These are the words coming out of my kindergarten students. They have had an awesome year full of learning, laughs and excitement. I am very proud of the Kindergarten students. They have grown not only academically but also spiritually and in stature. The last couple of months have been full fun and many learning experiences. The kids were able to go on their graduation trip to Bounce U where they shared laughs together with their family and friends. We also had our last publishing party where the kids shared their last pieces of writing; the theme was dialogues. I’m very happy for all the support that I received from the parents as they came month after month to listen to their kid’s stories.
I want to thank every student and parent. I have enjoyed having each of them in my class. I have learned many things from them and I will miss them very much.
Congratulations graduating class of 2015
Mrs. Torres

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Students in Kindergarten had a great year in Art Class. One of their favorite things was learning to make puffy paint out of shaving cream and glue.
Mrs. Colon

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Relay Races

The highlight for this year was the relay races with obstacles and basketballs. They learned how to dribble and bounce pass. They also had fun with the cat and mouse game.

Ms. Rosario

 

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Read, Read. Read!

It’s hard to believe that our 2012-13 school year is over. I’m happy to share that through the use of the research-based reading program and our students’ hard work all our students have excelled and went up at least two reading levels since September. Some went up five reading levels. Kindergarten through 5th grade were challenged in the reading lab to implement the following reading strategies as they read their weekly story selection and leveled readers.

Students were encouraged to summarize what they read, predict what will happen in the story, clarify and monitor what they read, ask questions while reading, visualize what they have read in their mind, and make connections with the text.

I would like to thank the parents for their efforts at home. As we look forward to the coming school year, I trust that as we continue to work together we will see greater success in the coming years. Please continue to encourage your child to Read, Read. Read!

Yvette Jimenez

 

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The students in elementary enjoyed learning about music this year in its entirety . They learned how to cooperate with each other for when we had to move/dance to certain music. They have learned different aspect of music from the tempos in Italian to how to fine tune their social and motor skills.

Mrs. Colon

 

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Beautiful Butterflies

What an awesome year. We have learned so much in what seems now to be a little time. Pre K to Kindergarten has learned the power of the Lord’s creation by learning the stages of a butterfly.

Mrs. Colon

 

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First grade here we come!

These are the words coming out of my kindergarten students. They have had an awesome year full of learning, laughs and excitement. I am very proud of the Kindergarten students. They have grown not only academically but also spiritually and in stature. The last couple of months have been full of fun and many learning experiences. The kids were able to go on their graduation trip to Astoria Bowl where they shared laughs together with their family and friends. We also had our last publishing party where the kids shared their last pieces of writing; the theme was dialogues. I’m very happy for all the support that I received from the parents as they came month after month to listen to their kid’s stories.

I want to thank every student and parent. I have enjoyed having each of them in my class. I have learned many things from them and I will miss them very much.

Congratulations graduating class of 2013

Mrs. Torres

 

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Field Day

Students had fun doing relay races with obstacle courses. They also did their annual physical fitness test. At the end of the school year we had a field day in the gym.

Mrs. Rosario

 

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Reading Street

Evangel is committed to assist our students to become successful readers. To achieve this goal Kindergarten through fifth grade are using a research-based reading program called Reading Street. Reading Street provides instruction in the five core areas of reading instruction; phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills and strategies. Students with their classroom teacher attend the reading lab daily where they‘re grouped to receive differential instruction. Students are taught Reading Strategies that focus on:

 Summarizing what you have read.

 Predicting what will happen in the story.

 Clarifying and monitoring what you are reading.

 Asking questions while reading.

 Visualizing what you have read in your mind.

 Making connections with your reading.

 Decoding and trying to figure out difficult words

Our students are learning through varies types of genre in the weekly reading selection and leveled readers that good readers use different strategies before, during, and after reading. As they learn to apply these strategies they will be more engaged in what they read and eventually become successful lifelong readers.

Current research in reading reveals three important considerations for parents and teachers:

1. Children who read, and read widely, become better readers.

2. Reading and writing are complementary skills.

3. Parents are important to children both as role models and as supporters of their efforts

Mrs. Jimenez

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Each month elementary students have a “Spirit Day” where we focus on a theme, read books, and dress up for that day’s theme. September was “flash forward” day when students dressed like their grandparents or how they thought they might look in 70 years. October was “friends” day and they dressed up like twins or triplets. November was a fun time for elementary students as we celebrated Thanksgiving our spirit day was combined with the Harvest Fair and they dressed up like Cowboys, Indians, and Farmers. All of Elementary got together in November to participate in our annual Harvest Fair complete with crafts, games, obstacle course, and face painting! Instead of participating in Operation Christmas Child this year, we focused on collecting donations for Hurricane Sandy victims. We are so proud of our students for stepping up and having a heart of ministry! Each class had their own Thanksgiving meals in their classes and invited their parents to come and enjoy some great food and company.

See Galleries for great pics.

