Christmas Program
Go! That was the theme shared by our 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students on Thursday, December 17th at Evangel Christian School’s Annual Christmas Program. Using the Christmas story as the basis, Middle School demonstrated how God calls us to Go Lead!, Go Obey!, Go Risk!, Go Tell!, and Go Serve! Students read poems they had written on their own, sang songs, danced, and performed dramas as each segment demonstrated how we can do one of the five “Go’s.” The grand finale featuring all Middle School students singing Jesus, Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child ended the performance on a truly high note. The students practiced many hours and their hard work did not go unnoticed as many guests shared how blessed and touched they were by the message. So remember, when God tells you to go–GO!
Mrs. Candelier
Nehemiah
We studied the life of Nehemiah this month. Nehemiah’s life has a lot to teach us. Nehemiah was true a leader and he was full of compassion, caring for the needs of others. He is a great example of a servant leader. A servant leader leads by example and is willing to get their hands dirty. Our ultimate example is JESUS!
Mr. Lopez
Gift Boxes
Students worked on painting paper mache gift boxes for that special someone. That special someone can be a good friend, a teacher, parents or other relatives. Students used various colors of tempera paint to paint their boxes and some also added beads, glitter, paper and ribbons. This craft is perfect for small gifts such as jewelry and other keepsakes.
Miss Arnau
Masquerade Ball
Students painted and decorated their own paper mache masquerade mask using tempera, acrylic, neon and metallic paints. They also had the choice of accenting them with feathers, beads, glitter and flowers.
Miss Arnau
Music Class
Students are continuing to learn the guitar. Throughout this month students will be learning three more songs. They really like coming in and playing each week. It is challenging for many of them but they seem to really be picking it up. Some have even started looking at songs they know and realize they can now play those songs on the guitar because of the chords they have learned so far. I really enjoy seeing their faces as they discover that in a few short months they have learned enough to begin playing real songs.
Mrs. Racoma
Math and Music
The 8th Grade math class is working on a music project. They are learning how math and music have things in common. When looking at the process of mixing sound tracks, they are discovering the mathematical patterns in the music.
Mrs. Christian
Math Graphs
Students in math classes have completed a unit study on graphing. They learned about all types of graphs. They even completed a time line of their lives.
Mrs. Christian
Resource Room
December is such a wonderful month as everything around us remembers the birth of our Savior. This year we added Advent reflections to devotional/prayer time. Our favorite passage by Dennis Bratcher was:
“We live in a world in which bigger and better define our expectations for much of life. We have become so enamored by super size, super stars, and high definition that we tend to view life through a lens that so magnifies what we expect out of the world that we tend not to see potential in small things. But as the prophet Zechariah reminds us (Zech 4:10), we should not “despise the day of small things,” because God does some of his best work with small beginnings and impossible situations.”
The students read them and came up with their own reflections, which graced our bulletin boards. They wrote them on angel shapes and decorated their version of an angel. It is always nice to see students using their creativity especially as a way to worship.
Enrichment Class
Happy New Year’s. I pray everyone had a safe Christmas break. The group projects are starting to heat up. Most of the research has been done and now the teams are writing or typing their final papers. When your child has their work online they will be able to show you what they have been working on. The research has made way for the English side of learning. The groups are continuing to write about this new technology. The artisan is about to push their way into the project when the group starts working on their simulated web pages. This simulated web page is all about their technology. If you child’s group wins the regional judging they will get the opportunity to create a web page that may be put on the internet. Examples of winning projects can be seen at: www.dmail.exploravision.org. Click on winning entries and scroll to the age group you would like to look at and click view winning website. Time is short and the deadline is coming soon. January 25th for the paper part of the project and February 2nd for the electronic part of the projects.
God is good and His mercy endures forever.
Dustin Penland
Spanish Class
This month we are planning to have the students develop their artistic side by making motivational posters. And it will all be in Spanish!
Mr. Hernandez