East Sac County Community School District

Continuous learning takes place at all levels in a school system! This past week East Sac County Superintendent Mr. Nate Hemiller and East Sac County Board of Directors member Mrs. Laurie Kluver attended the Iowa Association of School Boards annual conference in Des Moines. They attended educational sessions as well as talked to other school leaders from across the state about best practices and how to best serve the students and community of East Sac County as educational leaders. Thank you for attending the conference!!!

Our students we greeted today by two deputies from the Sac County Sheriffs Department!!! Thank you to Deputy Brouwer and Deputy Stange for greeting our students and serving our communities!!! We appreciate you and your entire department!!!

Metric measuring and PBIS PJ day celebration, could this day in 2nd grade be any better?

Thank you Hayli for making our school and community better! Congratulations on your induction into the East Sac County National Honor Society!!!

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!!!

Check this out!!! Our 6th grade scientists completed a magma movement investigation to learn about magma movement to be able to understand how it affects plate movement so they can create a cause and effect model.

Please read the entire post! 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!!!

Thank you Elle for making our school and community better! Congratulations on your induction into the East Sac County National Honor Society!!!

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.

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 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!

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!

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

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.

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

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!!!