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Mommy/Daddy & Me Open House Recap

Thank you to all parents and children that joined us at our Mommy/Daddy & Me open house event earlier this week! It was our pleasure to speak with you, show you our campus, and explore our early childhood program offerings.  Over 30 families joined us at this kid-friendly open house event. While some levels are…

EC Community Beefsteak 2020 Recap

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020 the EC community gathered at The Brownstone in Paterson for our 11th annual beefsteak dinner.  What has historically been an athletic booster event has, over the past few years, morphed into a simple community gathering. No special guests, no speeches or presentations, just dinner and fellowship with friends and the…

New Multicultural Literature at ECES

Take a moment to look at and reflect on the image below: The graphic* above depicts a big problem in the books that are available to today's children. According to research done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, over 75% of books published for young people in 2018 included characters described as white or animal/other. To…

EC Student Story: Aubrie

Aubrey Grade 3   What do you love about EC? It is a Christian school and we get to worship God everyday. I love going to chapel every Tuesday because it’s a time that I get to learn about God and we worship God through song together. In what ways have you grown in your…

Student Goals for 2020!

The beginning of a new year usually sparks people to think about starting fresh and setting goals or resolutions for the year ahead. This is true at Eastern Christian Elementary School too! In recent weeks, many teachers encouraged their students to think about goals they could work toward in 2020. As you walk through the…

Super Saturdays are Back for 2020!

EC Super Saturdays are back! Last year's Super Saturdays were a huge hit with all who attended. Now they're back in 2020: For Free! Winter weekends in frigid NJ can be difficult for young students. As parents, we know all too well that movement matters, but it's difficult to get up and get moving when…

Christmas Cookie Club

If you walked into the elementary school on a Tuesday afternoon around 4 pm between Thanksgiving and Christmas, you were greeted with the sweet smell of holiday baking! Though school dismisses at 3 pm, Eastern Christian continues its educational program through our outstanding After School Program, which offers a variety of exciting activities for students…

Preschoolers Give Thanks!

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good." - Psalm 136 For the month of November, Preschool students at Eastern Christian have been reciting this Bible verse, and learning the importance of giving thanks. If you asked our PreK students what it means to be thankful, many of them would say, "to say thank…

The Making of “Makerspace”

For several years now, Eastern Christian has provided our high school students with the option of applying to be part of a robust STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) program. The STEAM program at our High School aims to prepare our oldest students with opportunities to use their God-given curiosity to explore, investigate, problem solve,…

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