Evangelical Students Come Together for Annual Thanksgiving Feast
After preparing the meal together, the school community shared a feast on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.
GODFREY - Students at Evangelical School once again came together to prepare and share a Thanksgiving feast.
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On Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, the kids gathered in the Evangelical gym to eat together as a school community. Principal Amanda Macias noted that the event requires “a lot of hands on deck,” but encourages students’ collaboration and builds the school’s positive culture.
“Everybody loves Thanksgiving,” Macias said. “There are quite a few kids here, but it’s still like everybody knows everybody, because we try to make those connections throughout the year. It’s just a really great environment and experience for the kids to grow up in.”
In the week leading up to the Thanksgiving meal, students and parents with the organization Evangelical Parents Investing in Children (EPIC) worked together to prepare the food. Students learned cooking skills and experienced the satisfaction of trying the food they made.
Macias joked that the youngest students’ “little arms are about falling off” as they shook up jars of butter, but they were excited to try the butter and other new foods. As they ate, students were eager to share what they had made.
The middle schoolers and fifth graders were paired with two pre-k or kindergarten students to help them decorate placemats, get their plates, and eat together. Macias believes this contributes to the school’s culture. Additionally, she expressed gratitude for the school’s spiritual life, noting that students and teachers often pray together.
“These kiddos are awesome,” she said. “Today in worship, one of the kindergarten classes sang ‘Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart,’ and even just to hear these tiny babies talking about being thankful — they’re just such good kids. They are really, really, really good-hearted kids.”
Jamie Millgan, an EPIC parent who has chaired the Thanksgiving meal for the last few years, echoed Macias, adding that she loves working with students across grade levels. She believes the school is a tight-knit family.
“It's a blessing to be able to do it,” she said. “The community has grown so much. It's wonderful to be surrounded by parents who learn to love your children as much as you learn to love theirs. And the parents themselves, they become such close friends. The teachers become your friends. It just feels like a home when you walk into the school.”
Macias added that they have open spots at Evangelical School for anyone who is interested in learning more about enrolling their students.
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