Middle Ages
10th grade started the school year studying ancient Greece. They loved to read myths and had the chance to write some of their own. When we studied Rome, we focused on how Christianity changed from a persecuted faith to state religion and how that effected the Roman empire as well as the early church. Now we are in the depths of the Middle Ages. Students have created their own coat of arms, built models of castles and cathedrals, written songs as troubadours, and even drew their own version of a tapestry. By focusing on the culture of the time, history of 1000 years ago is able to become more real.
Miss Schutz
Dream Car
The students have been writing in Spanish about their dream car and where they want to go. They are doing a great job developing Spanish skills. I am excited for November where I will be introducing the theme of Public Servant Workers, and how we communicate our needs with them.
Mrs. Iglio
Travel Time
10th Grade We have been discussing about travel in Latin American countries especially in Spain. We learned about EL AVE, which is considered one of the fastest trains in the world. We also learned about travel from Cuzco to the land of the Incas. The students are discovering all the rich history Latin America has to offer.
Mrs. Iglio
The Tabernacle
10th Grade Bible We have been discussing about the Tabernacle and its furnishings, and how God’s love is full of mercy and grace. He demonstrated His love for the Israelites by dwelling among them and giving orders for a tabernacle to be built, so a relationship could be built with HIM.
Mrs. Iglio
Slow But Sure – Progress Is Made
9th Spanish- The students are building on their prior skills in Spanish and developing new ones. The Students have been learning about how we can describe others and ourselves in Spanish. The students are learning about how to write grammatically correct sentences in Spanish, it’s tough but they are getting it.
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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While studying our “Crime Scene Investigation” chapter my students began learning about the steps in investigating a crime scene: how to collect evidence, how to create and use a chain of custody, and how to draw rough and detailed sketches of a crime scene. Throughout our discussions on each topic we shared how different television episodes and mystery book plots were examples of each idea. As we learned each topic we practiced by doing a hands-on project. For collecting evidence we: identified evidence, collected it using gloves and tweezers, bagged it in the appropriate type of container, sealed the container and then created a chain of custody. We measured and sketched our classroom and created a rough draft of our “crime scene”.
To culminate the chapter I created a scenario of an Evangel staff member having several arguments/altercations at work with one of them ending in his untimely death. I then planted evidence and clues, some of which where misleading, while others were critical to solving the case.
We had learned what the 8 types of evidence were and used our layman’s knowledge to investigate and catch a “killer”. As C.S.I. teams my class divided up the jobs of the investigation team members. Some took pictures (as they learned how to do in our text) while others collected and bagged evidence, still others interviewed witnesses and to notes to record and document the information so it could be used in a court of law. The groups took turns using their school ID’s to enter and exit the crime scene during their investigation. At the end of the lab period the “coroner” took away the body of the staff member and my C.S.I. teams when back to the “lab” to start sifting through the known and unknown evidence. I am happy to say that after all of their hard work, all teams were able to positively identify the “killer” or at least have the killer on their suspect list.
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The seniors enjoyed the day in lower Manhattan as they learned about the history of the Federal Hall Museum. Students got to see the piece of railing that our first president, George Washington, stood behind as he took his oath of office. They also got to see the ground he stood upon as he was sworn into office. Students also had the privilege of seeing ground zero and the progress of the freedom tower. It was a great trip and a way for history to be brought to life for our students.
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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