Eustace High School students continue to take advantage of the opportunity to take dual credit and certification courses that are funded by the district. The program pro-vides for the cost of tuition, textbooks, and certification exams for juniors and seniors. With the state-of-the-art Ag facility, Eustace is fortunate to expand onsite weld-ing certification courses. Thirty students earned welding credit in the Fall semester. At the completion of the required courses, students will be able to earn an industry certification in Welding at Eustace High School. Working closely with TVCC, students have the capability of taking courses at the EHS campus, in Athens, or via the web. Students must meet the college admissions criteria for the

course(s) they wish to take. They must also earn at least a grade of ‘C’ in those courses to be eligible to continue participa-tion in the district’s program. For the Fall 2018 semester, 131 EISD students earned college credits for English 1301, English 2322, Government, US History, College Algebra, Calculus I, Biology, Chemistry, Speech, Psychology, Economics, Welding, and Medical Law, Spanish, Music Appreciation, Art Appreciation, Art Histo-ry, Drama and Introduction to Business for a total of 937 college hours completed. A total of 298 courses were completed. We look forward to the continued growth of this program.

January 14—School Board Meeting—7:00

January 17—State Cheerleading Competition

January 18-19—All-Region Band

January 21—School Holiday

January 21—Called Board Meeting—6:00

February 2—UIL Solo and Ensemble—North Garland

February 2—Middle School Girls District Tournament at Bloom-ing Grove

EISD Update

January 2019

Inside this issue:

Enrollment Update 2

Middle School News 2

Primary News 3

High School News 3

Intermediate News 4

Substitute Teaching 5

Scholarship Funds 5

News Briefs

Dual Credit Program Continues to Grow

January is School Board

Recognition Month!

EISD thanks our board members for all their hard work and

dedication to the students, staff, and community!

Ashley McKee—Board President

David Morton—Board Vice President

Steven Bell—Board Secretary

Cotton Walker—Board Member

Gary Walsh—Board Member

Jimmy Kirkhart—Board Member

Jamie Potter—Board Member

Middle School News Immunizations   With the beginning of the second semester, it is a good time to encourage the parents of our 6th grade students to go ahead and think about getting immunizations. Students entering the 7th grade have several immunizations they are required to have, such as their 2nd dose of the varicella vaccine (chicken pox), a meningococcal vaccine, and a Tdap vaccine (or adult tetanus). This is a requirement by the state of Texas for all 7th grad-ers. Remember, 7th grade students will not be able to attend school if they have not had these vaccines. Each year, we have had numerous students that we have had to send home the first day of school, because they did not have their immunizations up to date. It is best to go ahead and take care of this early. Fre-quently, those that wait until the last minute have a hard time being able to schedule appointments with doctor’s offices and clinics. Once your child has had the immunizations, please send records to the office so we can update their file.    Stay Informed  Aside from our monthly updates, there are a variety of ways you can keep up with EMS! Check out the new, updated website: ms.eustaceisd.net. Like us @ facebook.com/EustaceMiddleSchool. Follow us @ twitter.com/EustaceMS Students of the Month and Employee of the Month (January) The Students of the Month and Employee of the Month are cho-sen by the faculty at EMS. These individuals are polite, respect-ful people who go above and beyond every day. They set the example for everyone around them and show us what it means to be Bulldog Proud! These students will be treated to a lunch at Applebee’s on January 15, 2019.   6th Grade: Payton Miller Colten Carpenter 7th Grade: Alexis Clark Jason Sanchez 8th Grade: Bailey Billings Sammie Kidwell Employee of the Month: Laticia Shaddock Important Dates Tuesday, January 8th Bulldog Bingo for 3rd Six Weeks! Thursday, January 10th Boys Basketball vs Scurry at 5:00 Girls Basketball @Scurry at 5:00 Friday, January 11th Girls Basketball Tournament (8A

Primary Campus Intermediate Campus PK 80 3 106 K 109 4 112 1 129 5 123 2 119 Total 437 Total 341

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Middle School High School 6 115 9 101 7 121 10 119 8 111 11 118 12 89 Total 347 Total 427 Total District Enrollment 1,552 Total District Enrollment Year Ago 1,532

Enrollment Update (1-9-19)

only) @Crandall Saturday, January 12th Boys Basketball Tournament @Van Girls Basketball Tournament (8A only) @Crandall Tuesday, January 15th Student of the Month lunch at Ap plebee’s Thursday, January 17th Boys Basketball vs Kemp at 5:00 Girls Basketball (7A/8A only) @ Kemp at 5:00 Saturday, January 19th All Region Band Concert at Canton Monday, January 21st No School Wednesday, January 23rd Fish Hatchery (8th Grade Boys) Thursday, January 24th Fish Hatchery (8th Grade Girls) Boys Basketball @Mildred at 5:00 Girls Basketball vs Mildred at 5:00 Monday, January 28th Girls Basketball @Blooming Grove at 5:00 pm Thursday- January 31st Boys Basketball vs Blooming Grove at 5:00 pm Girls Basketball District Tourna ment (7A/8A only) @Blooming Grove

