Sept. 10, 2021
It's Friday, and we're happy to share a new edition of Tides of Pride, our weekly e-newsletter featuring highlights of the week from the East Central Independent School District. We hope everyone had a great week!
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East Central's Athletic Department is hosting "Hornets Stepping for Heroes" on Sat., Sept. 11 at 8 am to honor our First Responders and their act of heroism on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by taking 2,071 steps in Hornet Stadium. Everyone is invited. #ECProud! #ProudlyUnited
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Our Child Nutrition Department understands the importance of community engagement and student support outside of the cafeteria. Therefore, the Child Nutrition leadership team set up a teaching table at the Meet the Hornets event on Aug. 25. Students got to sample menu items and whole-grain snacks while gaining valuable nutrition education information. Through these events, the leadership team records student feedback and community input to help in future menu planning. Have a school-based community event? The Child Nutrition Department would love to participate. Please contact Veronica at veronica.villarreal@ecisd.net or (210) 634-6269.
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Students in Mrs. Nelson's fourth-grade class at Tradition Elementary explored engineering and creativity during morning meeting time!
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Sinclair Elementary Mustangs were showing their spirit during "You Matter" week!
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What's better than a good book? A GREAT BOOK! Mrs. Silva, librarian at Salado Elementary, knows how to pick them. Pictured is Mrs. Levrie's Pre-K class attentively listening to Ish by author Peter H. Reynolds. After the story, the children drew "sun-ish" and "star-ish" pictures for the library bulletin board. Thanks, Mrs. Silva! We love it when the stars align, and we can bring reading and writing together!
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Alma Cornejo leads the Sinclair U session at Sinclair Elementary, introducing AVID, how AVID supports campus goals and the District profile of an EC grad and establishing ourselves as AVID teachers who empower our students with organizational skills and tools. The teachers took away many ideas to use for the classroom.
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Highland Forest Elementary second-grade students showed their understanding of place value by building place value animals and finding the value of their animals. These creative students made an elephant, a shark and a turtle!
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A new club has emerged at Oak Crest Elementary. The Multicultural Club will be responsible for bringing awareness of the various cultural celebrations throughout the school year. This month, they celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
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In anticipation of International Dot Day, the students in Ms. Flores' Art class at Salado Elementary created compositions and presented how they plan to make their mark this school year to their classmates.
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At Oak Crest Elementary, teachers are proud to see their students learning from each other. Eugenia C., a Dual Language fifth-grade student, guided her classmates on how to access their assignments in Google Classroom using the classroom’s iPads.
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Mrs. Wilson's and Mrs. Robinson's Life Skills classes at Tradition Elementary enjoyed sensory water play during recess.
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Sinclair Elementary's school-wide incentive was Crazy Hat Day! Mustangs rocked it out today!
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Tradition Elementary fourth-graders help with Recycling each week!
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There was tons of math learning happening at Sinclair Elementary this week. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division OH MY!
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Oak Crest Elementary students are excited to be back in the library. They enjoyed choosing interesting books and sharing their excitement about them with their classmates.
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Mrs.Jung's and Ms.Lopez’s co-teach class at Pecan Valley Elementary are working in guided reading groups and independent reading to grow as readers.
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Sinclair Elementary counselor, Ester Huron, is standing next to hundreds of bags full of food for visitors to Sinclair's Open House. The generous donations come from the San Antonio Food Bank.
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A big shout-out goes to Mrs. Guevara for cooking up some amazing character and team-building activities for the fourth-grade classes at Oak Crest Elementary. Mrs. Guevara is the school's new counselor and is a great addition to the campus. Way to go!
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When visitors come into Pecan Valley Elementary, they will be greeted by our fantastic new lobby!
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Highland Forest Elementary had a great Open House on Thursday, September 9. Families and students were excited to see all of the great things happening. Staff members were grateful to have families in the building together.
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There were lots of happy faces at the Open House at Oak Crest Elementary!! 🐝 Teachers and staff
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Did we mention how fabulous Oak Crest Elementary's PTA is? They were recognized for being a National PTA School of Excellence! They truly know how to take care of OC’s students and teachers!!
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Ms. Jonas' class at Highland Forest Elementary celebrated being safe, respectful and responsible 100 times by moving their reading lesson outside.
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Oak Crest Elementary students show off their campus spirit by wearing their OC shirts! 🐝
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Third-grade students in Mrs. Arias's classes at Oak Crest Elementary stay engaged with hands-on experiments. Students work with items and determine whether they sink or float, then document and discuss their findings.
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Salado Elementary students are involved in work time. During work time, each child decides what to do, what area to play in, what materials to use and who else will be involved.
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On September 10, fifth-graders at Oak Crest Elementary met with Officer Monet Hale. They discussed the core values: Respect, Responsibility and Safety. They also learned about being a good citizen and the importance of respecting our police officers. Thank you for your service, Officer Monet!
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Parents at Pecan Valley Elementary enjoyed Open House and learned how their students would be growing this school year.
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Establishing teacher connections with students and parents during Open House at Harmony Elementary.
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ELAR Instructional Facilitator, Dayna Cardenas, challenges students at Legacy Middle School to annotate with a purpose using color coding and providing turn and talk opportunities, allowing students to do the work. She is a model of what a teacher-leader should be!
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Mr. Huff, eighth-grade ELAR teacher at Heritage Middle School, displays exemplars of student work, showcasing his students' creativity, instilling pride and intrinsic motivation. These exemplars provide a tangible example of standards-based grading connecting to our proficiency scales. Mr. Huff also engaged his students in individual feedback in reading and writing, using his interactive screen at the front of his room.
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Legacy Middle School's Lady Knights volleyball teams played against Metzger Middle School this week. Both eighth-grade teams (A and B) and seventh-grade teams (A and B) defeated the Metzger Mustangs. Way to go, Lady Knights! (Picture is of the eighth-grade team.)
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Shelly Anderson, ELAR teacher at East Central High School, fully comprehends how to craft engaging learning experiences. Transforming a boring, dull classroom with ambiance, plants, track lighting, flexible seating and multicultural relevant positive vibes, Ms. Anderson constantly pushes her freshman and seniors to think, read, write and speak daily. She is a trendsetter and an inspiration. Anyone walking by her open-door learns and is inspired! Here's a VIDEO of Ms. Anderson in action.
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Students in Coach Perez's Chemistry class at East Central High School participated in a lab about the separation of mixtures. The students worked rigorously and thought critically as they determined the methods and changes required to separate a mixture of rocks, sand, salt and water into its individual components. We love to see these young scientists at work! Excellent job!
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Mr. Timothy Bishop, ELAR teacher at CAST Lead High School, shares with students what he is currently watching, learning and reading, allowing students to make relevant content connections, personal connections, and literacy connections! Emphasizing the importance of a growth mindset and constantly learning in life, Mr. Bishop is a literacy superstar!
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Check out these East Central High School GEAR UP students! This is just SOME of the work these Class of 2023 students put in over the summer through a partnership with Our Tomorrow.
Nina G. in Our Tomorrow's FIRST EVER podcast!
Tsomlee G., Gabriella M. and Sarah S. were featured in this article! They participated in a research project over the summer - which looked at SUMMER MELT.
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East Central High School's Lady Hornets Volleyball competed against Boerne High School and Flour Bluff. East Central finished in second place for the tournament. Photos by Shane Shelton.
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We want to hear from you!
Have a group of students that did well at a competition? A teacher that went above and beyond? Awards won? Grants received? Any amazing statistics for the week? We want to hear about it! Click the button below to submit your story for Tides of Pride. If you have any questions, please call (210) 634-6380 or email marcom@ecisd.net.
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