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Spiritual Emphasis week was by far the best we have ever seen here at Evangel.  We thank God for the Spiritual guidance of our staff who helped prepare and speak for this chapel but it was the moving of the spirit of God through our kids that made this one so unique.  The students took to heart the things that were spoken of in chapel and ran with it.  They stayed late, past their school day and continued to pray and worship in the altar.  It was an amazing site.  Many times, when a movement takes place like this, students go back to their normal lives but our students have gone the extra mile.  They have begun their own facebook and twitter page called “be the spark.”  On this page, students encourage one another with scripture and more ideas of how to grow in the Lord.  They have also begun morning prayer and lunch time bible study. They recently ordered bracelets with “be the spark” on them and are now selling them to the entire student body.  God is continuing to do great things through our students as the spark was lit during Spiritual Emphasis week.

Elementary Spiritual Emphasis Week was a great time as we learned that with God ANYTHING is possible. Through bible stories of faith and purpose, our students learned:

 

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The NED show came to our school with a positive message through the use of yo-yo tricks.  NED stands for Never Give Up, Encourage others, & Do your best.  The students stayed attentive during the show and answered questions as the presentation was given.  They learned yo-yo tricks in the process of the show and were able to purchase their very own yo-yo’s to reemphasize the message the NED brings.  The students have continued to talk about it and there has been a special area in the gym designated in the gym called the “NED” zone where students can practice the tricks they learned.  We hope we can have the show return next year as it has such a positive impact on our school.

Please see Galleries for some wonderful pictures

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Singing…..Dancing…..Drama……Poetry…….Worship……Fashion Show………..Flags……..and using our talents to honor the Lord. Our Spring Celebration was an amazing time and our student worked so very hard. Tuesday, May 22nd will be an evening to remember! A bid Thank You to all those who made this evening so very special.

 

Please see Galleries for wonderful pictures of the evening!

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ART FAIR

We want to thank everyone for your support of Evangel’s  ANNUAL ART SHOW on TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD.

It was a very special afternoon as we celebrated all our young artists at Evangel. We believe it is critical to keep the arts in the schools! We are in a time when art programming is being cut from many public schools due to budget cuts, etc… at Evangel we are committed to continue with the arts programming even with our tight budgets(we operate on ½ the budget of the public school system)

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the event… through touring and viewing the Art, or  making an anonymous donation to our collection box, participating in the silent auction of a few pieces of student artwork or just buying a cupcake in support of the art program! We appreciate you! A special thank you to our volunteer judges, some were our teachers and to keep it really interesting we brought in three special friends from the community who donated their time to be judges…. Janet Banks of our Foundation For ECS Scholarship, Inc. Board, Ms. Erika White a supporter and friend from Evangel Church, and Albert Popa a famous Christian Painter. Of the hundreds of students that participated in the our Art Show, 28 students artwork was voted best and went on to the ACSI Regional Art Show . At that Art show many of our students received ribbons and two of our students were named BEST IN SHOW , 2^nd grade John Costa and 8^th grade Christine DeArruda. We are so proud of all of our artists!!!!

In addition to enriching the students love for Art Appreciation and extending goodwill throughout the school the afternoon raised $400 for the Art Department and $40 for our Middle School Magazine production!  Special  thanks  to our PTF- Parent Teacher Fellowship they made a generous $100 donation, they told us they were so thrilled to see another outlet supporting Art appreciation at Evangel School. Of course the biggest thank you goes to Mrs. Bueno for coordinating this very special event. We love you Mrs. Bueno!

Please “Galleries” for some incredible pictures!

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Ms. Gloria Gaynor

Academic Fair 2012

Over 1,000 people got a chance to attend our Annual Academic Fair on Thursday, March 22nd from 7pm to 9pm. Each student from Prek 3 through 12th grade designed and inquiry project which included a Project, Project Board, Research Research Paper and Presentation. Projects covered a gamut of Subjects: Science, History, English, Bible, Math, Sports, Home Economics, Technology, Fashion, etc…

The night was filled with excitement, smells of food from different countries, dances, singing, and so much more. We were honored to have with us Ms. Gloria Gaynor, famous for the song “I will survive”. Also, Mr. Michael Strawberry, brother of Darryl Strawberry, a former major-leauger, was able to attend and spend some time with our students. We are seriously honored to have had all the parents and students, families, friends, alumni, associates and partners that were able to attend.

We are so very proud of all of our students and we thank all the parents, staff and students for all of their hard work.

See “Galleries” for lots of incredible pics.

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Keep On Rolling

As we reach the half way point this year, we’re already looking ahead to next year. Our stories are getting tougher, and we’re using our reading skills to face the challenge. We’re learning to apply the skills and strategies that we already know to anything we read. We’ve built up a great momentum and we’re going to keep on rolling!

Miss DiGiovanni

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Elementary Christmas Program:

“A King is Coming to Town” was a great story of our Savior coming to this earth which our elementary students shared for their Christmas program this year.  It was a great journey as students looked at various kings, such as, King Tut, Elvis, The King of the Jungle and more on their discovery to realize that Jesus is the true King of Kings that came to this earth for us and is still alive today.

