2023-2024 EC Athletic Community Nights
We are excited to release our EC athletic community night schedule for the 2023-2024 school year! The fall season features soccer and volleyball games (with the highlight coming on October 13 and 14 for HomEComing Weekend). The winter season features dates for basketball and the spring season features a softball and baseball game with additional…
Exciting update to the athletic program in 2023-2024
In a typical year, 300 students in grades 6-12 participate in EC sports. At the high school, 60 percent of students play at least one sport. It should therefore come as no surprise that athletics are important to our students, and they are important to EC. With this in mind, Eastern Christian School is excited…
The 2023 EC golf outing was a huge success!
On Monday, May 22, the Lord provided the most beautiful day for a round of golf, fellowship within the EC community, and the continued support of the Eastern Christian mission. 128 golfers and 58 sponsors came together at Wild Turkey Golf Club in Hamburg to raise more than $85,500 gross towards the completed renovation of…
2023 EC Auction Gala breaks fundraising records!
The 2023 EC Auction Gala brought together more than 300 supporters at The Tides Estate in North Haledon for a night of fellowship and fundraising. The generous Eastern Christian School community brought in a record breaking total--more than $250,146 toward continuing the mission of raising up the next generation to impact the world for Christ. …
Awaken: Youth Prayer Rally
Eastern Christian High School Project Lead students have been hard at work planning Awaken: Youth Prayer Rally. Seven youth groups are now involved, plus Eastern Christian High School students! You are invited to this multi-denominational youth event where we will be praying for area schools, local communities, churches and each other. Here are the…
The spring 2023 Herald is here!
Hot off the press! Look out for The Herald in your mailboxes, the biannual publication of Eastern Christian School. The magazine provides a good overview of the past six months, covering campus news, foundation news, alumni news and upcoming events. A fantastic way for alumni and our current school community to stay connected, check out…
Reflections on Community Worship Night
“If you do not worship God seven days a week, you do not worship Him on one day a week. There is no such thing known in heaven as Sunday worship unless it is accompanied by Monday worship and Tuesday worship and so on.” -A.W. Tozer Every day encounters. Students lifting their voice as one…
Our agenda is excellent, Christian education
On August 17, 1892, a group of 62 immigrants gathered in the basement of Second Christian Reformed Church to form The Holland Reformed School Society. The following year, the society opened up Amity Street Christian School, a predecessor of Eastern Christian School. According to old school records, the date of the meeting was significant: “It…
Teaching Christianly: Donna Hoogerhyde, fourth grade
It is a pleasure to start the day reminding the children that God is in the room. He is with us as we study his world, the “magnificent theater” that we are called to learn about, care for, and enjoy. Throughout the day, I am able to remind the children that “our world belongs to…