St. Patrick’s Day Paintings
Students had to work in groups of two to create a monochromatic painting using the shamrock and Celtic cross shapes and a variety of green paints (some they used straight out of the bottle and others they mixed themselves). We have some amazing artists at Evangel!
Miss Arnau
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2009
MEDIA CONTACT:
Heather Cortes, 718-937-9600 x2361 or hcortes@ecsnyc.org
MLHS Tournament
This previous Saturday (10/3/09) the Lady Eagles Girls Varsity Volleyball team participated in a tournament held at Martin Luther High School. The Lady Eagles entered this tournament with high expectations and would settle for nothing but the best. In a series of short scrimmages the Eagles came out first in their pool. They then played a challenging match against the second place team of pool number 2. By playing as a team and working together the Lady Eagles won the match and moved on to the championship. The championship game was played against the host of the tournament themselves, Martin Luther High School, this game was the best game of the day by far, with both teams giving it only their best. With great serves by Ladies Eagles team: Amanda, beautiful spikes by Karas and Amanda, great sets by Jennifer and Natalia , and awesome passes by the whole team, under the amazing leadership of Coach Wong the Lady Eagles came out victorious as the CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!
Special awards given out were: All Conference: Amanda R, Jennifer H. and Amanda P.
MVP: Becky W.
Evangel Christian School is (ECS) a nonprofit, diverse school with more than 500 students in pre-kindergarten through high school. Founded in 1985, ECS holds an Absolute Charter from the New York State Board of Regents. Evangel Christian School is located at 39-21 Crescent St., Long Island City, New York. For more information, call 718-937-9600 or visit www.ecsnyc.org
And the sum of the product is…
On March 3rd Evangel hosted the Association of Christian School International (ACSI) Math Olympics. Six Christian schools participated in the event, and a total of 104 math scholars from third through eighth grade competed. Elementary students from each elementary grade met with Mrs. Ruiz weekly during their lunch/recess period to practice for the Olympics and were given extra homework to help them prepare. Middle School students met with Mr. Boyd and Mrs. Christian weekly for training. The Math Olympics consists of a series of timed tests in the areas of either computation or reasoning. At the awards ceremony following the competition the top five students from each grade in each category received an award. Be sure to check out the photos in our photoblog!
We congratulate the following winners from Evangel:
CONGRATULATIONS!
3rd Grade:
Isadora Macedo – 1st Place in Reasoning
Vincent Tupacyupanqui – 4th Place in Computation
4th Grade
David Pamintuan – 2nd Place in Computation
Aliyah Tupacyupanqui – 4th Place in Reasoning
Amber Reyes – 5th Place in Computation
5th Grade
Rebecca Edwards – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Leslie Aguilar – 3rd Place in Computation
Zhane Lamb – 4th Place in Reasoning
Jorge Ruiz – 5th Place in Reasoning
6th Grade
Dean Cuadrado – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Lucas Gomes – 4th Place in Reasoning
Felipe Alvarez – 4th Place in Computation
7th Grade
Jerry Meng – 1st Place in Computation
Carl Roberts – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Johannah Gepte – 3rd Place in Computation
8th Grade
Keoana Arnett – 3rd Place in Reasoning
Victor Sanchez – 4th Place in Computation
GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!
Thank you to our staff, parents, and students who worked hard to make this event so successful! Great job everyone! Now to start practicing for next year! 🙂
How did you get to New York?
Our Korean International students had a project this month where they had to interview a non-native New Yorker and write about his/her journey to NYC. They had questions prepared beforehand and this was an opportunity for them to practice their speaking and listening fluency. Many of them chose to interview their teachers and although they were nervous at first, they expressed how much fun they had with the project. One student came back saying that she ended up not only interviewing the teacher but being asked back the same questions about her journey to NYC from Korea. She said it was an exciting experience sharing her life story in English. I am planning on more projects to give them an opportunity to practice speaking with their English-speaking peers.
Ms. Park
Do Assembly Lines Rerally Work?
Students were introduced to economics with a series of pictures that showed outlandish scenes: a booth at a beach with a sign saying “Sunset viewing- $10”, a shack amidst mansions, a small, local delivery company promising to deliver a package anywhere in the country within the day. All of these pictures demonstrated a certain economic principle that the students had to figure out. Since that introduction, we have made our own budgets, tested the efficieny of assembly lines by planning and implementing our own assembly line to make bookmarks, and have studied figures from Adam Smith to Henry Ford.
Mrs. Lapp
Read What ECS Students Think About…
Students worked on writing their own opinion editorials to submit to local newspapers, magazines, and websites. Students chose a public policy issue that they were passionate about, spent the semester researching it, and then wrote a 750 word essay explaining what the government should (or shouldn’t) do to alleviate a specific social problem. Project topics varied among students but included abortion, MTA fares, animal rights, gay marriage, adoption, child abuse, and school charters.
Mrs. Lapp
Progressive Reformers
In order to learn about the Progressive Movement, we took advantage of the history of the city in which we live. Many of the Progressive Reformers were from New York, including Jacob Riis and Teddy Roosevelt. We looked at pictures and video clips–from the PBS Series, New York–of the city’s conditions in the 1800s and learned about movements to reform the tenements, sweatshops, and education system. Students also worked on an immigration project, in which they interviewed a modern day immigrant and then presented their story to the class, comparing modern day immigration to the groups that came through Ellis Island at the turn of the century.
Mrs. Lapp
Civil War News
As a class we talked about the Reconstruction of the nation after the Civil War, looking particularly at a few video clips about Grant’s presidency and the problems facing the south after the war. I was also able to show students old newspaper clippings of my great-great grandfather, who served in the Civil War and was on the hunt for John Wilkes Boothe after Lincoln’s assassination! We also explored westward expansion, talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the Transcontinental Railroad and other developments during the period.
Mrs. Lapp
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday and we’re celebrating by reading some of his best loved books together. Dr. Seuss books can inspire us to write our own wacky poems. We were wondering… “Do you like green eggs and ham?”
Miss DiGiovanni
We love reading!
During February we thought about what we love about reading books and what books we love to read. Many of us especially enjoy reading the Bible. Reading makes us feel smart and it can help us relax after a long hard day of learning.
Miss DiGiovanni