This month our second graders are learning about ants. They are quite fascinated by them. They immediately noticed how the ants worked together to make tunnels in their ant house. They commented on how quickly the work gets done when the ants work as a team. They also appreciate the fact that ants are strong because they eat their vegetables. No wonder the word of God considers ants as wise creatures in Proverbs 30:24-25 when it says, “Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;” Our students now know that no matter how small we are God has provided us with unique abilities and talents.
Mrs. Boodram

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It’s June already where has the year gone. As I look back over this past year I feel that we have accomplished much in 2nd grade. Besides working on math strategies, becoming fluent readers, discovering about New York City history, sprouting and planting seeds, what stands out most in my mind is how much second grade has matured. They began to reason and concentrate on specific tasks independently. Most of all they began to show each other compassion. They worked hard at helping and supporting each other. We all learned this through bible stories and much prayer that: “I Can Do All Things through Christ Who Strengthens Me” Philippians 4:13
Ms. Calma

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Cat and Mouse

Their favorite game was soccer. They learned to use their feet and no hands. Only the goalie was allowed to use their body and hands. In basketball, they learned how to shoot the ball in the basket. But their favorite game was cat and mouse.

Ms. Rosario

 

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Jump Start

This year we concentrated on a program called Jump Start. Using this program the students learned the following:

• Math: Addition, Subtraction, Money Fractions, Tally Charts, Time

• Reading: Parts of Speech, Comprehension, Antonyms, Word Building

• Critical Thinking: Problem Solving, Patterns, Attributes, Classification

• Social Skills: Preparations, Perseverance, Cooperation

Mr. B

 

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Read, Read. Read!

It’s hard to believe that our 2012-13 school year is over. I’m happy to share that through the use of the research-based reading program and our students’ hard work all our students have excelled and went up at least two reading levels since September. Some went up five reading levels. Kindergarten through 5th grade were challenged in the reading lab to implement the following reading strategies as they read their weekly story selection and leveled readers.

Students were encouraged to summarize what they read, predict what will happen in the story, clarify and monitor what they read, ask questions while reading, visualize what they have read in their mind, and make connections with the text.

I would like to thank the parents for their efforts at home. As we look forward to the coming school year, I trust that as we continue to work together we will see greater success in the coming years. Please continue to encourage your child to Read, Read. Read!

Yvette Jimenez

 

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The students in elementary enjoyed learning about music this year in its entirety . They learned how to cooperate with each other for when we had to move/dance to certain music. They have learned different aspect of music from the tempos in Italian to how to fine tune their social and motor skills.

Mrs. Colon

 

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New Artists

What an awesome year. We have learned so much in what seems now to be a little time. 2nd and 3rd graders were introduced to two not so famous artists. Students learned to create beautiful art with colors that pop out of the paper. They had a great time.

Mrs. Colon

 

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Birthday Extravaganza

We ended our year with our yearly Birthday Extravaganza. We had a wonderful and delicious luncheon together. The children were dressed in their beautiful outfits. It was a fun way to end the year. We made it through!

Thank you Lord.

Mrs. Boodram

 

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Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

2nd grade’s Reading Response to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle who lived in an upside down house was hilarious, passionate, crazy, smart, helpful, and wonderful.

Mrs. Boodram

 

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Howdy Partner

During Social Studies time, the children enjoyed our trip going west on the Oregon Trail and The Pony Express. They were able to learn about the hardships the pioneers encountered as they traveled west. They learnt about the life of the cowboy and for the most part they too wanted to be cowboys and cowgirls. They were able to make connections and trace how life in the West is different now.

Mrs. Boodram

 

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Simple Machines

Academic Fair was a blast! 2nd grade had fun studying Simple Machines. They had the opportunity to demonstrate their academic abilities which was also expressed creatively in the models they made.

Mrs. Boodram

 

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Field Day

Students had fun doing relay races with obstacle courses. They also did their annual physical fitness test. At the end of the school year we had a field day in the gym.

