Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Sally and the Cat in the Hat (aka Pecan Valley Elementary teacher Miss Swanson and librarian Mrs. Howes) celebrate Dr. Seuss.

Staff and students at Salado Elementary celebrated Read Across America by showing off their favorite team or sport.

Tradition Elementary second-graders showed their Dr. Seuss gear yesterday for Read Across America Week and Dr. Seuss's birthday!

Second-graders at Tradition Elementary celebrated Read Across America Week by dressing up as their favorite book character!

A Harmony Elementary kindergarten student celebrates Dr. Seuss's birthday by dressing as the Cat in the Hat.

On Wednesday, Coach Hillyer and Coach Z took their PE classes at Pecan Valley Elementary outside to participate in some fun reading activities to celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday!

Oak Crest Elementary students celebrated Read Across America week!

Highland Forest Elementary fourth-graders show their Seuss Spirit during Read Across America Week!

Highland Forest Elementary staff "greens up" and teams up! Heather Jarboe and Gayle Carpenter participate in Read Across America theme days and enforce the end of recess expectations.

Mrs. Silva, Salado Elementary Librarian, celebrated National Read Across America day with an online literacy event on Wednesday, March 2. She had an interactive read-aloud of The Smart Cookie by Jory John and then a fun directive drawing activity where participants drew their smart cookie. With this book, Patriots learned there are many different ways to be innovative and were able to share their "Aha I am a smart cookie" moment.

Tradition Elementary students enjoyed celebrating Read Across America week with reading and relaxing in the beautiful weather outside.

Tradition Elementary students enjoyed celebrating Read Across America week.

Students at Oak Crest Elementary enjoyed celebrating Dr. Seuss by reading a book and making their hats.

Third-graders at Tradition Elementary became the experts and shared their knowledge of the solar system with their first-grade friends. It was out of this world!

Third-graders at Tradition Elementary enjoyed learning how to manage their money and become entrepreneurs from the East Central High School students and the Junior Achievement program.

Miss Swanson's class at Pecan Valley Elementary was roaring with their amazing counselor, Mrs. Harber, to celebrate respectful, responsible guidance lesson listening. The class rocked perfect attendance, too!

This week in the Tradition Elementary Library, Pre-K and Kindergarten students worked together to construct their "AWESOME" forts as they made connections to the text, Jasper and Ollie Build A Fort, by Alex Willan.

Pre-K students at Pecan Valley Elementary are wild about reading!

Superintendent Student of the Month Maddison Pansza is a Pre-K student in Mrs. Betancourt's class at Highland Forest Elementary. Mrs. Betancourt writes, "Maddison is kind and caring and displays being Safe, Respectful and Responsible all day in my class. Maddison helps to clean up even when she did not make the mess, and this shows respectfulness for our class. She also shows safety in the classroom and hallways by walking on one side of the hall when other classes pass by. Maddison is an inspiration to have in class and is eager to learn every day. It truly is a blessing to have her in my class."

Tradition Elementary recognized the accomplishments of some of our Black Alumni during Black History Month. More information about these individuals and their accomplishments can be found here.

Tradition Elementary held a door decorating contest during the month of February for Black History Month. Four classrooms were chosen as winners! Congratulations to Mrs. Mills' class for winning "Most creative use of materials," Mrs. D. Wilson's class for winning "Most Student Centered," Mrs. Robinson's class for winning "Most Interactive Display," and Mrs. West's class for winning, "The best of the best." And a big thanks to the judges: Bryston Robinson (Legacy), Courtney Crawford (Heritage) and Dominique Crawford (Pecan Valley).

Brant, Sofia and Jaxmyn, students from Ms. Padalecki's class at Harmony Elementary, think she is an amazing teacher. They say she is so supportive of them and helps them see how smart they really are. They said she is very caring, and it is a joy to be in her class. 

Oak Crest Elementary students engage in goal setting using P scales before engaging in a sort! These students value taking ownership in the learning process.

