NEHS
On Thursday, May 24th, we were so excited to invite many new members into National Elementary Honor Society. This is a beautiful ceremony where students carry candles. The NEHS Officers spoke and there are many presentations give. Officers received blue cords and 5th Graders received yellow cords to wear at graduation. We welcomed 18 new members and 26 old members into the society. Please see below for the history of NEHS and click on the Blue inserts below to see our bulletin.When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas. Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community. Their reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved. In 2008 the National Elementary Honor Society was established. NEHS now is the first stage for students in a process that can bring recognition in the elementary, middle level and high school years to those students who commit to achievement. Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment. NEHS recognizes outstanding Elementary school students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. 2012 bulletin inside nehs 2012 outside bulletin nehs
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NHS and NJHS
On Tuesday, May 22nd, we conducted our National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society Ceremony. This ceremony is beautiful as students carry during the processional and recessional. We are very proud to have inducted 95 new members to NHS and 13 NJHS. We welcomed back 100 NHS and NJHS members from last year. Both Societies worked very hard on their service project, raising money through bake sales and other means. Students were delighted to take what they had raised to the different institutions. What a blessing to be able to bless others. Please click on the BLUE inserts for our Program.
Here is a little history about the National Honor Society and the criteria for selection:
When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas. Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community. Their reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved. Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment.
2012 bulletin inside
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Evangel Christian School is so proud to have had Mr. Ken Johnson, a man who loves the Lord and has also been very successful in his career as a NFL Football Player with the Cincinnati Bengals, come and speak to our Middle School and High School Students. Mr. Johnson donated his time on his recent trip to New York to come in for the morning hosting an assembly where he passionately shared how his faith in Christ has been the rock when all other things have come and gone. He encouraged students to seek the Lord for their lives, to commit to excellence in everything they do and yes God wants them to be a success, but to put God first and He will orchestrate their steps. Mr. Johnson has a true gift of engaging young minds, he had no bells or whistles or videos, he spoke to our students as a father and grandfather in the faith and you could literally hear a pin drop in the auditorium of 400+ students. WOW is all we can say! Mr. Johnson also encouraged the children if they have not yet given their lives to the Lord to pray with him and he led them in a salvation prayer. The morning ended with Mr. Johnson signing hundreds of trading cards and taking pictures with the students. It was a really precious time, thank you to Mr. Johnson for loving and giving back to the community and especially to the children of Evangel Christian school. A big thank you also to Pastor Lee Rouson a very special friend of Evangel Christian School for making this day possible. We also cannot forget to thank Sports World for all they do for children all over the country. God bless each of you in your work, as you are passionate about what we are passionate about…. children!!!!
Project Citizen is a civics education program develped by the Center for Civics Education. This program “introduces and trains students in the methods and procedures used in political processess.” the goal is to help students develop a “committment to active citizenship.”
Grades 5, 6, and 8 spent the past 3 months researching problems in their communities and solutions. From their research, they developed public policy and developed an action plan. Many of the students stated that Project Citizen has help them become more aware of the problems that their communities face and has given them a method to address them.
THANK YOU FDNY Community Relations team!!! Evangel Christian School is so thankful…for the 3rd year in a row the FDNY has sent a community specialist to teach a fun workshop about a very serious issue…. fire safety. The morning started off with a real FDNY retired firefighter coming in and meeting with our Prek3 through 5th grade students, he brought in his uniform and special tools as well as hosting a Question and Answer session for the students. The morning ended with a wonderful video about fire safety encouraging students to check with and talk to their parents about a plan to evacuate, stop drop and roll and never touch matches or a lighter and make sure you have batteries in your smoke detector. Every Student left with a gift from the FDNY of a coloring book or afire safety facts page. We are so grateful for this completely free course the FDNY provides for our school! BE COOL ABOUT FIRE SAFETY is a message we all need to keep in mind!!!
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Singing…..Dancing…..Drama……Poetry…….Worship……Fashion Show………..Flags……..and using our talents to honor the Lord. Our Spring Celebration was an amazing time and our student worked so very hard. Tuesday, May 22nd will be an evening to remember! A bid Thank You to all those who made this evening so very special.
Please see Galleries for wonderful pictures of the evening!
During our Spring Celebration our student, who had been working all year, got to “show off” their fashions. During our Fashion Electives students design and then create clothing for our fashion show. The students worked very hard and the Fashion Show was a huge success.
ART FAIR
We want to thank everyone for your support of Evangel’s ANNUAL ART SHOW on TUESDAY APRIL 3RD.
It was a very special afternoon as we celebrated all our young artists at Evangel. We believe it is critical to keep the arts in the schools! We are in a time when art programming is being cut from many public schools due to budget cuts, etc… at Evangel we are committed to continue with the arts programming even with our tight budgets(we operate on ½ the budget of the public school system)
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the event… through touring and viewing the Art, or making an anonymous donation to our collection box, participating in the silent auction of a few pieces of student artwork or just buying a cupcake in support of the art program! We appreciate you! A special thank you to our volunteer judges, some were our teachers and to keep it really interesting we brought in three special friends from the community who donated their time to be judges…. Janet Banks of our Foundation For ECS Scholarship, Inc. Board, Ms. Erika White a supporter and friend from Evangel Church, and Albert Popa a famous Christian Painter. Of the hundreds of students that participated in the our Art Show, 28 students artwork was voted best and went on to the ACSI Regional Art Show . At that Art show many of our students received ribbons and two of our students were named BEST IN SHOW , 2nd grade John Costa and 8th grade Christine DeArruda. We are so proud of all of our artists!!!!
In addition to enriching the students love for Art Appreciation and extending goodwill throughout the school the afternoon raised $400 for the Art Department and $40 for our Middle School Magazine production! Special thanks to our PTF- Parent Teacher Fellowship they made a generous $100 donation, they told us they were so thrilled to see another outlet supporting Art appreciation at Evangel School. Of course the biggest thank you goes to Mrs. Bueno for coordinating this very special event. We love you Mrs. Bueno!
Please “Galleries” for some incredible pictures!
Cinco de Mayo
This month we will have the opportunity to dive into the Mexican culture and the reason they celebrate “Cinco de Mayo”- The 5Th of May. Ask your students about all the activities occurring during this month. We will be having a small 4 de Mayo celebration, if you would like to bring something in. The students will be learning about the revolutionist of Mexico like Zapata. They will also be reading on the battle that occurred in Puebla against the French in 1862. Students will get plenty of practice reading out loud in Spanish and answering debating questions and reflecting on today’s political stance.
Mrs. Iglio
Cinco de Mayo
This month we will have the opportunity to dive into the Mexican culture and the reason they celebrate “Cinco de Mayo”- The 5Th of May. Ask your students about all the activities occurring during this month. We will be having a small 4 de Mayo celebration, if you would like to bring something in. Students will also learn about the Aztec legends and stories and we will be discussing the beauty of Mexico’s landscape. The class will also learn about the battle against the French in 1862.
Mrs. Iglio