Mrs. Rosario

 

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School Is Fun

There are many reasons why I like second grade. The kids are really friendly. I’ve made loads of friends. Our second grade teachers are really nice. They make learning fun and help us do our best. Our class work is fun. I especially enjoy art class because we get to paint, draw, color, and make projects. I also enjoy doing research and playing games in computer class. I’m only about half way through my first year at Evangel. I have already learned so many new things. My teachers are great. They are really good at showing us new things in a way that makes stuff easy to learn. I’m so blessed to have such great teachers and to be part of such a wonderful class. I’m excited about my future here at Evangel.

Hudson Podvin

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Simple Machines

Second grade is doing a Academic Fair project on Simple Machines. These include pulleys, inclined plane, screw, lever, and wheel and axle. Second grade is going to ask questions, do research and make models about their projects. It’s so much fun.

Hudson Podvin

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Great View

Our Christmas Concert was a blast. Students sang beautifully on stage and their highlight was sitting in the balcony to enjoy the rest of the program.

Mrs. Boodram

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Imagination

Students created their own stories of Fables and Folktales. What they really enjoyed was looking at the story Cinder Edna and making comparisons. They loved when they got the opportunity to change the characters and their roles, the plot and the setting of the story. They had fun using their imagination to write their own stories.

Mrs. Boodram

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Good Food

In November we had a Thanksgiving feast. We had lunch together in the classroom and the children enjoyed getting dressed up and having a feast. They ate sooooooooooooooooo much.

Mrs. Boodram

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Ten Commandments

Students worked in groups on The Ten Commandments and paraphrased them in their own words. They enjoyed doing this project because they were better able to make connections to themselves.

Mrs. Boodram

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Let’s Move

What Causes things to Move? Students wrote about Force, Friction, Motion and Gravity. They enjoyed doing experiments.

Mrs. Boodram

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Ants

The Ants Go Marching On Hurray Hurray. Students worked on creating their own Ant Story problems. They had to write a story, illustrate the story and show the work for the problems they presented. They were so proud to see their work displayed in the hallway.

Mrs. Boodram

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Clouds

Students created their own stories about the different types of clouds. They had fun using cotton balls to make their clouds and picture themselves on their clouds. In their stories some of the things they said were – If I were a cumulus cloud I would cuddle up with my bear and dream that I am floating in the air.

Mrs. Boodram

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Reading Street

Evangel is committed to assist our students to become successful readers. To achieve this goal Kindergarten through fifth grade are using a research-based reading program called Reading Street. Reading Street provides instruction in the five core areas of reading instruction; phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills and strategies. Students with their classroom teacher attend the reading lab daily where they‘re grouped to receive differential instruction. Students are taught Reading Strategies that focus on:

 Summarizing what you have read.

 Predicting what will happen in the story.

 Clarifying and monitoring what you are reading.

 Asking questions while reading.

 Visualizing what you have read in your mind.

 Making connections with your reading.

 Decoding and trying to figure out difficult words

Our students are learning through varies types of genre in the weekly reading selection and leveled readers that good readers use different strategies before, during, and after reading. As they learn to apply these strategies they will be more engaged in what they read and eventually become successful lifelong readers.

Current research in reading reveals three important considerations for parents and teachers:

1. Children who read, and read widely, become better readers.

2. Reading and writing are complementary skills.

3. Parents are important to children both as role models and as supporters of their efforts

Mrs. Jimenez

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Each month elementary students have a “Spirit Day” where we focus on a theme, read books, and dress up for that day’s theme. September was “flash forward” day when students dressed like their grandparents or how they thought they might look in 70 years. October was “friends” day and they dressed up like twins or triplets. November was a fun time for elementary students as we celebrated Thanksgiving our spirit day was combined with the Harvest Fair and they dressed up like Cowboys, Indians, and Farmers. All of Elementary got together in November to participate in our annual Harvest Fair complete with crafts, games, obstacle course, and face painting! Instead of participating in Operation Christmas Child this year, we focused on collecting donations for Hurricane Sandy victims. We are so proud of our students for stepping up and having a heart of ministry! Each class had their own Thanksgiving meals in their classes and invited their parents to come and enjoy some great food and company.

See Galleries for great pics.

