Bird Fridays are in full swing at ECHS! Wenglar and Hlavaty's classes have enjoyed challenging the 'Birds with various STEM activities over the last few weeks. They have seen who can build the tallest PlayDoh tower, the tallest house of cards, and the strongest, furthest flying airplanes. We also celebrated Groundhog Day and Coach Quinter's birthday this month. See the fun here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF95hRsd0s/10KJ5fqYgjY86Ev8xLEkAg/watch?utm_content=DAF95hRsd0s&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Mrs. Beechwood's 7th-grade AVID students visited the Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Rosenberg for the grand tour! https://www.tstc.edu/ #avid
What a whirlwind evening at ECMS for the Fine Arts Show - pure awesomeness! The art, the singing, the band, the outstanding performance of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" - our Ricebirds are bursting with talent!
Athletic and Smart! Congratulations to these swimmers on making the Texas High School Coaches Association Swimming/Diving Academic All-State Team:
Juliann Little - 2nd Team
Riley Wallis - 1st Team
Kaden Beal - 2nd Team
Juliana Vasquez - 2nd Team (not pictured)
ECHS STEP II will be holding a plant sale on Friday, Feb. 23, from 9 AM to 1 PM.
Location: ECHS bus ramp on Ave F
Plants for sale will be petunias, calendula, alyssum, verbena, salvia, and herb boxes containing basil, thyme, rosemary, chives, and parsley.
💲 $3 4" pots or 2 for $5
💲 $6 for quart pots or 2 for $10
💲 $25 for the herb garden
ECMS Fine Arts Night - Thursday, Feb. 22nd
🎨 Art Show 5-5:30
🎭Theatre/Band Presents "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" 5:30-6
🎨Art Show reopens 6-6:30
⭐New Admission Prices for the ECMS Fine Arts Night: $10 for ages 8 and up. $5 for ages 3-7, and ages 2 and under are free! No Athletic passes allowed.
🎉 Congratulations to Summer Guthrie on rocking the Special Olympics Winter Games Fundamentals Sports in Bee Cave, Texas, last weekend!
🥇 She brought home a shiny gold medal and a heart full of joy!
Recently, the Technology Student Association competed at the regional contest in Katy. TSA Sponsor, Mrs. Guthrie, sends out a big thank you to all those who worked hard and participated in the events.
Congratulations to the Biotechnology Team of Alyx Fisher and Freya White for placing in the Top Ten, to the Problem Solving team of Eliska Shumbera and Michelle Villanueva for placing 5th, and to Eliska Shumbera who also placed 5th in Transportation Modeling.
Congratulations to Estrella Brito for placing 3rd in Transportation Modeling and advancing to the state competition being held in Fort Worth in April!
Attention El Campo High School Students: The team from SSR Letter Jackets will be on campus on Thursday, February 29th from 11:15 – 12:50 at the El Campo High School Cafeteria to measure for letter jackets, and to take up order forms and payments. All directions on how to order your jacket are in your packet. Please pick up a packet from your Coach, Sponsor, or Director if you have not already done so. Thanks and see you at the fitting.
The students in Mrs. Jensen's Pre-K classroom are learning so much during their small group Community-themed center time. Students are taking on different roles and jobs while role-playing as a baker, baking bread, cookies, donuts, etc.; a hair stylist washing, cutting, and styling hair; a counter worker, customer, and cook in McDonald’s (ordering food, taking orders, making the orders); cashier and customer in the grocery store (following and writing grocery lists); and writing letters and mailing them in our Post Office.
The students are guiding their learning by choosing which centers they want to go to based on their curiosity and interests. Through play, the students are developing social and cognitive skills, building upon their usage of language, gaining self-confidence, and fostering their imagination and creativity. See them here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF9XY6FWfc/kgowNOHVwwJ0S9lDrDgZFQ/view?utm_content=DAF9XY6FWfc&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
🏋️♀️ We have some of the strongest girls in the state and 20 are advancing to the 2024 THSWPA Regional Meet! Congratulations, Ladybirds!
2024 Prom info: https://www.ecisd.org/page/prom
⭐TICKETS are on sale now from February 20-March 6 for parents to trade in their two standing room only tickets for two $5 table seats which are closer to the action. The table seats are the Junior class fundraiser for prom.
Table seats will be sold until March 6. All other tickets to the prom that are given to students attending prom are standing room only.
No tickets will be sold at the door.
At the Technology Student Association regional contest in Katy, the following ECMS students earned some awards:
The Coding team of Jack Wortham and Vivian Daniel placed 2nd and will advance to state!
The Problem Solving team of Whitley Mican and Jack Wortham placed 2nd and will advance to state!
Ava York placed 5th in Career Prep and advances to state.
The Problem Solving team of John Jia and Mario Solis placed in the Top Ten!
The Children’s Stories team of Vivian Daniel and Emmarie Barnes placed in the Top Ten!
The TSA state competition will be in Fort Worth in April.
🏀Ricebirds fall to Stafford 62-41.
🏀Score Update:
Ricebirds 23
Spartans 26
Halftime
The Ricebird Men’s Golf Team placed 3rd at the Colony Creek Regional Preview. Leading the team were James Dorotik with an 81, Ty Ener and Trace Matthews with 82’s, Carter Arrambide 90 and Kayden Zajicek 97.
The team is coached by Steve Smith.
🚨SWIM STATE CHAMPS ALERT🚨
🥇Girls 50 Freestyle - State Champion - Juliann Little
🥇Girls 100 Breaststroke - State Champion - Riley Wallis
🥈Girls 100 Freestyle - Silver Medalist - Juliann Little
🏆El Campo Girls Team - 5th in the state!
Girls 200 Medley Relay - 5th - Juliann Little, Riley Wallis, Kate Chilton, Codi Klatt
Girls 200 IM - 7th - Riley Wallis
Girls 50 Free - 14th - Codi Klatt
Boys 100 Back - 15th - Kaden Beal
Girls 100 Breaststroke - 10th - Kate Chilton
Girls 400 Free Relay - 6th - Riley Wallis, Caroline Little, Codi Klatt, Juliann Little
Feb. 19 - State of Texas Anniversary Remembrance Day: In honor of Texas joining the Union and the day that James Pinckney Henderson became the first governor of the State of Texas in 1846.
ECMS' 1st Annual Chili Cook Off Chili and Cornbread winners along with all participants!
What a productive day of professional development at the high school! Among other things, they celebrated good things and worked on Critical Writing/Write A Little A Lot.
