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 completion of the new Ag facility this past fall, Eustace was fortunate to ex-pand onsite welding certification courses. Forty-one 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 participation in the district’s program. For the Fall 2016 semester, one-hundred-sixteen EISD students earned college cred-its for English 1301, English 2322, Govern-ment, US History, College Algebra, Calcu-lus I, Speech, Psychology, Spanish, Eco-nomics, Criminal Justice, Welding, and Medical Law for a total of 206 college courses completed. We look forward to the continued growth of this program.

January 11—State Cheerleading Competition

January 12—Intermediate Semester Awards

January 16—Holiday

January 23-27—1st Grade MOY Guided Reading

January 20—21—All Region Concert and Clinic

EISD Update

January 2017

Inside this issue:

Enrollment Update 2

Middle School News 2

Primary News 3

High School News 3

Intermediate News 4

Substitute Teaching 6

Scholarship Funds 6

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!

Gary Walsh—Board President

Ashley McKee—Board Vice President

Bobby Ashton—Board Secretary

Cotton Walker—Board Member

Steven Bell—Board Member

Jimmy Kirkhart—Board Member

David Morton—Board Member

Middle School News Art EMS 7th and 8th grade Art has rotated with Health. “New” art students, please remember to bring a 22x28 white poster board for making your portfolio. The 7th grade art students are respon-sible for bringing 6 wooden pencils, a small pack of colored pencils, hand held pencil sharpener, and a kitchen towel. The 8th grade artists bring markers, colored pencils, and pencil top eras-ers. These supplies help all of the art students, we share them throughout the year. Thank you so much and remember, “Art comes from the HeArt!” Pennies for Patients and The Great Kindness Challenge Penny drive for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is Janu-ary 9-20, 2017. Please donate to a great cause! The Great Kind-ness Challenge will be January 23-27, 2017. The intent is to create an environment of kindness and not one of bully-ing. There is a free app to use all year round: Great Kindness Challenge App. Also information can be found on Twitter: #GreatKindnessChallenge, and on Facebook: The Great Kind-ness Challenge. Six Flags Read to Succeed Program Our 6th grade students will be bringing home a reading log and information for the “Read to Succeed” program. Each student has the opportunity to receive a free ticket to Six Flags, all they have to do is read! Parents, please sign your child’s reading log each night that they read and make sure that it is returned to their 2nd period teacher by February 22nd. Incentive Trip Mrs. Smith will be taking a group of students to the movies on January 20th. In order to qualify for the trip students must have: an 85 or higher on their report card/progress report, 0 absences for the current six weeks and 0 discipline referrals. Immunizations Now that we’ve begun the second semester, it is also 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. They are required to have received a 2nd dose of the vari-cella 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 graders. Remember 7th grade students will not be able to attend school if they have not had these vac-cines. Each year we have had numerous students that we have had to send home the first day of school because they did not

Primary Campus Intermediate Campus PK 81 3 128 K 112 4 115 1 110 5 109 2 107 Total 410 Total 352

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Middle School High School 6 134 9 127 7 100 10 109 8 124 11 106 12 107 Total 343 Total 449 Total District Enrollment 1,554 Total District Enrollment Year Ago 1,555

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have their immunizations up to date. It is best to go ahead and take care of this early. Frequently, 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. Free Breakfast and Lunch Eustace Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School are contin-uing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) under the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs for School 2016-2017. Schools that participate in CEP provide healthy breakfasts and lunches each day at no charge for ALL students enrolled in that CEP school during the 2016-2017 School Year. Stay Informed Aside from our monthly updates there are a variety of ways you can keep up with EMS! Like us @ facebook.com/EustaceMiddleSchool Follow us @ twitter.com/EustaceMS And Read the Bulldog Buzz written by our students: Bulldog Buzz Students of the Month and Employee of the Month The Students of the Month and Employee of the Month are chosen by the faculty at EMS. These individuals are polite, respectful 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! 6th Grade: Lyra Landrum and Aiden Wilkinson 7th Grade: Madisen Kulsa and Jake Haney 8th Grade: Breanna Chandler and Larry Rochester Employee of the Month: Cheri Spivey Important Dates 1/12: Boys BB v. Edgewood, Girls BB @ Edgewood 1/16: No School 1/19: Boys BB v. Kemp, Girls BB @ Kemp 1/23: Girls BB v. Scurry Rosser, Boys BB @ Scurry Rosser 1/28: Girls BB Tournament

