Posts in High School

In August the high school weight room was moved into a new space! The work was completed in September and Athletic Director, Barry Veenstra, is excited to finally debut the weight room in this short video. In case you missed the original video at the end of the summer, take a look!

At Eastern Christian High School students have a period called SOAR (Student Opted Academic Resources) in their daily schedules. On Wednesday during this time, all students and faculty join together for chapel, but on the other 4 days each week students are able to sign up for classes and activities that are not offered in…

"The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning. It's time to sing your praise again..." These lyrics were sung to kick off Eastern Christian High School's annual See You At the Pole community prayer. See You At the Pole takes place at thousands of schools around the world. Eastern Christian High School and Middle School are proud…

Eastern Christian High School's "Micah Challenge" is a student group that strives to present opportunities for  students to live out the challenge of Micah 6:8-- "To act justly and seek mercy."  The group sponsors, among other things, such activities as sending Christmas cards to Christian prison inmates, sponsoring food drives, and helping to fund the Baby Bank.…

Would you like to be a high school student, again?  ECHS parents had the opportunity to think about this question at Back to School Night.  Parents were given a "course schedule," navigated the hallways, found classrooms and enjoyed being students for one night. Eastern Christian is committed to partnering with parents, and this event was a…

"Freshman Survival Day" at Eastern Christian High School is a tradition that began 5 years ago.   Don't worry- despite the ominous name, it's all about having fun and welcoming the freshmen class to Eastern Christian! The event hatched from a conversation between ECHS Student Assistance Counselor Paige Visser and "Timothy Group Leaders."  ECHS student leadership wanted to…

You may have seen photos of the large machines in the ECHS courtyard and wondered "how did they get that inside the courtyard?" Well we would like to show you how we got them out!

More than 50 Eastern Christian High School students used their spring break vacation to participate in short term missions trips. Partnering with Touch the World, Eastern Christian sent teams to Uganda, Puerto Rico and Lynn, MA, as part of its Experiencing Missions program. There were also several students who went to Ghana through LinC youth…