EMS Band Thursday, December 3, 2018, sixteen 7th and 8th grade stu-dents out of the Middle School Band traveled to Ferris High School to audition for the 2018-2019 All Region Band. The students that attended the contest were Jocelin Burke, Landon Estes, Emma Fisher, Christian Gillmore, Josef Heidle, Jacob Henson, Hannah Hines, Lyra Landrum, Sadie Jo Long, Mi-chael Murphy, Hannah Roberts, Paige Row, Gabriel Rudman, Madelynn Seay, Terrianna Slocum and Alexis Taylor. They competed against 2A, 3A, and 4A schools from UIL Music Region 3, for spots in the All Region Symphonic Band and All Region Concert Band. While all students played and com-peted well, Eustace Middle School Band had two students who showed distinguished skills and made the cut! Madelynn Seay made the top band, the Symphonic Band, as the 12th place clarinet player in our region. There were 85 clarinet players at the audition. Paige Row made the second band, the Concert Band, in 9th chair placing her as the 21st place clari-net player in our region out of the same 85 players. These ladies did an outstanding job and it is truly an honor for them to be able to participate in this year’s All Region Band Con-cert and Clinic. The concert will be held at Canton High School on January 19th at 3PM and is open for the communi-ty to come, enjoy, and support our music programs.

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UIL: UIL Academic Students are actively pre-paring for their next meet, January 25th & 26th. The UIL Coaches are super proud of the UIL team for all their hard work and dedication. Yearbook: Last chance to purchase a 2019 year-book ends February 2. Yearbooks are currently $50, and none will be sold after February 2. They may be purchased at school or online at jostensyearbooks.com. Powerlifting and basket-ball photos will be taken some time in January and spring sports photos will be taken close to the end of February. AG: The Eustace FFA will be participating at the Ft. Worth Stock Show this January. There will be an adult meeting on January 14th, at 6:00 PM at the old ag shop to discuss the Ft. Worth stock show and the upcoming auc-tion. The Eustace Young Farmers Association will host the 23rd Annual Chili Cookoff and Auction on February 16, 2019 at 6:00 PM in the Eustace Primary Cafeteria. Please join us for a free Chili Dinner and a great and fun time. Our FFA chapter will be hosting the Carter Blood Center blood drive on February 27th from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the High School auditori-um. Please donate. Band: The High School band is currently work-ing on UIL concert and sight reading to prepare for March 5th in Canton. Our Area qualifiers Nate Holland, Danny Stout, Tommy Maloney and Phillip Starnes are preparing for the State auditions on Saturday Jan 12th. On January 17th and 18th our All Region students - Nate Holland, Danny Stout, Tommy Maloney, Dylan Worth and Phillip Starnes - will be rehearsing for the concert on January 18th in Canton. Several of our students are getting ready for Solo & Ensemble on February 2nd. We are also finalizing plans for the spring band trip to San Antonio on May 2nd -5th. We will be keeping everyone informed of the results and progress of our endeavors as we con-tinue through the year. We look forward to a successful spring semester. Spanish Club: The EHS Spanish Club held a January meeting to discuss the cultural celebra-tion of Three Kings Day in Spanish speaking countries and planned their annual field trip to Medieval Times in Dallas. The trip will be on February 28th.

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High School News Early Childhood News This December the Middle School Student Council joined in the Holiday fun with Early Childhood students. The Student Council worked hard helping our students with various Holiday activities such as; decorating ornaments," Texas" ice skating, reading Christmas stories, serving re-freshments and taking holiday pictures. A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Beasley, Mr. Sowers, and Mr. Bever-ly for helping with our holiday activities. Our students en-joyed being showered with love from everyone. Also, Ear-ly Childhood teachers and students would like to say thank you to Mr. Mahaffey and his Robotics/engineering/design class for creating a Kleenex and sanitizing station for us. Kindergarten News We are off to a great start in kindergarten! We enjoyed our time together before the Christmas break with our Christmas book exchange and party with our school fami-ly. It was fun to show our families what we have been working on and the children really enjoyed showing off their work. The kindergarten students were so excited to see the new cafeteria floor when we returned to school. They are also getting back into the swing of things and ready for a full week back. We have spent these past two days discussing what a New Year’s Resolution is, and we are ready to work even harder in the new year! 1st Grade News First grade enjoyed making Christmas decorations and learning about all the different ways to enjoy the Christ-mas season. We spent one day rotating from room to room making different decorations and treats to take home. We made tons of pictures and decorations to take home and help our families decorate. We also had a great time at our Christmas parties where we had lots of parents, siblings, and grandparents come to visit with us. Everyone loved their time off, but we are sure glad to be back at school! 2nd Grade News The third six weeks has been busy for second grade. Mrs. Gunderson’s class visited the high school to see how a 3-D printer works and they returned to the classroom to learn about coding. Second grade also had their annual music program. The children worked very hard and did a great job! Last but not least, all of the second grade did a book study on A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time by Mary Pope Osborne. As a culminating activity, the children went to the Dallas Children’s Theater to see the play.

