Butterflies are Free to Fly
In conjunction with our insect unit, 4th grade has been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. In addition to our Science textbooks we have been observing actual butterfly larvae in our classroom! We watched as baby caterpillars ate and grew larger, turned into golden chrysalis’, and eventually emerged as beautiful butterflies. This week we released these amazing creatures that God has created back into their natural environment and watched as they flew into the sky. It was awesome!
Please see “Galleries” for some wonderful pictures!
Ronald McDonald Promotes Literacy
“Literacy” was the theme that was emphasized during Ronald’s visit to Evangel on Tuesday, May 19, 2010. The students sang songs, saw a puppet show and had a great time learning about “Book Time” and the love of reading. Ronald encouraged our students not to “play the day away, but to grab a good book and go on an adventure!” We are very grateful to McDonald’s for sending Ronald to our K-5th grade students to share how important it is to love reading and to read books with excitement!! We can’t wait until he comes to visit us again!!!!!! Thank you to the McDonalds Corporation for their generosity in choosing our school for their community outreach efforts.
Please visit our “Galleries” to view some wonderful pictures.
Peacock Bookmarks
Reading is fun but its tough when you forget which page you left off at. Students made lively peacock bookmarks using Popsicle sticks, feathers, googley eyes and markers. There’s no better way to save your page then with a bright peacock!
Miss Arnau
Beginning Typing – no wait – Keyboarding
The students in elementary have begun a focused unit studying the history and basics of keyboarding. We have taken a speed test and many of the students have some natural ability. The students are exploring Microsoft Word and love drawing pictures for each other in Pixie, our basic illustration software. Jump start is a great addition to your home software collection. The students love playing it and they learn about many different subjects from playing it.
Mr. Boyd
Elementary and Middle School students worked long and hard to prepare for Evangel Christian School’s annual Speech Meet. Students selected various forms of speech such as Bible scripture or a poem to recite. They were judged on how well they present their piece using just their voices to convey the feeling of their work.
Evangel congratulates all of the students who participated.
Our winners are:
Elementary
1st Grade Bible Memorization:
1st Place : Ismael Ruiz
2nd Grade Poetry:
1st Place: Sarah Joy Gallardo
2nd Place: Christian Pascal
4th Grade Bible Memorization:
1st Place: Jorge Ruiz
4th Grade Poetry:
1st Place: Amber Reyes
2nd Place: Brianna McMichael
5th Grade Bible Memorization:
1st Place: Jennifer Munoz
2nd Place: Leslie Aguilar
5th Grade Patriotic Oration:
1st Place: David Kem
2nd Place: Rachel Bou
5th Grade Poetry:
1st Place: Rebecca Edward
2nd Place: Amber Colon
Middle School
Dramatic Poetry:
1st place: Jerry Meng
2nd place: Samantha Byrne
Dramatic Reading:
Kristina Papacostas
Humorous Poetry:
Angelie Cesario
Check out our photo gallery to see pictures from the school event. And stay tuned for an updae as our Middle School students will be competing in the ACSI District Speech Meet on April 30th!
Creations of Transportation
Wow the class is starting to look like a construction zone. I have K’Nex, Lego’s and a lot of modeling clay around the room. Roller coasters, bridges, towers, and all sorts of projects are being created. Middle school is working on making a bridge and also towering towers. One of the towers is 4.5 feet tall and another tower is almost 5 feet tall. The roller coaster is almost ready for its first run. Creations of transportation and electronics are finished. God is good and has blessed all in the class with great imaginations. I am ready to see what comes from the students next month.
Mr. Penland
Over 1,000 people cam to Evangel on Thursday, March18 to experience our Annual Academic Fair. Students in PK through 12th grade, worked for 2 and one half months to create a Research Paper, Project and Project Board for our fair. Students picked a topic of their choice from a variety of subjects such as: Science, English, Bible, Home Economics, Fashion, Art, Design, Technology, Math, Music, History, etc…
As you entered the school you experienced the sound of music, the smell of delicious foreign foods cooking, students super excited to share about their projects, dancing, acting, singing and so much more. Although the Academic Fair was a lot of work, it was well worth it.
