Resource Room News
January was quite an eventful month: midterms, new students, academic fair, and more. Congratulations to our students whose study skills paid off and who were exempt from any of their midterm exams. Congratulations to those who took their midterms and did well. And congratulations to our 11th graders that passed an RCT or two!
We also welcome 4 new Chinese students and an American Student from New Jersey. We look forward to getting to know them and we’re glad they can join us in the adventure of learning through the last half of the school year.
Part of the adventure is working through all the phases of the academic fair process which helps ideas come to life. This month very interesting topics have been explored and research started. Some of the topics included skate boarding, gymnastics, basketball, terrestrial and jovian planets, the origins of chocolate, baking a cake, Puerto Rican cookies, volcanoes of Hawaii, Hawaiian culture and language, and international flight. Do you get the feeling some students are really hungry and some are ready for warmer weather? We look forward to seeing all these wonderful ideas blossom into research papers, projects, and presentation boards by March 18th.
Mrs. Kemp and Mrs. Hampton
ESL Class
The Korean ESL students have started working on their writing this month. As English language learners, organizing and writing out their thoughts in English is not an easy task. So we are looking at how to brainstorm and organize ideas in Korean and then working on writing grammatically correct sentences in English. It is a work in progress and we plan to practice more writing throughout this semester. We also started reading articles from the free AM papers. The language is simple enough for the students to read and it is giving them a broader understanding of the American culture and what goes on in the community so it’s a very helpful tool. I am so blessed to be working with such a great group of students and I am excited to help them learn and acquire their second language!
Sara Park
Check Mate!
On Wednesday, January 13th, Evangel Christian School hosted a Chess Tournament in preparation for the first Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) Chess Tournament. Schools throughout the Northeast region will come together to participate in this fun yet challenging game of strategy. Students played multiple games in the intense elimination rounds. We thank all the students who participated and are praying for the team members who will be competing on February 12th in Newton Square, PA.
Chemistry
The juniors have been studying covalent bonds. They have looked at some of the unique properties of water. They have also used their understanding of polar and nonpolar bonds to separate the dyes found in markers.
Mrs. Wong
Math Class
How fast will your investment increase? How fast will your car depreciate? These were questions that the class explored using exponential growth and decay models.
Mrs. Wong
Spanish Class
In December we dealt with a chapter called Telecommunicaciones. Students learned how to talk about computers, e-mails, the Internet, faxes and telephones. They learned the formation and usage of perfect tense verbs and how to receive and make calls in Spanish.
Mrs. Pascualini
Consumer Math Class
Students are conducting a study on taxes in their Consumer Math Class. They are learning about the importance of taxes and even how to file their own taxes.
Mrs. Christian
Forensics
The 11th Grade Forensic class just completed a unit and did a lab on a blood splatter. They are working on an essay on blood and will research information not discussed in class.
Mrs. Christian
Math Class
Students are investigating how fractions and decimals are used to find the principal interest rates in savings accounts. They area also preparing for their regents, which will be taken this month.
Mrs. Christian
Bow Flies
The forensic class just completed a study on Entomology. The students made life cycle posters of a bow fly and described how each stage of life helps a forensic scientist determine the time of death. All the students are really enjoying the class.
Mrs. Christian