UIL Academics: The Academic UIL teams will be competing in Palestine on January 21st and 22nd. These students have been working very hard to prepare for this event. Book Club: Book Club is meeting January 12 after school to discuss The Hobbit.  NHS: The National Honor Society par ticipat-ed in Christmas on the Square events in Decem-ber, and will host their first dance for the high school students on January 28th from 6-10 PM. Basketball: Basketball is in full swing. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs have finished non-district play and the Lady Bulldogs have nearly finished the first round of district play. The Bull-dogs move to 9-11 on the season, as they fight for a playoff spot for the first time in 8 years. The Lady Bulldogs competed in three tournaments this year placing second in the E.L. Kirk Tournament. 4th in the Italy Tournament and third in the Crossroads Tournament. The La-dy Bulldogs currently have a 13-10 record and are 3-3 in District. Cheer: The cheer leaders hosted a show off this past Saturday, January 7th. Nine teams at-tended the show off. It was a great event and all that came did a great job and appreciated the ex-perience for their teams. It turned out to be a great fundraiser for the program. We leave for state competition January 10th and compete Jan-uary 11th in the 2nd annual UIL State Spirit Championship. The team placed 6th last year and is looking to do even better this year. Softball: The 2017 Softball season will begin January 20th with the first day of practice. Prac-tice will start 3:40 and will be over at 5:40. The first scrimmage will be January 30th at Malakoff and the start time will be 5:00 pm followed by a scrimmage at home on February 4th. We will have two more scrimmages February 9th and 11th. We start pre-district games February 14th at home against Rice - start times are JV 4:30 and Varsity 6:00. District play begins March 3rd at home against Mineola - start times JV 4:30 and Varsity 6:00. We are looking to do something special this year, so come out and support us. Bulldog Proud!

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High School News RIGHT CHOICE AWARDS Congratulations to the following VIP students who were recog-nized for their excellent behavior! They received a Bulldog stick-er and enjoyed having lunch with Mrs. Shaffer, Mrs. Haynes or Mrs. Sowers. Kindergarten – McKenna Adams, Christian Alvarez, Chelby Andrews, Keven Ardon, Makayla Arbour, Harleigh Baker, Davis Billings, Presley Bonner, Maddie Bredlau, Abigail Compton, Byntlee Dunning, Keaton Dyer, Makayla Eubank, Chase Foster, Benjamin Fugitt, Hailey Gold, Jamie Gordon, Ryan Graham, Ramaura Hill, Lyla Horton, Makenzie Kennedy, Kendra Kirkpat-rick, Kyleigh Kulsa, Shelby Long, Harper Lawrence, Jace McMillian, Kagen Meine, Alexis Meredith, Kenzie Miller, Jour-ney Moore, Joshua Muir, Cayson Nevil, Lux Pace, Harlow Par-ker, Malli Phillips, Braxton Ridgle, Lilian Rogers, Brookelynn Scott, Bella Sparkman, Remington Spivey, Conner Stegall, Nova-leigh Stellar, Bryson Stewart, Collin Tempelton, Drake Terry, Lily Thrower, Jayleigh Travis, Mackenzie Wade, Braxton Ward, Reagan Warren, Maci Weems, Savanna Willett, Airabella Wil-liams, Jana Zettner First Grade –Alek Allen, Madison Ashton, Payton Ashton, Landen Bradley, Peyton Brewer, Josh Cox, Alli-son Craft, Loramie DeLaRosa, Noah Estes, Kyleigh Fisk, Chloe Graham, Kandace Hodges, Wesley Johnson, Madison Land-wermeyer, Khloie Loper, Jenny Morin-Guerrero, Alex Nopalera, Kristen Penix, Cate Powers, Conner Roden, Silas Rodriguez, So-fia Romero, Will Self, Baylee Tanner, Rylie Smith, Sarah Smith, Jayden Stone, Preston Sy, Paizlee Thomson, Makayla Truitt, Skyla Woods Second Grade – Matson Adams, Zoey Baker, , Bradyn Burelsmith, Emmy Carter, Lexi Cleek, Lucas Clem, Emi-ly Clopton, Billy Cody, Oliver Dark, Adalyn Diaz De Leon, Carissa Didway, Romma Drohn, Lorelai Duff, Austin Duncan, Ethan Espiricueta, Jonah Estes, Sophie Ferrell, Abigail Garrison, Auna Gillmore, Gena Hamilton, Dalania Harrington, Landry Huggins, Morgan Hunt, Marlee Hunter, Aiden Hutchison, Gabby Key, Audrey Kilcrease, Brianna Loden, Erin Marable, Amber McCalister, Trevor McCloud, Chase McKean, Colby Merchant, Kimberly Millan, Miles Morton, Jayden Pruitt, Jaylynn Ramirez, Madison Rogers, Tank Rowley, Kylee Rushing, Alazeyah Sala-zar, Berkleigh Thrower, Lexi Thompson, Madison Truitt, Konner Vaden, Calvin Whitfield, Ellie Willett, Keegan Woody. SERVICE PROJECTS Mrs. Sutton's second grade class held its annual Pajama Drive. They collected 128 pairs of pajamas this year! Each one will be paired with a new Scholastic book. These pajamas will stay in our area locally to help domestically abused children, homeless children, and child who are displaced. A BIG "Thank you" goes to our students, faculty, and staff for all the help! They reached their goal again this year! Also, the entire second grade collected 112 Teddy Bears which were donated to early childhood students, PPCD/LID students, and to the Pine-crest Nursing and Rehab Facility in Tyler. CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE We had many first and second graders show up on December 12 to sing for our community at Christmas on the Square. The first

