November 25, 2024 update
As we enter into the week of Thanksgiving, we are reminded of how much we have to be thankful for. Maintaining an attitude of gratitude is how we see that we can steward this season of waiting. Currently, we do not have any official updates on the progress of the permitting process, but we remain hopeful that we will soon advance to the next phase. We will be more than excited to shout that from the rooftops to let everyone know when that happens!
We are thankful for the leadership, teachers, and staff at Puyallup Elementary for their unwavering positivity and dedication. We are thankful for the support and encouragement from our Puyallup Elementary parents and students. Together, we pray for a prompt response from the City of Puyallup and for the opportunity to enter the review process.
If you are in need of some encouragement, please view this video Mrs. Peterson shared in her recent email to her campus of God's faithfulness in this journey so far.
November 7, 2024 update
As noted in the update from October 28, we have submitted all necessary documents and are now in a waiting period while the City of Puyallup conducts their review.
Please continue praying for a swift process, as we hope they will approve all documentation promptly, allowing us to schedule the public hearing at the earliest opportunity.
We appreciate everyone's patience and support during this process. In the meantime, we are continuing to prepare for the next steps and ensure that everything is in place for a successful outcome. Thank you for standing by us and joining us in prayer as we navigate these important steps.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
October 28, 2024 update
The traffic impact study has been completed and is scheduled to be submitted to the City of Puyallup today as part of our submittal package for the Conditional Use Permit review process for placement of modular classrooms. We hope to have a timeline for what comes next from City of Puyallup later this week.
You may have noticed some utility work being done in front of the property. While we are excited about seeing construction of any kind happening, it is not directly related to our project timeline.
Please be praying for a quick review time from the city and that we will enter into the next phase swiftly.
October 17, 2024 update
A traffic study has been in process for the past few weeks. The traffic engineer who is managing our traffic study has completed his site inspection. He was impressed with our traffic flow system, and he only had a few minor suggestions. He is now preparing his report to recommend that the City of Puyallup grant us into the next phase toward the conditional use permit needed to place modular classrooms on the Pioneer Campus. We anticipate that this part of the process will be completed within the next 7–10 days. As outlined in the grid below, we hope to enter the public hearing step of the process at that time.
As with all construction-related matters, this timetable is fluid and represents our best estimate. We hope everything proceeds within these projected time frames, but, as we have learned, these processes are outside of our control and just take time.
Please be praying with us that the above events can take place in time for us to move into the modular classrooms during Christmas break. Thank you for your continued partnership and prayers during this process.
If you have questions or would like to request an in-person meeting, you may email Connect2CCS@CascadeChristian.org.
September 20, 2024 update
As communicated in August, we are using this page to provide additional updates until work is completed and students have moved into the modular classrooms.
While the updates we currently have are minor, they represent the best progress report we can provide at this time. Please join us in praying for the traffic study to be completed soon and yield positive results, and that we will be able to meet the December–January time frame.
August 2024 Update
God has provided in amazing ways for the relocation of Puyallup Elementary to the Pioneer campus. However, you may have noticed that work on the front of the campus, where modular classrooms for Puyallup Elementary will be placed, has been paused temporarily. This is a multi-faceted project involving multiple permits with the City of Puyallup. We have progressed as far as we can with the permits that have been issued and are now waiting for additional permits that will allow us to complete the project.
We are beginning the year with an accommodation that is temporary in nature, and have increased the designated space for elementary to include 4 modular classrooms in the JH gym. We are trusting God’s timing for when we will be able to move K-3 students into modular classrooms that will be placed in the open piece of property at the entrance of the campus. Students in grades 4-6 will remain in the second-floor classrooms of the JH building according to plan.
Below, we have provided a brief timeline of the processes and events that need to take place for us to be granted occupancy of the modular classrooms. We will be using this page to provide additional updates until work is completed and students have moved into the modular classrooms. Thank you for your prayers over this ongoing process.
May 2024: Exciting Puyallup Elementary Update
Greetings, Cascade Christian Community,
I trust this email finds you doing well as we are on the homestretch of this school year. There are a number of things that we are glad to be able to update you on, the first of which is the exciting news that we have purchased the property surrounded by the entrance and exit of our JH/HS campus. The acquisition of this property has value to us in many regards, and we have hoped and prayed for the chance to purchase it for several years. God’s perfect timing in all things has amazingly provided a key piece of what was needed to relocate the Puyallup Elementary campus to the JH/HS site. The acquisition of this property now has provided immediate added value for our CCS community!
We are already finalizing our plans to pack up and relocate from the Motion Church facility as soon as school concludes! The process of approval from the City of Puyallup for all aspects of the relocation continues in a manner that gives us the opportunity to trust God’s providence and provision. Thank you for continuing to pray with us over all aspects of this approval process.
The new piece of property will house spacious double modular classrooms for the Puyallup Elementary students. Site work to prepare for the modular units on the added property will begin as soon as possible. Costing roughly $4 million, the relocation of Puyallup Elementary includes site work, landscaping and fencing, elementary office space, and plenty of classrooms and restrooms! Thanks to many generous partners, we are excited to share that the funding for the completion of the JH building’s second floor and the first phase of the Puyallup Elementary relocation has been provided, giving every CCS student a classroom to learn in for the 2024-25 school year.
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We want the very best for our Puyallup Elementary students, as with all our students, and your generosity helps make that possible! We are dedicated to pursuing excellence in all we do, and we are so grateful for how the whole CCS community has partnered together to make this relocation a success. Thank you for investing in the students at Cascade Christian Schools!
In His service,
Ken Friesen, EdD
Superintendent
Cascade Christian Schools
Puyallup Elementary Relocation Update
Dear Cascade Christian Community,
I trust this update finds you having a wonderful start to 2024 and experiencing God’s love and goodness in many ways. I am writing to share with you our target location for where the Puyallup Elementary campus will be located next school year. I am pleased and excited to share with you that it is our intent to relocate onto the same property as the JH/HS campus. I use the phrase “it is our intent” because there are still a number of things that need to be confirmed and finalized for this to happen, most significantly of which is permit approval from the City of Puyallup for placing modular classrooms on that site. Our architect is confident this can all be done and is eager to help us make it happen.
Taking this approach involves achieving the major objectives of what is best for the students, benefiting from the enhanced safety and security provisions the junior high/high school campus offers, being as close as possible to the current location, and being able to invest rather than spend our financial resources. It allows us to be good stewards of the resources that God has given us, which is a priority. Taking this approach also gives us the opportunity to determine over the next few years if this will be a short-term or long-term course of action. Regarding parking and traffic, rest assured, we are proactively developing a comprehensive plan to ensure smooth traffic flow.
I am reminded of Exodus 14:14 (NIV), which says, “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Be assured, God is fighting for us in this matter. So, to the questions of what is next and what can we do, the answers are, first and foremost, we trust God’s sovereignty over the matter, and we pray with a mindset of being still. Our prayer is quite simple in nature: “Father God, we acknowledge Your sovereignty over the matter of the relocation of our Puyallup Elementary campus, and we thank You for all You have done and will continue to do on our behalf. Specifically, we ask that the necessary approvals from the City of Puyallup be granted in Your perfect timing. We love You, Lord, and ask for this in Jesus’ name. Amen!”
Please be on the lookout for opportunities to pray over the Puyallup Elementary relocation and community at large. We are deeply thankful to God. With hearts full of gratitude, we trust in His goodness as we navigate this exciting new chapter.
In His service and with deep gratitude,
Ken Friesen, EdD
Superintendent
Cascade Christian Schools