Oak Crest Elementary is beyond grateful for the East Central School Foundation! They awarded the campus microphone balls! Look at Ms. Garcia putting the microphone ball to use in her class!

Ms. Zapata's Pecan Valley Elementary first-grade class and Ms. Hanzal and Mr. Hernandez tested their fraction knowledge by becoming bakers! Students practiced equal/unequal parts and their shape recognition by decorating cookies to order.

Mrs. Howard keeps her students at Pecan Valley Elementary engaged in reading groups and activities as the "Queen of Guided Reading."

Mrs. Kindschuh’s Pre-K class at Pecan Valley Elementary was busy celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday, taking turns doing an interactive read aloud and planting flowers received from Region XX before Spring Break!

Bexar County Sheriffs and San Antonio Police Officers toured Oak Crest Elementary as they prepared to present for the school's Career Day. First-grader Julian wrote about wanting to be a police officer when he grows up. ❤️ A hug and sticker from the officer made his day!

Ms. Zapata's first-grade class at Pecan Valley Elementary wrapped up their fractions unit by being hired for the class bakeshop! First, students listened to customer orders to determine the shape of the cookie ordered and then partitioned the cookie order using frosting. Finally, students made sure to repeat back the customer's order by describing the fractional parts of their cookie!

Salado Elementary Pre-K students in Mrs. Levrie’s celebrated “reading is fun to do as a team” and wore their favorite team shirts during Texas Public School Week & Read Across America Week.

Salado Elementary PE Night was held in the school gym. With Coach Martinez's assistance, Coach Steen set stations for Salado families to play, be active, and build community. Students and their families bowled, golfed, climbed the rock wall, and played soccer, to name a few of the activities. Community partners, On Par Golf, introduced the game of golf to our students. In addition, ECISD Child Nutrition had nutritious smoothies and handouts, while Kona Ice had its refreshing shaved ice available. All had fun.

Students in all grade levels at Oak Crest Elementary researched and dressed up to represent different figures in honor of Black History Month.

Students at Oak Crest Elementary have learned about the relationship between the Sun, Earth and the Moon. So they were beyond excited when they got to see the Sun and the Moon at the same time.

Oak Crest Elementary students were doing green eggs and ham Pre-K style. After the activity, students graphed their responses. Great job, Pre-K!

Comparing fractions is fun at Oak Crest Elementary, especially when you have a Qball to share your answers.

There’s nothing like learning outside on a beautiful day. Third-graders at Oak Crest Elementary learn about fractions in the beautiful outdoors.

The student is now the teacher! These fourth-graders at Highland Forest Elementary enjoyed sharing their poetry annotations using the document camera.

At Sinclair Elementary, Mrs. Dotson and her class celebrated TWOSDAY by twinning with a classmate. Mrs. Dotson twinned with her Co-Teacher, Mrs. Basile.

First-grade students at Pecan Valley Elementary learn how to research with their partners.

Ms. Swanson's Enrichment Reading Literature Circle Groups at Pecan Valley Elementary grow as reading experts.

The Pre-K Dual Language program at Salado Elementary is one of the best places to be. Liam designed a workspace equipped with a computer. Isabella and Yareni cared for their babies and prepared food in the House Area. The girls in the Art Area worked with various art materials to create something special to take home.

Mrs. Levrie's Dual Language Pre-K class at Salado Elementary planted flowers recently. Caring for their environment and living things are just a couple of the skills that emerge and developed in our Pre-K program.

Ms. Jonas and Mrs. Schroeders Life Skills classes at Highland Forest Elementary had a Community-Based Instruction lesson on campus. Students purchased movie tickets and snacks to watch a movie. Fifth-grade students helped the Life Skills students by taking money in exchange for tickets and snacks.

