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Great is Thy Faithfulness: EC’s COVID-19 One Year Anniversary
It was exactly one year ago that our world seemingly went dark. Friday, March 13, 2020 was the last day of in-person, on-campus instruction for Eastern Christian School students in the 2019-2020 school year. A Look Back At the time, our local community response mirrored a “hunkering down” that is familiar when the Weather Channel…
EC Purchases Room Air Purification Units for Every Learning Space
As a result of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the highest standards of health and safety for our school community, Eastern Christian School has purchased 66 Price brand Room Air Purification units- one for each classroom. One of the things that we know during the COVID-19 pandemic is that stagnant air is not good. Since…
We’re Back on Campus! The Official 2020 Reopening Guide
EC Community, This summary is published for the students and parents of Eastern Christian School. It is the culmination of a lot of work over the summer months as we plan to open our campus for the fall 2020 semester to on-campus learning amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the first time that we…
Statement on Diversity & Inclusion
Eastern Christian School Community, We have received a number of questions from our school community in person and on social media about how we are addressing issues of diversity and inclusion among our students, faculty and staff, families, and alumni. We wanted to provide an update regarding the work that we have been doing on…
School Reopening: EC Parent FAQ Survey Responses
Eastern Christian School Community, As part of our continued commitment to open communication with the EC community, we wanted to share an update regarding our plans for learning in the fall. Here’s a reminder of our communication timeline: On June 1, we said we’re assuming that we’ll be back on campus. On June 26, we…
Fall Semester: We’re Back! Every Campus. Every Student. Every Day!
In light of Governor Murphy’s recent press conference and based on CDC safe school COVID-19 guidelines, Eastern Christian School is thrilled to announce that we will be reopening every day, on-campus learning beginning on September 1, 2020. This means that every EC student will be able to participate in learning on campus in a typical…
Eastern Christian School Transportation Service Announcement
Dear Eastern Christian School families, Due to both health and budgetary concerns as a result of COVID-19, the Board of Directors has determined that Eastern Christian School will not operate our community stop transportation service for the 2020-2021 school year. We still plan to operate the intercampus shuttle service. We have not made any decisions…
Fall 2020 Semester Announcement
We have received many questions from parents and students within our school community regarding our plans for the fall semester. It is our operating assumption that we will be offering safe, in-person, on campus instruction beginning September 1, 2020. For students who may have underlying health conditions or are otherwise hesitant to return to campus,…
“No Snow Day,” Friday May 8
Our students and teachers have been working incredibly hard and have done an amazing job with our remote learning plan for the last six weeks. To thank them and to celebrate their great work, we are happy to announce that we will have a "No Snow Day" on Friday, May 8. We will use our last budgeted snow…