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Under Kuder’s Leadership, EC’s Future is Bright!

Eastern Christian School Association’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Ruth Kuder as Head of School of Eastern Christian School with effect from September 1, 2021. She is the first female Head of School in the school’s 129-year history. Ruth currently serves as Assistant Head of School of Eastern Christian…

Congratulations, Class of 2021!

Congratulations, EC Class of 2021, on all of your accomplishments bringing you to this point! We love you. We're proud of you. We are thrilled to see where the Lord leads you beyond our campus! Below, you'll see the High School and Middle School graduations and the Grade 3 and Preschool promotion highlights. Congrats to…

Outdoor Chapel

With the beautiful weather this spring we have been able to take advantage of outdoor spaces on our campuses to gather and worship our Creator during weekly chapels. Today at the Preschool & Elementary School we were blessed to have EC parent Jaclyn Bassett and musician Amy Provencher lead worship for our school. Pastor Jim…

Thank You, Columbia Bank Foundation!

Columbia Bank Foundation recently stopped by our elementary school campus to donate a check for more than $48,000. The funds were awarded to Eastern Christian School as part of our desire to offset some of the additional technology expenses related to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As student online hours increased, our need for…

The Spring 2021 Herald is Here!

Eastern Christian’s The Herald is a great look at the past 6 months at EC. It includes news from all school campuses, foundation news, alumni news, upcoming events and more! The Herald is a fantastic way for alumni and members of the current school community to learn more about what’s going on at EC. Check out the…

Introducing the Brand New EC Online Spiritwear Store

You asked for it. We listened. After a lot of preparation, we're finally ready to launch the brand new EC online spiritwear store! We've worked very hard to address any of the pain points that the EC community described to us from previous online swag sales. Some of the great features of this new store…

EC Head of School Transition: Ruth Kuder to Take the Lead as Tom Dykhouse Set to Retire

As announced at our Annual Association meeting, our school community is about to undergo a leadership transition. After 14 years of service as Head of School, Tom Dykhouse will be retiring. We want to thank Tom for his years of service, his drive, contagious optimism and amazing commitment to our school community. He took over…

Spring Open House Highlights

We hosted COVID-19 safety-minded open house events ON CAMPUS this month! Over 100 families signed up in socially distanced, restriction-compliant, small group tours to explore a quality Christian EC education for their family. If you missed these events and would like to visit campus, we would be happy to schedule a personal tour!  Schedule a…

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…

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