Junior High Report Cards

Report cards for the Junior High School will be sent home with the students on the last day of school along with a letter regarding the spring testing.  Please ask your student for his or her report card.  If your student misplaces their report card, please contact the office (979)335-7519 ext.126 and we will be glad to mail you a copy.

A Note from the Nurse

Reminder:  If you have medication in the nurses office for your student please come pick it up. Any medication not picked up will have to be destroyed at the end of school year . Students are not allowed to transport medications to/from school.  Also if you are a 6th grader going into 7th grade remember we need an updated copy of your shot record with required immunizations if you have not sent it yet Thank you and have a great summer.

Nurse Dusek

State Percussion Ensemble Winners!

The following percussion students won a 1st Division Superior Rating at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest this past Saturday in Pfluggerville:
 Andrew Boettcher, Caleb Gideon, Nathan Hlavinka, Carlos Jordan, Cole Koeppen, Andrew Kubena, Trevor Long, Malori Munoz, Derrick Rucka, Mitchell Williams
 
Over 20,000 students compete at the State Contest in class 1A - 5A.  Less than 3% win 1st Division Ratings at State!
 
The Flute Trio (Lissa Blackert, Malaori Dobias and Ashley Heimdal) earned a 3rd Division rating. 

Dates of Interest

Monday, May 28th:  Memorial Holiday

Wednesday, May 30th:  Early Release (Students) 12:45pm

Thursday, May 31st:  Last Day of School, Early Release 12:45pm

Friday, June 1st: Teacher Workday, GRADUATION  7:30pm

Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Student Council Teacher of the Year, Joe Ardis.  Thank you from your students and the faculty for your many years of service.

Early Out

East Bernard ISD will have an early out on Wednesday, May 30th.  School will dismiss at 12:45pm on that day.

EBISD Parent/Community Survey

The End of the School Year EBISD Parent / Community Survey is now online and ready.  Please take a few minutes to fill out and submit this survey as your answers will help to shape the directions school administration will take in the 2012-2013 school year.    
Click here to take the survey now.

Running for a Cause

I am running an ultra-marathon with Kevin Kline representing Snowdrop as part of Worth the Hurt....a program that helps to raise money for worthy causes. In representing SNOWDROP, i have the responsibility to raise $1000.00 as my part in supporting the SNOWDROP FOUNDATION. Any donations you would like to make to help Snowdrop would be awesome. If you know Kevin Kline, you know what all he has done to help in the fight against Pediatric cancer which is why SNOWDROP was founded. If you don't know who Kevin Kline is, please go to www.snowdropfoundation.org, and you will be humbled and amazed.....I have been fortunate to have been apart of Kevin's last 3 ultra events he has done to help raise awareness for pediatric cancer....STRIDES ACROSS TEXAS in 2009-2010, Kevin's 24 hour treadmill run 2010-2011, and 100K a day Run Cancer Away 2011-2012. This summer we plan to run the San Francisco Marathon TWICE.......52.4 miles to help raise money for SNOWDROP. If you have any questions, please message me!!I would be glad to answer any questions you might have. Below is the link to go to my fundraising page. 

Susie's profile

www.worththehurt.net 

- Susie Walters

3rd & 4th Grade Track Meet Postponed

The 3rd and 4th grade track meet scheduled for today has been postponed until Thursday, May 17th at 12:15pm.

State Meet: Girls Track

Congratulations to Terralyn Williams for her performance at the State Track Meet in Austin. She placed 3rd in the Triple Jump (37' 3") and 4th in the 100m. hurdles!! (15.1)

State Meet Results-Boys

Congrats to our young men on a fine track season.  They once again represented EB well, coming home as the State Runner-Up as a team.

Ty Slanina - 22' 6 - Long Jump - State Champion
Trevor Long - 39.54 - 300 Hurdles - 3rd
Trevor Long - 3:22.38 - 4x400 Relay - State Champion
New East Bernard School Record
Daniel Garza
Victor Pettit
Ty Slanina
Jack Delmar Alt.
Dadrian Hemphill Alt.

Edna - 48 - State Champion
EB - 36 - State Runner-Up
Crockett - 32

Computer and Electronics Recycling

On Saturday May 19th the Green Team will hold its second annual computer and electronics recycling event. This year should be even bigger and better.

When? Saturday, May 19, 9am-1pm
Where? EB New Gym parking lot
What? Computers, monitors, TVs, small electronics, stereos, radios, VCRs, DVD players, small batteries, VCR tapes, DVDs, etc.

Why do we do this? Because electronics should not be put into landfills. Many contain toxic materials that are harmful and contaminate the land and groundwater. All these items are either refurbished to be used again or are completely recycled here in the US. We will take everything collected to Technocycle in Houston, an amazing company with a very good track record (http://technocycle.com).

Note that your computer hard drives are removed and shredded to guarantee your privacy and security. 

This is a fund raiser for the Green Team and the money raised will be used for environmental projects in East Bernard and at the school. We appreciate your cooperation!

Your costs:
TVs - $20
Computer monitors - $10
Computers, including mice, cables, keyboards, speakers - $5
Other small electronics (VCRs, stereos, DVD players, etc.) - $5
Very small electronics (ipods, batteries, tapes, etc.) - donation

Notice: we cannot take household appliances such as vacuums, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc., nor light bulbs.

If you have any other questions please contact me. Pass this information on to anyone you think might could use it. Thanks! See you on May 19!

Annie Bradley - EB State Golfer

East Bernard sophomore, Annie Bradley competed, this past Thursday and Friday (5/3-5/4), in the Texas 2A State Golf Tournament at Roy Kizer GC, in Austin. Annie had a 2-day total of 176 (90/86), which placed her tied for 18th out of 48 competitors. Outstanding showing for her first trip to the state tournament!

We are very proud of Annie and want to congratulate her on a terrific golf season and we look forward to bigs things in the future.

7th/8th Academic Rodeo - WCYF

The 7th and 8th grade Academic Rodeo team competed at the WCYF on Friday afternoon. In the first match, they defeated Wharton 310 to 160; second round they defeated Boling 500 to 330; and in the championship match, they defeated Wharton 700 to 200.

The team consisted of Jared Rejsek, Travis Hlavinka, JJ Talas, McKenzie Van Gossen, Connery Bowers, and Trey Schmidt. 

STAAR Parent Notification

As you know, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) is the new state assessment program that has replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) test that has been in place since 2003. The new test also includes twelve End of Course (EOC) exams in high school.

The STAAR assessment is designed to be more difficult than the TAKS. The difficulty level will be increased by having more questions, measuring a higher level of thinking in relation to content skills, having more items that require students’ writing in responses rather than selecting from multiple choices, focusing deeply on content taught during the current year rather than a culmination of information from multiple years, and measuring readiness for college and career success.