Ms. Swanson’s poets at Pecan Valley Elementary enjoy a poetry walkabout to celebrate their writing.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language. ~W. H. Auden Students in Mr. Gonzalez's class at Pecan Valley Elementary enjoyed reciting their poetry during Poetry Hour.

Students learned about Malcolm Mitchell, an author, poet, and former football player, in the Tradition Elementary library. They were inspired by his book, My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World. Students made connections with the text and wrote their own stories to share.

Congratulations to Oak Crest Elementary fourth-grade students Gustavo, Jackson, Cassidy, and Tenley! Their writing was selected to be published in the Wilson County News. Your teachers and classmates are very proud of you!

Ms. Jonas and Mrs. Schroeder's classes at Highland Forest Elementary participated in Community-Based Instruction while responsible fifth-graders lent a helping hand.

Pre-K students in Mrs. P. Garza's class at Salado Elementary enjoyed making bubbles using soap and water.

Staff at Oak Crest Elementary are feeling extra special today for National Employee Appreciation Day!

Ms. Swanson and Butler Buddies shared their love of reading at Pecan Valley Elementary.

Houston G. from Mrs. Zamora's class at Oak Crest Elementary came into Mrs. Painter's Life Skills class to read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to the class. The students really enjoyed the story. Great ending to Dr. Suess week!! Thank you, Houston!

At Oak Crest Elementary, students are the "I" in KIND. Bo and Justin showed their kindness by walking a student to class. Thank you, Bo and Justin!

Pecan Valley Elementary first-graders and fifth-graders came together to celebrate the 120th day of school.

Pecan Valley Elementary first-graders celebrated the 120th day of school.

Salado Elementary students love to practice letters and writing while playing with shaving cream.

Fine motor skills are essential for teaching children to write, cut paper and eat properly. Playing with shaving cream can help with this skill, as students at Salado Elementary demonstrate!

Students in Mr. Scaglione's class at Oak Crest Elementary had their first Multiplication Tables Contest using "Learning Wrapups" multiplication keys.

Fourth-grade Oak Crest Elementary students gladly engaged in measuring shadows and using sundials to tell time. Their science unit on Patterns was a lot of fun and had plenty of opportunities for exploration.

Students in Mrs. McCain’s class at Salado Elementary celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. They learned about Irish culture, rainbows, green hats (using patterns) and making green slime as they reviewed solids and liquids.

Oak Crest Elementary wants to give Coach Deason a huge shout-out. Yesterday was her last day filling in at Oak Crest Elementary, and she will be genuinely missed. She has done an amazing job connecting with students and creating meaningful relationships. Happy Retirement!

Pre-K students at Pecan Valley Elementary enjoy reading in many places.

Azeza C. and Jimena D., both eighth-graders in Mrs. Cano's journalism class at Legacy Middle School, had their articles selected from Be A Champ to be used on their social media sites and website. As a reward for being selected, Ms. Terri Vasquez and Ms. Jazmin Diaz of Be a Champ presented each student with a $25 gift card, a stuffed animal and water. Way to represent Legacy!

The Heritage Middle School Library hosted a dragon egg crafting session before school. The students followed directions, paid attention to detail and applied creativity to construct fantastic-looking eggs.

Heritage Middle School hosted its annual Family Academic Night this month. STREAM celebrates activities in the areas of Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Math. It was a night of fun, family, and learning.

In partnership with Mathnasium of Converse, Legacy Middle School hosted a Math night where families learned fun strategies to support our students. These Legacy students won the prize giveaways such as air pods, gift cards, and more! What a great learning event and opportunity for our students!

Two Legacy Middle School students advanced to State Competition for the National History Day Fair. Jasenya Dominguez placed 2nd, and David Fargier placed 1st and are featured along with Humanities Teacher Lizzie McLain and Principal Lori Barber.

The Heritage Middle School Elective Fair for the 2022-2023 school year was an amazing success, with over 800 students and parents that attended our event. In addition, our current 6th and 7th-grade students and our incoming 5th graders were able to meet with our Elective Teachers and our Counselors to help them with their choice selection for next year. We are excited about meeting our future Hurricanes!

