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Special Announcement--missing students--information requested. Two middle school students, [For privacy sake, names later removed after students found], were last seen walking off the middle school campus at 3:15pm. The school administration, staff, and the girls' families have been working with Wyckoff police in the search effort. We have found evidence that this was a planned departure from…

The fourth grade students of Eastern Christian Elementary School worked hard for the last several months to memorize lines, songs, and dances to tell the story of Elijah from the Old Testament.  Elijah was called by God to tell the people of Israel to repent of their sins and to stop worshiping the idol Baal.…

This Spring Break, seven students and four adults (including two EC staff) travelled to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania for their Touch the World Mission trip. Why Tanzania? Technology teacher Tim Steen and his family lived in Dar from 2013 - 2015, teaching at an international Christian school called Haven of Peace Academy. Tim and his…

  As EC Team Guatemala finished up our week in Chiquimula Guatemala, we were invited to sit in student desks that we had scrubbed and placed in a freshly painted, renovated classroom.  We imagined learning in a 15 x 25 foot room that had 25 students facing one way while another grade of 17 students…

Every spring break, Eastern Christian students travel the world to serve, learn and play. This year, one group of students travelled to the Netherlands as part of a newly developed exchange program with Van Lodenstein College, which is a group of 5 Reformed schools in the Netherlands. Eastern Christian School and Van Lodenstein College share a…

Eastern Christian School is New Jersey's Oldest and Largest Christian School. The external recognitions for this amazing school have come at a rapid pace in recent years. Just a sampling of recent awards earned includes: Top 50 Christian High School in America National School District of Character Top Places to Work in New Jersey SBDC…

In our weekly chapel, ECHS commissioned dozens of students as they prepare to depart on mission trips over spring break. The students will be traveling to Guatemala, Kansas City and Tanzania alongside leaders from our partnering mission organization, Touch the World Ministries. Students have been preparing for this trip all year, studying about the culture they…

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…

Last week I felt—not for the first time—an overwhelming sense of how honored I am to work at Eastern Christian. Our high school students and teachers used our chapel time to engage in a dialogue about school safety that was framed around our student-created Open Up Project. Thank you to Mrs. Aceino, Mr. Wright, Clara,…