This year in art has been great for the kids. Pre-K 3 & 4 learned about one of their favorite authors Dr. Seuss. They created Thing 1 and Thing 2 out of their hands and also the mustache from the “Lorax”. They also had fun learning to make puffy paint out of shaving cream and glue.
Mrs. Colon

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GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN PRE K 4 WE ARE JUNIOR SCIENTIST OBSERVING OUR BUGS, BUGS, BUGS!!!!!
OUR BUGS ARE HATCHING OUT OF THERE COCOONS AND OUR ANTS ARE DIGGING TUNNELS. AS SCIENTIST, WE ARE
OBSERVING LADYBUGS, BUTTERFLIES AND ANTS, AND THEIR CHANGES. NEXT WE WILL JOURNAL WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED.
AT THE END OF OUR JOURNAL WE WILL LET OUR BUTTERFLIES AND LADYBUGS GO FREE INTO THEIR REAL HABITATS. ONE OF
THE THINGS PRE K 4 LEARNED IS THAT WE ARE A LOT LIKE THE BUTTERFLIES WERE BORN, WE EAT LEARN AND GROW
THEN AFTER SOME TIME WE BECOME ADULTS.
Mrs. Emestica

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The Parachute Game

The highlight of the year in gym was the parachute game. Bean bag frogs and turtles were placed on the parachute and the students shake it. Students then say how many are left and what color they landed on. They loved it.

Ms. Rosario

 

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Congratulations

For our graduation trip we went to Chuck E Cheese. Playing tag in the jungle gym at Chuck E Cheese – who was it but Mrs. Emestica! What a great job Pre K-4 class of 2014 has done in learning, playing , growing best of all Congratulations on your graduation you did it I am so proud of you!

Mrs. Emestica

 

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Let Them Go

It hard to believe that another year has gone by so quickly. This year has been a great year with all our endeavors. The last few months were a blast. We got to grow plants and see lady bugs and caterpillars grow and change then see them fly away into their habitat.

Mrs. Emestica

 

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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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End of Year Fun

We have been busy as bees in Pre K 4, from our graduation trip to Chuck E Cheese to our end of the year Surf is up Luau party.  We had so much fun playing musical chairs, hula hooping and most importantly we had a special guest from Hawaii that taught us how to Hula dance and tell a story at the same time. Finally we had our Pre K-4 graduation which was amazing, everyone looked so fancy with their special dress up clothes and did a fantastic job. Congrats to Pre K-4 class of 2013 have a great summer you have earn it!

Serving the Savior,

Mrs. Leticia Emestica

 

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Show and Tell

Letters and Sound Presentations, in other words show and tell. Each week we have a day that each child can show and tell about something special that they bring from home that has the beginning letter and sound of the week This week we are on the letter J and the children brought in a jump rope, jewelry, picture of the jungle, a jaguar toy and a joke. When one student told a joke all the other children began to laugh and each one had a turn.

Mrs. Emestica

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Monster-Talk

This was a fun lesson as the students learned about syllables. Each one clapped out their name count how many syllables are in their names. The fun part about it is that we made funny monster sounds then put it together to make a complete word. This was a great lesson to teach reading readiness.

Mrs. Emestica

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Detectives

Have you seen the Gingerbread Man? Pre K 4 and I baked some gingerbread cookies. When we went to take them out of the oven they were gone. Pre K 4 became detectives as we looked all around the school for him. All he left was a gum drop everywhere we looked. Finally after nap time he came back and fell fast asleep on the desk. This lesson was connected across the subjects of reading and math. The children had a great time trying to figure out where the Gingerbread man was and had more fun eating him.

Mrs. Emestica

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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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In honor of all our fellow teddy bears we have invited them to visit our classroom for our Teddy Bear Celebration.
We made flags for our special teddy bears so we can participate in the teddy bear parade. Each child also introduced their bear to the class.
We also played with our teddy bears during center time. The end of our day entailed a song that says “Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around,
teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground, teddy bear tie your shoe Teddy bear I love you.”

