Our East Sac County 5th and 6th grade students enjoyed the pancakes at the annual Kiwanis Pancake Day!! Thank you for allowing us to attend!! As a reminder, they are serving tonight from 5 - 6:30 at the Sac City VFW.
The ESC Dance Corps Spring Show is March 15th at 7:00 PM. PK-8th grade students have the opportunity to be part of the show and participate in a Dance Camp that morning to prepare for the show. Here is the registration form. Hope to see you there!
ESC is seeking a caring and quality individual to fill the following position!! 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!!!
Apply here today: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=365&posFirstChoice=Food%20Services&posSpecialty=Cook
ESC had 5 kids compete in 6 categories at the district individual speech contest in Whiting earlier today!!
Jillian Pope (solo musical), Paris McCrea (Improv), and Paige Hout (Prose) each received #2 ratings in their categories!
Liam Daggett (Solo musical), Grant Golwitzer (Acting), and Paige Hout (Poetry) all have received #1 rankings in their categories and will be going to the state competition, March 15th at Woodbury Central!!
Speech coach, Cassie Schachtner stated the following after their performances today, "I am very proud of all of them! We had some challenges finding time to practice due to snow days and illnesses but we did it! We are all excited to go to state!"
On Wednesday, ESC welcomed in a new group of performers into our new Troope 12, which is now the ESC Troope of the International Thespian Society.
The inductees for 2025: Paige Hout, Grant Golwitzer, Miika Grotluschen, Denae Thayer, Sarah Bontrager, Rachel King, Emma Carico, Lauryn Lally, Jaron Schramm, and Jillian Pope. Missing is Libby Gullett and Liam Daggett.
"The International Thespian Society is the only theatre honor society for middle and high school students in the United States. Affiliation brings credibility and distinction to students, theatre programs, and schools. It is a visible, positive symbol of the quality of your theatre program. ITS recognizes, rewards, and encourages student achievement and celebrates the work of students in all aspects of theatre – performance and production. Each student is honored on a national level and gains access to opportunities and resources beyond those of their school."
Last night the ESC Music Department put on our 2025 Pops Concert. It was an excellent night for our young musicians! Outstanding performances from both groups!! The theme this year was "A Night on Broadway" featuring music from, Wicked, Mary Poppins, The Phantom of the Opera, and more!!
The Dock It crew from Lake View brought a lot of energy this morning for High Five Friday! Thank you for making the morning so great!
East Sac County was recently recognized as Fields of Excellence Award Winner by Pioneer Paint. Only 100 fields in the nation were chosen for this award. Of those, 4 were from Iowa. East Sac County has earned this award 15 times! This award is a result of Steve Nuetzman's hard work and dedication to the ball fields here at East Sac County!!! Thank you for what you do and earning this award for our district!!!
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The hottest place to be Friday night will the small gym at 7:00 for the HS band and vocal Pops concert!
Our theme is this year is "A Night on Broadway"- all music featured in a variety of musicals.
Wicked, Mary Poppins, Into the Woods, and more!
We'd love to see you there!
Save The Date!!
You can be a part of the inaugural tournament that is set to help establish our East Sac County Raider’s Activity Fund!!
We want to continue to provide outstanding extracurricular opportunities within our district for our students. This fund will establish working budgets for each activity/athletic group.
Swing Fore the Kids is set to alternate between Spring Lake Golf and Country Club and Sac County Golf.
This is going to be fun you are not going to want to miss. Reach out to a committee member below for more information about how to become a founding sponsor and secure your team!
Lance Wilhelm, Eric McCollough, Carter Church, Nole Bochmann, Jackie Mahler, Kyle & Ally Leners, Scott & Cora Lahr, Kevin & Alycia Sporrer, Brandon & Mckayla Aschinger, Steph Erpelding, Scott & Laurie Kluver, Justin & Cari Wieck, Justin & Steph Bellcock, Dan & Abbie Julin
A big thank you goes out to Dakota Popp, our Sac County Naturalist. She joined us to teach the east Sac County 2nd grade students about animals that live in Iowa. Students learned what they eat and about their tracks. Students were given the opportunity to touch different types of fur from a grey squirrel, fox, and beaver. Thank you to Dakota for extending our students learning in science about local animals!
Breakfast next week is on us!!! March 3rd through March 7th East Sac County CSD will be celebrating National Breakfast week! During this time all ESC students are eligible for free breakfasts complements of the ESC School District and ESC Nutrition. Enjoy!!
On Friday, February 21st, four members of the University of Iowa's renowned Writer's Workshop came to East Sac County's 7-12 building in Lake View to work with the 8th graders and the Creative Writing class on poetry. This event was sponsored by the Sac City Arts Council and the Sac Educational Foundation.
This morning we had two groups join us for High Five Friday. Family First Dental in Sac City and Houdini's Soda Fountain in Lake View greeted students as they arrived to school. Thank you for taking time to be a part of our Friday morning at the elementary! Students look forward to this every week!
POPS Concert - Friday, February 28th. Join us for a fun evening of Music!
East Sac County CSD will be 2 hours late tomorrow (2/20/25) due to the cold weather. No AM Preschool or before school activities.
Alyana from Loess Hills Ag in the classroom visited ESC last Thursday to teach our students about how food gets from the farm to the table. Our students learned about all of the agricultural products that make a pizza! Thank you to Alyana for coming to teach the 2nd grade students about Ag in the classroom!
No Food Pantry tomorrow, It will be open next week.
East Sac County CSD will be 2 hours late tomorrow (2/19/25) due to the cold weather. No AM Preschool or before school activities.
Post Season Basketball starts tonight for our Lady Raiders! The East Sac County Lady Raiders will travel to IKM -Manning tonight with the game starting at 7:00 PM. Please come cheer on the Raiders!!!
Reminder - This is a IGHSAU regional game, therefore no school or conference passes will be accepted. All tickets must be bought here: https://www.gobound.com/ia/ighsau/girlsbasketball/2024-25/tickets
GO RAIDERS!!!