See Galleries for great pics.

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Each year our elementary classes are asked to be in charge of one of our chapels.  Our second grade students did a great job as they reenacted the story of Moses and the burning bush.  Each child took part and it helped the other students to better understand the story and how God is always with us even when we feel alone.

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This is what has been happening in Kindergarten over the past few weeks!

Click on the link below to view!

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The Elementary School had a day filled with fun and adventure for our Harvest Fair!  Students came to school dressed as Cowboys, Indians, Turkeys, etc… During the day each class went to the gymnasium to play a myriad of games for which they won tickets and then used those tickets to buy prizes. t was a day filled with Thanksgiving!

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Thankfulness

November is a great time to think about all of the things we are thankful for. God has blessed us in so many ways, and it is important to take time each day to tell Him how much we appreciate it. We’ve been reading many books about being thankful.

Miss DiGiovanni

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Forgiveness

October is all about forgiveness. Through Bible verses, books, and class discussions we are learning about why forgiveness is so important. Forgiveness is deciding that someone who had wronged you doesn’t have to pay. We can all think of a time when we were forgiven, so we also must forgive others.

Miss DiGiovanni

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On Monday, October 17, 2011 Kindergarten and Pre-k3 had a fun filled day at Queen County Farm. For most of us it was the first time riding in a large yellow school bus. It was so exciting!  We also enjoyed the bumpy hayride through the farm’s nature trails.  After receiving a guided tour of the farm animals we were each able to select our own pumpkin to take home from their pumpkin patch. Out tour guide taught us how pumpkins, as well as other vine crops, grow from seeds. We ended our trip by eating lunch in one of the farm houses. We all had a great day and looking forward to our next trip.

Click on the link below to see a beautiful smile-box of pictures!

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International Week at Evangel was filled with diversity an a unique blend of rich cultures.  Over 73 different nationa are represented at Evangel and how awesome it is to share about our heritage with eachother.

Each day of the week was filled with something new… from wearing the colors of our flags, to country costumes, to food and desserts from our homelands. Each new student gets tpplace a marker in our wall map to represent where they are form.

We are so blessed at Evangel and we thank God for blessing us with such diversity.

Please see “Galleries” for some fantastic pictures.

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October 26th to the 30th was Spirtual Emphasis week at Evangel.  Students had an amazing week during our Spiritual Emphasis week.  Our younger students learned how God loves them just the way they are. They alsocompleted crafts and sang songs each day with our theme, “Panadamania.”  The students are continuing to learn that God is “wild” about us!  Our older students had an amazing week as our speakers, Ron and Heather Rhoads flew in for the week to share the love of God through the Word and song.  Many students responded to the message that was given each day and we are blessed as a staff to see the seeds being planted in our students’ lives.

Please check out “Galleries” for some amazing pictures.

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Fuzz-oodles

In Kindergarten music, you often hear, Do you have the fuzz-oodles? The children love to guess what the teacher is making with the fuzz-ooodles, and then we sing about it and move to the music of the song. Our constant focus is always moving to the music, expressing with our body what we hear, and keeping a steady beat. In this class we have volunteers to come to the front and lead the class. When this is done, I often see the creativity in the student to find creative moves, expressing the words of the song. They have talent!

Miss Farrell

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Summer Time

The temperature is on the rise and the sun is shining bright with summer on the horizon. KV had an action packed month of June. Starting off with the last Literacy Day of the year a special beach theme gathered children from both Kindergarten classes to make it a memorable one. Students made their way to the library with shades on their faces, and flip flops on their feet, as they laid out their towels pretending to be on the beach relaxed as they heard various summer themed stories. KV also celebrated the momentous occasion of graduation. Twenty-Nine Kindergarten students in light blue and pink cap and gowns crooned out a heartfelt song Yes I can and also recited fourteen Bible verses learned throughout the year in front of an audience of love ones. As they smiled and shook the hands of each of their teachers, and received their diplomas they welcome the 1ST Grade! Congratulations Have A Blessed Summer!

Miss Velez

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Ready, Set, Go!

KV participated in the annual JOG-A-THON to raise money for the school. Students accumulated sponsors, so with the easy part done students, teachers and parents alike gathered at the track energized. With the sun shining bright, supporters cheering along the sidelines, and water cups out ready to grab we started our amazing day around the track! KV ran fast and finished strong doing their part to help make the JOG-A-THON successful.

Miss Velez

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Easter

KV kicked off spring, in celebration of the sacrifice and resurrection of our Savior, with an Easter Eggtravaganza. The students received empty eggs symbolizing the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb creating a route to discuss why we celebrate Easter and the true meaning. One of the memory verses the children learn for the year John 3:16 was recited to remind them of the importance of a Savior.

Miss Velez

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KV Apartments

Celebrating our Academic Fair KV turned our classroom into a diverse apartment complex inspired by the book Mama Provi’s Pot of Rice, by Silvia Rosa-Casanova. Everything from our bulletin board decorated with cooking pots and wooden spoons to our welcome mat captivated guests into our adorned classroom apartment complete with miniature apartments within. Parents and students went around visiting each miniature apartment observing and sampling delicious cultural diverse dishes as well as complete recipes made by our students. We were a hit in the words of Mama Provi En un por dos tres.

