This year the students were involved in a variety of activities involving hearing, speaking, reading and writing. We reviewed the basics of the regular Present tense and stem changing verbs, Past tense, and later in the year they were introduced to Imperfect tense. Vocabulary in context with progressively more difficult reading passages were also studied. Cultural studies involving film and information about Latin America and Spain were part of the course.
Mr. Drake

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This year the students were involved in a variety of activities including hearing, speaking, reading and writing. We emphasized the basics of the regular present tense and stem changing verbs, and later in the year they were introduced to the past tense. Vocabulary in context and use of adjectives were studied. Cultural studies involving film and information about Latin America and Spain were part of the course as well.
Mr. Drake

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This year the students were involved in a variety of activities including hearing, speaking, reading and writing. We emphasized the basics of the regular present tense and stem changing verbs, and later in the year they were introduced to the past tense. Vocabulary in context and use of adjectives were studied. Cultural studies involving film and information about Latin America and Spain were part of the course as well.
Mr. Drake

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In the Resource Room students get extra academic support. IEP students get individualized and small group engagement to address educational challenges. This year in Resource Room we saw students in each grade improve in their subject classes. There were many success stories and students showed confidence in their academic abilities.
Ms. Neal

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These are the first three years of advanced class to the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. Students continued to learn the conversational and vocabulary concepts of Spanish, with the goal of refining and advancing proficiency by the end of the year.
These Spanish classes focused on the following four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Class time was used to engage skills such as situation dialogues; mini-skits; group work; conversations with classmates and teacher
Students learned that in order to achieve success in this course, it is essential to be prepared for each class. Language learning is a discipline that requires steady, cumulative preparation; a discipline in which each point builds upon its predecessor, such that if you do not master a given grammatical concept or vocabulary cluster, this will prevent assimilation of the following lesson. It was amazing to see the students take on the challenge and put forth so much effort.
Mrs. Haughton

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Our students were involved with applying mathematics skills in everyday life. They were introduced to being better stewards with their finances. They were able to find percentage rates of gross and net pay per check.
Mrs. Christian

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Living Environment, or biology as it is commonly known as, is the study of the life that God has created. With standards aligned to the New York State Biology curriculum, we cover topics that range from Ecology to Evolution from a Christian viewpoint. All topics highlight a biblical emphasis on the Creator, and the beauty of His Creation. A particularly exciting topic was genetics, when as a class we were able to discuss opinions and biblical perspectives on bioengineering, and the advances of biotechnology like splicing, cloning and DNA analysis.
Miss Wessel

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Integrated Algebra has a strong focus on algebraic concepts like variables, polynomials and functions. This past year we strongly developed foundational skills needed for the progression of mathematics throughout the rest of high school. The year was especially exciting when we explored particular topics, like developing data analysis, through real world application problems like fat content in burger restaurants or average food produced on a particular farm.
Miss Wessel

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One of our writing activities asked graduating seniors to share something helpful for new students entering Evangel. This was what Siting Li from China thought students should know.
1. Have respect for authority
2. Don’t be a victim of fads
3. Do not draw negative attention
4. Do well in academics
5. Create a set of goals
6. Learn to take responsibility
7. See things in other people’s perspective
8. Plan for after high school

Ms. Hampton

The students also wrote poems for national “Poem in Your Pocket Day.” For many, their work included family, their experiences at Evangel and plans for the future. They read the poems “If” by Rudyard Kipling and “ Hold Fast the Dream” by Langston Hughes.

My Family by Xinyao Liu 10th grade

We talk
We laugh
We cry

But we are family
And we do it all together
For as a family
We do it all as one

You hurt one
You hurt all
And as a family unity
We will all stand tall

For we are family
A family full of strength
A family full of love

Mom by Angelina Tang 11th Grade

Mom, my beautiful Mom
Mom, my great Mom
Mom, my virtuous Mom

I Love you Mom

Mom is like sunshine coming into my heart
Mom is like a light making my road right
Mom is like a book teaching me to be a good girl

I Love you Mom
You are Special!

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High School Intermediate Literature allows students to challenge and stretch their personal and global critical thinking. Within the classroom students explore a variety of genres, working through units on research, American folklore, and literature studies. This year students were able to successfully accomplish extensive and multi-layered research components, which included conversing with native English speakers during Academic Fair night. As well, high school students enhanced their formal writing by compiling character analysis essays after reading American classic novels. It has been clear that the international students at Evangel Christian School strive to reach for greater levels of academic success.
Ms. Hampton

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Global History at Evangel not only allowed students to explore the past, but equipped students to become critical and analytical thinkers. Our sessions enabled students to ask appropriate essential questions allowing thought-provoking discussions amongst students and peers. This resulted in healthy discussions of debate from all walks of life, culture, beliefs, and lifestyles in order to create well-rounded individuals to make ethical choices in their own lives.
Mr. Keeks

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This year, ninth grade students studied Greek, Shakespearean, French, 20th Century American and 20th Century British Literature. We read classics like Antigone, Romeo and Juliet, Les Miserables, The Pearl, and The Hobbit. Some highlights included learning about the tragic hero, debating virtue ethics versus the Bible, and writing a Regents-level Critical Lens Essay using the following quotation: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” (M. L. King, Jr.)
Mrs. Foster

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Shark Tank Meets High School Entrepreneurs

High School students created their own businesses. Our young entrepreneurs opened up a variety of creative businesses. From barber shops to book stores, from coffee shops to restaurants and more! It was interesting to see students take a hobby, interest, or something they were truly passionate about and turn it into a dream career. Once they had a carefully thought out business plan they designed a PowerPoint Presentation where they were able to approach the “sharks” (their classmates) in order to propose an investment from them.
Mr. Torres

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It’s over?

