Posts by Rebekah Sankey

While we’ve been splashing in the ocean’s edge, hiking through mountain forests, and taking in amazing cultural sights this summer, many of our EC teachers have been gearing up for the adventure of a new year with curriculum and instruction work. Our stellar faculty from each campus have been planning, prepping, and praying for the…

Remember, Reflect, Respond 1 Peter 2:5  “You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” Living Stones “‘In the first place [at Eastern Christian] there were those who wanted to teach their children Dutch. Secondly, there were a few who found…

“Good afternoon! I’m happy to introduce myself as your teacher for the rest of the year,” I said to start Block 4 on Monday, April 3. “Wait.” “Where’s Ms. A?” “But this is math! You teach English!” “Huh?” “You’re not our teacher! This is a joke.” “It is a joke! It’s April Fool’s! You’re pulling…

It’s quickly becoming a tradition, and start to the holiday season, for the 3 chaperones of the College Road Trip. On a chilly Wednesday afternoon the week before Thanksgiving, we load up 2 twelve-passenger vans with duffel bags, pillows, sleeping bags, and snacks, pile in 20 or so students, and head out onto the open road!…

Why is the year the Beatles released their hit single, “Love Me Do” significant? Which picture book do you remember loving first as a child? How do the patterns of designer William Morris make you feel? Do the poems of Rumi and Rupi Kaur have anything in common? Music. Art. Philosophy. Literature. History. Like some…

When I was in the tenth grade, the neighbors next door went to a “theme wedding.” It was strange to see my friend in a pink medieval style dress with a ribbon braided through her hair. It was stranger still to see her father, who I was used to seeing in shorts and a t-shirt…

Eastern Christian School is Accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. What is Accreditation? Accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition that maintains suitable standards. Why do we pursue Accreditation? Accreditation is necessary to any person or institution in education that needs to prove that they meet a general standard of quality.…