Miss Velez

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Friendship Letters

KV displayed Jesus’ abundant love for each one of us by sharing special friendship letters with those closest to us. These letters were filled with glitter, lovely colors of pink and red but most of all lots of love. We topped our gifts of love off with our unique creation of heart shaped cats equip with all the essentials and topped off with several small hearts making a unique tail. KV also showcased our acting skills this month in a short skit in Chapel displaying how special we are to Jesus even when we feel as though we have nothing to offer God does and HE LOVES US!

Miss Velez

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Math is Fun

KV welcomes the New Year seeing Math in a fresh new way by taking a fresh look at patterns in the connection with Math. By observing objects in our surroundings and recreating those objects with our pattern blocks. KV created objects such as blocks then counted and recorded each block and color used! Math became a fun game both exciting and creative! Jump on board with us and start seeing Math in a fresh new way!

Miss Velez

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Relay Races

The students did relay races with obstacle courses. First they ran a regular race with batons. Then we added hurdles, hula hoops, and finally an obstacle that they slid under. After they did all of them separately, we add all three obstacle courses together. Students had to step through the hoop, hop over the hurdle and then slide under. The students enjoy it.

Mrs. Rosario

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Gymnastics

The students have been learning gymnastic. They first learned to do a basic tumble . Then once all the students learn how to tumble, they go into cartwheels. Lastly they learned how to do a hand stand or a head stand with me stopping them.

Mrs. Rosario

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Muscle Builders

The students have been working out their muscles. After our warm up exercises, we worked out our muscles to make them strong. They would do pushups and tug a war with their legs. They used their hands and feet to make a bridge. Then the students would lay on their stomach and try to touch their head with their toe.

Mrs. Rosario

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Scooter Races

The students in elementary did scooter racing teams. The students learned different ways of using the scooter. One is we sat on them and used our feet, second we laid on our stomach and used our hands and feed, third we sat on our knees and just used our hands and last we went backwards using our feet.

Mrs. Rosario

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Hands

Kindergarten has been listening to many stories in the library. They have also continued to look and try to read books on their own. They liked the story The Handiest Things in the World, by Andrew Clements. This is an amazing book that talks about all the activities that we may perform with our hands.

Mrs. Ruiz

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God loves us

Kindergarten had a wonderful time listening to a story by Max Lucado, Because I love You. It was a story that reminds us about God’s love for us and why He made rules to keep us safe. They also had an opportunity to look at books on their own and tried to sound out the words.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Learning to read

KV and KT have enjoyed their library time. This month we read the story of Officer Bucle and Gloria, a funny story about safety and how to keep safe. They have also taken advantage of looking at our new books and trying to sound out the words, I can tell they will become great readers soon.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Twins Day

Were we seeing double in May!? Well, not exactly… it was TWIN DAY! It was so much fun to pick a friend and dress alike for the day- even the teachers got in on the action. We read books about friendship and did partner activities where teamwork was the name of the game. Do you think you could find your match just by making animal noises? It’s harder (and noisier) than it sounds!

Regina DiGiovanni

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Go Green

We went green in April. We celebrated Earth Day by reading about ways that kids can make a difference and care for the Earth. We even read that the Bible says, The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:15). So, taking care of the planet is not just a good idea, but it’s something that God told us to do. We each planted some seeds in a recycled cup that we decorated. When the seeds become flowers we can replant them outside where they are not only beautiful, but also good for the environment.

Ms. DiGiovanni

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Congratulations

On Tuesday, June 21st the kindergartners participated in their kindergarten graduation exercise. They all looked adorable in their light blue and pink cap & gowns. Family and friends were glowing with pride as they watched these precious graduates sing Yes You Can and recite 14 Bible verses. It was also quite moving to me because seven of the future first graders completed the Scott Foresman Early Reading Intervention program. In September all seven students were not able to identify the letters and sounds and now nine months later are able to read 10 storybooks independently. I am so impressed how they have grown. Learning to read is a huge accomplishment. As their graduation song stated Yes ,You Can accomplish whatever you endeavor with lots of hard work and the Lord on your side.

Mrs. Jimenez

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Congratulations

Everybody’s favorite month is June. It is the last month of school, the weather is warmer, and for many it is graduation time. This is true for kindergarten, they have the chance to have their graduation and celebrate their many accomplishments throughout the year. But before their graduation, kindergarten had the privilege of going bowling as their end of the year trip. It was a great time for everybody, we all had fun and were able to spend some time playing and enjoying each other’s company. As I mentioned above, kindergarten had their graduation. All the students looked great in their cap and gowns and they all sang and recited their bible verses wonderfully. But the best thing was seeing the proud faces of each of their parents. Congratulations class of 2011! I will miss you all!