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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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THANK YOU FDNY Community Relations team!!!  Evangel Christian School is so thankful…for the 3^rd year in a row  the FDNY has sent a community specialist to teach a fun workshop about a very serious issue…. fire safety. The morning started off with a real FDNY retired firefighter coming in and meeting with our Prek3 through 5^th grade students, he brought in his uniform and special tools as well as hosting a Question and Answer session for the students. The morning ended with a wonderful video about fire safety encouraging students to check with and talk to their parents about a plan to evacuate, stop drop and roll and never touch matches or a lighter and make sure you have batteries in your smoke detector. Every Student left with a gift from the FDNY of a coloring book or afire safety facts page. We are so grateful for this completely free course the FDNY provides for our school!  BE COOL ABOUT FIRE SAFETY is a message we all need to keep in mind!!!

See “Galleries” for awesome pics.

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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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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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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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Farm Fun

Field Trip!!!!! Pre K-4 was so excited to go on their first field trip and it tied in so nicely with letter F for farm. Well, we saw the chickens and acted like the chickens, we saw the cows and pigs and made sounds like them. One student even called one of the pigs Olivia like the book. We got to pet the goats and best of all pick a pumpkin to take home with us. The children had a great time on the hayride, it was bumpy but lots of fun.

Mrs. Emestica

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What Time Is It

Pre K-4 is learning how to tell time and how you may ask, by events. First calendar time, then Bible Time then snack time. As the arrow goes down the schedule they know that by the last event Mommy and Daddy come to pick them up. The day is complete as each child is picked up and all the other children wave good-bye and also say see you tomorrow.

Mrs. Emestica

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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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Action Songs

In Pre-K Music, if I don’t hear the children saying… Marching Song, I’ll hear Bumble Bee. They love those songs. They love to sing them. These songs give a story which they can follow, understand and move to. There are special moves, and they know them well. We do a lot of songs such as these, which are action songs. Some they cling to more than others, but they have a good memory and remember the songs we sing! We have a good time together!

Miss Farrell

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The Big Red Tub

Pre-k: Our pre-kindergarteners have enjoyed their library time with Mrs. Vera. She has read several books to them throughout this month. Mrs. Vera also allows them to explore books on their own. They especially enjoyed listening to The Big Red Tub.

Mrs. Ruiz

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How do you feel?

Pre-k enjoyed listening to the story, Bear feels Sick. It was a cute story about being sick and what we can do to feel better. It also dealt with how to be a good friend and help out when others are sick. We talked about how we can prevent getting sick and how we feel when we do get sick.

Mrs. Ruiz

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We love story time

Our pre-kindergarteners have been enjoying stories by Eric Carle. We read The Very Busy Spider and The Grouchy Ladybug. They enjoyed the easy story line and enjoyed the wonderful artwork that characterizes this author and illustrator.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Yummy Books

Pre-K has been listening to stories written by Laura Numeroff. They have listened to If You Give a Moose a Muffin. If You Give a Cat a Cupcake was their favorite. They can identify with food that the animals like. They said that they love cupcakes with sprinkles just like the cat in the story. After they listened to the read aloud and we have our question and answer session they get to look at books on their own. They enjoy holding and looking at books.

Mrs. Ruiz

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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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Fuzzoodles

In Pre-K Music, we are continuing to rehearse the letter of the week and incorporate some of the words in the songs of the day. The children love to guess what the music teacher is creating with fuzzoodles. Recently the creation was a bee, which we sung about. For another song, the teacher created a spider, which we also sang about. Shapes were also created and sung about. And one creation that had all the children giggling for a while, was a little creation of a person what would dance to the song they were dancing to. The children love to sing and move, and dance, and march!

Ms. Farrell

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The Gingerbread Man

Our preschoolers have enjoyed listening to different retellings of The Gingerbread Man. We read, The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett also Gingerbread Friends and finally the original story of The Gingerbread Man. The favorite seemed to be The Gingerbread Baby. We have had great fun reading and listening to these stories.

Mrs. Ruiz

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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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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 Wonderland

For the month of December we have read books about winter and about Christmas during our reading time. We read My Friend the Snowman. In this book the children learned about the changing seasons and about animals that hibernate for the winter as is the case of marmots which is one of the characters in the story. They also learned that snowmen are only around in Winter and as Spring comes around they melt. We also read On This Special Night a story that tells us about Jesus’ birth from the point of view of a little cat. They loved all the little animals presented in this story.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Letter Songs

We sing songs by the next letter of the alphabet each week. We have sung songs up to and including letter M. As we rehearse words for each letter, songs are chosen to accompany those words and more. Songs with expression and fun movements work well. One of the songs the children love is The Ants Go Marching. With this song, we rehearse words, numbers and include fun movements as we march in a line.