The school year is over? Wow, how quickly it has come to an end. It’s been an interesting year teaching a bright group of international students from China and Korea. HS Intermediate English was our focus. Reading short stories, folk tales, anecdotes, how to read non-fiction, fiction, what reading strategies to use to understand the text, were some of the genres and concepts covered. I enjoyed this. What was most exciting for me were the many moments when the students reached the place were they were able to convey their opinions, and ideas in English. When they made connections with the text, their culture, their families, etc. and gained the confidence to express it was wonderful to experience. It was a great year discovering how very much alike we are. I remember a story on the life of Bruce Lee. Each text is introduced before reading, so when asked if they were familiar with this person, or if they had ever heard of him, I got some nods and a Yes or two. When we were finished reading the introduction, I added that he was my cousin. When this tid-bit of information was met with their laugther, I knew that they understood. Mrs. Hernandez

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Anatomy, DNA, Regents Oh my!

What a year. Students were instructed to be able to pass the regents. The students performed many labs with the intent of learning. One of the most fun labs was when students were designing a baby. Wow, the students were laughing the entire lab. We also dissected a few animals: frog, earthworm, and a crayfish. Some students learned that dissection is not as bad as they thought it would be. While discussing DNA bases (guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine) we learned that making a mnemonic would help to remember which bases go together. Gary Coleman is where iT’s At. Guanine and cytosine combine while Thymine and Adenine combine. Living environment had a great year with many things that students had to learn.

Mr. Penland

 

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Typing Skills

Students focused on how to do research and search for reliable sources. They also did typing drills that targeted aspects and skills that they will use in college.

Mr. B

 

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Amazing Grace

The last quarter has been a whirlwind of work winding down to when summer releases students back to their countries of origin.

In 7th, 8th, and 9th grades the students finished the nonfiction unit studying Amazing Grace, the True Story along with the lyrics to Amazing Grace. It was a creative way to use reading strategies to compare texts, learn new vocabulary, and explore changes in people as well as society. Students observed what happens historically when people give their hearts and lives over to God and become new creations and they gained a better understanding of the importance of sharing the testimonies of the dynamic lives of Godly men/women who change the world for good. After such an intense study we lightened up with descriptive writing about personal events such as the 8th grade trip to Dorney Park. Many students were able to not only use more sophisticated vocabulary than before, but also used descriptive metaphors to bring the reader into the experience.

Mrs. Kemp

 

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Students were involved in heavy discussions of many historical issues to help improve their critical thinking and analytical skills. Students would often debate on social issues on specific topics in history which enhanced further discussions in the class. But more importantly we approached these social issues from a Christian perspective.

Mr. Keeks

 

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We had a wonderful Spring Program. Elementary students danced to Shout to the Lord, with streamers. The middle school danced to Go Fast, and high school danced and ministered the songs that they did in Hawaii. The high school electives also danced to I’m Free.

Mrs. Rosario

 

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Lets Get Fit

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 at the park.

Mrs. Rosario

 

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Good Leaders

After Christmas break, our 9th graders worked on The Pearl by John Steinbeck and Antigone by Sophocles. During The Pearl, class discussion centered on the themes of greed and anti-imperialism found in the story. Students wrote research papers on the colonization of Mexico to better understand the characters in the story and their motives. We started Antigone by first looking at a short excerpt from Plato’s Republic and what makes a good king or ruler. We decided that a good king is one that listens to the advice of others and makes decisions in the best interest of the people. We then investigated what the Bible had to say about leadership. The class also analyzed the decisions of the characters in Antigone and what makes a person heroic, while also discussing the sacrifice of Christ.

Miss Topale

 

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Advanced Algebra

We have been working with probability during the last quarter. Students are learning how to calculate it through both theoretical and experimental examples. They have used spinners, dice, playing cards, weather forecasts, Apple-bee’s menu items, etc.

Miss Stahler

 

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¡Llegamos al fín del año!

Learning about the past is crucial, especially when it’s in Spanish. From preterit past-tense forms, to the ongoing/habitual imperfect past tense, students are introduced to patterns building from the English language and scaffolding onto the language they know. All this, while learning about the various cultures of Spanish-speaking countries, as well as the positive Spanish-American influences within our country. Looking forward to growing with you as you continue to solidify the bridge of Spanish communication.

