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Eastern Christian High School

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Type
  
Private high school

Enrollment
  
335 (as of 2009-10)

Website
  
School website

Number of students
  
335 (2009–2010)

Color
  
Blue and Yellow

Faculty
  
30.1

Grades
  
9 - 12

Nickname
  
Eagles

Phone
  
+1 973-427-0900

Founder
  
David Sills

Student to teacher ratio
  
11.1

Athletics conference
  
North Jersey Interscholastic Conference

Address
  
50 Oakwood Ave, North Haledon, NJ 07508, USA

Similar
  
Hawthorne Christian Academy, DePaul Catholic High Sch, Paramus Catholic High Sch, Wayne Valley High School, Manchest Regional High Sch

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Eastern Christian High School (ECHS) is a private Christian 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.

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As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 335 students and 30.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 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."

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.

Notable alumni

  • Jonas Brothers, Kevin (born 1987) and Joe (born 1989) attended the school.
  • Peter Kreeft (born 1937), philosopher.
  • 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.
  • References

    Eastern Christian High School Wikipedia