EC 2015: An Award-Winning Year

Last week we completed our 122nd year. It was an award-winning year of milestones for Eastern Christian School! Check out this (not comprehensive!) list of all of the major recognitions and awards- academic and otherwise- that Eastern Christian School has amassed in one school year:

•  2015 National School District of Character– one of only three school districts in the nation that can make this claim (Character.org)
• 2014 New Jersey School District of Character (Character.org)
• 50 Top Christian High Schools in America (TheBestSchools.org)
• Arts: Passaic County Film Festival Grand Prize for “Discover. Learn. Live”
• Humanities: History Authors State Recognition
• Mathematics: ASMA International Math Competition 1st Place
• Mathematics: Trig Star Competition
• Music Dorney Park Competition 1st and 2nd Place awards for Honors Choir, Band, and Orchestra
• Writing: American Scholastic Press Association First Place for our school newspaper The EC Times 
• Athletics: Winter Track Girls Program won the State Sectional Championship. Lyndsey Smith repeated as the gold medalist state sectional champion in four events. She won the 100, 200, 400 and the Long Jump.

We celebrate these accomplishments, but we boast in the Lord! We are reminded of the lyrics from the hymn “How Deep The Father’s Love For Us,”:

I will not boast in anything
No gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ
His death and resurrection

As a Christ-centered school that proudly proclaims the gospel, we’re called by God to make His mission for us as impactful as possible. Which means that we can rejoice in these accomplishments, successes, and recognitions- not as ends in themselves, but rather as offerings of our very best to the God that we serve. We celebrate the good news about what God is doing at Eastern Christian School and in all these, and in all of the other accomplishments that aren’t mentioned here, we give all glory to God!

Have a terrific summer! We are already looking forward to September 2 when we begin our 123rd year of service to our community. We are already working on plans to make our school even better with the intent of better serving our families and fulfilling our mission.

Tom Dykhouse

Executive Director and Head of School