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In a year where many activities are cancelled, yearbook staffer, Josaida Pineyro, decided to poll music students on their favorite songs from last year. The near-unanimous winner: Baba Yetu, a song about the Lord’s Prayer, written exclusively in Swahili.  This experience was one of many opportunities on campus aimed at intentionally cultivating unity within diversity…

Eagles athletics is proud to present a brand new offering for EC sports fans - online streaming of basketball games! COVID-19 regulations don't allow parents or fans to be in attendance at games. So, as a service to our parents, family, and fans, we will be live-streaming our basketball games. Many other schools will be…

Mr. Donald D. Holwerda, longtime teacher, principal, and friend of Eastern Christian School has passed away at the age of 90 (full obituary here). Mr. Holwerda's life was one of service. After serving our nation stateside in the Korean war, he completed his college and master's degrees and chose to serve at Eastern Christian School.…

First semester tubing celebration! It felt SO GOOD to safely be together again! While it was a little cold out, this event was hot! With 225 registered riders and over 100 parent cheerleaders, snow tubing was a great community event to bring us together... while still lanes apart! From preschool through high school, students and…

Eastern Christian School won a 2020 Silver InspirED School Marketers Brilliance Award for its "EC Beagles" April Fools rebrand campaign in the only international competition that exclusively recognizes excellence in private and independent school marketing and communications. The Brilliance Awards are sponsored by InspirED School Marketers, a website that provides “brilliant ideas and brain food”…

Girls Tennis The Eastern Christian girls' tennis team of 2020 represented the school with class, sportsmanship, and with a 7-5 record a level of competitiveness that establishes EC as a formidable opponent among local schools. The biggest team improvement for coach Adam Culp’s team came as a result of an added year of experience for…

At Eastern Christian High School we recently welcomed over 60 eighth grade students virtually to check out our school as part of our annual High School Preview Day. We were very excited to see all of EC’s 8th grade class as well as registered 8th grade visitors from other schools in the area.  Students were…

How do faith and science intersect at EC? One way is through intentional class discussions. EC teachers delight in pointing the wonders of creation back to its Creator. They weave explanations of God’s design so beautifully into their lessons, and I’ve had the privilege to witness many such conversations. I’d like to give you a…

A HUGE Thank You to the EC Community! You’ve made the 2020 Giving Tuesday a record for our school in many ways! Thanks to your incredibly generous support, we were able to raise over $150,000 in funds to help pay for some of the unbudgeted COVID-19 safety expenses that we’ve incurred while keeping on-campus learning…