Sra Jean-Pierre

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Abstinence

In our 8th and 9th grade classes, we were given the opportunity this year to implement an abstinence program. We were able to sit in a chapel where the author of the book spoke about the program. In both 8th and 9th grade we tackled the important issue of purity and the reason why God wants us to remain on track to achieve our dreams. The lessons were really impactful. On my Final exam of the year, I asked them to define the most meaningful lesson and to my surprise 78% of both classes cited that this particular lesson meant the most to them. All in all during the course of this year I have seen a steady growth in the area of God in the lives of the middle school and the High school students which I taught. Glory be to God.

Pastor Racoma

 

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What Is Literature

We began the year with the question: What is literature? We took a look at the different interpretations that one poem can have depending upon how each individual views the poem. We then learned about Sonnets and compared the sonnets of Shakespeare’s secular love with John Milton’s more spiritual love of God and learned that God’s love provides healing and protection. We then read Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and focused on the question of whether or not there are limits to redemption. We learned what makes a man truly heroic through studying the character of Jean Valjean and that only God can change a man from bad to good through the redemptive cross of Calvary. We also went on to read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and asked ourselves – Does greed rule the world? We concluded that, though mankind can be trapped by the greed of this world, God will not allow us to live life without showing us that we need to change our motives and keep the golden rule, which is to help our fellow man on this journey we call life.

Miss Topale

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People and Places

In September a new course was launched for the high school international students at Evangel: Intermediate Literature. It is designed to train the students in reading strategies used for deeper understanding of texts and to give the students more exposure to the English language. So far it has done both and more! The Queens Public Library found out about the class and asked if we wanted to participate in their People and Places Program in which thought provoking short stories (mostly written by immigrants) are read and reflected upon. Although each story had to be screened and the program modified for use in a Christian environment, it grew into a valuable experience for all and culminated in a party hosted by Ms. Echols at the newly built 21st Street Public Library. 9th, 10th and 11th grades each divided into groups and created posters for the event. Some groups focused on the symbolism found in a given short story, such as Abalone, Abalone, Abalone, others on comparing and contrasting two stories, and some added the adages, idioms and similes we learned. I was very impressed by the 11th graders who were able to compare given verse from the Bible with the prose poem Girl by Jamaica Kincaid. They did such a fabulous job that Mrs. Echols sent the posters to the founder of the program. I am so proud of those students who participated!

As we wrap up this section on short stories and do review for midterms, I look back at the interesting ways the students showed what they learned; from complex graphic organizers to acting out different parts of a story, from making big books about symbolism to making posters for all the stories, and I am amazed what the students have accomplished. Our next adventure will include nonfiction as we segue into the Academic Fair time of the year.

Mrs. Kemp

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God’s Providence

Since September, our school’s freshmen have engaged in historical events and creating connections with events that are happening today. More importantly, each student is learning how to observe the history of the world through a Biblical perspective to illustrate God’s providence throughout all of history. They have discussed and worked in groups and wrestled with thought provoking questions to encourage critical and analytical thinking.

Mr. Keeks

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Algebra

Students have been studying a unit on Integers and Expressions. They have been learning the importance of mathematical principles, as compared to using God’s principles in our daily lives.

Mrs. Christian

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Algebra

We have been exploring equations this half of the school year. The class has been looking for patterns in solving, graphing and writing equations. This year I am teaching in a flipped classroom for math and so the students will copy vocabulary and examples into their notes for HW (kind of pre reading for the next day’s lesson). In class the next day, they will watch a mini lesson of how to and practice the application in front of me. This has been helpful in not only the student understanding during homework/classwork, but in starting up math conversations during class about what to do and why. Currently, we are studying linear equations and the slope of a line.

Miss Stahler

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Soccer Playoffs

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Vince Lombardi

This month in Gym we have begun our Soccer Playoffs. These games are highly intense being that rivalries have been sown from the year before. Whether students are playing goalie, defense, offense, or midfielder they are determined, focused, and resolute to win the game. Often that means jumping in the path of the ball. Even though these games are intense, students maintain a high level of sportsmanship thought the season.

Mr. Wong

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Train Travel

This month, 9th Grade Spanish is venturing into Train travel, as will as conjugating irregular bends in the present tense.

Mrs. Jean-Pierre

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Spirit week has been a blast this year.  Each day students dressed up in a new theme to earn points for their class.  On Monday, students came dressed like their friends for “twin day.”  Some friends came in groups of four and five all dressed alike.  The most memorable twin outfit was a group of our senior girls that dressed in pink hello kitty pajamas.  Tuesday was filled with more fun as students went all out for “career day.”  They were dressed like nurses, doctors, fashion designers, military and the list goes on and on.  The most well thought out outfit was a student who came dressed like her favorite teacher.  She had such great detail in her costume, it was comical.  Wacky Wednesday brought out some interesting characters as students came in all forms of mix-matched outfits.  Teachers also had fun with this one.  Our traditional “spirit day” Thursday had so much excitement during the pep rally.  For the first time in Evangel history, we had a drum cadence set up during the pep rally by three of our students who played and got the crowd pumped up during our varsity vs. staff/alumni basketball game.  It was a great game and the week ended in a great “time” as students came decked out in various decades.  The students came dressed up in 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.  Mr. Hernandez was the most talked about outfit as he came dressed in his leather jacket and 50’s style hairdo.

