Edited By: Jayslin King & Danie Contreras Early I.S.D. Word in the Herd ……Primary…... In March, Early Primary School stu- dents enjoyed Career Week. While studying seeds, Mrs. Ma- son’s Kindergarten Class grew “Green Haired Creatures.” AR Clubs… Our students are working hard reading AR books so they can improve their read- ing skills, fluency and compre- hension. They are excited about participating in the end of year AR parties where participa- tion is based on how many books they read and pass tests on. Students will get to participate in all club parties along with the one they finish in. The club parties are: 100 Club—Ice Cream Sundae 200 Club—Picnic and playtime at Coggin Park 300 Club - Seal Gymnastics 400 Club—Bowling 500 Club—Eat with the Principal 600 Club—Train Museum 700 Club—Interview at the radio station 800 Club—Principal for an Hour DATES TO REMEMBER May 2013… Pre K/ Kindergarten Registra- tion May 10… Primary’s Fun Day @ Longhorn Stadium (9:00 – 2:30) May 6 – 10… Teacher and Nurse Appreci- ation Week May 24… Bad Weather Makeup Day… HOLIDAY (no classes) May 27… Memorial Day Holiday May 28… First Grade Awards Program, 12:00 – 1:00 May 29… Second Grade Awards Program, 12:00 – 1:00 May 30… Kindergarten Awards Program, 10:00 – 11:00 May 30…. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, Early Release (K @ 12:15, 1st & 2nd at 1:00) Counselor’s Corner…...from Mrs. Day Parents!! Check the calendar for May. Your child will be included in our awards programs. I can’t wait to see all the honors that they will receive for their hard work this year. We have just finished our unit on Stranger Safety. The first and second grade students have all taken home the DVD: “The Safe Side”. I hope all parents enjoyed watching this very important video with your child. Any Kindergarten parent who would like to have their child bring the DVD home, please contact me. I would love to have you share this experience with your child. Children spend a lot of me in the summer in places where there are more strangers. Through the year, Ms. Contreras’ class has been wring to Cameron Coley, a United States Air force Sergeant, and old me friend of Ms. Contreras. Cameron paid a surprise visit to the second grade class. “The kids were in awe.” The students were dazzled by his “official uniform” as well as his stories. Cameron gave each of Ms. Contreras’ students a personal medal for the kids to keep. “They officially have a new hero!” -Ms. Contreras First Grade Fieldtrip to the Abilene Zoo. Mrs. Schafer’s Class Mrs. Koch’s Class The Second Grade students enjoyed a visit to the MUSE Wildlife Management Area of Brown County. Mrs. Kingston’s Class Kindergarten students per- forming at their “Earth Day Helper” program.
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Edited By:
Jayslin King &
Danie Contreras
Early I.S.D.
Word in the Herd
……Primary…...
In March, Early
Primary
School
stu-
dents
enjoyed
Career
Week.
While studying seeds, Mrs. Ma-son’s Kindergarten Class grew
“Green Haired Creatures.”
AR Clubs… Our students are
working hard reading AR books so they can improve their read-ing skills, fluency and compre-
hension. They are excited about participating in the end of year AR parties where participa-
tion is based on how many books they read and pass
tests on. Students will get to participate
in all club parties along with the
one they finish in.
The club parties are: 100 Club—Ice Cream Sundae
200 Club—Picnic and playtime at Coggin Park
300 Club - Seal Gymnastics 400 Club—Bowling
500 Club—Eat with the Principal 600 Club—Train Museum
700 Club—Interview at the radio station
800 Club—Principal for an Hour
DATES TO REMEMBER
May 2013… Pre K/ Kindergarten Registra-
tion
May 10… Primary’s Fun Day @ Longhorn
Stadium (9:00 – 2:30)
May 6 – 10… Teacher and Nurse Appreci-
ation Week
May 24… Bad Weather Makeup Day…
HOLIDAY (no classes)
May 27… Memorial Day Holiday
May 28… First Grade Awards Program,
12:00 – 1:00
May 29… Second Grade Awards Program,
12:00 – 1:00
May 30… Kindergarten Awards Program,
10:00 – 11:00
May 30…. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, Early
Release (K @ 12:15, 1st & 2nd at 1:00)
Counselor’s Corner…...from Mrs. Day
Parents!! Check the calendar for May. Your child will be
included in our awards programs. I can’t wait to see all the
honors that they will receive for their hard work this year.
We have just finished our unit on Stranger Safety. The first
and second grade students have all taken home the DVD:
“The Safe Side”. I hope all parents enjoyed watching this
very important video with your child. Any Kindergarten
parent who would like to have their child bring the DVD
home, please contact me. I would love to have you share
this experience with your child. Children spend a lot of time
in the summer in places where there are more strangers.
Through the year, Ms. Contreras’
class has been writing to Cameron
Coley, a United States Air force
Sergeant, and old time friend of
Ms. Contreras. Cameron paid a
surprise visit to the second grade
class. “The kids were in awe.” The
students were dazzled by his
“official uniform” as well as his
stories. Cameron gave each of Ms.
