On November 7th, Mrs. Jackson and her associates took 7 students to participate at the Special Olympics Unified Sports Day, held at BVU. Students got to participate in 7 different stations. The stations were: bowling, corn hole, basketball, Bocce Ball, Baseball, Volleyball, and Pickleball. The students were at each station for 20 minutes where they got to play the games with BVU students who were volunteering for the event. Some of the comments from students were "I really enjoyed playing basketball", "I really enjoyed getting to play with BVU college students", "My favorite part was bowling". All students had a great time!!!
Thank you Samuel for making our school and community better! Congratulations on your induction into the East Sac County National Honor Society!!!
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Sometimes bad things happen to good people. A few weeks ago, members of our East Sac County FFA Chapter had their vehicle broken into at a restaurant while attending the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. A backpack was stolen out of our school van. No one was hurt, students were able to work through an unfortunate circumstance with their advisor, the window and stolen items can be replaced.
Although this situation started with some bad people doing bad things it ended with some very good people doing good things. We wanted to recognize these people and their kindness by telling our story.
Following the discovery of our broken window and stolen items, a patron at the restaurant took it upon himself to find gorilla tape and cardboard to get the window "fixed up" while Mrs. Groth was on the phone and talking with the police so our chapter could safely drive back to their hotel.
Then other patrons who were in the restaurant started a collection for one of our students whose backpack was stolen and handed her $100 to replace her bag and the contents inside of it. Our student, not wanting to accept this generosity, then attempted to give it to our FFA chapter but was ultimately told to use it to replace her items.
About 24 hours later, the student's bag and other stolen property was found at a downtown pizza restaurant. The person who found the property made a Facebook post looking for an "our student" from East Sac. A relative of hers saw it and posted it in the "National FFA Members" Facebook group. Then a random person took it upon herself to find our school's Facebook page and messaged our FFA group to let us know about the original post and the found bag. Mrs. Groth contacted the original post maker who gave me the lady's number that had our student's bag. Mrs. Groth was able to call her and identify the bag and contents. She'll be mailing it to the school! Surprisingly some of our student's personal items were still in the bag!
What was also cool about all this, our students seemed to notice the "acts of kindness" and talk about that instead about the theft and broken window.
There are good people out there. We appreciate what everyone did to turn a bad situation into something good for our FFA chapter and our students!!!
Thank you Kylie for making our school and community better! Congratulations on your induction into the East Sac County National Honor Society!!!
Today was a very special day at the East Sac County buildings as our students and staff honored our area Veterans! To start the day, Veterans joined us for High Five Friday. Then the Veterans were honored in the gym during the Pledge of Allegiance recited by all students PK-6. As students left the gym, they thanked our Veterans for their service and some handed out cards or pages they had made or colored.
In Lake View, Veterans joined some ESC students and staff for a special Veterans Day Ceremony.
It was a great day honoring some of our local Veterans and thanking them for their service!
GOOD LUCK to our East Sac County swimmers as Hailey Burns and Mai Wellingerhof. compete at the STATE SWIM MEET this weekend! Here are some pictures from the send-off yesterday!!!
East Sac County CSD is seeking a Full Time School Business Official due to a retirement. Candidates should possess the ability to manage the Business Services functions of the district including budget and finance, purchasing, transportation, food services, safety and risk management, preparing for board meetings, reviewing board policy changes, management of employees benefits, and other related areas as assigned.
Minimum requirements include:
• A.A or B.A. Degree in Accounting or related field, required
• Must possess or be willing to obtain a School Business Official certification from the Board of Educational Examiners within two years of employment
East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The central office is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by multiple administrative assistants, the superintendent, support from an experienced School Business Official, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Additional job responsibilities will be discussed upon request. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation.
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and other relevant materials to:
Nathan Hemiller
Superintendent
East Sac County CSD
nhemiller@eastsac.k12.ia.us
Tentative start dates:
Candidates without School Business Official experience – January 2nd, 2024
Candidates with School Business Official Experience – April 1st - July 1st, 2024 depending on current situation and contract.
Thank you Elle for making our school and community better! Congratulations on your induction into the East Sac County National Honor Society!!!
Congratulations to seniors Tori Hutchinson, flute, and Oliver Daggett, clarinet, for their selection to the NWIBA High School Honor Band. They will rehearse all day on Saturday January 6, 2024 at Morningside University in Sioux City, IA. They have been preparing since July for these auditions. Congratulations on your hard work paying off!