Mrs. Torres

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Give your worries to God

KT also had the opportunity to participate during chapel. Mrs. Torres shared how if we keep our worries to ourselves, we only get tied up and are not able to do anything. But when we seek God first all the time, even in the middle of problems, He will help us. Then KT said a verse for everybody.

Mrs. Torres

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Jog-A-Thon

May was a busy but fun month. The students had their annual Jog-A-Thon. They love to go to Astoria Park and run, and they all did a great job. Congratulations to those students who had the most laps!

Mrs. Torres

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The Tea Bag

April was a short month because we were off for our Easter break. But before that we had our spiritual emphasis week, where we were able to focus and discuss why we celebrate Easter. We had some interesting discussions and all of the students made some arts and crafts. We also had a beautiful chapel with all of elementary where all the students worshipped God and learned about him through a great illustration of a tea bag.

Mrs. Torres

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Solar System

During the month of March we had our yearly Academic Fair, where all the students focus on a subject matter, and create a project. Our class did the Solar System. But before the Academic Fair we took a trip to the American Museum of Natural History. We were able to see and learn about our solar system. They all had a lot of fun! At the academic fair KT performed for all the parents a small skit about the planets. They all created a costume of a planet and then got dressed up and performed an awesome skit that we all enjoyed. All the parents were very proud and happy.

Mrs. Torres

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100th Day

We got to celebrate our 100th day of school. We read a book about the 100th day and watched a video. Finally, the students had the opportunity of creating their own art work using 100 macaronis. They all did a great job!

Mrs. Torres

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KT

During the month of February we celebrate Valentine’s Day. The students made hearts where they shared God’s love with others through the verse: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life –  John 3:16.

Mrs. Torres

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Soccer

Students had fun learning how to play soccer. They learned how to guide the ball with their feet without touching the ball with their hands at all. We also work in groups kicking the ball to each other and learning how to stop the ball with our feet. Then the fun part came when the students tried to kick the ball to make a goal. Each student had a turn at being the goalie. The goalie is the only person who can use their hands by rolling the ball to the player and stopping the ball from getting into the net.

Mrs. Rosario

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Parachute

The students have a lot of fun when we play with the parachute. We play games using the parachute and a beach ball and colorful frogs. They also like it when we make it go up and they run underneath it before it comes down.

Mrs. Rosario

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Cat and Mouse

Kindergarden-2nd grade had fun playing cat and mouse. The game is played where one student is a cat that chases all the other students who are mice. When the cat pulls the tail off of a mouse, they become a cat and start grabbing tails and so on.

Mrs. Rosario

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Baseball

Students had a great time learning how to play baseball. First they learned how to hold a bat and how to stand. Then they learned the basics of how to hit the ball with the bat and last they ran the bases.

Mrs. Rosario

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Ronald McDonald visited our students Pre-K through 5th grade on Wednesday, May 4th.  Ronald shared a great message about being yourself.  The show was filled with student interaction, comedy, games and a great life lesson.  The lesson about “being yourself,” supported what our students are learning in their classrooms.  We teach our students to be who God made them to be and not follow the crowd.  It was a great show and students are continuing to talk about it.  As students left, they each got to shake Ronald McDonald’s hand.  How exciting!  What a great show!

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The sounds of singing and music could be heard and the smells of delicious food filled the hallways and classrooms of our school. What an awesome night it was! On Thursday, March 24th the school was filled with over 1,500 adults and children. One parent described it as a “huge party”! Students proudly explained their projects as eager listeners tasted, smelled, and watched.

The students and staff worked very hard and I believe this year was the very best Annual Academic Fair we have ever had. Pre-K focused on plants and they even grew their very own. One Kindergarten studied the planets and the Solar System and even made costumes and performed a play. The other Kindergarten focused on the book “A La Casa de la Mama Provie”. Were she goes door to door to gather food for her recipe. The Kindergartners made recipes and then cooked the dish. First Grade learned about community helpers and chose one to focus on.

Third through Twelfth grades chose their own projects from a variety of subjects such as: Science, History, English, Sports, Math, Bible, etc… Projects ranged from animal dissections to a car made out of recyclables to delicious cupcakes made from scratch. A big thank you goes out to everyone involved from staff to students to parents for making this event a HUGE success!

Check out “Galleries” for some amazing pictures!

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Wonders Under The Sea

The PreK-K Afterschool students have been talking about sea creatures with their letters of the alphabet. They listened to a story about a Dolphin entitled Guru Dennis Dolphin: Communicate Kindness by Dr. Michael J. Tudor. The children also looked at beautiful photos in a book entitled Oceans published by National Geographic Kids written by Johnna Rizzo. National Geographic has wonderful resources for children. nationalgeographic.com/books. After coloring pictures of sea creatures we put them on the Bulletin Board.

Mrs. Hampton

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March is all about choices

We’re also talking about making healthy choices when we eat during our Healthy Foods Literacy Day. God put so many yummy fruits and vegetables here for us to eat. We’re having fun reading books, watching videos, and making projects that will help us choose the foods that make our bodies strong!