Other than dressing up during the week, students also competed in games during the week to earn points for their class.  Some of the games included, root beer chug-a-lug, tug-a-war, candy relay, cracker whistle relay and many more.  The students really went out this year and the most talked about game since the start of games two years ago is the egg toss.  With eggs flying through the air, it’s always amazing to see the one team who never breaks the egg.  It came down to our seniors and sophomores this year, but the seniors pulled it out.  Spirit week has been a blast this year and both our JV and Varsity boys basketball teams came out with two victories this week as we kick off our fall and winter sports season.

See Galleries for pictures.

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The high school feast was filled with so many different types of food.  It was great and the students loved it.  Even before the feast started, the cooking elective worked hard to help get all the dishes set up.  The students of course, ate a lot of food and then they played games, heard from our student government, and competed in contests. They had a great time competing with each other but it seemed the best part of the day was dessert time.  What is a feast without dessert?  There was so much dessert on the table, they could have each had an entire plate full.  Thankfully, they shared with their teachers.  The feast was very memorable and a favorite time of year here at ECS.

See Galleries for awesome pics.

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Our middle school and high school students had the privilege of hearing from students that are part of Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The director of student ministries, Dr. Richard Kidd, and Director of Discipleship, Jason Peaks, brought a group of young adults that were on fire for God as they shared through a powerful time of worship and the Word.  Our students were very receptive to what they had to say and were encouraged by the message of hope in Jesus Christ that was brought.

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The National day of “See you at the Pole” has not occurred at this school in a number of years and we were happy to see our students take a stand and come out earlier than normal for prayer in taking a stand for our school, city and nation.  Students formed various groups and prayed with one another and then they came together to worship and pray for more specific needs of our student body and school.   While staff was there in support, this was entirely student led.  God is doing great things through our students and we are excited to see where He will take them next!

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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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During our Spiritual Emphasis week we were blessed to have the Gideons visit us. They gave a Bible to all of our students in 5th grade through 12th grade. We are so very blessed to be able to study the Word of God. Many thanks to the Gideons and their generosity to our students.

Please see Galleries for pictures

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Thanks

I am going to miss each and every one of you. It has been a pleasure to be part of your child’s academic life. I have enjoyed teaching them, listening to them and sharing the word of God with them. I want to thank all the families that sent in treats, photographs and other supplies for our different festivities, activities and lessons. Ninth grade ended on Chapter 6-Mi Familia.

Mrs. Iglio

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NHS and NJHS

On Tuesday, May 22nd, we conducted our National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society Ceremony. This ceremony is beautiful as students carry during the processional and recessional. We are very proud to have inducted 95 new members to NHS and 13 NJHS. We welcomed back 100 NHS and NJHS members from last year. Both Societies worked very hard on their service project, raising money through bake sales and other means.  Students were delighted to take what they had raised to the different institutions. What a blessing to be able to bless others. Please click on the BLUE inserts for our Program.

Here is a little history about the National Honor Society and the criteria for selection:

When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy.  The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas.  Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community.  Their  reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved.  Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment.

2012 bulletin inside

2012 outside bulletin

Please see Galleries for some great pictures of NHS and NJHS .

 

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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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Cinco de Mayo

This month we will have the opportunity to dive into the Mexican culture and the reason they celebrate “Cinco de Mayo”- The 5Th of May. Ask your students about all the activities occurring during this month. We will be having a small 4 de Mayo celebration, if you would like to bring something in. Students will get an in-depth understanding of the geography and the society the Mayan and Aztec built. They will also read Aztec stories and have a discussions on the similarities of today’s fairy tales and other genre readings.

Mrs. Iglio

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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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Vocabulary

February was a blessing to us all. The students spiritually blossomed during Spiritual Emphasis week

9th-grade students are building up their vocabulary and understanding how to correctly structure sentences in Spanish, we are praying soon to move into building fluent paragraphs. Please continue to encourage your 9th grade students to verbalize their Spanish – even just for fun at home.

Mrs. Iglio

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

This month we have learned how to ask for the menu to order meats, seafood, vegetables, and much more from vocabulary concerning food. Students created skits as practice on how to ask for a menu, food, and even ask check please? in a restaurant. We shall continue learning how to conjugate verbs using the preterite past tense.

Soon, we begin learning vocabulary of various types of telecommunications; knowledge essential in today’s technological world. Students will learn names for parts of a computer, telephone, and more, as well as learn how to conjugate words in theimperfect past tense perfectly.

Journey with us as our Spanish vocabulary increases to greater heights. I encourage you, if possible, to continue speaking Spanish at home, as this will enable learning all throughout.

Mrs. J-P

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School Supplies

9th graders are working on conjugating verbs through the theme of school supplies. They are really applying themselves, so please continue to encourage them.

