Dan Meester
Professional Biography:
I graduated from Calvin College in 1995 with a double major in English and Education and a minor in P.E. with a coaching emphasis. During college I played on Calvin’s nationally ranked tennis team as well. I began my career as an English teacher at Illiana Christian High School in the Chicago area and stayed there for 5 years. I then moved back to my hometown of San Jose and began work as the AP English teacher at Valley Christian High School. After 5 years of teaching there, I moved into the high school administration, where I worked for 3 more years. In addition to my teaching and administrative duties, I’ve spent the last 13 years as a coach of both high school basketball and tennis. As an alumnus of San Jose Christian, I was excited about the opportunity to step into the superintendent role here, and I look forward to helping this school achieve its fullest potential.
Personal Biography:
I grew up in San Jose in a family of four. I have one younger brother who lives in Modesto, and my parents still live in San Jose. My wife, Betsy, and I have been married since 2000, and we have a 2 ½ year-old daughter, Juliana. When I’m not working, I enjoy watching and playing sports and spending time in nature, especially the Lake Tahoe area. I read a great deal, and I always seem to have two or three books going at once. I love the movies as well, and I’m always looking for recommendations on good films to see. I am a member of San Jose Christian Reformed Church where I serve as chairman of the deacons and a member of the Personnel and Staffing team.
Christian Philosophy of Education:
As Christian educators, we play a powerful role in the 3-way partnership between church, home, and school. Our job is to prepare young people for distinction in all aspects of their lives—academic, social, and spiritual—for it is in learning and developing these facets of our being that we enrich our humanity and live out more fully what it means to be created in the image of God. As superintendent, I seek to nurture a passion for learning, stretching, and growing amongst our staff and our students. I desire for our facilities, our programs, and our personnel to exhibit the kind of excellence that bears witness to the greatness of our Creator, and in doing so functions as a force for redemption and renewal in this world.
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