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Spiritual Emphasis week was by far the best we have ever seen here at Evangel.  We thank God for the Spiritual guidance of our staff who helped prepare and speak for this chapel but it was the moving of the spirit of God through our kids that made this one so unique.  The students took to heart the things that were spoken of in chapel and ran with it.  They stayed late, past their school day and continued to pray and worship in the altar.  It was an amazing site.  Many times, when a movement takes place like this, students go back to their normal lives but our students have gone the extra mile.  They have begun their own facebook and twitter page called “be the spark.”  On this page, students encourage one another with scripture and more ideas of how to grow in the Lord.  They have also begun morning prayer and lunch time bible study. They recently ordered bracelets with “be the spark” on them and are now selling them to the entire student body.  God is continuing to do great things through our students as the spark was lit during Spiritual Emphasis week.

Elementary Spiritual Emphasis Week was a great time as we learned that with God ANYTHING is possible. Through bible stories of faith and purpose, our students learned:

 

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The NED show came to our school with a positive message through the use of yo-yo tricks.  NED stands for Never Give Up, Encourage others, & Do your best.  The students stayed attentive during the show and answered questions as the presentation was given.  They learned yo-yo tricks in the process of the show and were able to purchase their very own yo-yo’s to reemphasize the message the NED brings.  The students have continued to talk about it and there has been a special area in the gym designated in the gym called the “NED” zone where students can practice the tricks they learned.  We hope we can have the show return next year as it has such a positive impact on our school.

Please see Galleries for some wonderful pictures

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THANK YOU FDNY Community Relations team!!!  Evangel Christian School is so thankful…for the 3^rd 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 5^th 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!!!

See “Galleries” for awesome pics.

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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!

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ART FAIR

We want to thank everyone for your support of Evangel’s  ANNUAL ART SHOW on TUESDAY APRIL 3^RD.

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 , 2^nd grade John Costa and 8^th 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!

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Ms. Gloria Gaynor

Academic Fair 2012

Over 1,000 people got a chance to attend our Annual Academic Fair on Thursday, March 22nd from 7pm to 9pm. Each student from Prek 3 through 12th grade designed and inquiry project which included a Project, Project Board, Research Research Paper and Presentation. Projects covered a gamut of Subjects: Science, History, English, Bible, Math, Sports, Home Economics, Technology, Fashion, etc…

The night was filled with excitement, smells of food from different countries, dances, singing, and so much more. We were honored to have with us Ms. Gloria Gaynor, famous for the song “I will survive”. Also, Mr. Michael Strawberry, brother of Darryl Strawberry, a former major-leauger, was able to attend and spend some time with our students. We are seriously honored to have had all the parents and students, families, friends, alumni, associates and partners that were able to attend.

We are so very proud of all of our students and we thank all the parents, staff and students for all of their hard work.

See “Galleries” for lots of incredible pics.

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Keep On Rolling

As we reach the half way point this year, we’re already looking ahead to next year. Our stories are getting tougher, and we’re using our reading skills to face the challenge. We’re learning to apply the skills and strategies that we already know to anything we read. We’ve built up a great momentum and we’re going to keep on rolling!

Miss DiGiovanni

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Elementary Christmas Program:

“A King is Coming to Town” was a great story of our Savior coming to this earth which our elementary students shared for their Christmas program this year.  It was a great journey as students looked at various kings, such as, King Tut, Elvis, The King of the Jungle and more on their discovery to realize that Jesus is the true King of Kings that came to this earth for us and is still alive today.

See Galleries for great pics.

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Each year our elementary classes are asked to be in charge of one of our chapels.  Our second grade students did a great job as they reenacted the story of Moses and the burning bush.  Each child took part and it helped the other students to better understand the story and how God is always with us even when we feel alone.

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The Elementary School had a day filled with fun and adventure for our Harvest Fair!  Students came to school dressed as Cowboys, Indians, Turkeys, etc… During the day each class went to the gymnasium to play a myriad of games for which they won tickets and then used those tickets to buy prizes. t was a day filled with Thanksgiving!

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Thankfulness

November is a great time to think about all of the things we are thankful for. God has blessed us in so many ways, and it is important to take time each day to tell Him how much we appreciate it. We’ve been reading many books about being thankful.

