We hope our Wildcats had a wonderful spring break! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow morning!
Did you know that the Wildcat Wellness Center, located in the El Dorado School-Based Health Center, is accepting appointments? Open to students currently enrolled in ESD, as well as staff and their immediate family. If you have questions, please call 870.639.3875.
Today, we celebrate Yocum Primary kindergarten teacher Jamia White and the positive impact she makes each day.
“Mrs. White goes above and beyond for her students. She has a passion for what she does, and it shines within her students. She always has a smile on her face and is so welcoming,” fellow staff member Dontoria Aplin says.
Thank you, Mrs. White, for everything you do for our students!
If you’d like to nominate a staff member, visit bit.ly/ESDWildcatImpact.
Andria Gleghorn (Miss G), an assistant principal at Barton Junior High School, attended Ouachita Baptist University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education.
When asked how Miss G ended up at OBU, she said “God chose it for me—I had a person from my church come up to me and ask if I wanted to go to OBU—he said he would make it possible!” Once she was there, it was an unforgettable experience. Not only did Miss G have amazing teachers and make lifelong friends, but she also had the honor of being a 1998 Tiger Tunes Hostess.
Thank you, Miss G, for sharing about OBU! If you are interested in learning more about Ouachita Baptist University, visit https://obu.edu/.
HASHTAG CONTEST
Help us find an official #hashtag for the El Dorado School District! Submit your best #hashtag at the link by Thursday, March 31st! If your #hashtag is chosen, you will receive some free El Dorado Wildcat swag! https://bit.ly/ESDHashtag
Whatever you are doing this week, we hope you are finding time to rest and relax! #motivationalmonday #springbreak #unplugandreset
It's officially SPRING BREAK! All ESD buildings are closed until March 28th.
Over the next week, the El Dorado School District social media pages, including all school pages, are also taking a break. You may see some posts here and there that have been scheduled, but the pages/inboxes will not be monitored for questions.
We encourage our students and staff to use this time to rest and re-energize for the remaining quarter of the school year! Let's Go Cats!
The El Dorado Band Parent Association's Mattress Sale Fundraiser is tomorrow, March 19th from 10am - 5pm in the El Dorado High School Commons!! If you are in the market for a new mattress, come out and support the band!
REMINDER: School dismisses an hour early this afternoon. Just a few more hours until spring break officially begins!
Today, we celebrate Washington Middle School Literacy Instructional Facilitator Suzette Calloway and the positive impact she makes each day!
Her fellow colleague, Haley Moore, said, “The support that Ms. Calloway offers to us (teachers) is nothing short of a blessing. I am convinced that she is Superwoman in the flesh. She is always there for us, ensuring we have everything we need to be the best we can be for our kids. She is a phenomenal leader and is a pro at making you feel like you’ve had a load lifted off of your back. There’s not a single thing she doesn’t have a lesson idea for or resources to offer up. What I’ve loved most about my time with Ms. Calloway this year is how well she’s prepared my team to successfully create a data protocol in our subject area for the PLC process. That can be a stressful conversation, but she presented ideas to us in a way that helped us feel confident and excited about what this will do for our kids. She’s even taught us effective ways to practice recording data for our students, so that we will feel prepared to confidently take on this step for the 2022-2023 school year. I have learned so much from this sweet lady. I look up to her in 1,000+ ways, and I look forward to utilizing all that I’ve learned from her in my career as an educator until the end of my time in the field! Thanks for all you do, Ms. Calloway!”
Thank you, Ms. Calloway, for everything you do to support our teachers, in turn supporting our students!
If you’d like to nominate a staff member, visit bit.ly/ESDWildcatImpact.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, ESD!
SPRING BREAK LUNCHES
The Salvation Army will have sack lunches available Monday, March 21st through Friday, March 25th for school-age children. These lunches can be picked up at the following locations:
Arnold’s Upholstery (Rock Island Area)
Wildwood (Roving)
Haygood Neal Apartments
Calion (City Hall)
The Vineyards (El Dorado)
Huttig (City Hall)
Bradley Woods Apartments
Fairview (Roving)
Hudson Place Apartments
Murmil Heights (Roving)
Norphlet (Methodist Church)
Smackover (First United Methodist Church)
Plant-a-Seed (Camden)
Sarika Mohandas graduated from Southern Arkansas University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She currently teaches 5th-grade math at Washington Middle School.
She chose SAU “primarily because the teaching program fit my requirement and also because of the supportive faculties who guided me through the process.” One of the things that made her time at SAU so special was the support and guidance she received from the faculty and staff. She said they “go out of their way to help their students.”
Thank you, Ms. Mohandas, for sharing about SAU! If you are interested in learning more about Southern Arkansas University, visit https://web.saumag.edu/.
All ESD schools will dismiss at 2:25pm this Friday, March 18th.
If you didn't know, March 14th is Pi Day! Students across the district celebrated the numerical holiday through various activities. Ms. Cupples's 7th grade math classes used different circle shaped food items to find the parts of a circle (radius, diameter, area, and circumference). Then, they used the price of the items to calculate the discount, tax, and total cost. Awesome job, Wildkittens!
"Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle." Christian D. Larson, American Author
The monthly board meeting of the El Dorado School District will be held at Central Office tomorrow, March 14th at 6pm. The public is invited to attend.
Goodbye snow, hello spring? Set your clocks ahead by one hour before you go to bed tonight. It’s time to SPRING FORWARD! Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 AM on Sunday, March 13!
Due to inclement weather, Saturday School for EHS and WMS has been canceled for tomorrow, March 12th.
HASHTAG CONTEST
Help us find an official #hashtag for the El Dorado School District! Submit your best #hashtag at the link by Thursday, March 31st! If your #hashtag is chosen, you will receive some free El Dorado Wildcat swag!
https://bit.ly/ESDHashtag
