FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2009
MEDIA CONTACT:
Heather Cortes, 718-937-9600 x2361 or hcortes@ecsnyc.org
Raise Dough for your School… Evangel Nights at Chicago Uno Grill a great success!
Chicago Uno Grill is giving back to our local community in Long Island City and Astoria!
On Dec. 4th and 5th Evangel Christian School partnered with our local Chicago Uno Grill for a Raise Dough for your school fundraiser, our goal was to raise funds for our school, raise community awareness of our school, and partner with a great corporation and community supporter Chicago Uno Grill.
In these challenging economic times it is inspiring to work with companies like Chicago Uno Grill that enrich the communities they are in by giving back to them and supporting education. Heather Cortes Development Manager at Evangel Christian School said.
Thank you to all the staff at our local Chicago Uno Grill at 37-11 35th Avenue in Astoria and especially to Jennifer Burns for making this fundraiser wonderful and making us all feel welcomed. The food was great and the service was even better! The support from our Evangel family and friends was amazing for a 1st time event! Totaling just over $1100.00 in receipts, which gave us the maximum fund raising benefit of 20% going directly to Evangel and education! Way to go and thank you to all who came out in support of education!
Evangel Christian School is (ECS) a nonprofit, diverse school with more than 500 students in pre-kindergarten through high school. Founded in 1985, ECS holds an Absolute Charter from the New York state Board of Regents. Evangel Christian School is located at 39-21 Crescent St., Long Island City, New York. For more information, call 718-937-9600 or visit www.ecsnyc.org
Evangel’s sophomores continue their travels through Oliver Twist analyzing the forces of Good vs. Evil, pondering the implications of Nature vs. Nurture, and assessing Dickens’ use of satire throughout the novel. They will be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks and concluding with their own satirical piece which evaluates an issue in society today. Compiled, the individual essays will create a satirical magazine! Look for it in February!
Miss Collins
Evangel’s freshmen have wrapped up their study of A Christmas Carol and will begin investigating the elements of an in-depth literary analysis. They will, then, put their acquired knowledge to the test as they begin an exploratory journey through Ted Dekker’s Blink of an Eye. Students will also have the opportunity to have formal discussions of this fictional piece using the methods of Socratic discussion. There they will have the opportunity to see that “the future changes in the blink of an eye…or does it?” They’ll find out! Ask them about their discoveries! I’m sure they want to share!
Miss Collins
Newspaper Elective:
Evangel’s reporters are putting together their very own broadcast. It will feature skits, games, original commercials, special segments, and more. Please take the opportunity to take a peek. We truly hope you enjoy it!
Miss Collins
In class 3 G we are working very hard in our Math class. The students are writing Math strategies with words and pictures to describe Math in a new and fun way. Each student has a “white board ” and marker to work with. Third graders now love math time. Students call the white board their own over head – just like the teacher’s.
We have discussed the most prominent events of the exodus and the time the Israelites spend in the desert and how God formed them into a powerful nation. We are now studying the Tabernacle, and how God asked of the Israelites to worship Him. We are studying this in an effort to find out what is the worship God seeks and demands of us. We are learning that our Holy God demands his people to be holy. As the gold mitre (diadem) of the high priest read, we must be “Holy unto the Lord”.
Miss Rivera
We have taken a journey to get to know Jesus. We started with his birth and all the events that surrounded his childhood. We have studied his ministry, his power, his teaching, his authority. We have seen his power to heal, to set the captives free, to command nature, to raise the dead. We have studied his teachings about the kingdom of Heaven, its nature, its subjects and Him, the ruler. After taken this great journey, we are now faced with the cross. We now understand that it was because of us he stayed at the cross, no one took his life but He laid His life for us, for His love. What great love!
Miss Rivera
This week our 9th graders will be studying how to “hold forth” the word in Bible class. According to Philippians 2:16, holding forth the word of life keeps us from “laboring in vain.” I’m excited to see the word of God taking root in each of our student’s lives!
Ms. Ramos
Learning verb conjugations have been our toughest challenge this month, especially the imperfect past tense. The students were a little confused at first, but finally have gotten a good grasp of it. They are trying hard to use it in our classroom conversations. We have started reading the Psalms in Spanish aloud during our devotional time to get accustomed to hearing the language and practice listening skills.
Mrs. Pascualini