Mrs. Iglio

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High School Christmas Program:

“The Colors of Christmas” was a new direction this year for our high school.  Students were able to see that each color had a meaning that illustrated God’s love and mercy on us as He sent His son to be born and one day die for us. The poems and testimonies that were shared by our high school brought about the true meaning of the season. God is using our students to spread the gospel literally around the world.

See Galleries for Great Pics

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New Holidays

Amidst the rigors of learning how to use past perfect or simple past tense; changing gerund phrases to infinitives; learning challenging vocabulary and creating sensory word banks the international students have had an enriching time. Many experienced Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time. Middle School listened to the radio drama about the life of Tisquantum and through his life they learned what Satan meant for evil God worked out for good. It led to good discussions about what happens when misunderstandings arise between people from different cultures. The Christmas season was especially blessed with an invitation to a Christmas Tea hosted by the Hephzibah House Ministry in their authentic Victorian brownstone. They served a variety of festive refreshments and a special tea poured from a camel shaped teapot. Best of all, students were touched by the testimonies of international college students and the thoughtfulness of all who ministered there. We are all looking forward to what the New Year will bring.

Mrs. Kemp

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Ancient Rome

9th grade studied Ancient Rome especially focusing on why Rome fell. Many point to similarities between America today and Ancient Rome. We discussed the similarities in politics and culture, and how history affects how we see the news today. We also created long timelines that are taller than some of the freshmen. We will continue to add to them as the year goes on so students can begin to view history spatially. This will help students understand that while the Zhou dynasty is in power in China, Athens is experiencing its golden age under Pericles. Seeing that visually will cause students to begin to see how events and people across time and place affect each other.

Miss Schutz

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December has flown by!

After having traveled via train through Chapter 1, we now rest in Chapter 2. This New Year, we will learn to ask for a menu and identify parts of a restaurant. Eat and learn with us. We shall continue learning how to conjugate verbs using the past preterit tense.

Journey with us as our Spanish vocabulary increases to greater heights. I encourage you, if possible, to continue to speak Spanish with your child(ren), as this will enable learning all throughout.

Mrs. J-P

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New Vocabulary

The beginning of school has been quite exciting in ESL with over fifty students from all over the world acclimating to a Christ centered school. The Middle School and High school students have been increasing their conversational English through group activities related to their workbooks. Spiritual Emphasis Week became an impetus for many students to learn for the first time words many of us take for granted such as sanctuary, redemption, praise, glory and audacity. It also became a special time to learn how to question and write reflectively. Our latest projects were for International Week; students made presentations with either posters or power points describing where they grew up, comparing and contrasting their hometown with New York City, and predicting where they will be in ten years. The best part was listening to the students ask questions in English about each other’s hometown. It was very enriching for all and enlightening to me.

Mrs. Kemp

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Slow But Sure – Progress Is Made

9th Spanish- The students are building on their prior skills in Spanish and developing new ones. The Students have been learning about how we can describe others and ourselves in Spanish. The students are learning about how to write grammatically correct sentences in Spanish, it’s tough but they are getting it.

Mrs. Iglio

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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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Review Time

What a wonderful bunch of students. I am so excited to have these children in my class. Their enthusiastic spirits encourage my heart and make it fun to teach this class. The students are having a great time becoming reacquainted with the Spanish Language. We have been completing basic review lessons in class and are ready to dive into our textbooks and new lessons.

Mrs. Iglio

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Dissection Labs

When students think of Biology, one of the first things they think of is dissections! Yes, yes, yes… lab experiences have included dissecting an earthworm, a frog, examining the movements and patterns of a meal worm, analyzing the anatomy of a grasshopper, and dissecting a rat! Yes, a rat! It may not have been quite pleasing to the eye, but some students had the appearance of a doctor at work! Separating organs, checking out what is in the stomach and comparing the similarities between the body parts of a human and a rat. You would never think one could be so fascinated over such a dissection. It is something you will never discover, until you step into The Lab!

Miss Farrell

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Hard work pays off

Students worked hard on their dance routines – section by section. The students had to learn a lot of new steps. They learned how to do leg swipes, pop and lock and moves with partners, feet gliding and flag routines. The students chose to also come on Thursday afterschool to work on their dance routines. Great job!

Mrs. Rosario

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Do Wait

The song they danced to was Do Wait. This group worked really hard as there were very challenging dance steps and they had to work with partners. These students even practiced after school just to get a dance step or to learn the moves. There were about 27 students in the group. The challenge was that they had to learn how to move as a group and use the flags. It’s not that easy to throw a flag up in the air and catch it without dropping it on the floor.

Mr. Rosario

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Final Lesson

Students finished up the school year with the last lessons in their workbook – the last two spiritual disciplines. The students learned the importance of fellowship, going to church and spending time around good people. This is a big key in our lives – being influenced by good people. The last lesson was learning to meditate on God’s Word. This is the discipline of reading the Bible and concentrating on what the verses really mean to us. As we moved into June we began our study guides for the final. This was a busy time for the students as they were preparing for other finals as well.

