East Sac County Community School District

Today is School Nurse Appreciation Day! Allison Hoberman stated with ESC in March. She is doing an AMAZING JOB and are very HAPPY to have her here serving the students of ESC!!! We would also like to thank Nurse Kit Williams for her willingness to sub for several months in the district this year as well!!!

Associate Teacher of the Year Award!!! Each year, the Professional Educators of Iowa recognizes an individual for the Associate Teacher of the Year award. Our very own Doug Kramer was nominated for this award. Terry Gladfelter, the Executive Director of PEI presented this award to Doug in front of staff and the JH/SR student body. Doug has shown commitment to staff and students throughout the building. He is supportive of all students in every content area. We are very lucky to have Doug as an associate at our JH/Sr High School. Congratulations Doug!!!

Today we will show our appreciation for the 7-12 Teachers! The East Sac County 7-12 building has some pretty AMAZING TEACHERS and we are PROUD to CELEBRATE them this week!!! Here they are in order of years of service to East Sac County!!! THANK YOU for teaching OUR ESC students!!! ⬇️👩‍🏫🎉Please help us show appreciation by dropping some comments below by THANKING our TEACHERS for all of their dedication to our children!!! 🎉👨‍🏫⬇️ TODD BONTRAGER - 35 Years MARILYN PETERS - 33 Years ERIC MCCOLLOUGH - 24 Years SARAH BLUM - 23 Years GENE COON - 23 Years BONNIE MUEGGENBERG - 22 Years BRENDA OLERICH - 20 Years ABBIE JULIN - 19 Years DENISE WATERS - 19 Years RACHEL ZEHNDER - 14 Years CRYSTAL PUDENZ - 11 Years KELSEY DEGNER - 9 Years CRISTINA BUSE - 7 Years SUSAN GROTH - 7 Years REBECCA JACKSON - 6 Years JEFF KOHN - 4 Years STEPH ERPELDING - 3 Years NELSON FINDLING - 3 Years CINDY WILCKE - 3 Years STACY ANDERSEN - 2 Years PHIL HESNARD - 2 Years MARIE RESSLER - 2 Years CARTER CHURCH - 1.5 Years NOLE BOCHMANN - 1 Year EVAN GUTZMER - 1 Year AMBER HOEFLING - 1 Year NICOLE MARTIN - 1 Year ANGELA SIEFKEN - 1 Year JOSIE WULF - 1 Year MIKAYLA PAPE - .5 year

Congratulations to East Sac County Students Of The Month for the month of April! Elementary students are recognized for consistently following Raider expectations, putting forth their best effort, and being a difference maker within the school. Congratulations to the following students: Preschool: Benjamin Schmitt and Whitney Mohrhauser; Kindergarten: Cole Brown, Lucas Larson and Bentley Bieret; First Grade: Nova Blum, Lillian Chedester and Maddy Brotherton; Second Grade: Max Green, Raven Torres and Elizabeth Stone; Third Grade: Charlie Kischer, Mason Scharn and Brayden Menke; Fourth Grade: Kaleb Mork and Chandler Wells; Fifth Grade: Colt Buse and Kenley Brotherson; Sixth Grade: Jase Sievers and Sarabella Shur. Junior High and High School students have been nominated and selected by staff for many reasons. Criteria can include 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: Hayli Kimsey (12), Sarah Bontrager (11), Marissa Roseberry (10), Marc Brotherson (9), Joe Hayes (8), and Lane Sistrunk (7). We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!

A fantastic day was had by all at the Lakeland TAG Passion Project Convention this past Friday. Our ESC students did a great job presenting their projects and learned a lot about other students’ passion projects!

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week!!! The East Sac County PK-6 Building has some pretty AMAZING TEACHERS and we are PROUD to CELEBRATE them this week!!! Here they are in order of years of service to East Sac County!!! THANK YOU for teaching OUR ESC students!!! ⬇️👩‍🏫🎉Please help us show appreciation by dropping some comments below by THANKING our TEACHERS for all of their dedication to our children!!! 🎉👨‍🏫⬇️ SAMMIE BRUCE - 38 Years LYNNE WILSON - 35 Years TRICIA FREIER - 30 Years TERESA BETTIN - 26 Years DALLAS PULLEN - 26 Years MICHEALA ENGEL - 20 years LISA KIES - 16 years KATHY SCHMIDT - 16 Years ANGELA ELLERBROCK - 15 Years JESSICA HUNZIKER - 15 Years LEANN BOECKMAN - 10 Years KARI MAHLER - 9 years ALLI SCHROEDER - 8 Years STEPH MOHR - 7 Years KAYLA PHILLIPS - 7 Years ALI SCHROEDER - 7 Years REBECCA BROTHERTON - 6 Years ANDREYA HARMS - 6 Years KACIE PETERS - 6 Years JODI REESE - 5 Years CARRIE BOLAN - 4 Years JIM DEMERS - 4 Years SHANTELL RASTY - 4 Years ANGIE HORSLEY - 3 Years CARMEN SCHIMMER - 3 Years ANNIE SCHMIDT - 3 Years MELISSA DREY - 2 Years JESSI GOLWITZER - 2 Years ALYX HUDSON - 2 Years KRISTI MIRANDA - 2 Years SKYLEE BLOCKER - 1 Year TAYLOR BUSCHMAN - 1 Year SIERRA HEESACKER - 1 Year ALEX KOLBE - 1 Year

This Tuesday! Youth Market Place from 5:30 - 6:30!