East Sac County Community Schools are very excited to celebrate Veterans Day this Friday! We will celebrate the accomplishments and honor the sacrifices all Veterans have made for our great country. Area Veterans will be our guests at High Five Friday to greet our students and join in saying the morning Pledge of Allegiance. Following that, Veterans and the public are invited to Lake View where ESC will have a Veterans Day program. Please join us in celebrating these local Veterans if you can.
CONGRATULATIONS to the newest members of the East Sac County National Honor Society!!! Last night, new members were inducted in a ceremony led by NHS advisor Mrs. Cristina Buse. #Character #Leadership #Service #Scholorship #NationalHonorSociety
Preschool Sentence Builders! Mrs. Niehaus’ preschoolers have been involved in an interactive writing activity. Interactive writing teaches the students connections between what we write and what we read. The students were excited to build their sentences and share them with their friends!
Thank you for making our Elementary Book Fair amazing and creating memories that will last a lifetime! It was a huge success!!
A BIG THANK YOU to Kali Stone for help me organize and run the fair and to Larry & Corrine Stewart and Linda Bettin for volunteering many hours to help us run the fair during conferences and helping us clean up. The help is very much appreciated!
Also thank you to the High School NHS students and the 5th graders that came and volunteered on Monday to help the students make wish lists.
If you missed the fair or want to purchase more, you can still shop online until Nov. 12
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/escmselemsac
Thanks again,
Teresa Bettin
East Sac Teacher Librarian
Tonight will be a special night for 9 East Sac Students as they are inducted into the National Honor Society. Family, friends, and the public is invited to attend this ceremony tonight at 7:00 PM at the East Sac County High School.
You may have noticed that East Sac County is working really hard this year to increase district success and showcase the good things happening here at ESC.
Today we would like to recognize this TEAM of PROFESSIONALS. These individuals are our East Sac County TEACHERS. They go to work everyday to help our students learn and find individual success.
THANK YOU for your work at Parent Teacher Conferences!!!
Congratulations to the East Sac County High School Students Of The Month for September and October! These students have been nominated and selected by staff for many reasons. This includes being a role model for others, showing kindness, doing well academically, working to the best of their ability or having a positive attitude. Congratulations to the following students who were Students of the Month in September & October:
Front row - Madison Bieret (12), Kendall Quirk (11)
Back row - Gabe King (9), Dawson Allen (9), Seth Donelson (10), Luke Wernimont (12), & Jack Gullett (11)
Not pictured - Sarah Bontrager (10)
We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!!
Congratulations to the East Sac County Junior High Students Of The Month for September and October! These students have been nominated and selected by staff for many reasons. This includes being a role model for others, showing kindness, doing well academically, working to the best of their ability or having a positive attitude. Congratulations to the following students who were Students of the Month in September & October:
Ximena Sandoval (8), Damian Riedell (7), Cael Roth (8), & Hayden Fahrenkrog (7)
We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!!
SCIENCE!!! Biology students are learning about the movement of substances in and out of the cell. Using a chicken egg, students are able to see this process each day with various types of solutions. As you can see, our young scientist like hands on labs!
East Sac County is starting a "Student of the Month" program!!! Student from each grade will be nominated for various reasons including: being a role model for others, showing kindness, doing well academically, working to the best of their ability, or simply having a positive attitude about school and learning.
Congratulations to the East Sac County September and October Elementary Students of the Month!!! We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!! Parents - Please share this post and be proud of your child's accomplishments in receiving this award.
Front Row: Keely Meister (1), Blair Steinkamp (1), Gracie Kischer (3), Cole Mueggenberg (K), Nora Horsley (2), Greyson Garcia (K), Cynlee Ripley (2)
Back Row: Keaton Remmick (3), Piper Hogrefe (5), Quinlee Hugeback (4), Piper Thompson (4), Kennedy Schmitt (6), Dallas Kennebeck (6), Harrison Roth (5)
Preschool: Tate Buse & Everly Thorpe
Things were fun and a little spooky yesterday at East Sac County with staff and students participating in some dress up fun. Students in the Elementary were greeted by the Sanderson Sisters with several classroom parties at the end of the day. There were some great costumes. Check out our pictures. Also, thank you to the parent volunteers that helped out in a few classrooms with the parties.
