New Vocabulary
The beginning of school has been quite exciting in ESL with over fifty students from all over the world acclimating to a Christ centered school. The Middle School and High school students have been increasing their conversational English through group activities related to their workbooks. Spiritual Emphasis Week became an impetus for many students to learn for the first time words many of us take for granted such as sanctuary, redemption, praise, glory and audacity. It also became a special time to learn how to question and write reflectively. Our latest projects were for International Week; students made presentations with either posters or power points describing where they grew up, comparing and contrasting their hometown with New York City, and predicting where they will be in ten years. The best part was listening to the students ask questions in English about each other’s hometown. It was very enriching for all and enlightening to me.
Mrs. Kemp
Reading Strategies
Students continue to learn reading strategies to help digest informational text. Inquiry-based learning has been introduced as well as a number of hands-on projects, simulations, and games. Our lessons are cross-curriculuar, incorporating English, Science, Art, Math, and more!
Miss Campanali
Project Citizen
All Middle School Social Studies classes have begun to work on a civics education program called Project Citizen. An inquiry-based program, Project Citizen helps to develop the knowledge and skills needed to become active citizens in order to work to make their communities better.
Miss Campanali
Great progress
6th Grade is really progressing in leaps and bounds in Spanish. We have been learning about other countries and their currency. The students worked on projects that help them learn more about Central American children and the toys they play with. November has a lot in stored for them learning about days of the week, seasons, and the months.
Mrs. Iglio
International Week at Evangel was filled with diversity an a unique blend of rich cultures. Over 73 different nationa are represented at Evangel and how awesome it is to share about our heritage with eachother.
Each day of the week was filled with something new… from wearing the colors of our flags, to country costumes, to food and desserts from our homelands. Each new student gets tpplace a marker in our wall map to represent where they are form.
We are so blessed at Evangel and we thank God for blessing us with such diversity.
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The 6th grade recently visited the Museum of the Moving Image. This 60 minute tour was led by a Museum Educator and took the students through hands-on exhibits that encouraged them to think about how movies and television shows are made. They visited a new exhibition called “Jim Henson’s Fantastic World” (the creator of the Muppets and known for his work on Sesame Street). Our group also recorded movements in front of a camera and a “flip book” was made. They did “voice-overs” from the movie “Babe”. They watched a silent film from a movie made over 100 years ago! And laughed it up in the end watching a famous episode called “Job Switching” from the 1952 television series, “I Love Lucy”.
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October 26th to the 30th was Spirtual Emphasis week at Evangel. Students had an amazing week during our Spiritual Emphasis week. Our younger students learned how God loves them just the way they are. They alsocompleted crafts and sang songs each day with our theme, “Panadamania.” The students are continuing to learn that God is “wild” about us! Our older students had an amazing week as our speakers, Ron and Heather Rhoads flew in for the week to share the love of God through the Word and song. Many students responded to the message that was given each day and we are blessed as a staff to see the seeds being planted in our students’ lives.
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Learning New Things
What a wonderful beginning. The students are learning about so many new wonderful things. So far, they were introduced on how to greet someone in a formal and informal manner. The students have also learned about Miguel Cervantes and his famous writings of Don Quixote. They are also learning about Spain and Mexico.
Mrs. Iglio
Recap
Students revised and completed final autobiographical narratives with illustrations to send off for publication through Student Treasures at Nationwide. In addition, 6th graders battled each other in verbal and written expression regarding the effectiveness of uniforms. Students were challenged to support their opinions with research. Finally, sixth graders read of the extremely unselfish Amos Fortune who, despite enduring much injustice, displayed exemplary determination and compassion.
Mrs. Foster