Our very own East Sac County Booster Club greeted students as they arrived to school today! Thank you for spending your morning with us and for all you do for the students at East Sac County!!

Today is School Lunch Hero Day! These ladies work very hard to keep our kids happy, healthy, and well fed when they are here at school and throughout summer lunch program! Today we THANK them for their work and and acknowledge their importance in the school district and the community!!!

It is traditional that on May 1st colleges want to know if you plan to attend their institution or not. We celebrated ALL seniors on Decision Day for the class of 2025! Students enjoyed juice pouches and donuts from Dorothy Jane's Bakery in Lake View while watching a slideshow of their classmates' plans for after graduation. Jared, our College and Career Transition Counselor, brought t-shirts for all of the students attending Iowa Central Community College. Students snapped pictures and enjoyed the company of their peers as their senior year is quickly coming to an end. Please take 6 minutes and check out the Senior YouTube video! Congratulations Seniors, this is what going to school is all about!!! https://youtu.be/uQia2a5HXSM

Today is Principal Appreciation Day! East Sac County would like to show our appreciation and thank Mrs. Halbur and Mr. Tedesco for all of their hard work and dedication to helping East Sac County students, families, staff, and the district. Thank you!!! Becky Halbur - 4th year as Elementary Principal and has served East Sac County for 17 years. Tony Tedesco - 2nd year as 7-12 Principal

Today the Senior class along with Mr. Bochmann, Ms. Waters, and Mr. Hemiller took a trip to the Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines. Seniors had the opportunity to tour the building, learn about the state's rich history, and the story behind the building itself. They had the chance to step into the historic library, see the Assembly floor, as well as a tour of the iconic golden dome. This was a great experience for our seniors!

A big THANK YOU to the Daddy Daughter Dance committee in Wall Lake for donating recess supplies to the elementary!! New footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, frisbees, sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, indoor recess games and kickballs were donated for all students to enjoy! Students were so excited; we greatly appreciate your generosity!

We have an update to the KDSN ESC Senior night. Our East Sac Seniors will now be taking over the air waves on KDSN May 6th instead of tonight! Tune in at 6:00pm May 6th to KDSN radio to hear our senior students DJ your favorite songs.

With all of the postponements and cancelations of JH track meets this year, East Sac County is happy to host this rescheduled meet so kids can compete! With the meet being rescheduled, some of the volunteers who were available yesterday are not available today. If you re interested in helping at our MS track meet tonight, please contact Lance Wilhelm and Eric McCollough at lwilhelm@eastsac.k12.ia.us and emccollough@eastsac.k12.ia.us. Please join us in Sac City for a great night of Track and Field for our Raiders and the teams who are joining us!!

On Friday, April 25 chemistry students demonstrated the wonders of science to two extremely curious elementary groups. From giant bubbles to elephant toothpaste chemistry students demonstrated the magic behind the reactions and gave a brief explanation as to what was being demonstrated. In the words of one of our kindergarten students, "the show was super-duper awesome"!

On April, 24th, KCAU 9 News hosted 105 of Siouxland's top academic achievers in the class of 2025 for its 42nd Annual Best of Class at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City. East Sac County's class of 2025 Valedictorian, Kendall Quirk, was given this honor and attended this event. Look for her on TV as you just might see her featured on KCAU 9 News in the coming weeks. Congratulations Kendall!!! https://www.siouxlandproud.com/best-of-the-class/kcau-9-celebrates-2025s-best-of-the-class/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ8g_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFFd0kxTzBjWG5ab2VvYWlCAR76aBP7_Q-ptqLNJM5OI5_RH12SDJr563NEd3mAKVh_gQglxYef3BVk88JZSg_aem_6O9yR5C0pcUKsDhDVDp7Tw

East Sac County 5th-12th grade band members put on our annual Parade of Bands Concert tonight!! Under the direction of Ms. Andreya Harms for the 5th-8th grades and Mrs. Kelsey Degner for the 9th-12th, it was an excellent performance from all grades!!!

This morning at ESC Elementary, Twilight Acres employees greeted students as they arrived to school for High Five Friday!!! They had several helpers that got to join in on the fun as well! Thank you for spending your morning with us!