Essex County Christian Education | UMEI Christian Highschool

Camp Explore U 2013

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:52:39 +0000

Lightning Live

sonya — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:01:54 +0000

Lightning Live, Friday February 8

This is an annual event that takes place on campus to showcase some aspects of high school life at UMEI Christian. Current grade 7 & 8 students are invited to shadow our students in several different interactive classes. While on campus, our guests attended chapel, had the opportunity to make apple fritters or build a race car out of Lego Robotics, shadowed phys ed and drama classes and were given a presentation to end the afternoon. Two current students spoke and helped to answer questions. This was a great opportunity for grade 7 and 8 students to come on campus, interact with our students and see what happens on any given day at UMEI.

We had 28 participants: 13 grade 7s and 15 grade 8s. Of the 15 visiting, 8 have already registered for next year. Recruitment for next year is going very well, as we have 13 students already registered for grade 9 next year!

It’s still not too late to take advantage of early registration, which ends March 31 and receive a $100 tuition credit!

Grandparents Day

sonya — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:08:45 +0000

Happy New Year! I hope everyone’s holiday was great!! A few days before the Christmas break, UMEI hosted the second annual “Grandparents Day”. It began at about 11:00 am in the chapel with Paul Dueck, Chris Warkentin and Spencer Neufeld. We “travelled around the world” singing different Christmas hymns from different countries. After we all sang, we made our way into the gymnasium for finger foods such as cheese and crackers and brownies. While we all ate and mingled, a few grandparents and even students stood up a told everyone their favourite Christmas memory. Overall the event went magnificently, and we hope to see all you and your grandparents out next year!

- Olivia Toews, gr. 9

Christmas Concert

sonya — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:50:18 +0000

On December 14th we had our Christmas Concert. The concert started at 7:00 pm, with the choir singning ” O come, O come Immanuel.” In the concert we had the choir sing and the teachers talking about the true meaning of Chritsmas. We also had Samuel Dyck and Amanda Enns played a duet for us. Andrew Dyck and his brother Joel Dyck also played a duet. It was a wonderful night of praising God and celebrating Christmas.

- Willy Janze, Grade 9

Christmas Party

sonya — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:46:07 +0000

UMEI held its annual Christmas party on Wednesday December the nineteenth and it was a smashing success. The old auditorium was transformed into a winter wonderland thanks to the decorating committee. All the students looked dashing in their formal attire and the food provided by the students was simply scrumptious. After dinner the students took part in many festivities such as a photo session, followed by a performance by the grade nine class which featured many flattering pictures of teachers in their younger days. Afterwards the students played a rousing game of carol charades in which the grade twelves were victorious (obviously). Fresh off his sleigh Santa and Mrs. Clause paid a visit to the students to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls. The night came to an end with more pictures and the students got to finally meet their prayer partners with a gift exchange. All in all it was a night filled with fun, laughter, and plenty of Christmas spirit.

Extra Curricular

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:13:00 +0000

Register Today!

admin — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:53:09 +0000

Frankie & The Gingerbread Boy

sonya — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:52:26 +0000

Some picture highlights from the annual Grade 11 Play. This year the grade 11s performed Frankie & the Gingerbread Boy. The play is a tragedy that deals with high school bullying. The playwright Bobby Keniston describes the play as presenting “the tragedy that comes from intolerance to that which is different.” The grade 11s put on three great performances this weekend – Friday afternoon for 200 visiting elementary students, and open performances Friday and Saturday night for the public. It was a great turn out and a great show! Thank-you to everyone who worked hard to make the play a success, especially our director Mrs. Harnadek.

Chili Cook Off

sonya — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:21:39 +0000

Hey Everybody!

The Chili cook-off was held on Sunday, October 28th at LUMC. This was held so that students could raise money for their trips. Entry was by donation and in the end, the students raised $2500!

The UMEI students got into groups of two or three. They all made a chili and tried to make it as creative as possible. Some students did themes such as Mexican, Detroit Tigers, and cowboys. People went around trying as many chilis as possible and then voted for their favourite chili.

The winning group was voted by the people who attended. Apparently, their chili was absolutely delicious! The winning group was Lena, Erin, and Jenn. They enjoyed an extended lunch out at Jose’s.

Thank you everyone who supported this event! A special thanks to LUMC for letting us use their church to host this event.

By: Josh, J.R, Olivia, Gibson, and Willy

Trick Or Eat

sonya — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:20:32 +0000

Hello!

On Halloween night, the Faith-in-Action club was very busy going door to door collecting can goods for their second annual “Trick or Eat”.

The students met at Mrs. Tiessen’s house for a meal and then headed out to a variety of neighborhoods in the town of Kingsville.

The members of the Faith in Action club collected 397 cans and dry good items that were donated to the Kingsville food bank. The students braved the cold and rain to help out those in need during this holiday season.

The night was finished off with hot chocolate and the students enjoyed some of the candy that was given to them during their Trick or Eat!