Posts from February 2023

College freshman and ECHS alumna Joanna Mas was recently selected to participate in the summer research program at her college, the University of Richmond. The work will be done in tandem with her professor and will focus on mitochondria and the factors that influence their function. “The opportunity to do research so early in my…

Last year’s Auction Gala brought together hundreds of people and raised more than $200K for Eastern Christian School. Would you consider supporting the mission of EC again this year… …By attending! Learn more and purchase your tickets at Auction Gala website. The event will be held Thursday, April 20 from 6-9 p.m. at The Tides…

As part of Eastern Christian School’s initiative to enhance students’ global awareness as well as focusing on diversity, the seventh graders have been taking part in an Author’s Study project for the past two years in Reading Workshop class. This project has the students focusing on various authors from different cultures and backgrounds. Each author’s…

By all accounts, EC alumna Carrington Brooks is doing very well. Currently in Europe, she is part of American University’s transcontinental study abroad program. Her work has started in Belgium, where she is studying the European Union and specifically how the agency disseminates aid to Africa. It will end in Nairobi, Kenya, working with an…

Mathematics can be kind of tricky to apply a biblical worldview to. At a cursory glance, all we see is a series of numbers and maybe a word problem or two.  The problem with that is it doesn't look deeper as to what math is used for. If we zoom out and ask ourselves how…

In response to major developments in the century-long “school struggle” taking place in the Netherlands in the nineteenth century, a group of Dutch immigrants decided to take preemptive action in Paterson, NJ.  Back in the Netherlands, legislation removed biblical teachings from public school curriculum while simultaneously eliminating government funding of religious schools. Recognizing that cultural…

What does it mean to ‘Teach Christianly’? Instead of telling you we teach Christianly at Eastern Christian School, we wanted to show it through the testimonies of some of our teachers. This series is a look at the biblical integration happening in every subject and on every campus. Today we explore preschool. Sarah Vander Wall,…

Zarah Bethea’s road to becoming a poet started in an unlikely place: with a broken violin. The ECHS sophomore had participated in New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) programs before, specifically taking classes in acting and jazz. However, her pursuit of jazz was cut short in 2020 when her violin broke during COVID shutdown, and…

What does it mean to ‘Teach Christianly’? Instead of telling you we teach Christianly at Eastern Christian School, we wanted to show it through the testimonies of some of our teachers. This is the first blog in a series that will take a specific look at the biblical integration happening in every subject and on…