I am very happy to be back for another great year at Evangel. This year we have a brand new Bible curriculum called Building Life Castles. During this week’s lessons we learned about the life of Christ, from His birth on Earth to the beginning of His ministry. The children learned that just as He grew in stature and wisdom so can they as they continue to draw closer to Him. We enjoyed numerous worship songs, were blessed with our prayers for each other, and played exciting Bible drill games to help us memorize scripture about true Godly love.
Last week we really had a great time seeing what happens to active yeast in our science lesson. Our math lesson involved coin tossing and collecting data as well as probability. Our highlight of the week was our competitive review game – boys VS girls. All of the students reviewed what was going to be on the quiz. This week we are creating a greenhouse to find out what the life cycle of an onion is, and learn about photosynthesis.
God Bless You! My name is Mrs. Ermestica, and I am your child’s 5th grade teacher. There are many great upcoming events and activities that I am excited about this year. Just to mention a little about myself, this is my first year at Evangel and I am so joyful that God has welcomed me into this great school and Christian family. Although it is my first year at Evangel, I have been teaching for seven years and have taught classes from Pre-K 3 through 8th grades.
Evangel will be publishing a newspaper for the middle school and the high school this year! Students have been brainstorming on titles and slogans and have come up with some pretty interesting options. I can’t wait to see what they will settle on! We hope to have our first issue out by the end of October! Please pick up a copy and see what’s going on in Evangel!
Evangel’s tenth grade class began the year by introducing themselves; however, instead of creating a Bio-Poem, they created “I Am” poems. They are posted in the class and are eager to be read, so do please stop by and learn a little bit more about our sophomores. They have just completed a wonderful short story unit where they were introduced to the “Horrible Miss Dove.” They continue to look at character as they delve into a mini-unit within their Daybooks. Soon, they will be starting Oliver Twist and entering into Dickens’ amazing world of satire.
Evangel’s ninth grade class began the year by introducing themselves with their fabulous “Bio-Poems” and setting high academic goals for obtaining success this year. Ask them to share their goals with you; I know they’d love to. Now, we are diving into the The Pearl with Kino. We’ll study all of the elements of plot and explore the theme of good vs. evil.
The Soccer team is coming along quite well. The boys that tried out and continue to practice and are consistently improving in both physical endurance as well as skills. We had several new faces show up since last year’s soccer club, and I’m glad to welcome all who want to learn more about soccer. All the guys are very excited about settling into their positions and growing closer as a team. Miss Lawrence – Soccer Coach
The third grade class reading group had to read the story “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.” The story takes place in a town where it rained food for breakfast, lunch, dinner. When it rained, it also rained juice or milk. The reading class loved the story. They made their own menus including breakfast, lunch and dinner. They made it rain toast, juice, hamburgers and all kinds of food. One student even made a menu that included prices. They had so much fun creating!
So far this school year, the 12th Grade English Class has been focusing on poetry. We took time throughout the first weeks of school to look within, see what is there, and pour it out on paper. We wrote poems called, “I Am” – an outer voice shouting and portraying who we are and why we are the way we are. We wrote poems called, “The Secret One Inside of Me” – an inner voice explaining what are things in this world that bother us, and what we feel about it. We then had an in depth study of the Anglo-Saxon period and heard about one of the most famous poets – Caedmon. This poet was an illiterate, herdsman, who felt comfortable and complacent just working with the cows at the barn. Denise Levertov, a Modern American Poet, gave us a picture of what he possibly experienced – the calling of God on his life. Caedmon had a revolutionizing event take place in his life, where God gave him a vision and told him that he was to write poems and sing them. When he asked God, “What am I to sing about?”, God answered, “Sing about the glories of my creation”. This was a phenomenal eye opener to all, where we learned that even though we are all just simple people living in this world, everyone has a voice and has something to say. So we got out of our comfort zones, and complacent mindsets and are getting ready for our Poetry Jam to be held in class on October 31st.
Coach Wong will be holding tryouts for grades 8th – 11th on Monday, November 3rd from 3-6 PM.