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What is it? The Teen Driver Safety Program is a presentation given by safety officers from NJM Insurance Group sharing their wealth of safe-driving knowledge with young drivers in local schools. The presentation will cover topics like lack of focus while driving, phone use, driving distractions, NJ driving laws, and much more! Who is it for? Teen…

Lauren Merkley, Educational Support Personnel Tell us about yourself.  I was born and raised in New Jersey. I have always loved playing sports. I played softball for over 10 years and then went and played in College. I became a Christian my sophomore year of high school at a winter retreat. I currently attend Emergence in…

Eastern Christian High School Presents Performance Dates Thursday, November 10 at 4:00 Friday, November 11 at 7:30 Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 Join us this fall for Eastern Christian High School's presentation of A Seussified Christmas Carol! Narrator 1 Skylar Brown Narrator 2 Adrian Brown Narrator A Abigail Johnson Narrator B Jaclyn Vincenti Jake Marley…

Building on the success of last year's highly successful "Robot Fight Night," (video above) Eastern Christian High School announced the formation of a new extra-curricular program: Robotics Club! Robotics Club is an extra-curricular activity for Eastern Christian High School students to gain experience in STEM-related fields. Eastern Christian School will be joining FIRST Robotics Tech Challenge,…

Petra van't Slot, High School Science and Math Teacher Tell us about yourself I grew up in a very small village in the Netherlands, surrounded by forests and fields of heather. The first time all of us village kids really had to venture out was when we went to high school; a large, regional Christian school.…

Eastern Christian Elementary School students took an opportunity to live up to our core value of "Embracing Community" by writing thank you letters and cards to our first responders in Midland Park. Students wrote to the MP Police Department, Fire Department and Ambulance Corps. Here are some of the notes from the students. Dear First Responder,…

Christina McGowan, 2nd Grade Teacher Tell us about yourself. I am originally from Florida, but consider New Jersey my home. I enjoy spending time with my husband and our two children. I love to create new things, so Pinterest is one of my favorite spots to get ideas for arts and crafts and other DIY projects!…

Christi Scarpa, Preschool teacher Tell us about yourself. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland and have lived in New Jersey for 10 years. I love beach trips and spending time with my family. I have two young boys so they keep me busy wrestling and teaching me about trucks. How did God bring you to work at…

Since September 11, 2009, Eastern Christian has been privileged to award the September 11th Academic Scholarship to one incoming 8th and one incoming 12th grade student.  The scholarship is awarded based on academic achievement, character, community service, and commitment to Jesus Christ.  This year the scholarships were awarded to Aidan Sehulster (8th) and Mathew Matthias…