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“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein We educate out of a deep-rooted belief that each person is created in the image of God as a creative and inventive decision-maker. Before Eastern Christian School launched our innovative, tech-centric STEAM program, our students were already thriving in…

Question:  What would make a teenager dress in ridiculous clothes?  Volunteer to be a “room elf," “buddy”, or “Santa”?  Play musical chairs?  Read Christmas stories?    Answer:  The Eastern Christian High School Christmas Festival. Each year, Eastern Christian students welcome over 200 elementary school students from School 24 in Paterson.  The high school is a…

Eagles Learning Center, a support program formerly of Eastern Christian School, has been acquired by BrainStorm Tutoring and Arts (Franklin Lakes). BrainStrom Tutoring and Arts is the premier network of academic mentors in northern New Jersey. BrainStorm, the premier network of academic mentors in northern NJ, was founded in 2006 by local husband & wife…

Jake Veenstra is making the most of his senior year at Eastern Christian. From the classroom to the soccer field, he seizes every opportunity to prepare for the future while embracing the present — knowing that he will soon say goodbye to the peers, teachers, and coaches who have impacted his life on our campus. But…

The 2015 Boys Soccer Season came to an end after a loss to Newark Academy in the second round of the playoffs. With the season in the rearview mirror, the team, lead by senior captains Jason Englishmen and Kyle Dykstra have a lot to be proud of. We more than doubled our win total from…

The girls varsity soccer team competed in many close, exciting games this season,  highlighted by the come from behind win against Rutherford. Trailing 2-0 in the 2nd half on our home field, the girls fought back to win that game 3-2. After having lost many games by 1 goal, this one was a needed confidence…

Led by senior team captains Emma Hagedoorn and Nicole Aoki, the otherwise young 2015 volleyball team learned to compete against the league's best. Some highlights included winning a match against a talented and powerful Garfield team featuring 7 blocks from Hagedoorn. The home coming match vs 1st place Rutherford saw the Eagles score 17 well…

Girls varsity tennis ended the season with a league record of 4-10, not quite what they were hoping for after coming off of a strong season last year.  Senior captain Caitlin Shurminsky led a young team and earned 2nd Team all County and 2nd team all league competing against the league’s best at 1st singles.…

The EC Cross Country team finished its official season with the Ladies taking tenth in the state meet and the men thirteenth. Carter Heerema took a 26th place in the men's  meet and Will Fan a 44th.  In the ladies meet Kelly Bosloper took 35th and Allison Steiginga 39th.  Final records for dual meets were 5…