Posts from January 2017

It’s quickly becoming a tradition, and start to the holiday season, for the 3 chaperones of the College Road Trip. On a chilly Wednesday afternoon the week before Thanksgiving, we load up 2 twelve-passenger vans with duffel bags, pillows, sleeping bags, and snacks, pile in 20 or so students, and head out onto the open road!…

The glass, is it half full or half empty? “She didn’t say hello to me, she must be a mean person”...or maybe she’s not.  Maybe she is shy or maybe she has a thousand things on her mind. “He barely participated in football practice today, he is so lazy”...or maybe he’s not.  Maybe his doctor…

Year two of Eastern Christian School's Robot Fight Night was everything we hoped it would be. Building off of last year's amazing launch of this event, we were able to make everything about the evening bigger and better! The spotlight shone bright on “Robo Arena” as 4 teams and 8 robots duked it out for…

It is first block and we just finished watching a TED talk by former president of Ireland, Ms. Mary Robinson. We watched this as part of a mini-project on CO2 (carbon dioxide), the conclusion of a chapter about naming compounds. Ms. Robinson addresses many aspects of the consequences of increased CO2 emissions. She highlights how…

Everything happens for a reason. I’m a firm believer in that. I don’t believe that things in life happen because of dumb luck or by chance. I believe that things like success come out of hard work, blood sweat and tears, and help from God. I believe that we’re all put here on this world…

Come Visit EC Preschool and Kindergarten! Will your child be 3, 4, or 5 in the fall of 2017? Are you interested in having your child start at EC? If so, now is the time to explore our early childhood program at Eastern Christian School. We've been blessed with a growing program, and space will be…

Last school year, our first ever Robot Fight Night was a major success. In front of a packed "Robo-Stadium," Eastern Christian High School Robotics teams duked it out in an elimination tournament for robo-supremacy. EC senior Caleb Gorter emerged the inaugural tournament victor (2016 highlights below). Now it's 2017 and it's time to take things up a…

EC Super Saturdays are back! Last year's inaugural Super Saturdays were a huge hit with all who attended. Now they're back in 2017: Every Saturday in February. For Free! Winter weekends in frigid NJ can be difficult for young students. As parents, we know all too well that movement matters, but it's difficult to get up…