Contreras’ students a personal
medal for the kids to keep. “They
officially have a new hero!” -Ms.
Contreras First Grade Fieldtrip to the Abilene Zoo.
Mrs. Schafer’s Class Mrs. Koch’s Class
The Second Grade students enjoyed a
visit to the MUSE Wildlife Management
Area of Brown County.
Mrs. Kingston’s Class
Kindergarten students per-forming at their “Earth Day Helper” program.
Edited By: Cassie, Caleb, and Will!
Way to go Elementary
students! 11 care packag-
es were collected and
sent to Ft. Leonard Wood,
Missouri, and Camp
Lejeune in North Caroli-
na. “THANK YOU! Our
Marines were very thank-
ful for the packages we
sent.” Teresa Baugh
May 2013 Page 2
Early Elementary School’s Field Day will be on Thursday, May 23rd.
Fifth Grade Science Fair winners:
Physical Science: 1st Morgan Kent, 2nd Allie
Blassingame, 3rd Ian Harris, 3rd Pressley
Curtis, 4th Megan Bynum, 5th David McKee,
5th Leanne Duffy
Life Science: 1st Madison Green, 2nd Kurtis
Landry, 3rd Kenzie Poindexter, 4th Lainee
Coyle, 5th Juleya Crawford, 5th Dylani
Mitchell
Earth Science: 1st Trinity Tomlinson, 2nd
Braden Summers, 3rd Macey Jacobs, 4th Au-
brey Kirk, 5th Brooklyn Richmond
Students, remember to get your
A.R. points!
A.R. points are due May 10th for the
100, 125, and 150 point activities.
A.R. Fair points are due May 16th.
**If you have 50 points, you get to
go to the A.R. Fair on May 17.
**If you have 100 points, on May
15th, you get to go to the Big Room
in the morning.
**If you have 125 points on May
15th, you go to Seal Gymnastics in
the afternoon.
**If you have 150 points, on May 16,
you will get to go bowling, eat pizza,
and go to Coggin Park!
Honorable mentions for Fifth
Grade Science Fair: Rae Bynum,
Kaitlin Godfrey, Josh Baucom, Pay-
ton Bartlett, Cale Wade, Jensen
Hutchins
The Robo Turtles from Early Ele-
mentary competed in the State
Robotics in Houston, Texas. This
team finished in 34th place among
the 61 teams from all over the
state. This team created their own
program as well as building their
robot using LEGO parts. They have
been working on the program since
September and have competed in 3
competitions leading up to the
state tournament. Pictured above:
Kiah Laborn, Brent Grooms, Nathan
Mitchell, and Timothy Smithson
The fifth grade Early L.I.F.T. students
attended the 33rd Texas Future
Solving Problem Program State Bowl in
Austin. The students competed on the
topic, Ocean Soup. Pictured below:
(back row) Cale Wade, Brent Grooms,
Nate Martin, (front row) Madison
Green, Vance Cady Gordon, Rae
Bynum, Morgan Kent, Rae Bynum
“You cannot open a book without
learning something.” -Confucius
Mark you calendars for the End of Year Awards………
May 28—Third Grade, 8:30 a.m.
May 29—Fifth Grade, 8:30 a.m.
May 30—Fourth Grade, 8:30 a.m.
District Track Success!
The 8th grade girls came home
with second place and the
8th grade boys earned
fourth place.
The 7th grade girls worked
hard to finish in sixth place.
The 7th grade boys put forth
great effort and are ready for
next year!
Edited by: Parker Smith, Hallie
Tyler & Madison Horton :)
Early FPS State Success!
The weekend of April 19, Early ISD took 31 stu-
dents to the state FPS competition in Austin,
TX. Congratulations to the Global Issues Prob-
lem Solving (GIPS) team of Jonathon Morales,
Kendel Beck, Ashtin Wade, and Chase Cochran,
for placing fifth in the Junior Division. The Crea-
tive Drama team of Caleb Callaway, Courtnie
Smith, Maggie Yantis, Madison Horton, and
Hallie Tyler placed first with their Creative Dra-
ma, over the topic, Culture of Celebrity. In the
GIPS Alternates Division, Parker Smith placed
first and Maggie Yantis placed third. Sydney
Neel placed third in the GIPS Individual compe-
tition, Junior Division.
MIDDLE SCHOOL has swag!
Gretchen Wieners
May
2013
8th Grade: Gabrielle Hamilton, Hallie Brinson,
Faith Wade, Bianca Frerichs, Kynadee Bannis-
ter, and Payton Hackney. The mascot is
Lainey Speck.
7th Grade: Briana Storey, Chloe Clowdus,
Emma Loven, Ellie Ryan, Laiken Reagan, and
Ashtin Wade. The mascot is Destiny Sliger.
Congrats to the new EMS cheerleaders!!
Nicole
On April 13
the EMS
Robotics
teams
attended the
State
Robotics
Meet. The teams placed 14th and 22nd out of
61 teams. The teams are coached by Mrs. Tami
Hull and Mrs. Jennifer McKibbin.
