Name Something Enormous:
Why were dinosaurs scary? Small Neck, Sharp Teeth, Small brain, Tiny Arms, Long Tail, But we have seen their bones!
Ms. Calma
Treasure everywhere!
What treasures have you found? 1C shared all the different treasures they have discovered digging in the sand or in soil.
Ms. Calma
Go ball go!
Students are starting to learn how to guide a ball with only their feet. They are also practicing kicking the ball to the direction they want it to go. These are all skills that will help them eventually learn to play soccer. They are also having fun trying to block the ball from going into the net.
Mrs. Rosario
Having a Ball in Gym Class
Students have been learning how to play soccer in gym class. They are learning how to get the ball to go in the direction they want without using their hands. They are learning how to guide the ball with only their feet. They not only get to kick the ball but they also take turns learning to be a goalie. The goalie has to use his hands and body to try and keep the ball out of the net.
Mrs. Rosario
ACSI Creative Writing Festival
The Association of Christian School International (ACSI) hosts a Creative Writing Festival annually in which students from Grades 4th through 12th can submit works in the categories of rhymed poetry, free verse poetry, short story, and essay. This year, Evangel Christian School submitted 30 entries and we celebrated our students’ accomplishments by awarding them their certificates and ribbons during a chapel service on Friday, March 12th. Out of the 30 entries, 14 students received an award for “Good,” 14 for “Excellent,” and two of are students received an overall mark of “Superior.” These two students will have their entries sent to the Regional level where if they receive a mark of Excellent or Superior they will be published in the ACSI Creative Writing Festival national publication. We are so proud of all our participants noted below with their overall standing. Great job, everyone!
Grade 4: Embely Farinango (Excellent); Grade 5: Rebecca Edwards (Excellent), Kayla Juarbe (Excellent), Amber Colon (Good), Rachel Bou (Excellent), Taesharra Hopkins (Excellent), Zhane Lamb (Good), Jennifer Munoz (Excellent); Grade 6: Joseph Carrasquillo (Good), James Hinton (Good), Christian Vicuna (Excellent); Grade 7: Ryan Poonai (Good), Isaiah Bienemann (Good), Samuel Garcia (Excellent); Grade 8: Alexis Versoza (Excellent), Ray-lee Cuadrado (Good), Samantha Byrne (Good), Eli Morales (Good), Isabella Batista (Excellent), Francisca Armeniakos (Good), Angelie Cesario (Superior), Samantha Vazquez (Excellent); Grade 9: April Joanne Arbotante (Excellent), Janine Faulkner (Excellent), Lauren Vicuna (Excellent), Robert Epps (Good); Grade 11: Alahna Dones (Superior), Brianna Franco (Good), Rebecca Wong (Good); Grade 12: Christine Gonzalez (Good).
ECS Inventors
This month our 10th grade Global classes began the unit on the Industrial Revolution. Learning that this time was marked by many great inventions by great inventors, we decided that we too can become inventors. Our classes are beginning to come up with ideas on their very own inventions.
Mr. Berrios
Imperialism
This month our students are exploring the effects of Imperialism on China. Before we began this chapter, we debated in teams the following four statements:
(1) Countries must be economically strong to be free.
(2) Countries must be militarily strong to be free.
(3) Countries must be democratic to be free.
(4) Countries must be technologically advanced to be free.
Which do you most agree with?
Mr. Berrios
Why are you in leadership?
Students have been looking at spiritual leadership this month. Throughout the year we have looked at both good and bad leaders and they are now beginning to see why certain people are pastors or in some type of ministry leadership. As we head into March, I will be having students interview those that are in ministry and see what characteristics they have that qualify them for the job.
Mrs. Racoma
Uno
The middle school students learned a lot about instrumentation this month. We used uno cards to represent different types of instruments. The blue card represented string instruments, green represented percussion, yellow was for woodwinds and red was for brass. As I played an example they had to hold up the color they thought represented they type of instrument that was played. They picked up on this very quickly and were able to test on their knowledge of instruments at the end of the month.
Mrs. Racoma
Let’s Compare Music
Students have been learning how to compare various types of music. Two of the artists that the students compared this month were Judy Garland and Patty LaBelle. It was amazing to see how students used all the listening skills they have learned in music and were able to apply them to their assignment. Each week, no matter what the topic, these fourth and fifth grade students love to express the music through dance and motions. They are a great group of students to have.
Mrs. Racoma