To start the year, the 3rd graders read two different Magic Treehouse stories. They then identified elements that make a story a Magic Treehouse story. For their final project, they are working on writing their own Magic Treehouse stories. The goal for the students is to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. They have been working very hard to edit their papers & create their final product. They are very excited to share these with their parents and guardians at conferences!
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Ms. Hoefling's Intro to Ag class has been learning about Parliamentary Procedure. During this specific class period, students had the opportunity to put the skills they have learned into action, by creating a Candy mixture or "salad". In order to get a specific candy in the mixture, students had to properly make a motion, discuss, and pass the motion before it was added. It is important for students to learn how to properly run a meeting and the rules that go along with parliamentary procedures as they go into their future careers!
ESC Government class students held a debate for a mock presidential election in front of the entire student body today!! For a class project, these students held primaries in their classes and picked one candidate from each class and these two are now going head to head to see who could be the winner! Students will vote next week to complete this project. And it was a great interactive look at the presidential process from primary, to debate, to final vote!
This morning we welcomed Park View Rehabilitation Center to our building for High Five Friday! Students truly enjoy having special greeters on Friday mornings; what a great start to the day!
Tomorrow these 7th and 8th grade band members will be heading to Storm Lake for the NWIBA JH Honor Band Auditions. Let's wish them all good luck!!!
Here are some more pictures from Fire Prevention Week!!! A big thank you goes out to our local fire departments!!!
Today we recognize and show our appreciation for Mr. Hemiller and his work as the East Sac County Superintendent. He works very hard to ensure staff, families, and students are safe, successful, and enjoy their experience at ESC. Thank you for your work and dedication to our district and community. We appreciate you!
What a wonderful performance by our ESC high school choir tonight, under the direction of first year choir director Evan Gutzmer! The choir did amazing job with an ambitious song selection that these students handled with ease!!
This past Friday, the Woman of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Sac City delivered each first grader a Reading Bear. They hand-made 58 bears so each first grader would have the opportunity to have a bear to read to during school. The purpose of this program is to build confidence in their reading as they would have their own bear to listen to them read during reading time. The kids were excited to pick out their bear that they get to keep at the end of the year.
Thank you to the woman of St. Paul's Lutheran Church for providing this opportunity for our first graders!!!
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.
Kindergarten students from Mrs. Freier''s class had a great time last week learning about fire safety, firefighters, and fire trucks! Each student received a Fire Hat and a ride on a Fire Truck!!!
We were fortunate this morning to have a very large High Five Friday group! The Sac City, Wall Lake and Lake View Fire Departments greeted elementary students this morning. A lot of familiar faces for many of our students!
Each month, 3rd graders get the opportunity to participate in Pick a Better Snack. Lora Wright with Sac County Extension and Jill Williams from Loring Hospital come into the classroom to share about a fruit or vegetable. They teach the students how the fruit or vegetable is grown, how it helps their bodies, and how it can be eaten or prepared. At the end of the presentation, students are able to try the different fruit or vegetable.
Join us for a delicious breakfast every day we have school. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 8:00 AM daily.
October is National Principals Month! We would like to recognize the leadership of our East Sac County Principals!
Becky Halbur, PK-6 Principal
Tony Tedesco, 7-12 Principal
Heather Spetman, Director of Special Education, PK-12 Assistant Principal
Thank you for your work and making East Sac County a great place to learn and grow!!!
Fall Play Shirts!
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Order Deadline is Oct 18th.
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Yesterday, Ms. Wood took three East Sac County students who are considering K-12 education as profession down to Iowa State for a college visit and a look at the ISU Education Program!
From left to right in the picture: Mike Manzer is interested in teaching Physical Education, Chloe Ramaeker is interested in teaching secondary sciences, and Sophia Gardea is interested in elementary education.
East Sac County Elementary Playground Dedication!!!
Today East Sac County held a Playground Dedication to thank and recognize the donors and those who helped a dream become a reality. Several donors were present and a plaque was presented to Julie Clayton for all of her work with the wring grants and fundraising.
The Journey -
In July of 2023 a group of teachers and Julie Clayton were in the planning stages of fundraising for playground repairs. Steve Nutezman and Mark Berry did what they could to get the existing playground usable for the 23-24 school year. In discussions with Mr. Hemiller and the ESC school board it was decided that this project would be a priority for the district. At that time estimates were obtained and a project design was accepted. Julie started writing grants and asked local businesses to donate to this project. The playground project that was adopted had a price tag of $477,000. This project was made possible by several of those pictured and others who were not present today! Through Julie's fundraising efforts, the school district received approximately $130,000 donated from over 25 different people or organizations. This donation number includes the savings of about $30,000 worth of labor donated by Wirtjers Excavating and Trucking for the dirt work and site prep. The school district used capital project funds to pay for the remaining $350,000 balance.
Thank you to all of the donors and Julie for helping bring an awesome playground to ESC that our East Sac County students can enjoy, be proud of, and is accessible for all!!!
Last week, East Sac County FCCLA members attended the Iowa FCCLA fall rally held at Iowa Central Community College today. The 28 members participated in workshops, community service, and contests. Keylee Dixon and Emily Slater prepared a cheese dip for the dip challenge. Kinzie Erpelding cooked her Dill Pickle Wrap Grilled Cheese in the Grilled Cheese Challenge and earned 3rd place and a spot on the competition team at the State FCCLA Leadership Conference next March. Madison Meister and Avaloyn Dontje prepared a Corny Cheese Dip and earned third place!