Miss DiGiovanni

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Forgiveness

October is all about forgiveness. Through Bible verses, books, and class discussions we are learning about why forgiveness is so important. Forgiveness is deciding that someone who had wronged you doesn’t have to pay. We can all think of a time when we were forgiven, so we also must forgive others.

Miss DiGiovanni

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Writers Workshop

Writers Workshop is also a new class in the curriculum for this year. Our students are walking through the Writing Process to become published authors. For the Month of September our students published Bio-Poems and had a Publishing party to celebrate their accomplishment. It is amazing to see how they are evolving into great writers.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Readers Workshop

Readers Workshop is a new class that has been incorporated into our curriculum this year. It is made up of 22 minutes of Independent reading time were our students read on their own at their own levels. The Next 22 minutes are made up of Reading Response time where students listen to a piece of literature and respond to a Focus question based on the reading in their Reading Response Journals. It is amazing to see how our students are connecting and responding to literature. For our read aloud this month we read Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco which our class truly enjoyed.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Creation

Bible time is one of our favorites of the day since we learn about God’s truth. For this month we have been focusing on trusting God’s promises because God does not lie, and whatever He promised us He will give us. We have also learned about the promise of Heaven that God has made to us. The promise that someday we will live with Him in Heaven. After learning about His promises we have started to focus on how he created all things and how we are his creation. We have focused on the 6 days of creation and what He created on each one of those days. It is awesome to learn about God’s word.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Maps

In Social Studies we are focusing on geography. Our second graders created their own compass maps and learned to give directions by using North, East, South and West. They have also learned to use map keys and understand what they represent.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Soil, Soil, Soil

In Science we have looked at properties of soil. Students examined clay soil, sand soil, and potting soil. They examined texture, color, nutrient value and porosity. Then we planted radish seeds in these three different types of soil, it has been exciting to see how our plants grow in these types of soil.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Beetle Glyphs

For this month we are focusing on Unit 1 which is patterns. Students have explored the two types of patterns growing and repeating, through the use of pattern blocks.

Students also created Beetle Glyphs to represent data about themselves such as their birthday, their favorite season and how many family members they have living with them. They came up with some beautiful creations.

Mrs. Ruiz

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International Week at Evangel was filled with diversity an a unique blend of rich cultures.  Over 73 different nationa are represented at Evangel and how awesome it is to share about our heritage with eachother.

Each day of the week was filled with something new… from wearing the colors of our flags, to country costumes, to food and desserts from our homelands. Each new student gets tpplace a marker in our wall map to represent where they are form.

We are so blessed at Evangel and we thank God for blessing us with such diversity.

Please see “Galleries” for some fantastic pictures.

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October 26th to the 30th was Spirtual Emphasis week at Evangel.  Students had an amazing week during our Spiritual Emphasis week.  Our younger students learned how God loves them just the way they are. They alsocompleted crafts and sang songs each day with our theme, “Panadamania.”  The students are continuing to learn that God is “wild” about us!  Our older students had an amazing week as our speakers, Ron and Heather Rhoads flew in for the week to share the love of God through the Word and song.  Many students responded to the message that was given each day and we are blessed as a staff to see the seeds being planted in our students’ lives.

Please check out “Galleries” for some amazing pictures.

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Fun Music Theory

One of 2nd and 3rd grades’ favorite music activities is Music Bingo. While playing this game, the students are learning about the parts of a note, accidental signs, time signatures, notes on the lines and in the spaces, rests, and key signatures with sharps and flats. Some of these things are considered advanced music education, but when it is learned in a fun way, they are eager to show you how they are grasping the concepts, and doing it with speed!

Miss Farrell

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Relay Races

The students did relay races with obstacle courses. First they ran a regular race with batons. Then we added hurdles, hula hoops, and finally an obstacle that they slid under. After they did all of them separately, we add all three obstacle courses together. Students had to step through the hoop, hop over the hurdle and then slide under. The students enjoy it.

Mrs. Rosario

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Gymnastics

The students have been learning gymnastic. They first learned to do a basic tumble . Then once all the students learn how to tumble, they go into cartwheels. Lastly they learned how to do a hand stand or a head stand with me stopping them.

Mrs. Rosario

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Hip Hop

The students wanted to do a second dance to a hip hop song. These children had fun and worked well. They did a great job learning the steps.

