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New Weight Room Vision Becomes a Reality
We are excited to announce the rapid progress on the construction of our new High School weight room. In the video above, Athletic Director Barry Veenstra explains the plans and the progress.
EC Alum Seth Alicea (’14) Earns Congressional Award
Seth Alicea, Eastern Christian class of 2014 recently earned The Congressional Award, Congress' highest award for young people. Alicea earned the honor for his work with homeless ministries. In addition to this recognition, Alicea also spoke on the topic as a part of the award recognition ceremony for outstanding area youth (video above). "Seth's ability to lead and serve…
Eastern Christian Appoints Barry Veenstra as Interim Athletic Director
Eastern Christian School announced today that Barry Veenstra has been named interim Athletic Director for the 2014-15 school year. News of this appointment follows the resignation of former Athletic Director, Steve King, on August 8. Veenstra has been a member of Eastern Christian High School’s faculty for 27 years and an EC coach for 32…
Eastern Christian High School Recognized as one of “50 Best Christian High Schools in America”
read full listing of America's 50 Best Christian High Schools here Eastern Christian High School was recognized as one of "The 50 Best Christian High Schools in America." The award, given by website TBS (thebestschools.org) is based on several key criteria, including: Academic excellence Extracurricular richness (fine arts, athletics, social activities, etc.) Geographic and demographic…
Going the Extra Mile with EC’s International Families
Most of us have a picture of parent-teacher conferences: full-size adults, in kid-size chairs talking about a student’s progress in a 15-minute time slot. Even when international students are studying half-a-world away from their parents, Eastern Christian still does parent-teacher conferences. They look very different, though. Imagine a parent-teacher conference: a few blocks from the…
Transforming the World Through EC Missions
More than 50 Eastern Christian High School students used their spring break vacation to participate in short term missions trips. Partnering with Touch the World, Eastern Christian sent teams to Uganda, Puerto Rico and Lynn, MA, as part of its Experiencing Missions program. There were also several students who went to Ghana through LinC youth…
How Are We Doing?
The late Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1977 to 1989, was famous for asking his constituents, the residents of the five boroughs, "How'm I doing?" During the recent annual meeting of the Eastern Christian School, our members gathered to approve Eastern Christian's 2014-15 budget and to consider the question, "How are we…
Winter Track Team Wins NJIC Championship Meet
Eastern Christian's girls indoor track team has taken their inaugural season by storm, beating out 15 other teams to clinch the top spot in the NJIC Championship Meet, in addition to achieving numerous other milestones. Among the more notable individual achievements, the 4X400 relay team--featuring runners Blair Bohuny, Erin Van Lenten, Kayla Van Lenten and…
Neither Snow nor Sleet…
We are having quite a snow filled February. Thursday, February 13 produced 14+ inches of snow closing Eastern Christian campuses for the third time this month and the fourth time this winter! Then, overnight into Friday, February 14, a couple of inches of snow caused slick, snow covered roads closing many schools in our area.…