Regina DiGiovanni

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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Can you decide to be like Saint Patrick and use your life to spread the Gospel? Maybe we can’t travel an entire nation yet, but we can tell the friends and family we have around us about Jesus, just like Saint Patrick did!

Miss DiGiovanni

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Percussion Fun

In Kindergarten music we did a review of loud and soft sounds, seasons, and also practiced clapping on the beat of a song. This class does lots of singing, moving and dancing to the words of the song. One of the songs which required various movements is a song called Locomoto-vation. It talked about a child going to school and included walking, running, crawling, and hopping. Kindergarten has also had the privilege of playing the xylophones, percussion instruments, small bells, and triangles to the beat of our class music for the day. They have fun with the musical instrument provided to them!

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We LOVE to read

February is Black History Month, so we have been reading books about important people and events from the Civil Rights Movement. From leaning about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to recording facts and opinions about the Greensboro sit-ins, we recognize how blessed we are to be in a school where we can have friends of all sizes, shapes, and colors!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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How Do You Learn?

January sure was a cold, snowy month. What a great time to curl up with a good book! Line snowflakes, we are all unique, and we each learn differently. In our reading groups we have been talking about how we learn. Do you learn best when you listen to something? When you see it? When you touch it? When we know how we learn, we can be responsible for our own success!

Ms. Di Giovanni

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The Gingerbread Man

KV and KT have been listening to The Gingerbread Baby which is a retelling of the Gingerbread Man by Jan Brett. The Gingerbread Baby is a baby because the boy opened the oven too early and the Man was not ready yet, so a playful Gingerbread Baby came out. They also listened to Gingerbread Friends and to The Gingerbread Man. We have compared and contrasted the three stories. Our Kindergarteners have told me that they enjoyed The Gingerbread Man most because they wanted the Gingerbread Man to be eaten by the fox.

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Literacy Day

We have enjoyed ourselves during our literacy day reading and learning about Martin Luther King. We are now getting ready for all our upcoming events in February: Valentines Day, our 100th day of school, black history month, as well as preparing projects for the academic fair in March. Join us soon to hear about our upcoming events. God bless!

Mrs. Torres

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Community Helpers

Life is like a box of chocolate! This is our latest theme on our bulletin board. During the month of January we discussed community helpers. Students learned about the different jobs that people do around us. They were also given the opportunity to think about what they would like to be when they grow up. You may read their answers on our bulletin board; I had from cashiers, teachers, doctors to scientist etc… It was very exciting for them and for me.

Mrs. Torres

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Helping those in need…

We are always looking for opportunities to instill in our the importance of ministering to those in need. An opportunilty arose through the contact of a parent who led us to “Project Angel Hugs.” Project Angel Hugs is a Christ-centered organization ministering to the emotional eeds of children with cancer and their families. To youth touched by cancer and their families, they offer encouragement through prayer, words, gifts, and festivities; harnessing the adundant energy from healthy youth to accomplish work generated by this project while instilling in them a pssion for volunteering.

Evangel students were able to touch a child with cancer by making home-made Valentine’s Cards that will be distributed o Valentine’s Day. We collected 170 Valentine’s cards from our students to send to Project Angel Hugs. The students really enjoyed being able to “reach out and touch someone” in need with  card.

See “Galleries” for pics.

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Edible b’s and d’s

On January 11th, the kindergartners in our Early Reading intervention program reviewed the letters b & d in a unique and yummy way. Lowercase b and d were formed with donuts and strawberry twizzlers’. Students were instructed to form a b by first forming a bat with the twizzler and adding the ball to the right with the donut. Then they formed a d by first adding a drum with the donut and the twizzler formed the drum sticks to the right. The best part of this lesson was eating the edible letters. Forming letters never tasted so yummy!

Mrs. Jimenez

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Step Up Your Faith

January 3rd- January 7th

“Step up You Faith,” the theme for the week, encouraged students to go a step further in their walk with God.  Middle School and High School students were challenged with speakers each day to take their faith to the next level.  Our Elementary students looked at a different bible stories each day as well as completed crafts to encourage them to “step up their faith.”  Our memory verse for the week was Luke 17:5-6

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Winter Stories

KV and KT both have enjoyed listening to stories by Jan Brett. She is a great illustrator and Author of children’s books. We read The Mitten and The Hat. Both of these winter stories were appropriate for this season and gave us a chance to talk about how we must dress appropriate for the changes in weather so we can stay healthy. They especially enjoyed The Hat which is about a little porcupine that gets a stocking stuck on his head and the rest of the animals make fun of him. We also talked about teasing and how God does not like us to do that and how He wants us to be kind to one another.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Fun with Rhythms

For Kindergarten music we have been identifying sounds in the given song and focusing on fast and slow rhythms. The students are directed to clap, move and sing to the rhythm as the tempo changes within the same song.

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Merry Christmas

Besides rehearsing for our yearly Christmas program, which was a great success, we have been studying in Bible about the first Christmas. Every day we speak about a new character and retell the nativity story in their point of view. We have also had the chance to make different types of crafts. Our last days were all full of fun. We played games, watched movies and made art work. Merry Christmas to all from KT.