Miss Farrell

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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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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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Merry Christmas

December has been an awesome month. Our children have learned so much from Letters to numbers. They have been so willing to learn more and more new things. They had two Christmas songs to sing and did a wonderful job singing in the program. Their willingness to practice was a blessing to me. We have talked and learned about the reason for Christmas and why we celebrate it. Stories of Gingerbread men and creating special gifts for the season has also gone well.

Mrs. Colon

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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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Scarecrows

November was a great month of learning. The class learned the lesson of giving and sharing. They enjoyed creating pumpkins from their hand print using paint and learning what the purpose of a scarecrow is. They created their own place mat with a farmer or scarecrow.

Our Thanksgiving Feast was a success and the children enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all who were involved and made our day fun.

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Story Time

The Pre-K class has enjoyed story time in the library this month. We read “How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?” This was a perfect story especially at this time of the year when we all are prone to getting sick. The children enjoyed listening to the story and talking about their own feelings when they are sick and how we get better soon. We also discussed the steps we need to take to prevent illnesses from getting to us, for example washing our hands. The children also enjoy looking at books on their own after story time.

Mrs. Ruiz

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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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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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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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Tuck N Roll

In the month of October, Pre-K 3 and 4 students learned to walk a balance beam. We have also been learning some acrobatics. They did the banana roll, tumbles, and the hand stand walk. That is where the students walk on their hands and the teacher holds their feet. Most of the students loved it. It was a great learning experience!

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Letter Songs

We have been learning songs which match the letter they are learning for the week. We sing creative songs and add motions to help the children remember the words and the meaning of the words. One of their favorites is when we walk around the room and dance, standing high and stooping low.

Miss Farrell

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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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Circus time

So far this month, Pre-K students have been able to enjoy Literacy Day and the circus. They enjoyed the circus so much that they came back very excited. They were able to watch us teachers balance a peacock feather on our noses.

Mrs. Colon

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Learning our ABC’s

October has been a very informative month. The class has learned their letters from A – F. Our children have enjoyed playing games with our letter rugs. Each child had the chance to tell me about the letter and what it stood for, whether it was a fruit, vegetable, animal, etc. Out of 15 tiles, each child got five of his or her own. They have been a delightful bunch, and they are very willing to learn. They ask for more to do every day.

Mrs. Colon

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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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Gymnastics

Students also ran relay races and obstacle courses. They ran with the hula hoop, jumped hurdles and slid under things. Last but not least, the students enjoyed gymnastics. Some students were a little scared, but I was surprise that some of the student were very flexible. We did push ups to make our arms strong and they learned to do bridges, toe to their head, banana rolls, cartwheel handstand, headstands, tug a war and tumbles. The students are talented they were eager to learn and practice.

Mrs. Rosario

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Let’s Play Games

The students love playing all kinds of games in gym class. Steal the Bacon and Cat and Mouse were two of their favorites. In Cat and Mouse, the cat has to chase the mouse while the mouse wears a sock on the back of their sweat pants. The cat pulls the sock off and the mouse becomes a cat and chases until everyone gets caught. Another favorite game is Red Light Green Light 123 – Scooter Race. The students get on the scooter on their stomach or their knees and go backward and forward.

Mrs. Rosario

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Fun in Gym

We also did fun games with the parachute. We use the jumping frogs and the beach ball and tried to keep them in the parachute. We also took turns going under the parachute.

Mrs. Rosario

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Soccer

Soccer was interesting, we had students that were great kickers and some that were great goalies and stopped them from scoring. Students learned to guide the ball with there feet and not with their hands. . I remember one student who was goalie and he stopped the ball with his chest and got scared because the other student was a strong kicker. I asked him if he was ok and told him that he did a good job stopping the ball. Then the student came back and said he would like to be goalie the next time we play soccer.

Mrs. Rosario

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Fun with balls

During our Basketball time, students had fun learning how to dribble, pass, and shoot the ball in the basket. We also did relay races and steal the bacon with the basketball. In Baseball the students learn how to hold the bat correctly, how to stand and how to hit the ball with the bat.

Mrs. Rosario

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We love to share

Students had fun at their sharing party. Each student brought in their favorite snack to share with others. We even had some of the staff come and share with us. Besides our sharing party, we had a healthy snack week too.