We thank all the parents, students and staff for their hard work to make this year’s Academic Fair a HUGE success. We look forward to next year and if you didn’t make it this year we look forward to seeing you then.
Please check out our PHOTOBLOG and GALLERIES for some fantastic pics.
ACSI Creative Writing Festival
The Association of Christian School International (ACSI) hosts a Creative Writing Festival annually in which students from Grades 4th through 12th can submit works in the categories of rhymed poetry, free verse poetry, short story, and essay. This year, Evangel Christian School submitted 30 entries and we celebrated our students’ accomplishments by awarding them their certificates and ribbons during a chapel service on Friday, March 12th. Out of the 30 entries, 14 students received an award for “Good,” 14 for “Excellent,” and two of are students received an overall mark of “Superior.” These two students will have their entries sent to the Regional level where if they receive a mark of Excellent or Superior they will be published in the ACSI Creative Writing Festival national publication. We are so proud of all our participants noted below with their overall standing. Great job, everyone!
Grade 4: Embely Farinango (Excellent); Grade 5: Rebecca Edwards (Excellent), Kayla Juarbe (Excellent), Amber Colon (Good), Rachel Bou (Excellent), Taesharra Hopkins (Excellent), Zhane Lamb (Good), Jennifer Munoz (Excellent); Grade 6: Joseph Carrasquillo (Good), James Hinton (Good), Christian Vicuna (Excellent); Grade 7: Ryan Poonai (Good), Isaiah Bienemann (Good), Samuel Garcia (Excellent); Grade 8: Alexis Versoza (Excellent), Ray-lee Cuadrado (Good), Samantha Byrne (Good), Eli Morales (Good), Isabella Batista (Excellent), Francisca Armeniakos (Good), Angelie Cesario (Superior), Samantha Vazquez (Excellent); Grade 9: April Joanne Arbotante (Excellent), Janine Faulkner (Excellent), Lauren Vicuna (Excellent), Robert Epps (Good); Grade 11: Alahna Dones (Superior), Brianna Franco (Good), Rebecca Wong (Good); Grade 12: Christine Gonzalez (Good).
Let’s Compare Music
Students have been learning how to compare various types of music. Two of the artists that the students compared this month were Judy Garland and Patty LaBelle. It was amazing to see how students used all the listening skills they have learned in music and were able to apply them to their assignment. Each week, no matter what the topic, these fourth and fifth grade students love to express the music through dance and motions. They are a great group of students to have.
Mrs. Racoma
And the sum of the product is…
On March 3rd Evangel hosted the Association of Christian School International (ACSI) Math Olympics. Six Christian schools participated in the event, and a total of 104 math scholars from third through eighth grade competed. Elementary students from each elementary grade met with Mrs. Ruiz weekly during their lunch/recess period to practice for the Olympics and were given extra homework to help them prepare. Middle School students met with Mr. Boyd and Mrs. Christian weekly for training. The Math Olympics consists of a series of timed tests in the areas of either computation or reasoning. At the awards ceremony following the competition the top five students from each grade in each category received an award. Be sure to check out the photos in our photoblog!
We congratulate the following winners from Evangel:
CONGRATULATIONS!
3rd Grade:
Isadora Macedo – 1st Place in Reasoning
Vincent Tupacyupanqui – 4th Place in Computation
4th Grade
David Pamintuan – 2nd Place in Computation
Aliyah Tupacyupanqui – 4th Place in Reasoning
Amber Reyes – 5th Place in Computation
5th Grade
Rebecca Edwards – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Leslie Aguilar – 3rd Place in Computation
Zhane Lamb – 4th Place in Reasoning
Jorge Ruiz – 5th Place in Reasoning
6th Grade
Dean Cuadrado – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Lucas Gomes – 4th Place in Reasoning
Felipe Alvarez – 4th Place in Computation
7th Grade
Jerry Meng – 1st Place in Computation
Carl Roberts – 2nd Place in Reasoning
Johannah Gepte – 3rd Place in Computation
8th Grade
Keoana Arnett – 3rd Place in Reasoning
Victor Sanchez – 4th Place in Computation
GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!
Thank you to our staff, parents, and students who worked hard to make this event so successful! Great job everyone! Now to start practicing for next year! 🙂