Mr. Racoma

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Spiritual Disciplines

Students in the 9th grade Bible class began to study the importance of spiritual disciplines, like reading the Bible and praying. They learned that these two disciplines are key to their relationship with Christ. Just like going to the gym we learned that these disciplines strengthen us like exercise does for our muscles. In the next month we finish up this lesson by talking about the other 2 disciplines.

Mr. Racoma

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Creation vs Evolution

In the Month of March the 9th grade Bible class began a deeper study into how God created the world. It was an interesting discussion on the differences between evolution and creation. The students were able to look at both perspectives and as a result the students were presented with creation by God.

Mr. Racoma

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Celebrate

After all the hard work the students did learning their dances, we decided to celebrate and have a party!

Mrs. Rosario

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Christmas Program

Besides doing the basic warm ups and stretching, the students also did pushups and sit ups to be ready for certain dance moves. They also learned to do cartwheels, the splits, and handstands. They worked in small groups and as a large group to learn various dance routines. For the Christmas program the song they danced to was Incredible. Other groups also danced to Joyful, Joyful, and Holy Visitation. They used both the big and little flags in their performances. It was powerful.

Mrs. Rosario

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Ethnic Conflicts

9th grade ended the year discussing ethnic conflicts of the 20th century. Students made a current events journal to become aware of what is happening in the world today. We also discussed the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian Revolution, and how third-world countries try to grow and develop. With a foundation in why different groups clash, students are able to analyze the current conflicts with an understanding eye.

Miss Schutz

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Learning from the past

Many people wonder about the importance of reading. Some may ask, why should I read books by dead guys who lived over a hundred years ago? They can’t possibly know anything about my situation. The question can be met with the Biblical truth: there is nothing new under the sun. This is one of the most important lessons ninth grade students learned in English class this year. Good and evil existed thousands of years ago just as it does today. So did love, joy, peace, war, loyalty, etc.–the human experience didn’t start when this generation was born. One novel that the students read was Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo. Students had to respond to the following quote, so long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books like this cannot be useless. They were challenged to see the influence of important novels, like A Christmas Carol, or Romeo and Juliet, and see how these novels were meant to entertain and engage; change laws and change hearts. It was exciting to watch the light bulbs flick on during class discussion as the students made connections between the different novels and stories we read during the year. Students will move on to tenth grade with a broader appreciation of literature, and hopefully a new perspective on the ability for people today to learn from the past.

Miss Miller

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Advanced Algebra

Probability is always a fun topic. My class used playing cards, spinners, marbles, colored chips, dice, other students, etc. to come up with and solve probability equations. Unearthing Patterns that would lead to solving problems without hands-on equipment.

Miss Stahler

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Math in real life

We learned polynomials & quadratics this month. Using algebra tiles and our graphing calculators we began discovering patterns that lead to simplifying complex equations. We also discovered real-life uses for these math topics.

Miss Stahler

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π day!!!

Or approximately 3.14159… We couldn’t wait for March 14th or 3/14 to get here! The class played discovery games with cylinders and circles. We practiced area and circumference to find patterns. They even learned a song that sings the first 200 places of pi!

Miss Stahler

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Advanced Algebra

Two trains leave two cities at two separate times. One of them is traveling a lot faster than the other one. When will these two trains meet? Do you remember these crazy problems? My class discovered how to simplify the complexities of these problems by assigning each partner a vehicle and speed and actually walking towards each other using the classroom floor’s tiles to help show miles. They had a blast!

Miss Stahler

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Advanced Algebra

Solving inequalities and finding their place in the real world was key to this month’s lessons. Students practiced skills learned equations and then got hands-on with real world scenarios that do not require exact amounts. They applied their knowledge to cell phone plans to discover which plan they would benefit from having. The class also realized how to plan the expenses of a class trip, taking into consideration the amount of people & the cost of the trip per person!

Miss Stahler

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Skills for the future

8th-12 grades are finished with Adobe Illustrator. The quiz is all we have left. Even if they don’t use graphic design in their careers, the students will have a basic know-how that they can build on later.

Mr. Boyd

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Did you know…

8th-12 grade are continuing an in depth unit of study with Adobe Illustrator. The lessons are going wonderfully, and the students love being able to dive in to the program and to do new things.

Mr. Boyd

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Adobe Illustrator

8th-12 grade began an in depth unit of study with Adobe Illustrator. The lessons will follow a tutorial format, with the teacher showing the new skill and the students copying. This culminated with a quiz in May so the students could show all that they learned.

Mr. Boyd

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Latin America

May was wonderful time for the students in Spanish class as we were finishing our textbooks and preparing for finals and or Regents. Students had the opportunity to learn more about the geography of Latin America. They also learned fun facts from each country and tried some new dishes they had to prepare for themselves. Keep up the great work 9th graders

Mrs. Purdee

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National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society

On Tuesday, May 31st, we conducted our national Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society Ceremony. This ceremony is beautiful as students carry during the processional and recessional. We are very proud to have inducted so many new new members to NHS and  NJHS. We welcomed back NHS and NJHS members from last year. Both Societies worked very hard on their service project, raising money through bake sales and other means.  Students were delighted to take what they had raised to the different institutions. What a blessing to be able to bless others. Please see Galleries for some great pictures of NHS and NJHS traveling to give what they had raised.