Mrs. Colon

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We have green thumbs

Students were very excited to plant and watch their very own bean seed grow. Students learned how plants grow. Each of us would come in ready to check on our plants and water them, especially on Monday morning. We also used cotton balls as soil and yes, the plant grew.

Mrs. Colon

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Rainbow Fish

Our library is still under construction and let me tell all of you that it looks amazingly great. Our students will surely enjoy it once its ready. For this month with PK and Kindergarten we have read books that deal with summer themes – for example, Rainbow Fish. After we read the story we talked about the importance of sharing and being friendly. Then we colored rainbow fish and pasted glittery scales on them. This Rainbow fish now decorates the bulletin board outside the library.

Mrs. Ruiz

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A new Library

First of all there is exciting news for the library. Our Library is being completely remodeled. We are blessed to have the opportunity of upgrading our library. For this reason, I have been and will continue to be having library in the classrooms. I come in with a rolling bookshelf for students to continue borrowing their favorite books. Although they miss the library it’s a nice chance for the library to come to them. The important thing is that they continue to exercise their love for books. Pk and Kindergarten have been reading about The Old Lady that Swallowed a Shell. They enjoy this story about the old lady that swallowed a whole bunch of ocean stuff. It is a great story to teach them about fiction, fantasy, and make believe and also stimulates their imagination.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Fathers Day Tie Card

Elementary worked on father’s day cards that unlike the traditional cards these resembled a shirt and tie! They were able to personalize the card to include their father’s favorite color and pattern.

Miss Arnau

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Mothers Day Fans

Mothers deserve so much! Instead of the traditional Mothers Day card students made their mothers a colorful elegant fan, great for when she’s on the bus, train, park bench or even at church and needs to cool down. Using regular drawing paper students made designs and colored the entire page then folded it accordion style, and tied a ribbon at the end.

Miss Arnau

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3D Rainbow Craft

We know that if you follow a rainbow you wont find a pot of gold, however you can remember a promise that God made to his people. After the flood that left only Noah and his family and the animals alive, God placed a rainbow in the sky to remind us that He will never get rid of mankind by flooding the earth again. Children used oak tag to make two double sided rainbows then cut a line in the center and created a 3D rainbow.

Miss Arnau

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Spring Is Here

What says Spring more then a baby Chick? Students made greeting cards in the shape of an egg and when the egg hatched (or is opened) inside was a feathery chick. 

 Pencil holders don’t have to be boring or expensive. Students brought in empty food cans and transformed them into Chick Pencil holders by covering the can in construction paper, giving it a head, eyes, beak, feathers and feet.

Miss Arnau

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Symmetrical Painting

Symmetry is all around us. Most plants are symmetrical, shapes and even people! If you split a flower down the center both sides are identical, being that spring was just around the corner students took a sheet of paper painted a flower on one side then folded the paper over and rubbed it onto the un-used side making an identical flower.

Miss Arnau

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Pet Rocks

Pet rocks are great for those of us who don’t have time to feed and walk our pets. Students chose a rock and painted it into a pet of their choice, some made ladybugs, spiders, dragonflies etc.

Miss Arnau

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Crunch Time

June was very exciting and time crunching month. From our McDonald’s luncheon to our Dinosaur week exploration to preparations for graduation, it has kept us on our toes. They enjoyed learning about the dinosaurs, reading about them and even getting to pick their favorite one. They learned that dinosaurs laid eggs like chickens and were very excited to receive an egg with a dinosaur. It has been my pleasure to have taught Pre-K 4 and been a witness to such amazing children. Enjoy your summer!

Mrs. Colon

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PreK 4 Students are the best

The month of May was a good one, and even with all the changes, the class persevered. We enjoyed our trip to Chuck E. Cheese. There was so much laughter and fun they were wiped out from all the excitement when we returned. The parents that joined us on this adventured enjoyed it as well.

Mrs. Colon

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How does the music make you feel?

As the year comes to a close, students have been working on expression in music. They have learned to express the way they feel when certain types of music come on. They have even looked at paintings from various artists who have drawn pictures while listening to music. The students have been able to listen to various pieces of music and create their own piece of art.

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Rhythm

Students have been focusing on rhythm. They have identified various types of drums as well as other instruments. Students have been able to come up and demonstrate beats on the drums. Another fun way the students have learned rhythm is through tennis balls. It is a great music method called, Dalcrose, where students apply the number of beats per measure with a particular pattern using a tennis ball. It has been an exciting month seeing students play instruments and learn about rhythm.

