“Tongxue-men hao!”
I am pleased to introduce Beginner Mandarin elective class this year. We are going to learn some basic conversations (greetings, introducing yourself, and friends), and to learn how to read and write simple Chinese characters, numbers (1-1000), days, months, week, and birthdays. A group activity will be taking place such as: practicing conversation with your partners, introducing your family to your classmates, and singing songs in Chinese. Not only that, but we will be watching a biography of Gladys Aylward movie, and learn some facts from China Today every week. Always remember the three nuggets for learning a new language: set a side a few minutes every day to memorize new words, repeat-repeat-repeat, and find a friend to practice if you can not practice by yourself. See you at class!
Cherry Priskila
Since we are learning vocabulary associated with food this month, we have been doing some exercises that deal with the same. The students had to write their favorite recipe in Spanish including ingredients and preparation process and then spend one class day tasting the delicious dishes. Everyone brought a dish in and shared it with their classmates as they presented it orally in class. I must say it was a satisfying class!
Mrs. Pascualini
This month we began a chapter that deals with train travel. The students have begun a special project that will help them exercise their vocabulary learned. We are making a model, poster
or collage of a train station labeling every part of it and will be presenting it in class. Students are required to do the presentation in Spanish and give a step by step explanation of their experience traveling by train. It should be interesting to see the final product and to hear them practicing their Spanish with their peers!
Mrs. Pascualini
ECS Spelling Bee
C-A-T. Okay, maybe the words weren’t quite that easy at Evangel Christian’s School Annual School Spelling Bee that took place on Friday, October 16th. In preparation for this rigorous event, students practiced for six weeks prior going over spelling rules and drilling themselves on appropriate grade-level words. We are proud to announce the following students will be attending the Associate of Christian School International’s (ACSI) District Spelling Bee taking place in Yonkers, New York on November 18:
Grade 5: Jennier Munoz (First place), Amber Colon (Runner-up), Matthew Alvarez (Alternate)
Grade 6: Christina DeArruda (First place), Trina Opao (Runner-Up), Stephanie Levy (Alternate)
Grade 7: Johannah Gepte (First place), Astroy Semple (Runner-Up), Jerry Meng (Alternate)
Congratulations to all our students who participated! See you at the district bee!
The students in Middle School Dance elective are learning to warm up and stretch before they dance. They are also learning about isolation and moving every part of their body. We also started working on our part for the Christmas program.
Mrs. Rosario
What if you had the opportunity to build your very own castle? What would it look like? How would you defend it? That’s exactly what our 10th grade global classes had the opportunity to do as we we studied the unit on the Rise of Europe. We discussed the beginnings of Feudalism and the Manor economy. Students also looked at the lives of peasants, knights and the Germanic Tribes.
Mr. Berrios
Our ninth grade global classes just wrapped up a unit on Ancient India and China. We discussed in detail the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism. We also studied China’s dynasties such as the Shang dynasty and the Zhou dynasty.
Mr. Berrios
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once said, “One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” Teamwork is just one lesson that our students need to learn in order to become successful in life. Whether they go on to become a professional athlete, doctor, lawyer, business man, teacher, etc, they need to learn how to get along and work side by side with their peers despite their differences. Through sports, students learn that they are just one part of a whole and in order for the team to function they all need to contribute.
-Mr. Wong
In 9th grade we are learning all about salvation. Why we need it, how we attain it and the effect it has on our lives.
Mr. Lopez
Eighth grade is on a quest to discover how God used others through out history despite their flaws and hang-ups. This month the characters we will be studying are Peter and Nehemiah.
Mr. Lopez