custodian
tvanhouten@barbarakensey.com

Jerry Victory

Head Custodian
jvictory@barbarakensey.com

Faculty

Joe Baillargeon

Social Studies
jbaillargeon@barbarakensey.com

Jill Bakker

Physical Education
jbakker@barbarakensey.com

Matt Bakker

Social Studies, Home Maintenance, Associate Athletic Director
mbakker@barbarakensey.com

Nicki Bergsma

English
nbergsma@barbarakensey.com

Ian Billin

Bible, Math
ibillin@barbarakensey.com

Tim Blamer

Bible
tblamer@barbarakensey.com

Julea Blazer

English
jblazer@barbarakensey.com

Mark Bonner

Social Studies
mbonner@barbarakensey.com

Rob Bosma

Science
rbosma@barbarakensey.com

Jim Brinks

Math
jbrinks@barbarakensey.com

Kim Brinks

Culinary Arts, Photojournalism
kbrinks@barbarakensey.com

Loralee Bruxvoort

Spanish
lbruxvoort@barbarakensey.com

Katie DeDoes

Language Arts
kdedoes@barbarakensey.com

Dave Dekker

Math, STEM
ddekker@barbarakensey.com

Dave DeMey

Social Studies
ddemey@barbarakensey.com

Mady Doan

English
mdoan@barbarakensey.com

Kristin Dyk

Math, Student Council
kdyk@barbarakensey.com

Jordyn Dykstra

Educational Support
jdykstra@barbarakensey.com

Ashton Foreman

Choir
aforeman@barbarakensey.com

Steve Gruppen

Industrial Arts
sgruppen@barbarakensey.com

Sara Jager

Orchestra
sjager@barbarakensey.com

Brian Knot

Band
bknot@barbarakensey.com

Sarah Koetsier

Math
skoetsier@barbarakensey.com

Jen Koning

Science, Student Council
jkoning@barbarakensey.com

Maddie Koppenol

Math
mkoppenol@barbarakensey.com

David Kuiper

Math
dkuiper@barbarakensey.com

Dan Landstra

Director for Spiritual Leadership, Bible
dlandstra@barbarakensey.com

Marissa Lewellyn

Social Studies
mlewellyn@barbarakensey.com

Bill Lutke

Educational Support
blutke@barbarakensey.com

Brian Mast

Science
bmast@barbarakensey.com

Jason Nikkel

English
jnikkel@barbarakensey.com

Angie Portenga

Science
aportenga@barbarakensey.com

Beka Roelofs

Spanish
broelofs@barbarakensey.com

Gideon Sall

Industrial Arts
gsall@barbarakensey.com

Lauren Slager

English
lslager@barbarakensey.com

Cam Stahl

Social Studies
cstahl@barbarakensey.com

Mitch Sytsma

English
msytsma@barbarakensey.com

Julie Thrower

Art
jthrower@barbarakensey.com

Craig Tibbe

Physical Education
ctibbe@barbarakensey.com

Josh Tubergen

Science
jtubergen@barbarakensey.com

Sara Van Dyke

Spanish
svandyke@barbarakensey.com

Sharon Veltema

Chapel Coordinator, Math
sveltema@barbarakensey.com

Aubrie Vredevoogd

Art
avredevoogd@barbarakensey.com

Dave Vruwink

CAD
dvruwink@barbarakensey.com

Nick Weber

Science
nweber@barbarakensey.com

Christina Welch

Math, International Student Coordinator
cwelch@barbarakensey.com

Skylar Wenzel

English
swenzel@barbarakensey.com

Sara Westrate

Physical Education
swestrate@barbarakensey.com

Counselors

Julie Essebaggers

Counselor: Middle School Coordinator, Admissions
jessebaggers@barbarakensey.com

Randy Heethuis

Counselor
rheethuis@barbarakensey.com

Dan Sanders

Counselor: Tech Center
dsanders@barbarakensey.com

Christina Welch

Math, International Student Coordinator
cwelch@barbarakensey.com

Paraprofessionals

Jill Cook

Paraprofessional
jcook@barbarakensey.com

Pam Heethuis

Paraprofessional
pheethuis@barbarakensey.com