Mrs. Racoma

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ABA

Students have been working hard on learning about form. We have used a lot of dancing to illustrate form. The younger students learn simple AB form where they move one way during the A section and then they move another way during the B section. They not only learn to sing the music, but to move to it as well. As the student gets older, we have learned ABA form and ABACA form. They are having a great time of movement and singing in the class.

Mrs. Racoma

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Peacock Bookmarks

Reading is fun but its tough when you forget which page you left off at. Students made lively peacock bookmarks using Popsicle sticks, feathers, googley eyes and markers. There’s no better way to save your page then with a bright peacock!

Miss Arnau

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Over 1,000 people cam to Evangel on Thursday, March18 to experience our Annual Academic Fair. Students in PK through 12th grade, worked for 2 and one half months to create a Research Paper, Project and Project Board for our fair. Students picked a topic of their choice from a variety of subjects such as: Science, English, Bible, Home Economics, Fashion, Art, Design, Technology, Math, Music, History, etc…

As you entered the school you experienced the sound of music, the smell of delicious foreign foods cooking, students super excited to share about their projects, dancing, acting, singing and so much more. Although the Academic Fair was a lot of work, it was well worth it.

We thank all the parents, students and staff for their hard work to make this year’s Academic Fair a HUGE success. We look forward to next year and if you didn’t make it this year we look forward to seeing you then.

Please check out our PHOTOBLOG and GALLERIES for some fantastic pics.

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Skating on Paper Plates

Students have learned how to ice skate on paper plates to music this month. It has been very fun to see them do this. As the music changes from a fast song to a slow song, they change the tempo of their bodies. As a teacher it is neat to see how they are learning to move in correspondence to the beat.

Mrs. Racoma

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Come Watch Our Seeds Grow

We have at-home and in-school projects with seeds and plants growing, to get ready for the March 18th Academic Fair, which in Pre-K 4 this year is a Science Fair. The students are having a blast watching our little seeds become seedlings! See you at the Fair!

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We can sing in other languages

Singing is a part of our daily class routine. We learned a song about George Washington and the Yankee Doodle Dollar. Our song reminded us that Lincoln helped free the slaves and was loved by many.

We also learned “Are You Sleeping, Brother John” in English and French and next we will learn the song in Spanish and Portuguese.

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A to Z

We are almost done with the alphabet. Writing the letter of the week continues to be a weekly challenge but we pray and Jesus helps us. We do crafts to remind us of the letters. We made umbrellas with raindrops, shiny stars, decorated Tt, and made vegetable soup and wolves to remind us of those letters.

Miss Holden

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How high can you count?

We have learned up through the number 15 and are now learning about money. We are learning the names of the coins and how much money they are worth. Soon we will continue our math journey to number 20.

Every day we practice counting from one to the current day number when we do the calendar. We did a class graph and saw that more people in our class prefer mittens to gloves.

Miss Holden

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Who is on our money?

Pre-K 4 Continues to be a busy place. In Social Studies we learned about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and how he worked hard to teach people to be friends and to get along. We learned that George Washington was the first president of our country and appears on the one dollar bill. Abraham Lincoln was the president who helped free the slaves, and HE is on the five dollar bill. We learned about Ground Hog Day…it sounds like we have more winter coming!!!

Miss Holden

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Valentine’s Day Cards & 3D Art

In celebration of Valentines Day, students made handmade valentines day cards for friends and family using a variety of colored construction paper, lace, ribbon, hearts, buttons, glitter and more.

For our Lesson in 3-D…….I began the lesson by placing the following objects in front of the class (aluminum foil, glue, paper and paint) and asked – Which of these can we use to make art? Most students replied glue, paper and paint, but one student said – All of them, and he was right. Art can be made out of everyday objects or even things we’d normally throw in the trash. Students had to first draw the face of their own imaginary character then turn the character into a 3D face glued to cardstock and paint it. The students left never looking at aluminum foil the same.

Miss Arnau

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Winter Wonderland

We had an amazing time at our Literacy Day: Winter Wonderland. Our Reading Room was transformed into a real life winter scene. We had snowflakes of every size and shape suspended from the ceiling, an igloo constructed by one of our 5^th graders and the song Walking in a Winter Wonderland playing in the background as our students entered.  Our Elementary school students sang songs and were read incredible winter storybooks such as The Tiny Snowflake, The Little Snowflake, and Winter Rabbit. We watched a special Brain Pop and Brain Pop Jr., which talked about snowflakes. Students drew pictures and answered questions based on what they learned from the video.

