Dear Kuyper Community,
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Bill Rusin as the Interim Principal of Kuyper Christian School, three days per week commencing 20 January 2025. This twelve-month interim principal role will enable the Board to conduct a thorough and rigorous recruitment process for a permanent principal.
Bill comes to us as a retired principal with a wealth of experience in Christian education spanning over three decades. Bill was the principal at Covenant Christian School, NSW, for thirteen years between 2007 and 2019. In recent years, he has served as the Executive Principal for a group of Anglican Schools and as Interim Principal for Moree Christian School in northwest NSW and Marrara Christian College in the NT, where he has used his knowledge and skills to assist other Christian schools in periods of transition.
Bill has also served on the Board of several Christian schools, the National Board of CEN, the National Institue for Christian Education and Morling College. He and his wife, Kerry, attend Windsor District Baptist Church, where Bill is an elder.
Bill’s vast experience and profound passion for Christian education will be invaluable as we search for a permanent principal. We look forward to the contributions he will bring to our school community.
To support Bill, Mr Tim White will be stepping into an Interim Deputy Principal position for two days per week in addition to his regular one-day-a-week teaching role. We are grateful to have such an experienced duo heading up our leadership team in 2025.
As we approach the end of the year, we do so in the confident knowledge of God’s sovereign hand over Kuyper, evidenced in the ways He has provided for us in the past and continues to provide for us into the future. I commend Bill to your prayers as he finishes his time at Marrara Christian College, NT and prepares to join us in 2025.
Wayne Speirs
Kuyper Board Chair
A Word from Bill
To the Kuyper Christian School Community,
I am thankful for the opportunity to be returning home to the Hawkesbury and Kuyper Christian School after spending 2024 as Interim Principal at Marrara Christian College in Darwin.
Kuyper Christian School has been part of my life for a number of years since I finished my time as Principal of Covenant Christian School in Belrose, and I have enjoyed being part of the Kuyper community as a casual relief teacher and an Association Member.
My journey in Christian Schooling has spanned over 35 years, and my passion to see them thrive as God honouring learning communities has not diminished. All schools go through both good and difficult times, but trusting the Lord in all things at all times is what is paramount.
I look forward to using my gifts and experience at Kuyper in 2025 as the School Board searches for the right principal to take Kuyper Christian School into its next season.
I also look forward to catching up with staff, students and other members of the school community upon my return.
May you rest in God’s peace as you move into this season when we celebrate the birth of our Saviour, Jesus.
Bill Rusin
Incoming Interim Principal