District Group Speech results are in!
Our East Sac County Group Speech participants earned a Division II rating in each category they performed in on Saturday!
Here is a message from Speech Coach Cassondra Schachtner: "Kids did very well. All three groups received a 2 rating. (1 being Excellent to 4 being, not good). We did not move on to state but we got lots of positive feedback and other coaches told them 2 is great for our first year! The team embraced all the comments, watched other categories/groups and are already discussing what they might want to do next year! We are also very excited for individuals."
We had a BIG group from Evapco join us this morning at the elementary! It is always great when we are able to have parents and grandparents be part of our High Five Friday!! Thank you for taking time out of your morning to join us!
East Sac County is excited and proud to send these students to Group District Speech this Saturday in Manson! Good luck!!!
Radio Broadcasting- Emma Carrico, Paris McCrea, and Paige Hout will be bringing their podcast, "Chitchatgirlz"
Improvisation- Liam Dagget, Jillian Pope, and Paris McCrea
Short Film- Liam Dagget, Paige Hout, Lillie Unrien, and Grant Golwitzer with their motion stop film, "Golwitzer Production-Dino Rampage"
On Wednesday, January 22nd, 6 East Sac County FFA members got the chance to visit the capitol. Students visited with our legislators to learn a little bit more about what they do and gained insight into some upcoming issues that will be discussed. The members thanked Representative Mike Sexton and Senator Tim Kraayenbrink for taking time out of their busy schedules to meet with them. They even received the unique opportunity to climb all the way to the top of the capitol building and take pictures outside!
Looking for a pregame meal this Friday and a chance to catch our Raiders in some home basketball action? To save on some time for yourself, let us do the cooking for you! The ESC Junior class parents are serving a shredded pork sandwich meal from 5-7:30 in the elementary cafeteria! Afterwards you can catch our high school boys and girls basketball teams play against Alta-Aurelia!!
ESC Preschool 2025-26 Pre-Registration
Do you have a Preschool aged child? If so we would love for them to attend Preschool at East Sac County! This form is Pre-registration for the 2025-2026 Little Raiders school year. Your child must be the age of 4 by September 15, 2025 to attend Little Raiders Preschool at East Sac County CSD. A reminder that preschool for the 2025-2026 school year will be 1/2 day preschool, four days a week (Tuesday - Friday). If you have any questions, feel free to call Mrs. Halbur in the Office, 712-662-7200.
Online registration will close February 5th, 2025.
Please fill out this Goggle Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf21X8mvMuAE2oreG8-0V3OznCU-VziAYd8qfBswhT2ZCxAGg/viewform?usp=sharing
Due to the Extreme Cold Warning starting at 6:00 PM tonight and predicted weather into tomorrow morning here are ESC's weather-related announcements:
- Girls Wrestling Tournament scheduled for tonight in Sac City has been postponed to a date to be determined
- All after school activity practices will be done by 6:00 PM tonight.
- School on Tuesday, January 21st will be delayed 2 hours.
East Sac County is seeking to fill 3 Elementary Teacher Associate Positions! Please Apply TODAY!!!
Why should you become a Teacher Associate ?
Starting Pay is $14.60/hour with a HS Diploma, $15.10/hr with a 2 year Degree or Para Certification, $15.60 with a 4 year degree
Awesome Work Hours - No weekends, No nights, No Holidays
Benefits include - IPERS, paid personal days, optional insurance, a great work environment, and the chance to give back to your community.
Apply at: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=352&posFirstChoice=Support%20Staff&posSpecialty=Special%20Education%20Assistant
Thank you to MGM Plumbing in Sac City for joining us at the elementary this morning for High Five Friday! Your smiles and warm greetings were just what students needed to get their day started off right!
Congratulations to the 1st semester Students in the Arts - General Music award recipients!!!
KG Frankie Schroeder
1st Veronica Auen
2nd Kay-Miann Alafanso
3rd Charlie Kischer
4th Jimmy Gomez Jr
5th Colt Buse
6th Chael Hanrahan
Congratulations to the 1st semester Students in the Arts - Instrumental Music award recipients!!!
5th grade - Jarrett Huster
6th grade - Brooke Jensen
Mark your calendars!
ESC second graders have been working very hard to complete their bug books. Throughout Unit 2 of ARC, the students had to answer six different research questions. They used this information to write a nonfiction book on their bug. Parents please look for these when the come home. Great job to our 2nd graders and their teachers!!!
The kindergarten classes are currently learning about fish, through our Zoology unit in our ARC curriculum. To enhance this learning, we invited Ben Wallace(a fisheries biologist) into the classrooms. Ben was able to compare and contrast how fish are different from other animals, and review the important organs fish have. The students were able to touch the fish, and ask important questions they had. Thank you to Mr. Wallace for sharing fish and knowledge!
This week the ESC 2nd grade students had the opportunity to learn about how farmers have a big impact on our community with Alayna Hansen from Loess Hills Ag in the Classroom. The kids watched a video on where our food comes from. Then they made a food web with Alayna to discuss how everyday items like clothes, food, sports equipment, etc, come from plants and animals raised on farms. Each month Alayna is going to come into the classroom to teach our students about agriculture.
We want to thank Alayna for this experience for our kids to learn more about how agriculture helps our community!
Junior and Senior students in the Extended Learning Program (XLP), along with their teacher Mrs. Reese, greeted students this morning for High Five Friday! Many students enjoyed seeing familiar faces in the building. It is always great when our older Raiders can spend time with students at the elementary!
Our East Sac County students have opportunities to learn information and skills inside and outside of the classroom through our School to Careers Program. This program allows students to work in a occupation during school hours to learn employment and job skills in an area the interests them. Students are held to expectations that are required of most workplaces. Congratulations to these students who decided to take part of this program!!
Calvin Chedester-B.C. Livestock Carnarvon
Emma Frank-Loring Hospital Sac City
Tyson Herrig-Cookies Food Products Wall Lake
Brooke Rardin-Loring Hospital Sac City
Kennedy Reaman-Bettin Feedlot Odebolt
Carson Rudd-Lake View Lumber Lake View
Jerzee Schwanz-Salon L & Boutique
Reading is very important for learning! Our ESC elementary students have been very busy reading at school and home. We are currently on track to meet our goal for the year at the half way point.
Our students have read a total of 111, 728 steps. They have met our 1st and 2nd quarter reading goals. They have 104,272 steps to meet our building for the end of the year. Thank you to the parents for helping create environments at home that promote reading!!!
Bake Sale Alert! If you are able, please support our students and their work for a good cause!
Prior to the Holiday Break, the 5th and 6th graders had a Food Drive Competition. The winner was Ms. Schimmer's room with 517 items with over 1,000 items in total delivered to our local Food Pantry!!
Before break, each East Sac County first grade student received decodable books to take home and keep. These books were given to them from Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education. This is part of a program to promote literacy, form a partnership with parents, and help reinforce learning at home.
More information about this imitative can be found here: https://educate.iowa.gov/press-release/2024-12-02/gov-reynolds-iowa-department-education-invest-35-million-bolster-classroom-instruction-reading-home?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
