Posts by Rudi Gesch

Eastern Christian School has received a worship grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. The grant, worth $15,000 for the 2019-2020 school year, will allow us to develop curriculum and materials for our worship theme: "Every Tribe, Tongue, and Nation" inspired by Revelation 7: 9-10.  The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship offers a large…

The NJ State Police bomb unit helped lead a security drill today for local team of police and the EC administration. After the drill was over, a Trooper was kind enough to do a demonstration for students with one of the unit’s robots. EC Robotics students challenged the Trooper to a race up the hill to…

Safe School At Eastern Christian School, student safety is our first job. We have a unique perspective: every student in our halls is created in the image of God. This means that every student has unique and inherent value. We work very hard to protect every student’s physical, emotional, social, and spiritual safety. Spiritual Safety…

The Education Council at Eastern Christian School is a team made up of eight educational leaders: Ruth Kuder, Chief Education Officer Tom Dykhouse, Head of School Karyn Baitzel, Preschool Director Sandra Bottge, Elementary School Principal Dan Lazor, Middle School Principal Mary Faber, Middle School Vice Principal Dave Intlekofer, High School Principal Suzanne Kraai, Director of…

The wheels of progress are always turning. And, if Eastern Christian High School's STEAM program's recent development are any indication, those wheels will likely soon be powered by the Turbo Encabulator. Developed by a team of senior EC STEAM students headed up by Evan-Dean Howes, the Turbo Encabulator would not only supply inverse reactive current for…

Information in this blog post is dated has changed through the years. Please visit our tuition page for the most up-to-date information. A while back, we launched Variable Tuition at Eastern Christian School. The basic premise was simple: make an amazing Christian education accessible to as many Christian families as possible. Three years later, our…

Faculty & Staff: Professional & Nurturing When students graduate from EC, we want them to be young people of Christian vision and influence in order to change the world for the kingdom of Jesus Christ. You don’t get there without professional, nurturing faculty. Nurturing Our amazing faculty is here because they believe in the mission…

Fake News and the Importance of the Source You’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard the phrase “Fake News” in the past month. Right out of the gate, “Fake News” is an oxymoron: “Fake” defined is “False. Not genuine, counterfeit.” News defined is “newly received or noteworthy information.” I suppose…

One of Eastern Christian School's major academic distinctives is our Project Acceleration program. A dual credit program with Seton Hall University, Project Acceleration allows Eastern Christian High School students in advanced courses to earn college credit while enrolled at EC. It's as if they are students at Seton Hall while enrolled at ECHS. This allows…