Primary News

E u s t a c e I S D

Congratulations to our District UIL Participants and Winners! Students participated in Malakoff on December 6th. Our school placed 2nd overall against Kemp, Malakoff, Scurry, and Tool. 3rd-grade win-ners: Story Telling- 1st place Khloie Loper; Number Sense- 3rd place Tyler Patterson; Spelling- 6th place Sophia Romero. 4th- grade winners: Ready Writing- 1st place Landry Huggins, 2nd place Sophie Ferrell; Chess- 3rd place Sophie Ferrell; Art- 4th place Rom-ma Drohn; Number Sense- 1st place Eligh Houston, 2nd place Franklin Mitchell, 6th place Addy Diaz De Leon; Oral Reading- 1st place Landry Huggins, 4th place Trenda Gilbert, 5th place Matson Adams; Spelling- 2nd place Austin Duncan, 4th place Romma Drohn, 6th place Gabby Key. 5th grade winners: Ready Writing- 1st place Canica Grant, 2nd place Ella Baxter; Music Memory- 3rd place Zephie Burch; Art- 6th place Catherine Nguyen; Dictionary Skills- 1st place Emily Hampton; Listening Skills- 5th place Ca-sey Smith; Maps, Charts, & Graphs- 2nd place Daisy Buchanan, 6th place Riggs Harris; Number Sense- 2nd place Joey Scarborough, 4th place Canica Grant; Oral Reading- 3rd place Gracie Kulsa, 5th place Daisy Bu-chanan; Spelling- 4th place Cooper Dyer, 6th place Lauren Holland. Way to go Bulldogs!

Congratulations to our December Student of the Month winners: Kennedy Bragg, Wesley Johnson, Khloie Loper, Kaylee Hill, Sayler Haddock, Erin Mara-ble, Emmalee Carter, Kasen Holt, Joey Scarborough, Skyler Stahley, Kendall Johnson, and Zephie Burch.

The 3rd 6-weeks and Semester drawings were held: Winner of the 3rd 6-Weeks Perfect Attendance Bicycle / Wal-Mart $50 Gift Card was Hannah Mathison, and the Winner of the Semester Perfect Attendance Bicycle / Wal-Mart $50 Gift Card was Josh Cox. Winner of the 3rd 6-weeks All A’s Bicycle/ Wal-Mart $50 Gift Card was Izabella Baez, and the Winner of the Semester All A’s Bicycle/ Wal-Mart $50 Gift Card was Canica Grant. The Winner of the Bicycle/ Wal-Mart $50 Gift Card for our Big Kahuna Fundraiser was Cody Busby. Also, several students won $1 dollar bills as they participated in our “Jump for George” drawing!

Our version of “Who Wants to be a Million-aire?” called “Who Wants to be a Money-aire?” was held on Friday, December 14th. Each homeroom teach-er puts a ticket in a bucket for all students who have perfect attendance for the 6-weeks and draws a name. Those students are asked random trivia questions per-taining to his/her grade level content. Each student is allowed one wrong answer and is considered “out" on the second wrong answer. The game continues with questions until there is only one winner for each grade. The 3rd 6-weeks Money-aire winners were: 3rd Grade: Kyleigh Fisk; 4th Grade: Franklin Mitchell; and 5th Grade: Tieler Graham. We will play again at the end of the 4th, 5th, and 6th 6-weeks; and then we

Intermediate News have the Champion of Champions Round on the last day of school!

Upcoming Events: Jan. 24 Big Kahuna Fundraiser Party Bus

6th Grade Reading Mrs. Ferrell’s students worked with Mrs. Felty on developing their Project Based Learning (PBL) projects. 8th Grade Science 8th grade students will be attending Science Academy at the Tex-as Freshwater Fish Hatcheries on January 23rd & 24th. Students have also been working hard on their Space Showcases.

Art EMS Art students are busy making creations. 8th graders are constructing Monumental Sculptures in the manner of Claus Oldenberg. Giant donuts, cakes, pies and ice-cream will be shown at the Art Show this spring. Remember Artsonia for the family member who has everything. Your artist’s work can be put on any of about 35 items.

