Notes from the Nest..

Hello Parents,

I hope this week's blog post finds you all doing well. Can you believe it's November 1? Wow! Time has flown by, as it usually does when things get very busy. We've had an exciting couple of weeks! Last Friday, we had a wonderful vocabulary costume parade. Our students were so creative and inventive with their choices of vocabulary words. The costumes were spectacular, and I believe everyone who came and participated had a great time. Thank you for supporting your children as they took reading and word meaning to a whole new level. It is always a blessing to have our parents on campus! Be sure to check out pictures under the "Eagle Happenings" tab. **Please donate any unwanted costumes to the Fine Arts department**

 

Fall Festival, this past Saturday, was an amazing event which brought lots of family and friends to our campus. On Monday, the students could not stop talking about laser tag, the haunted house, the games, and the bounce houses. The setup was perfect! Thank you, PTO, and all the parent and teacher volunteers who helped make this event a very successful one. You are appreciated. It is always great to see friends and spend time together while playing games! I personally attempted to throw a baseball very fast, and I believe I came up short with only 39 mph J. No major league for me, and maybe no pee wee, either!

Our REALLY BIG, IMPORTANT service project has started this week. "Bare Necessities" is the project's name, and bringing in CAN GOODS, CLOTHES, and SHELTER/TENTS is the game! We want our elementary friends to grasp the concept of giving to others. I am challenging each student to bring in 25 cans or articles of clothing (ends Nov. 9)! This is a great opportunity to watch our children bless those in the community around us. Margaret Meed once said, “Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.” It starts with letting our little friends know they can make a difference. Our goal is to help them understand that the canned food they bring in will help feed a hungry family. Also, that the clothes they donate will be clothing someone in need. In Deuteronomy 15:7 it states, "When you happen on someone who’s in trouble or needs help among your people with whom you live in this land that God, your God, is giving you, don’t look the other way pretending you don’t see him." Surely God has blessed us, and with Him all things are possible! Thank you for your support in our service project effort!

The EHCS third grade presents:
“America the Beautiful”
Friday, November 2nd
6:00 p.m. High School Gym
Free admission

Join the third grade as they present and interpret stories that inspired some of America’s most well-known and beloved patriotic songs, such as “Yankee Doodle” and “The Star Spangled Banner.”  Special appearances by several U.S. Presidents make this a program you will not want to miss!

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For all those who attended Fall Festival, we will have our dress down day next Wednesday, November 7. Ice cream sandwiches for these students will be this Friday, November 2.

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There will be no school and no extended care on Monday, November 5.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who sent in box tops for this first turn-in day! We had a grand total of 11,635! That is more than we had last year at this time! Thank you friends for helping raise money for our school!! 

Our Prek and kindergarten teachers said: “On October 29, the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes traveled to Walden Farm Pumpkin Patch for a day of outdoor learning and fun!  Students enjoyed the beautiful (cool) weather, as well as the sights, sounds, and smells of the various farm animals.  Students learned about pumpkins, petted the goats, and enjoyed a trip through the corn maze. Each class went on a hayrack ride, and every student chose their very own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch! " Pictures are under the "kindergarten & 1st"  and "Prek" tab!