Heritage Middle School principal Mrs. Gomez presented cards signed by all the staff to thank Bobby Lancaster for all the work he puts in every day to keep the school running and in tip-top shape. Thank you, Mr. Lancaster!

Students from Heritage Middle School and Legacy Middle School participated in the Regional National History Day on February 26, 2022. Students began to work on their projects in September, focusing on the theme of Debate and Diplomacy. The following students will be advancing to the state competition at the Bob Bullock Museum on April 23, 2022. HMS- Ian Zabava, Aiden Jasso, , Mariah Martinez, Colbie Falcon, Jessie Hale, Natalie Kennemore LMS- David Fargier, Jasenya Dominguez

Heritage Middle School Choirs had great success at UIL on March 2 and 3! The Men's Choir presented a superior concert performance, earning the second boys UIL trophy in Heritage history. The Honor Choir girls earned a Superior rating from every judge for both concert and sight-singing. This is the first sweepstakes in 10 years! CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations to Jessica Hernandez and Wanda Eatmon, fabulous Algebra co-teachers from Legacy Middle School! Ms. Hernandez and Ms. Eatmon were honored as Feature Teachers at our last SDI Webinar on March 1, hosted by Reg. 20 SDI partners. Over 75 district co-teachers, administrators and instructional leadership members were on hand to celebrate this pair's persistent pursuit of excellence in the design and implementation of SDI for our students with IEPs.

Saturday, February 27, three East Central High School students exhibited their Ag. Mechanics projects at the San Antonio Ag Mechanics show and received Blue ribbons. Jaden Adams and Sterling also won their class and won Reserve Champion in their respective Division.

East Central High School girls basketball volunteered their time at the San Antonio Sports iPlay Basketball tournament. The team worked the scores table on six courts, and some even had the chance to be referees. The girls were excited to help out with a program that promotes basketball and healthy, active lifestyles for young students.

Miss Miller's English 2 and Mrs. Miller's Aquatic Science/AP Environmental Science students at East Central High School made recent observations in the East Central Riparian Area in a team field exercise. English 2 students were spending time observing a natural ecosystem and learning about the ethnobotanical connections between our native species and humans to gain material for their Transcendental poetry production. In addition, EnviroHornets and AquaHornets were cataloging evidence of species pictorially in the area to assist in creating a biodiversity website and collecting specimens on slides for an air quality study in particulate matter.

Eleven qualifying athletes from the East Central High School's Girls Powerlifting team traveled to Edinburgh, Texas, this month to compete in the regional competition. The girls showed that hard work paid off throughout the competition, and almost every athlete set personal records on different lifts. Special Recognition goes to Devany Monsivais, Kalina Martin and Illiana Perez for qualifying for the State meet. Monsivais finished the day with a silver medal for the 105 weight class. Martin and Perez made it to State by lifting 675 pounds, respectively. Congratulations to all the athletes!

The East Central High School Theatre Department has been selected as one of three finalists out of all San Antonio area schools in the Junior League of San Antonio FAME competition. They will compete on March 25 at the Carver Community Cultural Center.

East Central ISD counselors participated in a teambuilding activity during the District's Counseling meeting. The teams were trying to build the tallest tower with ONLY the yellow paper provided. We learned several lessons from this activity that we can use in our daily work! Great work, counselors!

The Child Nutrition department celebrated National School Breakfast Week in all of our cafeterias! Students got to try new breakfast items, and elementary students were given out coloring sheets to color and had displayed in all cafeteria lines. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! We celebrated Dr. Sesuss' birthday, and students enjoyed beautiful Schlopp with a cherry on top. We jumped in and helped the Salado PE department celebrate fitness! We offered samples of our Strawberry Smoothie and handed out coloring books, stickers and magnets. Let's play!