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Primary News

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Eustace Intermediate participated in the UIL Academic Dis-trict Contest, competing against Scurry-Rosser and Kemp on Saturday, December 3rd in Kemp. Eustace Intermediate won 1st Place in our UIL Distr ict! Congratulations to our UIL Academics District Winners: 5th Grade: Art: 1st Place Jadie Milner ; 2nd Place Cassidy Ciardo; 3rd Place Alexis Stults and Gabr iel Rudman; 5th Place Grace Kirkpatr ick; and 6th Place Abby Spivey; Chess Puzzle: 3rd Place Cannon Kilcrease; Dic-tionary: 1st Place Cannon Kilcrease; 2nd Place Ryan Porte; 3rd Place Anna Hamilton; Listening: 1st Place Tren-ten Estes; 3rd Place Grace Kirkpatr ick; and 6th Place Jewel Hood; Maps, Charts, & Graphs: 1st Place Anthony Weld; and 4th Place Landon Estes; Music Memory: 1st Place Mia Roach; 2nd Place Xavier Ruiz; 3rd Place Tren-ten Estes; 4th Place Landon Estes; and 5th Place Akasha Spencer; Number Sense: 1st Place Cannon Kilcrease; 3rd Place Lydia Stogner ; 4th Place Sadie Jo Long; and 5th Place Adam Chapman; Oral Reading: 1st Place Abby Spivey; 2nd Place Bailey Holley; 3rd Place Destiny Potter ; and 4th Place Cassidy Ciardo; Ready Writing: 4th Place Abby Spivey; Social Studies: 6th Place Taylor Paschall; and Spelling: 1st Place Damion Caudle; and 3rd Place Lawson Thompson; 4th Grade: Art: 1st Place Joseph Sul-livan; 2nd Place Autumn Pugh; 3rd Place Brylee Fiscus; 4th Place Lilly Logston; and 6th Place Mattie Patek; Chess Puzzle: 2nd Place Brandt Powers; Music Memory: 2nd Place Brandt Powers; 3rd Place Page Miller ; 5th Place Payton Miller; and 6th Place Tommy Adkisson; Number Sense: 1st Place Colby Calver t; 4th Place Madison Haught; and 6th Place Char lie Adkisson; Oral Reading: 1st Place Annika Nigo; 2nd Place Cole Carpenter ; and 3rd Place Colby Calver t; Ready Writing: 3rd Place Autumn Pugh; and 6th Place Avery Far r ington; and Spelling: 1st Place Julia Kingston; 5th Place Mia Morr ison; and 6th Place Danika Rolison; 3rd Grade: Chess Puzzle: 3rd Place Brayden Anthony; and 6th Place Aidan Dean; Mu-sic Memory: 1st Place Jordan Oldham; and 2nd Place Cooper Gaddis; Ready Writing: 1st Place Haidee Casares; 3rd Place Riggs Harr is; and 6th Place Emma Balfanz; Spelling: 1st Place Cooper Dyer ; 3rd Place Aidan Dean; and 6th Place Haidee Casares; and Storytelling: 1st Place Isabella Buck; 3rd Place Faith Tigrett; and 4th Place Ella Baxter; and 2nd grade: Creative Writing: 1st Place Land-ry Huggins; 2nd Place Berkleigh Thrower ; and Storytell-ing: 1st Place Sophie Fer rell; 5th Place Kylie Rushing. 5th graders finished their very successful research project with the Wax Museum of Heroes on Thursday, De-cember 15th. It was a new design in giving a wonderful glimpse of scientists, mathematicians, inventors, and many other historical figures! Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. Rowley wish to thank everyone for coming and supporting our 5th graders!

