Perspective – Mark Mow “Welcome Back” This time of year, we hear the phrase “welcome back” quite a bit. We welcome our staff, our students, our parents, and our community back to our schools for an exciting new year of learning, growth, and friendship. For me personally, the phrase “welcome back” carries a special [...]
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PLCs coming to Elkhart schools This summer, 300 teachers and staff attended the Professional Learning Communities at Work Institute in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The institute was attended last year by 200 ECS staff members. According to the All Things PLC website, a PLC is defined as “an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in [...]
What’s New at ECS? Doors are open, kids are learning their ways to their new classrooms, and we’re all finding our rhythm of the new school year. So, what’s new at the district for 2018-2019? Curriculum: New course offerings for 2018-2019 high school students: Advanced Life Science, Finite Math, Sports Officiating, Mechatronics, Film Literature, [...]
Welcome New ECS Principals Elkhart Community Schools is excited to welcome four outstanding educational leaders to our schools as head principals. At Eastwood, we welcome Dr. Mindy Higginson. Higginson has been in education for 23 years, working the majority at South Bend School Corporation. She spent the first 13 years as a middle school [...]
Sandy Carnall: Phi Beta Mu Inductee North Side Band Director, Sandy Carnall has recently been inducted into Phi Beta Mu, an International Honorary Fraternity for band directors. It is an organization that honors outstanding band directors whose dedication and devotion to their profession is paramount. “In order to be inducted into Phi Beta [...]
Vet Tech Students Find Success at Show Last weekend, seven Elkhart Area Career Center Veterinary Science and FFA members traveled to show their pigs at the Green and White hog show. It was held at the Michigan State University livestock pavilion, in East Lansing, Michigan. Students wanting to participate in the program are responsible [...]
Inside ECS – Linda Stofko, West Side “We are all in.” If there is one message Linda hopes to leave with people, it’s this one. As the English Language District Coach at Elkhart Community Schools, Linda’s mission is to provide excellent service to students and families, and help our families know they are welcome [...]
Kindness rocks at Roosevelt Sarah Hoover, second grade teacher at Roosevelt STEAM Academy created the Kids with Character Club this year, seeing it as an opportunity for kids to learn about doing nice things for others. “Doing a good deed for someone else is all that matters,” said Hoover. “Through our club we try [...]