Mrs. Rosario

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Muscle Builders

The students have been working out their muscles. After our warm up exercises, we worked out our muscles to make them strong. They would do pushups and tug a war with their legs. They used their hands and feet to make a bridge. Then the students would lay on their stomach and try to touch their head with their toe.

Mrs. Rosario

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Spring Celebration

For Elementary we were working on a dance routine for the spring celebration. We learned how to work in groups. The song we worked on was Trading my sorrows. We learned sign language and working in pairs and stretching lines. It was very interesting. I left the streamers and flags for last because I wanted them to learn the dance steps first. Then at the end of the song, they learned together how to move the flags and stemmers together. Lastly we did the intro of the song and put the whole dance routine together. They did a great job.

Mrs. Rosario

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Scooter Races

The students in elementary did scooter racing teams. The students learned different ways of using the scooter. One is we sat on them and used our feet, second we laid on our stomach and used our hands and feed, third we sat on our knees and just used our hands and last we went backwards using our feet.

Mrs. Rosario

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Funny Stories

2nd grade had loads of fun hearing the story of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day. In fact they enjoyed it so much that they also wanted to listen to Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday. They thought that both stories were hilarious.

Mrs. Ruiz

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God loves us

Our 1st and 2nd graders enjoyed listening to The Tallest of Smalls, by Max Lucado. A wonderful story that reminded our students that they are special in their own special way. Even if we are small or we feel like we don’t fit in, to God we still matter and He loves us no matter what.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Lost and Found

We read Arthur Lost and Found by Marc Brown. We discussed the importance of being near our parents at all time when we are out, and also the important information students should now in case they were to get lost. Mom and Dad’s complete name, phone numbers and all the information to identify themselves. We had a good time.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Fear Not

2nd Grade enjoyed listening to Good Night Sleep Tight, Don’t Let The Bedbugs Bite, a funny story about being afraid, and how we imagine things that are not real when we are afraid. We talked about fears and the reason to not be afraid, because the Lord Almighty is with us always.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Twins Day

Were we seeing double in May!? Well, not exactly… it was TWIN DAY! It was so much fun to pick a friend and dress alike for the day- even the teachers got in on the action. We read books about friendship and did partner activities where teamwork was the name of the game. Do you think you could find your match just by making animal noises? It’s harder (and noisier) than it sounds!

Regina DiGiovanni

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Go Green

We went green in April. We celebrated Earth Day by reading about ways that kids can make a difference and care for the Earth. We even read that the Bible says, The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:15). So, taking care of the planet is not just a good idea, but it’s something that God told us to do. We each planted some seeds in a recycled cup that we decorated. When the seeds become flowers we can replant them outside where they are not only beautiful, but also good for the environment.

Ms. DiGiovanni

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Let’s Read

It is hard to believe that our 2010-11 school year is drawing to an end. This year I had the privilege of working with students in 1-4th grade who needed additional reading support besides their classroom instruction using a research based reading intervention program called My Sidewalks, five days a week. My Sidewalks provided instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills and strategies. Not only were theses skills strengthen but I was able to witness my students relax, gain confidence and believe that they can read as they learned to apply themselves and practiced reading daily. This summer students are challenged to read daily to improve their reading fluency and meet their reading speed goal for their specific grade.

Yvette Jimenez

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Soccer

Students had fun learning how to play soccer. They learned how to guide the ball with their feet without touching the ball with their hands at all. We also work in groups kicking the ball to each other and learning how to stop the ball with our feet. Then the fun part came when the students tried to kick the ball to make a goal. Each student had a turn at being the goalie. The goalie is the only person who can use their hands by rolling the ball to the player and stopping the ball from getting into the net.

Mrs. Rosario

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Parachute

The students have a lot of fun when we play with the parachute. We play games using the parachute and a beach ball and colorful frogs. They also like it when we make it go up and they run underneath it before it comes down.

Mrs. Rosario

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Cat and Mouse

Kindergarden-2nd grade had fun playing cat and mouse. The game is played where one student is a cat that chases all the other students who are mice. When the cat pulls the tail off of a mouse, they become a cat and start grabbing tails and so on.

