Evans County Schools

Here's another round of National Day on Writing fun from Mrs. Phillips, CES Teacher of the Month, and our 2nd grade writers! After students wrote, they used Book Creator technology to publish digital books and share their writing with their classmates! #CES #DigitalLearning #NationalDayOnWriting #ExcellenceLeadershipFamily

Happy National Day on Writing, everyone! We've had fun showcasing responses from staff, students, community members, and those who love writing from afar on our social media and website! We appreciate everyone who responded, and we are thankful you WROTE to share with us and the WORLD what writing means to you! #nationaldayonwriting #schoolandcommunityconnections #weloveourwriters

Happy National Day on Writing, everyone! Throughout the day, we will showcase responses from staff, students, community members, and those who love writing from afar on our social media and website! We appreciate everyone who has responded so far, and we welcome additional responses! If you can't join in the survey, please find a writing moment to love today! #nationaldayonwriting #schoolandcommunityconnections #weloveourwriters

Happy National Day on Writing, everyone! Throughout the day, we will showcase responses from staff, students, community members, and those who love writing from afar on our social media and website! We appreciate everyone who has responded so far, and we welcome additional responses! If you can't join in the survey, please find a writing moment to love today! #nationaldayonwriting #schoolandcommunityconnections #weloveourwriters

Firefighting involves more than fighting fires! Year two students are preparing a pre fire plan map for emergencies. This involves measuring and identifying all areas of the school and photographing specific spaces. The completed map will be accessible to emergency personnel via an electronic platform. #TheDen #handson #realworld

Today several FFA officers and members attended "North America's Premier Farm Show," the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. These students were able to see the latest technology and products used in farming as well as attend seminars and demonstrations presented by some of the industry's top experts. #TheDen #welovefarmers

These pictures look like scenes from a nightly news program, but they are from our very own Audio-Video and Film Technology pathway. Year two students are working in teams to produce assigned parts of an informational video featuring each of our pathways. This film will be released to the public and used to help students identify the pathway that most closely aligns with their interests and career aspirations. #TheDen #realworld

ECCSS educators had the wonderful opportunity to participate in externships offered by the Georgia Department of Education’s STEM/STEAM Team. The goal of the externship is to provide educators with rich professional learning to enhance subject expertise and support the development of locally-driven Project Based Learning Units . Over the next few days, we'd like to showcase each of our educators and our community partners who helped provide these opportunities to our staff! We will share some pics of externships in action and what our educators had to say about their experiences. Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate Mrs. Shannon Yurek from CMS and Mrs. Tamekia Mincey from CES! #PBL #RealLifeLearning #CommunityAndSchoolPartnerships

Student and staff representatives and community members will launch Red Ribbon Week at the Senior Citizens Park on Monday, October 24, at 9:00 AM! #CelebrateLife #LiveDrugFree

All 10th-grade students at CHS will take the PSAT on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Please make sure you eat a good breakfast and arrive on time. The test will start at 8:00 AM. Please contact Tina Durrence (tdurrence@evanscountyschools.org) if you have questions or need more information.

9th- 11th grade Picture Day and Make-up Senior Portraits Thursday, October 20 beginning at 8AM Don't miss out!

CMS invites all students and staff to wear pink on Friday, October 21st, to show support for our CMS cancer survivors and the fight against cancer!

It's not magic! It's a tensegrity table! How does it work? According to Rebecca Johnson, the maker of this table, it works through compression and tension. On Monday, Johnson's table was entered in the FFA Project Competition at the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. The results of this contest will be released tomorrow. Good luck, Rebecca! #TheDen #FFA

Shepeard Community Blood Center will be at CHS on Thursday, October 27th from 8:30 - 2:30 for a blood drive. The blood drive will be held in the Healthcare Science classroom - B102. You must be at least 16 years old to donate. If you are 16, parental consent is required. Consent forms can be obtained from Mrs. Welch. Photo ID is required for everyone who is donating. See Mrs. Welch to schedule donation time. Blood drive is open to the community

Tryouts for CHS Lady Tiger Basketball are next week! Please see the flyer below or contact Coach Oglesby (coglesby@evanscountyschools.org) for more information!

Students in Ms. Adams's 6th Grade Career Awareness class held "Speed Interviews" today to practice their interview skills. To prepare for the interviews, students practiced proper hand shaking, eye contact, posture, and speaking in complete sentences. Students are also completing job applications to practice for possible jobs in their future. 6th Grader, Kori Mutcherson said he enjoyed this activity because it is preparing him for his future.

Thursday, October 20, is National Day on Writing. This is a day to showcase and celebrate what writing means to us. Use the link below to share a couple of thoughts about what writing MEANS to you, WHY you write, and/or what you LOVE about writing. We'd love to share some of these responses on our page! Happy writing! https://forms.gle/Fr4qen9Xkp13Jwvb7

CES principal, Mrs. Julie Howard; CMS principal, Mrs. Tanita McDowell; CHS principal, Dr. Paul Mizell, and The Academy principal, Mr. Mark Stroud, shared information and celebrations during the ECCSS Board of Education (BOE) meeting last night. All four principals shared examples of ways they are working collaboratively to create a positive culture and climate for students and staff. September Employees of the Month for CES, CMS, and CHS were also recognized. Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate the following staff: CES- Melissa Phillips and Jenna Johnson CMS- Tiffany Wilson and Katie Ann Bowers CHS- Layne Peacock and DeeDee Gordon #CultureAndClimate #CelebrateOurStudents #CelebrateOurStaff

We still have room for a couple more golfers this Saturday! Please join CHS Golf in their 1st ever TIGER golf tourney! To register, go to https://forms.gle/HBPaoKhqgCqPYqYm7 or use the QR code below! Email Mark Stroud (mstroud@evanscountyschools.org) for more info!

Best of luck to the Lady Softball Tigers as they compete at Super Regionals this week in Heard County. Support Breast Cancer Awareness as you attend this Friday’s varsity football game by wearing PINK!