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Season's Greetings From The Elbert County School District
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The holidays have arrived and in this edition of The Communicator we will celebrate the Christmas season by sharing some great stories about the achievements and accomplishments of our students and staff. They are all important and meaningful, but one of these stories stands out from the others by getting at the true essence of the Christmas spirit.
At Elbert County Primary School (ECPS), Mrs. Kelly Hall’s kindergarten class collected 1542 homemade Christmas cards from students across the district. On Friday, December 9, Mrs. Hall's class visited Elbert County nursing homes delivering sweet Christmas cheer. Of the cards distributed, 104 were made by the students at Blackwell Learning Center, 628 were made by students at Elbert County Primary School, 168 were made by students at Elbert County Elementary School, 287 were made by students at
Elbert County Middle School, and 365 were made by students at Elbert County Comprehensive High
School.
As educators, and as parents, we all want our children to grow up healthy and successful. We also want them to be grateful for what they have been given and have compassion for those who are in need. Teaching our students the spirit of giving, showing them the importance of thinking of others, and modeling kindness are important ways to help them grow into positive and productive citizens.
Thank you to Mrs. Hall, and others in our district, for showing our students
the true meaning of the holidays; it’s not about receiving, but about how we can give back to our families, friends, and the world around us.
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ECCHS Students Excelling in Move On When Ready Program
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ECCHS students are pursuing rigor in record numbers through the Move on When Ready program. In the fall semester, the school had 54 students (juniors and seniors) enrolled in college courses at Athens Tech, Emmanuel College, and the University of North Georgia. In the coming semester, that number will increase to 60, with one senior beginning courses at the University of Georgia as a dual-enrolled student.
We are very proud of our seniors who have applied to college and are gaining acceptance to the schools of their choice.
We have had four students gain early acceptance to the University of Georgia for Fall of 2017
One student has gained admission to Columbia University (an Ivy League school) and has received a full, four-year scholarship
Three students have signed to play college sports at Clemson University, Augusta University, and Emmanuel College.
Many other students have applied and gained acceptance to Georgia College, University of West Georgia, University of North Georgia, Young Harris College, and other schools throughout the state.
Congratulations to all who are paving the way to a bright and successful future.
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STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) at Elbert County Elementary School
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Mrs. Amber Dixon's class participated in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) challenge last week. They were given one yard of green butcher paper and they had to create the tallest Christmas tree they could come up with. Each group could only use the one yard of paper, scissors, and tape. After each group finished, the students had to decide if they needed to measure their tree in feet or yards. Each group measured in yards and then had to figure out how many feet tall their tree was based on the number of yards.
Mrs. Dixon was pleased to see her students thinking outside of the box to make the allotted amount of paper "stretch" the farthest.
Great job Hudson Fleming, Collin Johnson, Tristan McCall, and Dawson Scarborough. These 2nd graders created a 36-foot tree out of only 1 yard of green paper, measuring it by themselves in yards and converting that amount to feet. Way to go!
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Congratulation to the following Elbert County Middle School students: Corbin Brown, Ethan Cone, Kevion Hamm, Coraima Vargas, and Autum Wilson. These students earned spots in District 14 Honor Band.They competed against over 1000 students from Clarke, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson and Oconee counties. Additionally, Corbin and Ethan earned high enough scores to qualify to audition for the All-State band in January.
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Elbert County Middle School Chorus Director Allyson Dye shared her excitement about the recent ECMS Chorus presentation of their Winter concert, "Snow & Wonder." The advanced ensemble also performed an incredible Pentonix arrangement of "Mary Did You Know?"
Ms. Dye noted that Elbert County Chorus had 13 students selected to participate in Georgia Music Educator's Association District 14 Honor Chorus. These students committed to rehearsing before the event and then 10 hours of one-day rehearsals with their choirs before performing a concert. We are so proud of how well these students represented our school district!
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The Technology Services Department recently procured Virtual Reality Headsets to explore greater depths in student engagement using virtual tools. The focus of the project was to understand the power of learning through virtual reality. Some of the activities are virtual roller coaster and visiting the Amazon River.
Shout outs to ECMS CTAE Teacher Josh Jones and ECBOE Technology Services Technology Specialist Bruce Brown for experimenting with this project. Also thanks to the students: Lizzie Brady, Katie Grace Johnson, Josie Yeargin, Lola Dunn, Madison Webb
If there are any teachers that have any VR lessons and are interested in trying out VR Headsets, contact the technology specialist at your school.
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Elbert County Comprehensive High School has partnered with the Elberton Granite Association (EGA) to offer expanded opportunities to students who aspire to work in the local granite industry.
Through numerous advisory meetings with EGA, the school has recently been able to secure 30 MonuCad Designing Software Programs, as well as the trade out an for the CSR 466 Turbo Stencil Cutter to be used in the Granite Lab. This is a $3500 donation from MonuCad and EGA. The MonuCad Software program will be taught and loaded in the F4 lab at the high school for one block in the spring semester. Quinn Floyd, from AQ Stone, will be working with our staff in teaching the program, and will serve as a liaison between the groups.
With support from EGA, ECCHS is also looking towards steps in providing specific Skill Certifications at the end of its Granite Technology Pathway. This is an exciting school/community partnership that ensures we are working towards developing a skilled workforce for our community.
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Congratulations to the ECMS wrestling Rams won the region tournament last week in the Inferno. They defeated Stephens Co 69 – 13 and in the championship match defeated Hart Co 63 – 21.
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With a district-wide focus on literacy, students at Blackwell Learning Center have been celebrating their learning with Language and Literacy Parades. Recently, Mrs. Moon's class celebrated their acquisition of new vocabulary words. Headstart and PreK teachers, and their students lined the halls to join the celebration of learning.
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First grade students enjoyed making Christmas Trees with Mrs. Harris as a good behavior (PBIS) reward for the first semester. Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Albertson traveled to each homeroom class in first grade with all the ingredients for tree making! The students enjoyed this reward activity and said, “The trees were yummy!”
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Here's a big shout out to Naomi Moran and Desiree Henderson! These two 8th grade girls donated their time and creativity to organize the donations for the Salvation Army Food Drive. Naomi and Desiree designed a fireplace complete with mantle and stockings hung by the fire (fake of course) with care. Thank you, ladies, for doing your part to make ECMS ready for the holidays!
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From the Elbert County School District to all of our staff, students, parents, and community...
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Elbert County School District
50 Laurel Drive, Elberton, GA 30635
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