First year in high school, first year at EC: 6 student testimonials

In a typical enrollment cycle, Eastern Christian High School welcomes 35 new students to their first year of high school AND their first year of Eastern Christian School. A common entry point, EC freshmen come from a variety of backgrounds, towns, and school experiences. Six freshmen students who are new to EC open up about…

Indoor Track The indoor track team traveled to many historic and world renowned facilities such as the Armory in Manhattan and Ocean Breeze in Staten Island. Both the men and women had a number of strong performances and received notable achievements this season. Senior Anneke Kuperus competed at the Meet of Champions and received honorable…

On August 17, 1892, a group of 62 immigrants gathered in the basement of Second Christian Reformed Church to form The Holland Reformed School Society. The following year, the society opened up Amity Street Christian School, a predecessor of Eastern Christian School.  According to old school records, the date of the meeting was significant: “It…

Science offers so many opportunities to teach from a Christian perspective. I want my students to wonder at the power and majesty of our Creator! My prayer is that through any topic we are learning about, that they will see how that content points back to God and His characteristics. Seventh graders are currently learning…

College freshman and ECHS alumna Joanna Mas was recently selected to participate in the summer research program at her college, the University of Richmond. The work will be done in tandem with her professor and will focus on mitochondria and the factors that influence their function. “The opportunity to do research so early in my…

As part of Eastern Christian School’s initiative to enhance students’ global awareness as well as focusing on diversity, the seventh graders have been taking part in an Author’s Study project for the past two years in Reading Workshop class. This project has the students focusing on various authors from different cultures and backgrounds. Each author’s…

By all accounts, EC alumna Carrington Brooks is doing very well. Currently in Europe, she is part of American University’s transcontinental study abroad program. Her work has started in Belgium, where she is studying the European Union and specifically how the agency disseminates aid to Africa. It will end in Nairobi, Kenya, working with an…

Mathematics can be kind of tricky to apply a biblical worldview to. At a cursory glance, all we see is a series of numbers and maybe a word problem or two.  The problem with that is it doesn't look deeper as to what math is used for. If we zoom out and ask ourselves how…

In response to major developments in the century-long “school struggle” taking place in the Netherlands in the nineteenth century, a group of Dutch immigrants decided to take preemptive action in Paterson, NJ.  Back in the Netherlands, legislation removed biblical teachings from public school curriculum while simultaneously eliminating government funding of religious schools. Recognizing that cultural…