ON TO STATE!!! CONGRATULATIONS to East Sac County Boys Cross County team for qualifying as a TEAM to run at the STATE Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge!!! Way to run and represent East Sac County!!! GO RAIDERS!!!
ESC Juniors had the opportunity to take part in DMACC Career Discovery Day at the Carroll Campus. Students were able to learn from area businesses by participating in a business tour of their choice and learn about careers in four different career sessions on campus. Career sessions ranged from automechanics, welding, cosmetology, fire science, nursing, business, and much more!
Big thank you to DMACC in Carroll for putting on such a valuable event for our students!
Yesterday, 11 students from East Sac County took part in Iowa's FCCLA fall rally at Iowa State University campus. A little over 700 hundred students from across the state partook in listening to guest speakers and the state leadership team. Touring the Human Sciences department at ISU and competing in the Iowa star events. Oliver Daggett participated in the grilled cheese challenge and Liam Daggett submitted a photo relating to Family and Consumer Sciences. Liam brought home the top honors for his photo and Oliver did well making a Grilled Za, grilled cheese with pepperoni, mozzarella and provolone cheese and Italian seasoned butter!
Teaching employability and work related skills are important to our district, our students, and our community!!!
In Personal Finance students learned all about careers from how to pick a career that is right for them, filling out applications, completing resumes, writing a cover letter, interviewing, and writing a thank you letter. In the following pictures students are shown completing their mock interviews. Students were to apply to an open sales associate position and interview for that same position. In order to make the process as real world as possible students interviewed each other while the other students in the classroom critiqued their interviews by writing positive aspects and things that need to be improved within the interview process. Students were to dress up and were graded on appearance, first impressions, interview content, interview technique/skills, and their closing. Students then were required to write a reflection about their interview. This was a great experience for the students; they were able to sit through an interview and get some real world experience before actually interviewing outside of school.
Kindergarteners in Miss Eidem's class love reading! Half of the class has already reached 100 steps and kids are always asking if they can read in place of other activities. Even though kids are just learning how to read, they are learning how fun and important reading is!
More RAIDER SUCCESS from the weekend!!! - This time in the FINE ARTS!
We had 5 of our 7-8 band students selected to participate in NWIBA Junior High Honor Band on Saturday. These students have been preparing audition materials since July. They will rehearse all day on Saturday November 4 at Dordt University and give a concert later that afternoon. Students selected to the red band are: Lauryn Lally, flute; Ximena Sandoval; flute and Caroline Mahler, clarinet.
Students selected to the blue band are Ella Wieck, alto saxophone; and Brayden Phillipson, baritone.
We would also like to give special recognition to Ximena Sandoval, who was one of 2 flute players selected from the northwest district to participate in All Iowa 8th grade honor band in May. This is a very prestigious honor for an 8th grade instrumentalist. Ximena will participate in that band at the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in Des Moines in May. CONGRATULATIONS on your accomplishments!!!
Ximena Sandoval for All-Iowa 8th grade honor band.
Caroline Mahler, clarinet
Brayden Phillipson, baritone
Ella Wieck, alto sax
Lauryn Lally and Ximena Sandoval, flute
RAIDERS WIN!!! What a way to finish the regular season!! WINNING at HOME on SENIOR NIGHT!! Congratulations to our East Sac County Football team on their 13-6 WIN over Sioux Central!!! On to next week!!!
For this High Five Friday, East Sac County students were greeted by members of the Sac City Fire Department. With this week being Fire Prevention Week, having them greet our students today was perfect. Thank you for serving the community and for the high fives today!!!
Today, 2nd graders started their bug research unit. Over the next nine weeks, our classroom will be infested with bug BOOKS while we work hard on our research projects. Here you can see students reading about bugs!!!
Engineering and teamwork !!! Mr. Mc Collough's 7th graders had the opportunity to build bridges and test their load capacity in our Industrial Technology class. Students learned about structural loads, supports systems, craftsmanship, and team work! These skills are a very important part of the East Sac County curriculum. Nice job 7th graders!!!
Mrs. Schroeder’s 5th grade social studies class is learning about the Constitution. They are focusing on the three branches of government and learning how important it is to be a citizen of the United States!
We had some very special guests for High Five Friday today!! Police Chief John Thomsen and Officer Lane Snyder from the Sac City Police Department greeted our student this morning!! We are proud to build a positive relationship with those people who protect and serve us on a daily basis. Thank you!!!
East Sac County Elementary students have accepted the challenge to read 216,000 steps for the 2023-2024 school year. They are reading at home and at school daily to reach this goal. In August and September, they have already read a total of 24,652 steps. In the lunchroom we have a Rainbow where we will color in each piece for every 6,000 steps (1 step is 15 minutes). It is awesome to see how much of the Rainbow we already have colored in for the year!!!
Yesterday was Senior Application Day at East Sac County! Seniors going to college or post-secondary programs were supported and encouraged to complete their applications on this day. 28 students completed a post-secondary application, 22 students had already completed an application on their own, and many of our seniors are planning to go directly into the workforce.
Mrs. Schroeder’s 6th grade social studies classes are learning about The Five Themes of Geography. Each group had to pick a country and present information to their peers through a google slide presentation. Students not only spent time researching, they also practiced their public speaking skills.
Finishing up HOMECOMING week with a WIN was AWESOME!!! Congratulations to our East Sac County Football Team on their 23-0 shut out over Eagle Grove. Thank you to everyone who helped and supported East Sac County this week for our Homecoming! GO RAIDERS!!!
This group of 1st graders took it upon themselves to start cleaning up trash/litter on the playground during their last recess on Friday. Keeping our facilities at East Sac Community Schools clean and nice for our students takes respect and help from everyone. Thank you 1st graders for helping keep our school nice and doing your part without being asked. It takes us all! Go Raiders!!!
HAPPY HOMECOMING!!! CONGRATULATIONS to King Caden Arbegas and Queen Jennifer Aschinger as they have been crowned royalty for our East Sac County Homecoming week!!! Thank you to everyone who attended coronation tonight. We have a very exciting East Sac County Homecoming week ahead!!! GO RAIDERS!!!
Today, Kindergarten-2nd graders were able to meet Pete the Cat. They earned this celebration in their classrooms by being SAFE, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE, & Kind the last few weeks of school. They listened to the book, Pete the Cat, I Love My White shoes, gave Pete a high five/fist bump, or hug, and colored a paper.
This weeks HIGH FIVE FRIDAY guests were our very own East Sac County Cross Country TEAMS! These students are having success in the classroom and on the course! Thank you for being positive role models and greeting our younger RAIDERS to school! GO RAIDERS!!!
