2005 - 2008
May 2005—Infant Care (3 months to 18 months) was closed, but the Toddler program remained. The nursery continued to provide infant care for Church of the Highlands.
Summer 2005 - Mrs. Frances Leonor joined the administrative team as administrative assistant to Mrs. Sheley and was in charge of 6th to 8th grades. Mrs. Judy Pencek assumed the additional administrative responsibilities to include K to 5th grades.
Fall 2005 - Tenth grade was added to HCS College Preparatory and we began praying for additional facilities. Honors courses were added in English, World History, Biology, Geometry and Algebra II. Highlands continued to expand its Athletic Department.
October 2005 - Mrs. Jeannie Chiara joined the administrative team at Highlands as administrative assistant to Mrs. Sheley. Her main responsibility was working on the accreditation for both ACSI and WASC through March of 2006.
2005 - 2006 - Funds were raised by the church and school for construction relief teams to be sent to Mississippi and Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Katrina’s recovery efforts and minister to local residents.
July 2006 - Pastor Donald Sheley transferred his position of Senior Pastor to his son, Pastor Leighton Sheley, on Father’s Day. Pastor Donald Sheley continues to hold the positions of Founding Pastor, Pastor of Missions and Preaching Pastor along with Pastor Leighton. Other Staff were added: Pastor & Mrs. Biehn, Marriage counseling; Mr. Eric Chester, Awana Director and Project Coordinator; Pastor & Mrs. Steve Simmons, Youth Pastors; and Mr. Matt Tinetti, Family Ministries.
2006-2007 - Eleventh grade was added to the school. Mrs. Jeannie Chiara became the College Preparatory Administrator. The sports program continued to grow and become quite competitive.
January 2007 - Highlands Christian College Prep moved into the Alta Vista facility after the Christmas holiday.
2007 - Mrs. Melanie Gorospe was promoted from Assistant Director to the Director of Highlands Christian Preschool when Mrs. Pencek left that position. Mrs. Frances Leonor became the administrator for Kindergarten to 8th grade.
2007-2008 - Twelfth grade was added. WASC and ASCI extended accreditation to grades eleven and twelve. Our sports program becomes a member of the CIF/CCS/PSAL. HCCP Sophomore, Marissa Mercado, is named Miss Teen Pacifica by the California Teen Scholarship Program. HCCP graduated the first senior class.
June 2007 - Mrs. Natalie Ayres was awarded the Norm MacKenzie “Rookie” Athletic Director of the Year from the California State Athletic Director Association.
2008 – Church of the Highlands committed to focusing its missions program to China for the next three years. Paper was purchased for the first printing of the Preacher’s Outline Commentary (New Testament) to be sent to pastors in China. Pastor and Mrs. Derek Chung, the leaders of our Chinese ministries, spent 10 years translating the books.