Here is a little history about the National Honor Society and the criteria for selection:

When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy.  The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas.  Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community.  Their  reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved.  Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment.

The NHS and NJHS recognize outstanding high school and middle school students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. The National Association of Secondary School Principals proudly sponsors these Societies.

For the selection of Members to the NHS and NJHS Chapters:

*   Members must maintain a cumulative overall 85% average or higher for two consecutive semesters with 80% as the lowest grade in all subjects.

*   Members must be in good behavioral standing.

*   Members must demonstrate outstanding performance in areas of scholarship, service, leadership and character.

*   The selection of each Member shall be reviewed and approved by the this School’s Administration and Faculty each school year.

Please click on the links below to view our NHS and NJHS Program.

2011 bulletin inside

2011 outside bulletin

 

Please go to “Galleries” for some wonderful piictures of this beautiful ceremony.

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Time has flown by

We had remained a while exploring the use of regular and irregular verbs in the preterit and imperfect past tense. Even after much practice, we realize there’s still much to learn regarding the past. This month we’ll learn and share about our favorite pastimes, such as video games, board games, and my personal favorite à dominoes.

Mrs. J-P

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Es la primavera

We have done so much this last month and we are preparing to do so much more for our upcoming celebration in mayo. In all the grades we have been learning about the natives of Latin America. We have been discussing about the Mayan, Aztecs and Incas. We are moving on to discuss about Mexico and how it grew and became the beautiful country that it has become. We will discuss some of its influential people and the battle that took place in Puebla and that will lead into our grand FIESTA Cinco de Mayo.

9th – These students have been working hard solving a mystery in Spanish and learning about family ties. The students created a family tree and continue to learn about the Latin America family culture.

Ms. Purdee

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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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Cell Structure Lab

The Living Environment Lab classes have become very familiar with the differences between an animal cell and a plant cell. In lab class they have observed each type of cell under the microscope while sketching the parts of the cell. Hypotonic and Hypertonic solutions were poured onto the cell to see its effects. In the case of the hypertonic solution (salt water), the student observed a shrinkage of the cell. This is the same type of outcome that would occur if salt water was poured in the soil of a plant. A diffusion lab was also performed in which a semi-permeable membrane was filled with glucose and starch. Small molecules would diffuse through the membrane while larger molecules would not. Students also observed osmosis, which is the diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration was higher. Color changes inside the cell and a color change of the solution outside of the cell gave an indicator if starch and/or glucose were detected.

Ms. Farrell

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Adobe Illustrator

We have begun doing Adobe Illustrator tutorials, which the students are loving! We started from the ground up, learning first how to choose the correct settings for a new file. I spend about 2-3 minutes showing the new material, and the students copy the steps for a grade. We’ll be getting more advanced as we go!

Mr. Boyd

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Analogies

Our Valentines analogies were both fun and great practice for critical thinking skills. For example, butterfly: wings as flower: petal or romance is to love as camaraderie is to friendship. Now it’s your turn. You decide which of the four (4) choices fits best. bracelet: jeweler as bouquet: (a) florist (b) arborist (c) flowers (d) herbalist. We also had a bulletin board display for Black History Month.

Ms. Hampton

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Bulletin Boards

Students in the Resource Room have been asked to consider varied topics that relate to both their academic and spiritual growth. The Weekly Food for Thought Quotations and Daily Scripture are designed to strengthen students spiritually. Some quotes: It is better to be prepared when an opportunity presents itself than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. or When you feel least secure, God can be your Rock or Fortress.

For a special bulletin board project, the students were asked to consider gifts that God had given them and how they would use those gifts to bless someone else. They wrote their responses on colorful three dimensional Stars which were displayed on the bulletin board. We continue our positive word alliterations using the days of the week and the students have been very creative – Let’s make this a Magnificent, Marvelous, Magical Monday or Let’s make this a Terrific, Thankful, Thoughtful Tuesday, or Let’s make this a Fantastic, Fun, Fabulous, Five Star Friday!

Ms. Hampton

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Explorers

This week we have started studying European explorers and their effect on the globe. We charted the routes of Dias, Da Gama, Coumbus, Balboa, and Magellan. We read a letter that Columbus sent to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to see first hand what it would be like to discover a new land. Next we will study the conquistadors and the negative ramifications of exploration and expansion.

Miss Schutz

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Vocabulary

Last month was filled with catching-up and study-time for midterm finals. Behold, all things are new – including a whole new quarter. While we all know how to use the telephone to make a phone call, some don’t know we used quarters to make a phone call from the near-ancient public telephone. Many smile at knowing that the computer mouse is also called the ratón in Spanish – or that computer screen is also called monitor in Spanish, in addition to pantalla –  pan-tahl’-lyah.