Mrs. Torres

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Snowmen

In December we studied the letter S, therefore Kindergarten students were given the chance to create their own snowman as a project. They all enjoyed doing this project and all the snowmen are displayed on our bulletin board.

Mrs. Torres

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“Christmas Hang Ups”

“Christmas Hang Ups,” the title of our elementary program this year was another take on what Christmas is really about.  Our students told a story through the eyes of Christmas ornaments.  It showed us how we get “hung up” on so many things, other than the true meaning of Christmas.  The students sang, danced, and acted out the true meaning of Christmas.  It was a great night filled with great joy of our Savior coming to this earth, Jesus Christ, and there were over 500 in attendance

Please see “Galleries” for some great pictures.

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Christmas Decorations

Elementary classes got a chance to make temporary sculptures this past month. Pre-K practiced with shapes and towers, while Kindergarten through 2nd grade practiced alphabet skills, all with Play-Doh. They also prepared for the Christmas season by making homemade, decorated Christmas cards and coloring beautiful Christmas templates.

Miss Kleinschuster

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Spirit Week

I was impressed with how many students in both elementary and middle school entered a drawing, painting or collage of our school mascot, the eagle, in the first ever Spirit Week art contest here at Evangel. Thanks for participating, guys!

Miss Kleinschuster

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Thanksgiving

Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade continue to celebrate the beauty of autumn by making their own customized trees decorated with abstract leaves. They, along with second grade, also celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday by constructing their own turkeys and writing down what they were grateful for.

Miss Kleinschuster

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Literacy Day

Our Nativity Story Literacy Day was a great success. We read so many books about Jesus’ birth and some of us even dressed up like angels, shepherds, Mary, Joseph, and the wise kings. We had a blast!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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The Ture Meaning Of Christmas

December has been so exciting! We are getting in the true spirit of Christmas by making Christmas cards for the veterans in the VA Hospital in Brooklyn. We have prayed for them and we want them to know that we love and appreciate them!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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Happy Birthday Jesus

Kindergarten is excited to celebrate the season that remembers the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. We have many exciting activities planned including ginger bread houses, nativity ornaments, and even some holiday cooking! KV knows that in the middle of this season’s hustle and bustle we all must share with each other and remember that the true reason for this season is Jesus Christ.

Miss Velez

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December Fun

December is always an exciting month in Kindergarten! Kindergarten was thrilled to participate in their Christmas presentation that took place Friday evening December 10th. Many parents were very impressed with the singers, dancers, and, actors that took part in this program. KV sang their best as they bundled up on stage!

Miss Velez

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The Nativity

On December 14th, our elementary students came dressed as the nativity scene.  They had the chance to come dressed as the stories they heard that day.  Students had a great time reading and illustrating the Christmas story.

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We are thankful

November was a month in which kindergarten focused a lot on Thankfulness. Through our bible lessons, prayer times, and praise time, students articulated different things we could be thankful for, and different ways we could express our thanks. In our morning prayer and praise time students were able to pick out songs to sing that displayed thankfulness to God. Before our thanksgiving break KV celebrated in class with a thanksgiving feast. During our celebration we went around the room and expressed to each other what we were thankful for. A special thanks to all parents who donated a yummy dish or party supplies!

Miss Velez

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Give Thanks

Finally, on Tuesday November 23 we had our thanksgiving feast. Everyone brought in different dishes and desserts. We all gave thanks for all the different things that God has blessed us with, and then enjoyed a delicious thanksgiving feast.

Mrs. Torres

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Harvest Fun

On Tuesday November 16, we had our harvest fair. The kids had a blast playing all the different games and getting their face painted.

Mrs. Torres

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Spirit Week

The month of November was a busy and fun month. On the third week of November, we had our annual spirit week. Our kindergarten class had fun getting dressed up as pilgrims and Native Americans, as well as their favorite book characters. Even though, their favorite was pajama day, where everyone was nice and cozy with their PJs and slippers.

Mrs. Torres

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Know Christ

We are currently practicing our songs for the Christmas Program! Students are excited and some looking forward to singing a solo while others are looking forward to singing nice and loud within their class groups. It will be a fun time and a time of reflection pointing to what this holiday season is all about, and how it is displayed through the words they are singing. As someone once said,

No Christ, No Christmas! Know Christ, Know Christmas!

Miss Farrell

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November Happenings

Wow! What a November we’ve had in the Reading Lab!

Literacy day was a great success. We did projects and read books about Thanksgiving. We also talked about all of the things that God has blessed us with this year. We have A LOT to be thankful for! The puzzle contests were so much fun, and we had some crazy harvest prizes… corn, turnips, parsnips, and carrots!

