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[caption id="attachment_4484710" align="alignnone" width="489"] Mushy dad post warning. You've been warned.[/caption] My daughter Sawyer is in 3rd grade at Eastern Christian School. She recently turned 9 years old as one tends to do in 3rd grade. It'd been a few years since she had a birthday party, so my wife Stephanie and I decided to…

I’m a public school kid.  I went to public school as a child from Kindergarten to 12th grade.  When I graduated with my degree in Elementary and Early Childhood education, I taught kindergarten in a public school.  I believe in the inherent right of all children to have access to a free and public education. …

College placement and career training are critical components of the academic excellence at Eastern Christian School. 95% of our graduates go on to college or university and 100% of our students graduate high school. Since this is such an important program, we sat down with the college and career team to get a better understanding…

GIVE * SHARE Celebrating 125 Years Over the past several years, #GivingTuesday has grown in popularity across the United States and around the world.  Started in 2012 by the 92nd Street “Y”  #GivingTuesday was a response to Black Friday and Cyber Monday.  #GivingTuesday is a time to focus on others instead of self, a time…

Jeff Botbyl, Director of Operations/School Security School safety is on the mind of every parent. Student safety is our first job at EC. We're blessed to have a Director of Security that helps us make decisions that keep students safe. In this interview, learn more about Jeff Botbyl, EC's Director of Operations and School Security. What…

  Much is made in education about student/teacher ratio. And rightly so! Parents want to know how many students will be competing for the attention of their child's teacher. It stands to reason that, the more attention students get and the more of a relationship that they build with their teacher, the better their school…

Dr Todd Elder,  Honors Chemistry and STEAM What is your schooling/experience? Where did you get your degree(s) from, etc.? BS, CHemistry, Wheaton College MS, Organic Chemistry, Univ. Kentucky PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, Univ. Kentucky Post Doc, Dept Neurology, Univ. Pennsylvania What college(s)/university did you teach at before coming to Eastern Christian High School? Prior to coming…

Eastern Christian School recently screened the movie Angst. We sat down with Middle School and High School principals Dan Lazor and David Intlekofer to discuss the film, the reasons that we screened it, and EC's response: Eastern Christian School recently screened the movie “Angst.” What was the plan behind this screening? We heard about the…

You’ve heard this before: we are addicted to technology. Smart phones and smart TVs are the start of it, but did you know smart refrigerators and smart toasters are available? Of course, all of these smart devices are only as smart as the code that controls them. Not only that, but code is needed to…