An increase in oral communication will also be encouraged this month, as we re-visit the perfectly imperfect past tense as it will be an ongoing practice throughout the Spanish learning.

Don’t forget – labeling items will help you increase in learning, and remembering, the vocabulary words.

Let us continue learning together,

Mrs. Jean-Pierre

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More Vocabulary

We started the new year sharing our new year’s resolutions in the classroom. Many students shared that they wanted to improve their English and learn more vocabulary. So we started a vocabulary log and made a list of different topics students wanted to talk/read about throughout the semester. This month, our topic was the difference in education between Asia and America. The students had a heated discussion as they have experienced both school systems and came to the conclusion that a balance of discipline and freedom was both important for successful learning.

Sara Park

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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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A Christmas Carol

But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas-time […] the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.

~Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

 Above is a quote from our most recent 9th Grade novel, A Christmas Carol. The class explored the themes of greed and charity, and compared Dickens’ writing to the Biblical truths. The students chose projects to learn about characterization and interpretation. Some students made movie posters, choosing well-known characters to play the different roles. One student chose A Nickelodeon Christmas, and selected different cartoon characters to play Tiny Tim and Scrooge. Another student wrote four letters to Scrooge; he coffee stained and burnt the edges to make them look older and more realistic. One of the most fun times we had was reading a children’s version of the novel. We dimmed the lights, put on soft Christmas music, and even had a fireplace projecting onto the overhead screen. The students enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere while getting to experience how different authors interpret Dickens’ famous story. We laughed and learned–Dickens would be proud.

Miss Miller

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Chronicles of Narnia-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Our 5th through 12th grade students had the privalege of viewing the new movie, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”  We were able to secure the entire theater exclusively for our students.  We had a great time with snacks and viewing this new movie based upon C.S. Lewis’s books, “Chronicles of Narnia.” After we returned, students discussed the Christian Symbolism represented in the Bible! It was awesome!

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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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Our Hero

Who is your hero?  This was the theme of the high school production.  Students did a tremendous job of illustrating through song, dance, drama, music videos, spoken word, flags and worship who their hero is, Jesus Christ.  They also took this theme a step further by looking at themselves and the important role they have of sharing the gospel to others by being the light of the world in the midst of darkness.  These students showed what it was to be a hero to those that don’t know Christ.  They displayed a lit cross to the song “Go Light Your World,” signifying the importance of who Christ is in their lives.  Our Hero, Jesus Christ, is the true reason for the season.

See “Galleries” for some awesome pics!

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Take Spanish out of the classroom

Journey with us as our Spanish vocabulary increases to greater heights. I encourage you, if possible, to continue to speak Spanish with your child(ren), as this will enable learning all throughout.

Mrs. J-P

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Telecommunications

This New Year, we begin learning vocabulary of various types of telecommunications; knowledge essential in today’s technological world. Students will learn names for parts of a computer, telephone, and more, as well as learn how to conjugate words in the imperfect past tense perfectly.

Mrs. J-P

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December has flown by!

This month we have learned how to ask for the menu to order meats, seafood, vegetables, and much more from vocabulary concerning food. Students created skits and practiced on how to ask for a menu, food, and even ask check please? in a restaurant. We shall continue learning how to conjugate verbs using the past preterit tense.

Mrs. J-P

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Lets Talk About God

In ESL we have been focusing on improving our speaking skills and because the textbook doesn’t always offer the most interesting or relevant topics, we came up with our own topic for the month of December. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas, students wrote questions they had about who God is or anything about Christianity and we picked one question in the beginning of each class. Students came up with great questions such as: Why did God allow evil to exist? Why didn’t he get rid of it all? Or I want to know how to be a real Christian, not just study in a Christian school. A lot of our thoughts and answers pointed towards Jesus and it was a great way to celebrate Christmas even through a speaking activity.

Miss Park

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Tenebrios

In 9th grade lab, each student was provided with a live tenebrio, also known as a mealworm. Mealworms live for approximately one month. In nature, mealworms feed on cereal plants and stored grains. Students put obstacles, food and water near the tenebrio and observed its movements. Students also combined their tenebrios into one petri dish and recorded the movement seen. Because of the size of these worms it was important to use a magnifying glass as they took notes.

Miss Farrell

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Cell Lab

What is the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell? Why can animal cells burst when they are put in distilled water and plant cells do not? These differences have to do with the structure of these two types of cells. Not only was each student able to identify this in a lab diagram, but they were given plant cells to observe under the microscope, as well as prepared slides of human blood, muscle and bone.

Miss Farrell

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Boxes of Love

During Fall Spirit Week, November15-19, MS and HS students participated in a canned food drive as part of their class competitions. Students were excited at the opportunity to win points for their class while helping needy families. In all, we collected 130 cans and were able to help feed 30 families for the holidays. We are extremely happy with the results and very proud of our students for focusing on the value of giving.

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Let’s Go Shopping

9thgrade- The students are reviewing verbs and nouns in Spanish. They are also learning about purchasing things in Spanish and how much fun it is.

Ms. Purdee

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