Miss DiGiovanni

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Trip to the Farm

Picking up chickens, milking a cow & riding on the hay are just a few of the fun expeiences kindergarten had on their first field trip of the year.  Watching children that grew up in the city experiencing farm life was at times comical.  They didn’t know quite how to handle llams eating out of their hands.  They had a great time and got to take a pumpkin home with them at the end.  I must say they were worn out because the ride home was quiet compared to the singing of “Wheels on the Bus” on the way to the farm.

See Galleries for some wonderful pics!

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Stuffed Animal Day

“Where the Wild Things Are,” & “Corduroy,” are just a couple of the books students got to hear at our first Literacy Day this year.  Literacy day is a day to show students how much fun reading is.  At our first literacy day, students brought in their favorite stuffed animal and cuddled up with it in our new library as they heard fun and exciting stories.  We are looking forward to next month, “Fall Fun,”  as students hear adventurous stories about the change of season.

See Galleries for some adorable pictures!

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Our Heritage

We just had our international week. We learned about each others heritage and tasted food we had never tasted before. This was a fun time for all of us. Kindergarten has been an adventure for all of us, and I know that this journey will be full of fun and excitement.

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Cultural Explosion!

We enjoyed a week of cultural exposure.  We saw different costumes and traditional dress, tasted exotic foods from far away lands and learned about traditions.  We also had new students place pins in our world map located on the first floor as people enter our building.  This map represents all the countries our students come from – over 73 countries!

See “Galleries” for pictures

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Basketball

The students have been learning basketball drills – how to dribble and bounce the ball with one hand and dribble while they are walking. They also learned how to bounce pass to each other and chest pass. The last skill they learned was how to shoot the ball into the basket. After all the practice and drills, they had fun playing an actual game of basketball – well at least shooting the basket.

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Let’s Dance

We have been learning high and low sounds and notes, singing songs together, and playing instruments for different words and sounds in the song. We have been putting motions with the songs and dancing around the rooms.

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Fall into Fall

Lower elementary has been practicing and reviewing their simple shapes and celebrating the Fall season with Autumn-themed projects. Thanks for helping Miss Kleinschuster decorate her door!

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Green Meadows Farm

During our classroom reading time we have been reading a few books about farm life and farm animals. Kindergarten was so excited to see what they had read come to life, when we took a class trip to Green Meadows Farm. They were able to pet and feed many farm animals, and even milk a cow! At the end of the day each student was able to bring home their very own pumpkin from the farm and share a little of what they had experienced with their families.

Miss Velez

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Great Start

KV has been exploring and learning many things, these past months. They have learned and experienced how to work independently, work with each other, and how to follow class routines. For some students, this was the first time they had ever been in a classroom. I am so excited to see how well our new kindergartners have adjusted, and how they have become such great learners!

Miss Velez

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I can write my name

In our Early Reading Intervention class we have learned and reviewed seven letters and sounds. We are so proud of ourselves because we can identify most of the letters, sound and even write them. Next week we’re looking forward to writing our letters and names using shaving cream.

We are also proud of ourselves because we can finally write our names without looking at our nameplate.

Mrs. Jimenez

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Benchmark Tests

Unit Benchmark tests are being done this month. It’s our chance to show off how much we learned in Unit 1. All of our reading skills, grammar practice, and hard work will pay off. We can’t wait to see what the next Unit theme will be… Maybe money? Or friendship? Or animals? Or perhaps something international? There are so many amazing books to read!

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Literacy day Fun

We’re blasting off into reading this year! We hit the ground running and we’re so excited to see what this year will bring. Bringing our stuffed animals in for Literacy Day was so much fun. If we’re ever home and want to read out loud we can read to our stuffed animals. It might seem a little silly at first, but it’s a great way to practice reading. (And we think it’s a lot of fun too!)

Miss DiGiovanni

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“My whole heart follows hard after you and clings closely to you!”

We were thrilled bout our first spiritual emphasis week for the 2010-2011 school year.  It was held September 20-24.

The theme for Elementary School was “Spirit of the Seas.”  Each day during bible time, students focused on a bible story which all centered in on obedience.  The stories covered during this week were:  Jesus Calming the Storm, Noah and the Ark, Jonah, The Disciples Casting Their Nets & Peter Walking on the Water.  Each day students were able to have worship time, a bible lesson, memory verse and complete a craft.  The week concluded with an interactive bible story, including a large boat and someone “walking on water,” during chapel.  It was a great week and students received a certificate and snack for their completion of our Spiritual Emphasis Week.

Pastor Tom Mahairas (founder of Manhattan Bible Church) came in to speak to our Middle and High Schoolers. He graciously shared his testimony with them and spoke about how God rescued him from a life of drug addiction. Pastor Mahairas also shared that there are 3 types of Believers….. The Believer, The Non-Believer, and the Make-Believer…….he challenged them as to which one they were. At the end he asked all those that would like to rededicate their lives to Christ to come forward. On Friday he shared with them that they are special and that God loves them very much. Seven students came forward to receive Jesus as their personal Saviour. He also asked student to pray for one another.

We praise God for His presence and for moving amongst our students. We are excited to see what He has in store for us this school year!

See Galleries for some great pics!

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