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Winter season sports highlights are here

Winter Track With a healthy balance of seasoned athletes and newcomers to the sport, both the boys' and girls' winter track teams enjoyed successful seasons that included a number of strong individual performances. Valerie Portuphy won the triple jump in the conference championships and also won the long jump in the Passaic County championships. Sharyn…

Eastern Christian High School Honors Academy off to a great start

Cultivating academic excellence, service to others, and meaningful co-curricular involvement, the Eastern Christian High School Honors Academy is designed to engage, motivate, and challenge our strongest and most ambitious students. Designed by an interdisciplinary team, the Honors Academy is a key component of EC’s five-year strategic plan, which details our commitment to providing relevant academic…

Last year’s program inspires this year’s projects

Nehemiah 3 details the biblical story of how individuals split the workload, and together built a wall. In this vein of thinking, Eastern Christian School administrators unveiled a Nehemiah “mini-grant” program last spring, which invited staff members to pitch their ideas. The desire was that through this initiative, school administrators could better equip our staff…

Announcing details of the 2024 EC Strategic Plan

Utilizing our core documents, including our mission, core values and graduate profile, and informed by community feedback, the strategic plan outlined below was approved by the EC Board of Directors at its January 2024 meeting and represents the school’s priorities for the next five years.  Eastern Christian School is dedicated to providing a distinctive Christian…

Principal Q&A: Dan Cirone

Our newest principal to Eastern Christian School, Dan Cirone brings unparalleled energy and enthusiasm to the North Haledon campus. A passionate Christian scholar with a commitment to guide high school students toward success in faith and in life, we are excited to celebrate him during this National Principals Month. Why did you want to work…

HomEComing 2023 Highlights

Despite the weather not cooperating for our community picnic on Saturday, HomEComing weekend was full of EC spirit!  The gorgeous fall weather on Friday made for the perfect day for EC’s Alumni Golf Outing at Wallkill Golf Club and our multiple events at the high school campus. The festivities kicked off with welcoming donors, administration,…

Board member profile: Working at it with all your heart

Mark Reitsma is passionate about the finance industry. From an early age, the Lord opened up doors to work in finance, and after a series of upward career moves, he partnered with two other fellow Christian friends to form Regency Wealth Management in 2011. “That was a key time,” Reitsma shares. “Building the business and…

HS open house registration now open!

What if you could change the trajectory of your child's life in just 30 seconds? Take 30 seconds and register now for Eastern Christian High School's Fall Open House and Preview Day, held November 15. We are passionate about our mission to raise up young people of Christian vision and influence and believe this calling…

Board member profile: The importance of excellent education

Karen VanderLeest knows about education. Most recently serving as a clinical supervisor at Ramapo College, where she observed student teachers, VanderLeest’s career also includes 18 years in public education. During that time, she taught middle school and high school classes, as well as supervised the Social Studies and World Language departments.  In addition to her…

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