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The phrase “Math is useful for everyday life.” is often repeated to students throughout the course of their education. However, demonstrating that fact in a creative way, so as to engage students, can be a trickier task. Angela Morse, our middle school math instructor, is constantly looking for imaginative ways to do just that. Her middle school students often talk about how she helps math “make sense”, so I visited her classroom to get an inside look at how she does it! Read on to see some of the projects they have done. • Geometry: The Pythagorean Spiral Students learned about [...]

The other day I had the opportunity to visit Mrs. Turella's classroom to ask the students a few questions about the fifth grade. They had some great answers and were so full of joy. Here is what they had to say! ---------- ME: “Ok, guys…what do you love most about the fifth grade?” STUDENTS: “We get to go on awesome field trips! This year we went to IFly and did “Mission to Mars” at the Museum [of Flight]!” “That was fun!” “Yeah and it’s fun going with a smaller class, because we get to do more things.” “Science is really cool. [...]

EAGLE TIMES Written by the ECS Journalism Team Spelling Bee The Spelling Bee was on the 27th of January at Shorewood Christian School. Our representatives did a great job!! Our students won two 1st places, three 2nd places, and one 4th place. Shooting into Girls’ Basketball ECS is excited to introduce the 2017 Girls' Basketball season. This season is going to be filled with lots of fun and hard work. This season, the girls are looking forward to team fellowship and learning new basketball skills. They are planning on helping with the mini Eagles and having lots of fun!! Get ready [...]

Written by Dalia Ibrahim - Middle School Science, Pre-Algebra and DEEP Instructor What is DEEP? Depending on the age of your child, the answer to this question will vary throughout the years they attend ECS. To a kindergartner, it is a fun time once a month where the older kids play games with them that are based off the monthly chapel theme. For an upper elementary student, it is a time where they get to join a small group and discuss the chapel message again while having fun. By middle school, the definition of DEEP takes on a whole new meaning. [...]

Enjoy this blog post written by our Elementary Music Teacher, Miss Adams, on our upcoming Christmas performances. Curtains up, ECS…it’s show time!  That is my favorite phrase in the whole world; it always has been and always will be.  The only other one that compares is "God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!"  I love that we can say that here at ECS.  I feel so blessed that every day I get to experience all of my favorite passions in one place:  kids, teaching, and performing! The best bonus is that I get to do [...]