Extracurricular Activities
Beyond Traditional Education...
ECA offers a variety of enrichment activities for students, from after-school clubs to all-school events. We believe students need to develop not only academically, but physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually as well.
After-school clubs change quarterly and vary according to student interest and teacher availability. Students and teachers are welcome to make club suggestions. In the past, we have offered activities such as juggling, drama, volleyball, soccer, basketball, line dancing, strategy board games, debate club, and youth group.
Examples of past clubs and small group activities:
1st Quarter
- LEGO
- Swipe (card game)
- ultimate frisbee
- basketball
- chess
- small-group Bible studies
2nd Quarter
- LEGO
- chess
- basketball
- drama
- small-group Bible studies
3rd Quarter
- yearbook
- SLC
- basketball
- drama
4th Quarter
- LEGO
- crafts
- basketball
- aquaponics
- SLC
- ultimate frisbee
- small-group Bible studies
ECA has a quality music program that offers a variety of opportunities for students to grow. Official classes include elementary music, middle-school choir or band, high-school choir, music theory, and musical theater.
Students can take private music lessons for an additional fee and have a chance to perform at school recitals at various times during the year. The elementary, middle-school, and high-school choirs also perform a Christmas concert and a spring concert for the parents and the community.
ECA offers many types of field trips, from day excursions to the zoo or a local olive-oil mill to week-long trips to other countries.
In middle school, students participate in three days of outdoor educational experiences at the end of the year, from hiking to learning about the history of Spain at Puy du Fou, to visiting museums or famous landmarks in Madrid, to facing the challenges of a ropes course or enjoying a kayak adventure. In 8th grade, they take an overnight trip to Merida to visit the Roman ruins and directly experience what they have learned about in Bible and History class.
High-school students are invited to a weekend of leadership training in the Spring, with many leadership opportunities to invest in each school year: the National Honors Society, Student Council or the Student Athlete Leadership team are just some examples. Students also travel outside of Spain, with multiple opportunities a year. Past trips have included language trips to France, honors choir trips to cities around Europe, leadership training in Budapest and senior trips at the end of twelfth grade.
We seek to integrate a biblical worldview in all the classes we teach, and students at ECA also attend weekly chapels featuring a worship time, guest speakers, and small-group discussions. We start off the year with a secondary camp and end the year with an elementary camp, both including times of teaching from God’s Word. Spiritual emphasis week or Missions week take place the month of February. We highly encourage students to be part of a discipleship group led by teachers on a weekly basis. Our desire is that students come to know and trust Jesus as their personal Savior and Lord and that they grow in their knowledge of and obedience to God’s Word.