Mrs. Rosario

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Baseball

Students had a great time learning how to play baseball. First they learned how to hold a bat and how to stand. Then they learned the basics of how to hit the ball with the bat and last they ran the bases.

Mrs. Rosario

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Freerice.com

Elementary School is reviewing computer vocabulary and enjoying some new websites. We started using Freerice.com, which donates 10 grains of rice to charity for every correctly answered vocabulary question.

Mr. Boyd

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Pixie

Elementary School is learning how to use Pixie, which many of them already enjoy playing with. I’ll be showing them how to use the tools in Pixie to create great pictures.

Mr. Boyd

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Let’s Type!

Elementary School is beginning a typing unit. 1st and 2nd grades will be using Jump Start Typing to get familiar with the keyboard.

Mr. Boyd

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Web Addresses

Elementary School has been learning exactly how the internet works and how web addresses are built. We tried entering web addresses and learned that they have to be exactly right to work.

Mr. Boyd

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Ronald McDonald visited our students Pre-K through 5th grade on Wednesday, May 4th.  Ronald shared a great message about being yourself.  The show was filled with student interaction, comedy, games and a great life lesson.  The lesson about “being yourself,” supported what our students are learning in their classrooms.  We teach our students to be who God made them to be and not follow the crowd.  It was a great show and students are continuing to talk about it.  As students left, they each got to shake Ronald McDonald’s hand.  How exciting!  What a great show!

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The sounds of singing and music could be heard and the smells of delicious food filled the hallways and classrooms of our school. What an awesome night it was! On Thursday, March 24th the school was filled with over 1,500 adults and children. One parent described it as a “huge party”! Students proudly explained their projects as eager listeners tasted, smelled, and watched.

The students and staff worked very hard and I believe this year was the very best Annual Academic Fair we have ever had. Pre-K focused on plants and they even grew their very own. One Kindergarten studied the planets and the Solar System and even made costumes and performed a play. The other Kindergarten focused on the book “A La Casa de la Mama Provie”. Were she goes door to door to gather food for her recipe. The Kindergartners made recipes and then cooked the dish. First Grade learned about community helpers and chose one to focus on.

Third through Twelfth grades chose their own projects from a variety of subjects such as: Science, History, English, Sports, Math, Bible, etc… Projects ranged from animal dissections to a car made out of recyclables to delicious cupcakes made from scratch. A big thank you goes out to everyone involved from staff to students to parents for making this event a HUGE success!

Check out “Galleries” for some amazing pictures!

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March is all about choices

We’re also talking about making healthy choices when we eat during our Healthy Foods Literacy Day. God put so many yummy fruits and vegetables here for us to eat. We’re having fun reading books, watching videos, and making projects that will help us choose the foods that make our bodies strong!

Regina DiGiovanni

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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Can you decide to be like Saint Patrick and use your life to spread the Gospel? Maybe we can’t travel an entire nation yet, but we can tell the friends and family we have around us about Jesus, just like Saint Patrick did!

Miss DiGiovanni

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Music Games

The students identified steady beats within the songs played for them. Upon listening to the musical examples from the Making Music cd, they wrote if the beat was steady or if it was a rhythm that was not steady. The class also danced to a song called Step in Time. We started with a march and proceeded to perform the silly movements commanded in the song. In this class, we are learning to identify the amount of beats a note takes and clap the rhythm of a musical exercise. One of our favorite activities is carried out while moving to the beat of a song called The Entertainer. This activity is to act out the word given on a card, while the class individually guesses and writes their word on a small white board and holds it up. The teacher signals yes, if their answer is correct. For this game, the only sound that is to be heard is the music of The Entertainer!

Ms. Farrell

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Learning about software

In first and 2nd grade, the students are learning to identify educational software and educational computer games. We are expanding from Jumpstart 1st Grade to several other Knowledge Adventure games, including MathBlaster and Reading Blaster.

Mr. Boyd

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We LOVE to read

February is Black History Month, so we have been reading books about important people and events from the Civil Rights Movement. From leaning about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to recording facts and opinions about the Greensboro sit-ins, we recognize how blessed we are to be in a school where we can have friends of all sizes, shapes, and colors!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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How Do You Learn?