Ryleigh Rocks!
On April 6th Ryleigh Dal-
leh performed with the
national PIPS group dur-
ing the halftime of the
San Antonio Spurs game!
Way to go Ryleigh!
The EMS Art Show will be on May 16th
from 3:30-6:00 p.m. The students have
been preparing for the show all year.
They have created many projects includ-
ing drawings, etchings, collages, water-
color, acrylic painting, and much more.
On April 13th, EMS
Builders Club members
joined together at the
middle school in an
effort to Keep Early
Beautiful! Pictured
above is Ryan Hill and
Sean King.
On April 13th,
members met at
Krogers and
cleaned up the
ravine area. Pic-
tured below is
Zane Burleson and
Chris Ingram.
Early Middle School students joined in with the High School choir students to earn a UIL Sweepstakes trophy at the Concert and Sight Reading
Contest in Grandbury. Pictured above are members
of the Middle School girls Treble Choir.
Mrs. Hull
invited
the Mid-
dle
School
students
to Telescope Night the last week
of April. Students and communi-
ty members came up to school in
the evening and observed Jupiter
and the Galilean moons, Saturn
and one of its moons, Orion’s
belt, Sirius and many other stars.
A special thanks to Mr. Keith
Taylor for sharing his telescope
with us!
Pictured is
Emily
Edgar look-
ing through
the tele-
scope
Word in the Herd
Early High School Edited by: Maggie Yantis and
Courtnie Smith
May 2013
Page 4
Stock Shows have come to an end! Early FFA and Early ISD were very well represented. Thanks for
everyone’s continued sup-port as our program is
one of the elite show pro-grams in the state of Tex-
as with the amount of success we have had over
the years.
-Misty Cozart, Early FFA Sponsor and Agriculture
Science Teacher
Congratulations to all the Early High
School students who participated in the
regional & area Visual Arts Scholastic
event or VASE in February. Students
participated in different divisions de-
pending on the years they have taken
Art. Congratulations to Lindy Davis and
Alice Carter who are advancing to the
State competition in April.
Lois “Grandma” Rodriguez
has officially retired from the
High School Cafeteria Food
Service. When she was not
working at the cafeteria she
could be seen at the cross
walk or taking money at ball
games. She will be missed!
She is moving to Lubbock ,
Texas to be with family.
On Wednesday, April 10, a group of Early High
School students in the Audio/Video Technology
class went to visit TSTC and the KTAB news
studio in Abilene.
“It was interesting to see how the news station
works behind the scenes to make the produc-
tion that I see on my TV every day,” said Brady
King, a student in the Audio/Video class.
By Lindsey Kirk
Luke Broussard of Early High
School was recently voted the Gover-
nor of the Texas-Oklahoma District at
the 2012-2013 District Convention
(DCON) held at the Sheraton Hotel in
Dallas, Texas. Luke will now serve in the
highest position in the third largest dis-
trict in Key Club International with
nearly 16,000 members. He will act as
the communication liaison from individ-
ual clubs to the district to the interna-
tional board. A primary goal of his is to
promote student leadership and in-
crease the membership by at least a
thousand people. He will serve the dis-
trict from 2013 to 2014 with his term
ending at the 2014 DCON.
By: Kassidy Allen
Three Early High School Sen-
iors earned the rank of Eagle
Scout. Congratulations to
Brandon Moore, Dylan Powell,
and Thomas Givan.
Early High School senior and
basketball player Aubrey
Horton officially signed with
Tarleton State University.
Athletic Physicals, free of charge, will be
given on Friday, May 10th, at Early High
School beginning at 3:30. Incoming seventh
graders, freshmen, and juniors are required
to have an Athletic Physical before compet-
ing in athletic activities.
Varsity Girls Softball Team Varsity Girls Softball Team Varsity Girls Softball Team ---
Undefeated in District Play!Undefeated in District Play!Undefeated in District Play!
Athletic Sports Banquet tickets are on sale now until May 17th at
Early High School
Word in the Herd Early High School continued Page 5
Congratulations to the Early ISD Varsity Treble Choir members who earned a UIL
Sweepstakes trophy for straight superior (I) ratings from all six judges at UIL
Concert and Sight-Reading Contest at Granbury High School on Tuesday, April
16, 2013. In addition, the Early High School Concert Choir also earned a UIL
Sweepstakes trophy for straight superior (I) ratings from all six judges. The Ear-
ly ISD Varsity Tenor/Bass Choir earned excellent ratings in both concert and
sight-reading performances. Twenty-two Early students will be representing the
district at UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest at Dickerson High School in Pflu-
gerville, TX, on May 27, 2013. Those
students who will be singing solos at the state level are: Austin Carlisle, Anna
Rose Hamilton, Elizabeth Rivard, Krista Plaster, Hunter Murphy, Ethan Easley,
Jessica Harris, Amanda Harris, and Kristy Joyner. Students singing in an ensem-
