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Rudi Gesch recently joined the Eastern Christian School team as the Director of Marketing and Enrollment Management. We are thrilled that Rudi will be working directly with prospective parents and their children to enroll at EC. As a way to welcome him to our community, we recently conducted the following interview with him. What are…

The integration of a Christian worldview in every aspect of the Eastern Christian School experience sets our school apart from other schools. Recently, we interviewed Richard Van Yperen, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, about why this worldview development is central to the education at Eastern Christian. Christian school leaders often talk about the integration of…

Dr. Julie Tokarski, a member of the Eastern Christian High School Class of 2001, recently visited Haiti as a member of a medical mission organized by Nova Hope for Haiti. Dr. Tokarski is a pediatrician who is currently completing a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx,…

Ten members of Eastern Christian School’s staff completed an intensive two-day course this week offered by the New Jersey State Police and received certification in Multihazard Emergency Planning for Schools. The EC team was joined by numerous county and local police, fire, EMS, and emergency management personnel for the course, which covered school emergencies as…

Below is a testimony Eastern Christian High School Senior Pamela Torrez gave on Senior Parents Night, May 22, 2014. She also presented the same testimony in her home church, New Horizon Christian Reformed Church, Sunday, June 8, 2014. “Before anything else, I want to give thanks to the Lord for changing the course of my…

With the arrival of the last day of school on June 19, the extreme makeover of Eastern Christian Elementary School will continue! During the last two summers, major renovations have taken place in the early childhood wing and in the completely new restrooms for students and staff members. This summer, eleven classrooms will be extensively…

We recently interviewed Sandy Bottge, Elementary Principal at Eastern Christian School, about her perspectives on the value of a Christian education for elementary and preschool grades. 1. Why do you believe that Christian education is important for students that are of preschool and elementary school ages? "Christian education is very important for preschool and elementary…

Each year at Eastern Christian Elementary School we plan a school-wide Problem Based Learning (PBL) project. In a PBL project, students are presented with an essential question or problem that they must work together to answer or solve. Problem Based Learning allows students to take ownership of their learning and think deeply and creatively. Our…

Recently, Taylor F., a junior at Eastern Christian, shared her perspective at our scholarship banquet regarding how the mission of Eastern Christian School has impacted her life. What she had to say was so powerful that we decided to share it here in our blog. “As I walked into my first day of school, at Eastern…