January sure was a cold, snowy month. What a great time to curl up with a good book! Line snowflakes, we are all unique, and we each learn differently. In our reading groups we have been talking about how we learn. Do you learn best when you listen to something? When you see it? When you touch it? When we know how we learn, we can be responsible for our own success!

Ms. Di Giovanni

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Rosa Parks

Second Grade has continued to borrow books. For this month they borrowed books about the different states since their academic fair will focus on this topic. This last week they also borrowed books on Famous African American leaders of the Civil Rights Movement due to Black History Month fast approaching us. We read A Picture Book about Rosa Parks which they really enjoyed and had very thoughtful questions and comments in response to the book.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Helping those in need…

We are always looking for opportunities to instill in our the importance of ministering to those in need. An opportunilty arose through the contact of a parent who led us to “Project Angel Hugs.” Project Angel Hugs is a Christ-centered organization ministering to the emotional eeds of children with cancer and their families. To youth touched by cancer and their families, they offer encouragement through prayer, words, gifts, and festivities; harnessing the adundant energy from healthy youth to accomplish work generated by this project while instilling in them a pssion for volunteering.

Evangel students were able to touch a child with cancer by making home-made Valentine’s Cards that will be distributed o Valentine’s Day. We collected 170 Valentine’s cards from our students to send to Project Angel Hugs. The students really enjoyed being able to “reach out and touch someone” in need with  card.

See “Galleries” for pics.

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Step Up Your Faith

January 3rd- January 7th

“Step up You Faith,” the theme for the week, encouraged students to go a step further in their walk with God.  Middle School and High School students were challenged with speakers each day to take their faith to the next level.  Our Elementary students looked at a different bible stories each day as well as completed crafts to encourage them to “step up their faith.”  Our memory verse for the week was Luke 17:5-6

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Biographies

2B has been enjoying their library time. They especially like the privilege of checking out books for the week. They have been working on SRA’s which are reading comprehension booklets. They have also written mitten book reports that are posted on the library bulletin board. This class loves books, but their favorite genre is Biographies. They loved listening to Helen Keller’s story and to Louis Braille’s biography also.

Mrs. Ruiz

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Musical Phrases

In 2nd and 3rd grade music, we are focusing on music phrases. We listened to the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the phrases in this song. After identifying the parts of the song, the class played the song on xylophones. When playing the instrument, they were also spending time developing an ear for musical tones: how they go up and down; and by their ears determining what came next. This follows a class where we had defined and rehearsed line and space notes on a musical staff.

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Gingerbread Houses

Our Christmas Snack Party was a blast. We had a fruit basket, a vegetable platter, cupcakes and cookies. Thank you to all the parents who sent items in. We ended off our year by having one of our parents come in to make Gingerbread Houses with our class. The kids really had lots of fun putting the house together. I think some were more indulgent than others, in that they ate almost everything so there was hardly anything to put on their houses. We say thank you to Mrs. Barrett for doing this project with us.

Mrs. Boodram

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Our Environment

Science class has been real fun! Students have had fun learning about animals and about how the environment affects the way the animals live. They also saw how the environment can affect the way we live.

Mrs. Boodram

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God is good

Prayer has become such an integral part of our day and 2nd Grade has seen the goodness of God in their lives. Not only have they seen and heard God answer their prayers, but they are learning to trust God in spite of what may happen.

Mrs. Boodram

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Green Meadows Farm

Second Grade went on our first trip to Green Meadows Farm. It was so much fun. The kids really enjoyed going out to the farm and looking at all the animals. The highlight of our trip was making a candle made out of bees wax and also learning about the life of the bees. We loved it!

Mrs. Boodram

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What are you thankful for?

During our Thanksgiving feast, we had an opportunity to bring in our favorite food and share it with the class. The kids had fun setting the tables and eating lunch together. We even got an opportunity to share with each other about things we were thankful for.

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Fun Exploring Numbers

Number Corner time has been a challenge as we are trying to have fun with numbers exploring ways to get to 10, 12, 15. Learning time, measuring, hundreds- adding and subtracting on the hundreds grid, learning about new patterns on the calendar chart are all things we are learning.

