LOWER SCHOOL NEWS
We are excited to announce that (5th grade) Hunter Huston was awarded with a Do The Right Thing Award from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. We are so proud of him! Way to go, Hunter!
We had a wonderful Spiritual Emphasis Week. Our focus for the week was learning more about God. God is creator, eternal, love, generous, caring, and trustworthy. Special thanks to Mr. Hess for speaking with our K4-5th graders and leading our time of prayer Wednesday morning. We are truly blessed.
It’s hard to believe that October is here! We have lots of fun events planned for our students and families this month.
Parents are invited to join us for Chapel on Thursday at 8:15 in the gym. We really enjoy our Chapel time. We have our Praise and Worship team leading us as we sing new songs, a time of pledges and prayer, special guest speakers, lessons on our monthly character qualities, Bible memory verses, and much more. Please plan on spending this special time with us each week.
October 2nd-6th is our Book Fair. We are happy to have Literati supplying our books again this year. They do a much better job of screening books to be age level and subject matter appropriate. Families are invited to shop at the Book Fair during our Parent – Teacher Social on Wednesday. We will have fun activities in the classroom and lots of food trucks so make sure to come hungry.
On Friday, October 13th we will be celebrating the completion of the 1st Quarter. We will have lots of bounce houses and inflatables in the gym for our K4-5th graders to enjoy. There will be an opportunity for parents to sign up to help supervise each grade level’s assigned time. We look forward to seeing lots of parents at this special celebration.
Yearbook retakes are Monday, October 16th. We will also have a special Fall Dress Up Picture Day for our K4-5th graders on Monday, October 23rd. All students will have their picture taken and parents will have the option to make online purchases. Students are asked to wear their Fall Best! Please make sure outfits are modest and fall within the handbook guidelines.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS
~ Team Building shirts are here! If you purchased a shirt for your child, they received it on Friday. Please be on the lookout for the Middle School Dress Down Shirt schedule.
~ Our first semester mission project will be packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Our middle school students will hear from a recipient of a shoebox this week at a special assembly. Information will be coming home soon about this wonderful opportunity we have to serve others.
~ First Quarter ends on Friday, October 13th. All tests and quizzes must be made up by this time. Just a reminder that students may only make up quizzes and tests during a study hall or before or after school.
~ Picture retakes are Monday, October 16th.
ATHLETICS
Winter Season athletics will begin next week!! We have put together the attached schedule with a general overview of when try-outs will begin for each of our winter sports. We would encourage you to please reach out to the varsity coach to find out more about the sport your child is interested in!
As a reminder, if your child is wanting to try-out for any team at ECS an Athletic Clearance account must be completed for the 2023-2024 school year prior to try-outs. The Athletic Clearance manual will help walk you through this process. (Manual and physical form is attached)
If you have questions about athletics or eligibility, please contact our Assistant Athletic Director, Jessica Everhart at JEverhart@goecs.org
