East Sac County Community School District

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

Nothing better than coming back from Holiday Break and starting the day with high fives, hugs and smiles! Thank you to the Sac City Chamber for welcoming students back this morning and getting their day started off right!

Update - There will be NO SCHOOL at East Sac County CSD today (1/2/25) due to the snow and current road conditions.

East Sac County CSD will be 2 hours late today (1/2/25). No AM Preschool or before school activities. Please allow extra time and drive safely when traveling to school.

ESC is seeking caring and quality individuals to fill the following positions!!! If you know of any individuals who are looking for a new position within the East Sac County Community School District, please share this post with them and send them our way!!! ESC offers a competitive starting wage and benefits!!! Become a RAIDER today!!! Teaching Positions - Available August 2025 1.0 FTE 7-12 Special Education Teacher - Strategist I Mild/Moderate 1.0 FTE 7-12 Special Education Teacher - Strategist II BD/LD 1.0 FTE High School Spanish Teacher Food Service: Available Now PT School Cook, Sac City Elementary 8:30 AM- 1 PM Teacher Associates: Available Now FT Elementary Special Education Associate Coaching Positions: 8th Grade Baseball - May 2025 7th Grade Baseball - May 2025 8th Grade Softball - May 2025 7th Grade Softball - May 2025 Apply at: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/

Congratulations to East Sac County Students Of The Month for the month of December! 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: Aubrey Tedesco & Ronnie Bentsen Kindergarten: Frankie Schroeder, Teagan Bengford & Delaney Mohrhauser First Grade: Skyler Wirtjers, Maddy Brotherton & Ivy Buse Second Grade: Emarie Wiggins, Evan Thiele & Mariah Miller Third Grade: Gannon Pope, Finn Mueggenberg & Becklee Mohr Fourth Grade: Mia Mueggenberg & Jase King Fifth Grade: Kendall Wallerstedt & Jackson Bailey Sixth Grade: Chael Hanrahan & Addison Clayton 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: Diana Knaub (12), Hayden Fahrenkrog (8), Kylie Rudd (8), Brooke Burns (10), Peyton Ellerbrock (9), Kristen Bailey (11) and Peyton Steinkamp (7). We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!

Amazing performance by the ESC High School band and choir last night!!! Our young musicians did an excellent job in front of a packed crowd. We are very proud of these students!!

We had a very festive and exciting High Five Friday this morning as Santa from Sac City Hardware and the Grinch from Paisley Jo Boutique joined us! The smiles on students' faces were wonderful to see! What a great way to kick off our last school day before the holiday break!

This is cool! Our East Sac County first graders and their parents participated in a December "Read In". Our students have been working hard in the area of reading and wanted to showcase their parents what they have learned. During the "Parent Read In" the parents had the opportunity to hear our students recite 2 poems and sing a song about the Polar Express. Once the students were finished with their presentation they enjoyed snacks and read some good books with their family! As a school district we truly appreciate the parent involvement and commitment to learning we have at East Sac County!

Tis the season for giving to others without thinking about ourselves, and with that in mind two East Sac County 8th graders led an idea for an Angel Tree for gift donations in the school!! Hayden Fahrenkrog and Kylie Rudd came up to Mr. Tedesco with the idea and quickly worked to game plan how it could be done. With the help of Gail Eischeid from the local food pantry we were able to find 21 individuals who could use a little help around the holidays. The pictures show the vehicle full of gifts and some we still had on the cart. We are so proud of our students for their initiative, thoughtfulness and follow through with this great idea and for our student body and staff for getting the gifts and returning them on time for these families!!!

East Sac County is seeking a Full Time School Nurse! Required Licensure: RN Licensure Recognized by the Iowa Board of Nursing Pay and Benefits: Competitive starting Hourly Wage - negotiated based on education and experience A GREAT working schedule - Follows the School Year Calendar - Summers Off! NO Nights, Weekends, or Holidays Approximately 185 days per year IPERS Paid Holidays and Personal Days Paid Single Health Ins. Optional Dental and Vision Ins.   The successful candidate will serve approximately 740 East Sac County Students across our 2 buildings.  A specific job description is available upon request. More information about becoming a Iowa School Nurse can be found here: https://educate.iowa.gov/pk-12/student-services/specialized-support/health Apply Here: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=347&posFirstChoice=Special%20Education&posSpecialty=School%20Nurse

Congratulations to the 1st semester Students in the Arts - Visual Arts award recipients!!! KG Lillian Kies, 1st Kenna Mork, 2nd Keely Meister, 3rd Finn Mueggenberg, 4th Emmet Brown, 5th Ellie Steinkamp, 6th Dante Donner

Tonight, Friday, 12/13/24, Basketball vs. NF - JV Girls and JV Boys BB postponed, Varsity Girls 4:30 pm followed by Varsity Boys around 6:30 pm. All wrestling events cancelled.