Posts from March 2018

In our weekly chapel, ECHS commissioned dozens of students as they prepare to depart on mission trips over spring break. The students will be traveling to Guatemala, Kansas City and Tanzania alongside leaders from our partnering mission organization, Touch the World Ministries. Students have been preparing for this trip all year, studying about the culture they…

Eastern Christian’s The Herald is a great look at the past 6 months at EC. It includes news from all school campuses, foundation news, alumni news, upcoming events and more! The Herald is a fantastic way for alumni and members of the current school community to learn more about what’s going on at EC. Check out the…

Last week I felt—not for the first time—an overwhelming sense of how honored I am to work at Eastern Christian. Our high school students and teachers used our chapel time to engage in a dialogue about school safety that was framed around our student-created Open Up Project. Thank you to Mrs. Aceino, Mr. Wright, Clara,…

[caption id="attachment_4485287" align="aligncenter" width="601"] Middle School Principal David Mulder and Board Chair David Dykhouse speak at the 1992 groundbreaking of the Middle School campus addition[/caption] "He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the…

The girls varsity basketball team finished another outstanding season with a 21-4 record that included their first league championship since 2012. Junior center Madison Wynbeek averaged 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals per game and was considered by many to be the best player in both the league and county. Other significant…

Join us as Eastern Christian High School presents Anne of Green Gables! Performance Dates Thursday at 4:00PM Friday at 7:30PM Saturday at 7:30PM [gallery link="file" ids="4485264,4485263,4485262,4485261,4485260,4485259,4485258,4485257,4485256,4485255,4485254"]  

Dr. Eric Veenstra (Class of '99) from Veenstra Family Dentistry of Midland Park recently visited our first graders to teach them about dental health.  With the help of his hygienist, Dr. Veenstra taught the students about proper brushing and flossing techniques. They all had the opportunity to practice on a puppet or model teeth. They…

In September, our high schoolers initiated a project to address the topic of school safety. They talked about ways to allow students a safe place to open up and share their feelings, frustrations, and anxieties before things get to a boiling point and possibly turn violent. Instead of locking down their feelings, they wanted to…

Last night, friends of Eastern Christian gathered to celebrate and support making a quality Christian education accessible to more Christian families.  The generator at The Brick House helped us to forget, for a time, that a Nor'easter had ravaged the area just 24 hours earlier and that much of the area was without electricity. The…