However, the best part of the day, and all the students will agree, had to be when upper elementary played a game called Build Your Own Snow woman. Each class was split into three groups and had about two minutes to decorate teachers and aides as snow women. They used a roll of toilet paper and a whole lot of creativity. It was yet another successful, fun Literacy Day for all! Happy Reading!

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Students are learning about rhythm and expression this month. Students have been dancing and moving to the various rhythms they are learning. One of the favorites was in fourth and fifth grade where they danced and sang “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. They really enjoyed it and had the freedom to make up their own dance as long as it matched the rhythm. Third grade got to learn rhythm through the use of tennis balls. They had a great time seeing how every beat in each measure could be demonstrated through the use of the tennis ball. Some had a hard time controlling the tennis ball at first but they really got the hang of it. The students are having a great time learning how music can be expressed through dance, movement and the use of instruments.

Mrs. Racoma

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Learning To Zip

We learned about the American flag and tried to color one. We continue to practice dialing 911 and are trying to learn to zip coats. Who knows what February will bring!

Miss Holden

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Manna Walk

In Bible we learned about how God cared for Moses and the Israelites by providing manna in the wilderness. We even went for a manna walk accompanied by Moses. (Miss Holden in a beard!!!) We learned about Jesus obeying, and earned prizes in school by obeying at home!

Miss Holden

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Penguins

We continue to do a letter a week and write that letter. We made and decorated cute penguins for the letter ‘p.”

Miss Holden

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Pre-K 4 News

This month we are continuing to write the letter of the week and are learning our numbers up to 15. We also learned about the American flag and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His lesson for Pre-K 4 is that he wanted everyone to get along, and be friends.

Miss Holden

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Christmas in Pre-K 4

We made a pretty Christmas candle and decorated our class bulletin boards with angels and mangers. We made a little gift for parents to hang on their Christmas trees, and enjoyed a class Christmas party right before vacation. What a blessing! Our Bible lessons concentrated on the birth of Jesus, the One and Only Savior. We have learned Luke 2:11, “For today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord.” We were blessed with a wonderful Christmas break for rest and recreation!

Miss Holden

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Fun With Letters

We made a pasta necklace for the letter “N” and when we got to the letter “O” for the first time, wrote it in our special alphabet workbook. From now on we will write the letter of the week and color a picture for that letter. We need to ask the Lord to help us; writing letters can be really hard.

Miss Holden

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Don’t Wake The Baby

In Science we talked about noisy and quiet things. We had fun trying to decide which things would wake up a baby.

Miss Holden

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Count to Ten

December was a fun and busy time in Pre-K 4. We counted to number 10 and decorated a paper with ten shiny stars. We practiced classifying again, and reviewed all numbers we have done so far.

Miss Holden

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Christmas Around The World

What a wonderful evening was had by all as we celebrated our Savior’s birth! On Friday, December 11th our Elementary School celebrated Christmas Around the World. Songs were sung from different countries and children spoke about the way Christmas is celebrated in places other than America, such as Ireland, Brazil, etc.

Each grade had a special part to play and our Elementary Electives came through with “shining colors”. Our Dance Team danced to “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”. The children did a great job and it was a beautiful dance. Our Drama Team took care of all of the narration! Way to go guys! Our Junior Chorus sang”This Little Light of Mine” and “Spread a Little Love”.

This was an awesome way to celebrate our Savior’s birth. Thanks for all who helped to make this a wonderful evening.

Check out “Galleries” for some super pictures!

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Music Class

Students are so excited to share their Christmas program with family and friends. They have learned a lot through this experience. This program focuses on countries all around the world and how they celebrate Christmas. After we have made it through the program, students will be able to sing Christmas carols and share what the true meaning of Christmas is for the last week of December. We look forward to coming back in January and continue learning music through instruments, voice and movement.

Mrs. Racoma

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Miss Mary Mack

Singing is a part of every day. We love to sing Miss Mary Mack especially when Miss Holden tries to trick the class by singing the wrong words – but the kids are too smart – they always catch the tricks!

Miss Holden

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Learning New Things

We have had our first official zipping lesson. Learning how to put the two parts of a zipper together can be really tricky. We also continue to occasionally practice dialing 911 on a disconnected phone to ask for help.

Miss Holden

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