Theater Arts Middle School One Act Play participated in the District Contest on December 12th at Kemp High School. We’d like to recognize Kaitlin Clayton for receiving All Star Cast Award, Karaline Ridgle for receiving All Star Cast Honorable Mention Award, and Kierah Spencer for receiving Technical Achievement Award. All the students involved with the production of Char-lotte’s Web have been working exceptionally hard all year and we are very proud of them all! Student Council Student Council spent the morning, December 10th, with Primary students and teachers for the Primary Christmas parties! Outdoor Education Outdoor Education has been working hard on finetuning their archery skills. They have practiced shooting targets at various distances and worked on perfecting their stances and held their first archery tournament on December 11th. Congratulations to Amberley McGlocklin, who won the first tournament. Basketball As the end of basketball season approaches, we just want to rec-ognize how hard each and every player has worked.

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Coding-Coding-Coding Students have started coding in Mrs. Landrum’s class using a new classroom set of iPads!

Daddy-Daughter Dance EMS hosted its Inaugural Daddy-Daughter Dance and the night was a beautiful success! The EMS gym was trans-formed into a winter wonderland for the even and we even had a visit from Queen Elsa (Abbie Cates) and Princess An-

na (Reece Thorne), who entertained our daughters by doing the Cupid Shuffle, Hokey Pokey and other fun songs, while giving dad’s a break from the dance floor! Thank you to everyone who came and helped to create a magical evening for our students and community.

Outdoor Education Class

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Daddy-Daughter Dance

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Students of the Month

Middle School One Act Play

Janice Beasley reading to Primary students.

NHS: Students have been completing service hours throughout the year. If your child is a member in NHS, please be sure that they are completing their service hours. NHS students will take a field trip to the Perot Mu-seum in Dallas on February 15th. Boys Basketball: Boys Basketball started District on Jan-uary 2nd with an overtime victory over Rice 65-62! The Boys will continue district play throughout the month of January with home games on: January 11th vs Palmer January 18th vs Scurry January 22nd vs Malakoff Girls Basketball: Coming off a first-place finish in the Trinidad tournament, the Lady Bulldogs started district during the Christmas break. Their record is currently 10-15 and 1-4 in district, playing the top 3 teams at the start of district play. They are still in the hunt for a playoff spot being led by Seniors Lily Sorrells and Madison Holbert. They will finish out the first round of district play Friday, January 11th, against Mildred. Senior night will be held on February 1st against Kemp. Games begin at 5:00. Come out and support your Lady Bulldogs. Cheer: The cheerleaders are having a great time cheering on the boys and girls basketball teams at the district games. The cheerleaders are also working hard on their material for the UIL State Cheer Competition coming up January 17th. Wish them Good Luck! Go Bulldogs! Golf: The Eustace High School Golf team began Practice January 7th. We are looking forward to an exciting season. We have many players returning from last year and should be very competitive this year. Tournaments will begin January 28th at Spring Hill. Bulldog Proud!

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Good Luck to our Varsity

Cheerleading Squad at the

State Cheerleading Competition

next Thursday!!

E. L. Kirk & Jack Wallace Scholarships

A reminder that it is not too late to contribute to the E. L. Kirk and/or the Jack Wallace Scholarship Funds for the 2018-2019 school year. Scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors this year. You may mail your contribution to Eustace ISD, PO Box 188, Eustace, TX 75124. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. If you have questions, please contact Coy Holcombe at (903) 425-5299, or by email at cholcombe@eustaceisd.net.

Substitute Teaching

The start of the new year is a great time to consider a new adventure! If you enjoy working with children of all ages, consider becoming a substitute teacher. The role of the substitute teacher is a challenging one, which brings with it many rewards and the opportunity to assist in the development of Eustace’s greatest asset – its students. Applications for substitute teaching must be completed and returned by each individual applicant to the superintendent’s office. All applicants for substi-tute teaching are required, as a minimum, to be high school graduate or hold a GED and be at least 21 years of age. Once approved, applicants are required by state law to submit to fingerprinting. The district will pro-vide the required paperwork for this process which costs individuals approximately $54. A sub orientation meeting is held the week prior to the school board meeting to familiarize applicants with policies and dai-ly routines when working as a substitute teacher. All substitute applicants are approved by the superinten-dent, and Board of Trustees, which meets on the third Monday of each month. For additional information, please contact the Administration office.

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Money-Aire Winners

3rd 6 Weeks Perfect Attendance Winner

Student of the Month Winners

2nd Grade Students Visit the High School

Fundraiser Winner

New Primary Cafeteria Floor