The National Junior Honor Society held their last fundraising event on Thursday, May 14. The students of NJHS have been working hard alongside NHS to raise money for the American Cancer Society. This fun fellowship featured students playing games on a Nintendo 64, Xbox 360, and a Wii hooked up to our large projector screen. Other students had fun at our game tables playing board games. NJHS sold snacks and freshly made fruit smoothies. Be sure to check out our pictures in the gallery to see our gamers in action!
Mrs. Candelier
English students were hard at work in December perfecting their short stories and poems for ACSI’s Creative Writing Festival. Fifty of our students’ creative pieces were sent in to this annual competition. We received an outstanding twenty-eight “Excellent” ribbons and nineteen “Good” ribbons. The highest honor possible, “Superior”, went to three of our students whose works were then sent to the District Level to be judged and possibly published in the annual Creative Writing Festival book. Congratulations to all of our participants!
Mrs. Candelier
Twenty-five students from the elementary and middle school worked long and hard to participate in the Association of Christian Schools International’s annual Speech Meet competition. Students could choose to participate in a variety of areas including Bible memorization, poetry, dramatic reading, humorous monologue and so forth. Evangel was proud to have five “Superior” winners (the highest award possible), seven “Excellent” ribbons, twelve “Good” ribbons, and one “Honorable Mention” awarded. The competition also featured a special presentation called “Stellar Performances” in which outstanding speeches were performed for the entire audience. Six Evangel students were chosen to come up and share their works! We look forward to continuing this achievement next year! Be sure to check out the picture gallery where you can see all our participants and our “Stellar” speech participants in action!
Mrs. Candelier
Students of the National Junior Honor Society are working with the National Honor Society to raise money for the American Cancer Society. On Tuesday, April 28, the students went hard to work raising funds through a bake sale. Students, teachers, and staff formed lines to purchase from the array of desserts available. Through the selling of baked good such as cakes, pies, and cookies, N.J.H.S. was able to raise an astounding $170.00! The Honor Societies are well on their way to their overall goal of $1,000.00 to help fight cancer! Check out our photo gallery to see this fun event!
Mrs. Candelier
Our Elementary Spring Celebration took place on Sunday, May 3rd. What a wonderful celebration it was; singing, dancing, drama, testimonies, and Scripture verses were all part of this fantastic event. Pre-K3, Pre-K4 and Kindergarten sang, “Clap your hands all you people” and a Jewish song that means we bring you peace. First and Second Grades sang “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High.” The Junior Dance Team danced to “Holy Spirit, Reign Down” dressed in white and purple with purple and silver streamers. “The Eighth Dwarf” is the adorable play that the Junior Drama Team performed at the celebration. Through this drama we learned that God made us and loves us all, despite our shortcomings. At the end of the play the dwarfs asked Snow White and the eighth dwarf, forgetful, to dance with them to a fantastic song entitled, “I am not Forgotten.” To finish the celebration our Junior Chorus sang “He Knows My Name” and the Junior Dance Team danced to a song about God being our Strong Tower. A big thank you to all students and staff for making this celebration so spectacular and glorifying God in song, dance and drama.
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Our elementary school had its first “Literacy Day: Tales by the Campfire” event. Our fellowship hall was transformed into a campground with stars and a moon dangling from the ceiling, six-foot forest trees, a sleeping tent, and a wonderful faux campfire, which the kids were really excited about. Each class was able to gather around the “fire”, snuggle in their blankets and hold tight to their teddy bears as they were read a series of children’s books by some of our staff and student leaders.
Each class was not only treated to stories by the campfire, but our helpful high school students performed two musicals inspired by two classic children’s books, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Three Little Pigs. This was the highlight for most of the little ones, who especially loved the big bad wolf (he was a silly, not scary wolf!)
The PTF (Parent Teacher Fellowship) generously donated a new book for each class and encouraged all of our students to participate in the Book Fair taking place the following day. Mrs. Barillas, president of PTF was so excited to have this event take place a day prior to the book sale. “I really believe this event helped get the students excited about reading and it seemed to help boost our book sales tremendously!”
Mrs. Marko was so excited to hear such great responses from our students and staff, she decided we should end the school year with another day of reading encouragement. In June we will have an event called, “Literacy Day: Beach, Bonfire and Books!”
It was truly a successful event for all!
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Singing, Dancing, Eating, Rapping, Performing, and Sharing were all a part of our Academic Fair which took place on Thursday, March19 th, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. What an exciting evening it was for all – students and visitors alike. Students in all grades had been working feverishly since January on their projects and reports and as you walked aroung the school the aroma of wonderful foods filled the air. Foods from India, Africa, Guatemala, and many, many more countires were represented. THe sounds of students talking with visitors, projects humming, music playing, and students reciting were all sounds that filled that evening. There were many different sections to the Fair: Technolgy, Dance, Art, Science, History, Health, Bible, English, Home Ec., Countries, and many more. Many students dressed up to represent a certain person, or country; there were also scientific dissections to witness. Students were so excited as they got the chance to explain their projects and research to our visitors – nearly 1,000! What a great job all teachers, staff, parents and students did! We applaud you and can’t wait until next year!
“Character” was the theme that was emphasized during Ronald’s visit to Evangel on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. The students played games, saw a puppet show and had a great time learning about Trustworthiness, Fairness, Responsibility and Respect. Even the teachers got involved as Ronald told a story and they got a chance to act it out. We are very grateful to McDonald’s for sending Ronald to our PreK – 3 through 6th grade to share how important character is. We can’t wait until he comes to visit us again!!!!!!
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On March 3rd, Evangel Christian school participated in the annual Read Across America project of the National Education Association, which celebrated Dr. Seuss’ 105th birthday. Dr. Seuss, the man who taught children that reading is fun was born, Theodor Seuss Geidor in Springfield Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904.
On this fun -filled day, Mrs. Jimenez came dressed as the Cat in the Hat, had the most fun of all, as she read several stories to the students written by Dr. Seuss. Hop on Pop, The Cat in The Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish were read to Pre-K3- 5th grade.
The students also went home with worksheets and door hangers created in class to remind them about the importance of reading. Our Pre-K 3’s made Cat in the Hat hats and ended their celebration by making their own green eggs and ham the following day. A great big “Thank You” to Mrs. Jimenez for all of her hard work!!!!
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Evangel hosted a Christmas Concert for over one thousand people on December 20, 2008. At 6:00pm the doors opened to a frigid night air; the temperature was in the twenties – that didn’t stop the anyone from attending. Sarah Groves, Leeland, Sixpence and Jars of Clay sang many, many different rebditions a of famous Christmas carols. What an awesome night it was; everyone praising the Lord through song. The lighting crew was tremendous, as they transformed our sanctuary into an incredible light show. We are thrilled that God allowd us to be the venue for this concert and we pray that many were blessed. A special thanks to Rock the Sound for making it all possible.
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