Eastern Christian High School (ECHS) is a private Christian high school located in North Haledon, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The high school is a part of the Eastern Christian School Association which also has a middle school (ECMS) in Wyckoff, and an elementary school (ECES) and preschool in Midland Park. ECHS accepts students from anywhere in New Jersey.
As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 330 students and 39.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1. The school's student body was 58.8% White, 23.0% Asian, 8.5% Black, 7.0% Hispanic, 0.3% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander and 2.4% two or more races.
Eastern Christian follows a program called "Faith in Action" in which every student in the high school is required to complete a certain amount of volunteer hours in order to get their high school diploma. In 2015, Eastern Christian School was recognized as a National School of Character and was rated as one of "The 50 Best Christian Schools in America."
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Athletics
The Eastern Christian Eagles compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to the NJSIAA's realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Eastern Christian was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).
In 2007, the girls soccer team, seeded #2, won the North B state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over top-seeded Gill St. Bernard's School in the tournament final, the team's first title in this section. The team moved on to win the Group B state championship with a 2-1 win over Bishop Eustace High School.
Eastern Christian won the first North Non-Public B state sectional track and field title, edging second-place team Villa Walsh Academy by a margin of 126-123. Cross country runner Kristen Traub won the Non-Public B individual title in 2009.
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Notable alumni
- Jonas Brothers, Kevin (born 1987) and Joe (born 1989) attended the school.
- Peter Kreeft (born 1937), philosopher at Boston College and The King's College and author of numerous popular books of Christian philosophy, theology, and apologetics.
- Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), singer, actress.
- Alexander Noyes (born 1986), drummer for the band Honor Society.
- Katie Sagona (born 1989), actress.
- Antonique Smith, actress/singer best known for her starring role as Mimi in Jonathan Larson's Broadway production of Rent and starred as Faith Evans in the film Notorious.
External links
- School website
- Data for Eastern Christian High School, National Center for Education Statistics
References
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