Mrs. Boodram

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Creating New Stories

Our Spelling words have been taking us to exciting places! We are now learning to juggle our thoughts together as we create our own stories using our new words. The girls are really enjoying this.

Mrs. Boodram

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The Ants Go Marching On

During Math time we studied the ants as we were learning about Word Problems. Second Graders had so much fun, not only learning about the life of the ant, but in actually making their own ant story problem. They had to write out a word story problem, write the number sentences to match the problem and then illustrate it by using cut out ants in their ant holes. This was all done on individual sheets as each child got to share their problem with the class and have it displayed on the bulletin board. We had so much fun.

Mrs. Boodram

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“Christmas Hang Ups”

“Christmas Hang Ups,” the title of our elementary program this year was another take on what Christmas is really about.  Our students told a story through the eyes of Christmas ornaments.  It showed us how we get “hung up” on so many things, other than the true meaning of Christmas.  The students sang, danced, and acted out the true meaning of Christmas.  It was a great night filled with great joy of our Savior coming to this earth, Jesus Christ, and there were over 500 in attendance

Please see “Galleries” for some great pictures.

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The following are some comments from students and what they like in Second grade.

I enjoy Math because I learned my 2Times Table and am learning the rest of the Times Table .I also enjoy reading the books at the back of our classroom. Ava Rose Reyes

I enjoy Phonics because Phonics is easy and fun to do. I also enjoy Bible and learning my Times Table. Amara Gerena

I enjoy Journal because we write. I also like to go to Reading because it is fun. I like learning new stuff. Ismael Ruiz

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Fun Fridays

We do this every Friday. Show and Tell is fun because we get a chance to bring a toy from home and share it with the class. We get to tell about the toy that we brought. Sometimes we don’t get to bring a toy, but that’s okay. Show and Tell is something fun that the class does.

Mrs. Boodram

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Where are you from?

International week was exciting! We each got to write about our country and present it to our classmates. They even had an opportunity to wear the colors of their flags. They loved this because it gave them a chance to show off their clothes. Sharing their favorite food from their country was also a blast. The kids were really happy to know about their friends backgrounds and try new foods. It was very interesting.

Mrs. Boodram

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Math Quilt

Imagine making a quilt in Math class! Yes we did, not with the traditional piece of fabric, but with paper! Orange squares, red triangles and green rectangles. Each child had their own squares to work on. They glued the different shapes of paper together on their square. The most exciting part came when the kids had to join each square together as we made one big quilt.

Mrs. Boodram

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Writing on Leaves

Fall finally came and our Book Reports were due. Our kids took great pride in writing their reports on leaves. They really loved looking at their reports on the bulletin boards.

Mrs. Boodram

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Christmas Decorations

Elementary classes got a chance to make temporary sculptures this past month. Pre-K practiced with shapes and towers, while Kindergarten through 2nd grade practiced alphabet skills, all with Play-Doh. They also prepared for the Christmas season by making homemade, decorated Christmas cards and coloring beautiful Christmas templates.

Miss Kleinschuster

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Wish List

To enjoy the Christmas season and learn new skills in word processing such as changing fonts and centering text, we made fun things like colorful Christmas poems and bulleted Christmas lists. Some of the Christmas lists were pretty incredible. I wish I could have a jet pack for Christmas too!

Mr. Boyd

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Spirit Week

I was impressed with how many students in both elementary and middle school entered a drawing, painting or collage of our school mascot, the eagle, in the first ever Spirit Week art contest here at Evangel. Thanks for participating, guys!

Miss Kleinschuster

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Thanksgiving

Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade continue to celebrate the beauty of autumn by making their own customized trees decorated with abstract leaves. They, along with second grade, also celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday by constructing their own turkeys and writing down what they were grateful for.

Miss Kleinschuster

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Literacy Day

Our Nativity Story Literacy Day was a great success. We read so many books about Jesus’ birth and some of us even dressed up like angels, shepherds, Mary, Joseph, and the wise kings. We had a blast!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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The Ture Meaning Of Christmas

December has been so exciting! We are getting in the true spirit of Christmas by making Christmas cards for the veterans in the VA Hospital in Brooklyn. We have prayed for them and we want them to know that we love and appreciate them!

Ms. DiGiovanni

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