The 3rd 6-weeks and Semester drawings were held: Winner of the 3rd 6-Weeks Perfect Attendance Bicycle was Matthew Gonzales and the Winner of the Semester Per-fect Attendance Bicycle was Kenedy Hyde. All A’s MP3 Player Drawing for the 3rd 6-Weeks and Semester was held Friday, January 6th; and the winners were: 3rd 6-weeks: Ab-by Spivey and Semester: Brandt Powers. The Winner of the Semester Bicycle for Earn Your Eats was Cole Car-penter. Also, several students won $1 dollar bills as they participated in our “Jump for George” drawing!

Our version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”

Intermediate News called “Who Wants to be a Money-aire?” was held on Friday, December 18th. Each homeroom teacher puts all students who have perfect attendance for the 6-weeks in a bag and draws a name. Those students are asked random trivia questions pertain-ing to his/her grade level content. Each student is allowed one wrong answer and is considered “out" on the second wrong an-swer. The game continues with questions until there is only one winner for each grade. The 3rd 6-weeks Money-aire winners were: 3rd Grade: Donnie Bevis; 4th Grade: Avery Farrington; and 5th Grade: Hunter Michel. We will play again at the end of the 4th, 5th and 6th 6-weeks; and then we have the Champion of Champions Round on the last day of school!

Students who earned either All A’s, Perfect Attendance, or Right Choice of 95 or above for the semester will be going skating with McDonald’s for lunch on Wednesday, January 11th. Also, students earning skating for all 3 of those reasons will be getting their treat on Friday, January 13th.

Semester Awards for All A’s, All A/B’s, Perfect Attend-ance and Right Choice of 95 or above will be held on Thursday, January 12th in the Library. Third grade Awards will begin at 9:00 AM; 4th Grade at 10:00 AM; and 5th Grade at 11:00 AM.

Bicycle Winner!!

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graders showed their Christmas enthusiasm with Jingle Bells and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. The second graders learned Christmas songs from around the world to go along with classroom learning. They sang Feliz Navidad, Mele Kalikimaka and O’Tannenbaum to name a few. We also did a repeat performance for our parents before the Christmas parties at school on December 16th. SEASON’S READINGS 2016 WINNERS During the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christ-mas, first and second grade students participated in Season's Readings. Students’ names were entered into a drawing for every 100 they made on their AR quiz-zes. Over a dozen books were given away. The Grand Prize drawing was for two “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” gift sets. This year's Grand Prize Winners were Tyler King and Romma Drown. Thank you to all the students that participated! UIL Second grade recently competed in UIL in Kemp. Competing in Storytelling was Jonah Estes, Sophie Ferrell, Landry Huggins, and Kylee Rush-ing. Kylee Rushing placed 5th overall in storytelling competition and Sophie placed 1st! Competing in Cre-ative Writing was Olivia Henderson, Berkleigh Throw-er, Gabby Key, and Landry Huggins. Berleigh Throw-er placed 2nd overall in creative writing competition and Landry Huggins placed 1st! Tina Sutton coached second grade Storytelling and Kari Stephens coached second grade Creative Writing. UPCOMING EVENTS: Jan. 5th – Report Cards Jan. 6th – 6 Week Awards/Wear College Shirts Jan. 11th – Fundraiser Limo Rides Jan. 13th – Box Top Awards 8AM Jan. 23rd – Beach Club Resumes

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Eustace Varsity Cheerleaders

UIL Creative Writers Berkleigh Thrower and Landry Huggins

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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 2016-2017 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 com-pleted and returned by each individual applicant to the superintendent’s office. All applicants for substitute 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 provide the required paperwork for this process which costs indi-viduals approximately $54. A sub orientation meeting is held the week prior to the school board meeting to familiarize applicants with policies and daily routines when working as a substi-tute teacher. All substitute applicants are approved by the superintendent, and Board of Trustees, which meets on the third Monday of each month. For additional information, please listen to the ‘sub teaching’ podcast located under ‘job listings’ on the district’s home page at www.eustaceisd.net, or contact the Administration office.

Grand Prize Winners in Seasons Readings!

Intermediate Bicycle Winner

Congratulations to Eustace Intermediate on placing first in the UIL Academic Meet!!

Bulldog Proud!!

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5th Grade Wax Museum Academic Contest Winners

5th Grade Wax Museum

5th Grade Wax Museum

Jumping for George at the Intermediate