East Sac County Community School District

Today and tomorrow there will be a dress sale at the East Sac Jr/Sr High School. Around 200 dresses to choose from, come on down to the school from 4-6pm today or stop by tomorrow from 9am-Noon.

Dear East Sac Families, I'm sure you are aware by now, there has been a school violence incident this morning at Perry High School, located in Perry Iowa. While we do not know all of the details at this time, our thoughts are with the students, staff, and families of Perry. We want our families and students to know that East Sac County Schools are regularly in contact with our local law enforcement officials to ensure our continued safety. The incident in Perry is reported to be isolated, and there is no current danger to the public. Safety of our students, educators, and staff is our top priority. Our school counselors are available for any students who may need to ask questions or discuss today's unfortunate act of violence. As we continue to work through and grieve today's events, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s school building if you have any questions or concerns. We will do our best to support those who need extra help during this time. Nate Hemiller East Sac County Superintendent

East Sac Community Schools is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a full time Title Reading and TAG Teacher for the 2024-25 school year. Approximately 50% of this teachers day will be teaching Title Reading while the other 50% will be serving our K-12 TAG students. Applicants must have or be willing to obtain a K-8 Reading -148 and a PK-12 Talented and Gifted - 107 endorsement for this position. The application deadline for this position is Jan. 26th 2024. Various coaching opportunities exist for the 24-25 school year as well! East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The 7-12 building is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by the HS Principal, an Assistant Principal, Veteran Math Teachers from within the district, a mentoring program, the Superintendent, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=264&posFirstChoice=Elementary%20School%20Teaching&posSpecialty=Gifted

East Sac Community Schools is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a full time High School Special Education Teacher for the 2024-25 school year. This position will serve students in grades 9-12. Applicants will need to have or be willing to obtain a Strategist I endorsement. Applicants who have Strategist 2 or 3 endorsements are urged to apply as well. The application deadline for this position is Jan. 26th 2024. Various coaching opportunities exist for the 24-25 school year as well! East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The 7-12 building is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by the HS Principal, an Assistant Principal, Veteran Special Education Teachers from within the district, a mentoring program, the Superintendent, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Apply at: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=265&posFirstChoice=Special%20Education&posSpecialty=LD/ED%20Teacher

East Sac Community Schools is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a full time Middle School Science Teacher for the 2024-25 school year. This will be for grades 7th and 8th. The application deadline for this position is Jan. 26th 2024. Various coaching opportunities exist for the 24-25 school year as well! East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The 7-12 building is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by the HS Principal, an Assistant Principal, Veteran Science Teachers from within the district, a mentoring program, the Superintendent, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=263&posFirstChoice=High%20School%20Teaching&posSpecialty=Science%20-%20General

East Sac Community Schools is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a full time Elementary Special Education Teacher for the 2024-25 school year. Applicants will need to have or be willing to obtain a Strategist I endorsement. Applicants who are also have Strategist 2 or 3 endorsements are urged to apply as well. The application deadline for this position is Jan. 26th 2024. Various coaching opportunities exist for the 24-25 school year as well! East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The 7-12 building is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by the HS Principal, an Assistant Principal, Veteran Special Education Teachers from within the district, a mentoring program, the Superintendent, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=266&posFirstChoice=Special%20Education&posSpecialty=LD/ED%20Teacher

East Sac Community Schools is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a full time High School Math Teacher for the 2024-25 school year. This will be for grades 9-12. Specific teaching assignments and classes will be discussed after learning the candidates preferences and strengths. The application deadline for this position is Jan. 26th 2024. Various coaching opportunities exist for the 24-25 school year as well! East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The 7-12 building is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by the HS Principal, an Assistant Principal, Veteran Math Teachers from within the district, a mentoring program, the Superintendent, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Apply at this link: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=262&posFirstChoice=High%20School%20Teaching&posSpecialty=Mathematics

East Sac County Community Schools is excited to announce that Carter Church has been hired as East Sac County's next HS PE/Health/Weights Teacher!!! Carter is originally from Ogden IA and a recent graduate of Wayne State University where he earned his teaching degree and played football. He is looking forward this his new position and coaching in the future. Carter is ready to get started as a Raider on January 15th and will begin teaching ESC students when our 2nd semester starts. We are very excited to welcome Carter to our East Sac County Team!!!

East Sac County Community Schools is excited to announce Tyler Ruse has been hired as East Sac County's next School Business Official!!! Tyler has eight years of experience in finance; this will be his first experience working with school finance. He received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State and his master's in economics from University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is excited to learn school finance and work with the community. He enjoys many hobbies including woodworking and technology. His wife is the fourth grade teacher at Ar-We-Va and they welcomed their first child in November. Tyler will begin work at ESC on January 3rd. He will be learning from John Kraft who will be retiring in April. We are very excited to welcome Tyler to East Sac County Team!!!

Helping others is important! The East Sac County 5th/6th grade students had a homeroom competition to provide items for our district's Food Pantry. They collected items from Dec 11 - 18. There was an amazing and inspiring show of generosity among the students. They brought an assortment of food items as well as hygiene items. We allotted food items 1 point, hygiene items 2 points. The total from all of the homerooms was over 2,000 points. The students enjoyed the friendly competition. Ms. Schmidt's homeroom was the winner of the traveling trophy. Over the course of the food drive, teachers discussed the reason behind the holiday season and this seemed to motivate our students to do what they could to help others. They all agreed it was a great experience and a tradition we hope to continue next year.

Congratulations to East Sac County Students of the Month for the month of December! Elementary students are recognized for consistently following Raider expectations, being kind, and putting forth their best effort. Congratulations to the following elementary students: Preschool - Ian Johnson Elementary - Willow Wallace (K), Mayson Xiong (1st - Missing from photo), Gilbert Hartsell (2nd), Elin Mauer (3rd), Colt Buse (4th), Melana Hinrichs (5th), & Cooper Mohr (6th) Junior High and High school students have been nominated and selected by staff for many reasons. Criteria can include being a role model for others, showing kindness, doing well academically, working to the best of their ability or having a positive attitude.  Congratulations to the following junior high and high school students: Junior High - Addison Potthoff (7) & Bentley Hugeback (8) High School - Anna McCollough (12), Rachel King (11), Landon Sporrer (10), Libbie Veit (9) We appreciate your hard work and dedication to being a positive role model in our school!!! 

In addition to learning this week, there has been a lot of fun and excitement for East Sac County students and staff over the past few days! With the dress up days and classroom parties there has been a lot of school and holiday spirit in the air. Here are some pictures from the last few days!!!

Earlier today, our East Sac County FCCLA students created holiday cards and delivered them to Twilight Acres and Blackhawk Life Care Center.

Our 5th and 6th grade Band has been busy spreading holiday cheer through some special performances over the past few days. It's always awesome when our younger students can look up to our older students as they accomplish good things in the fine arts and athletics. These 5th and 6th graders were showing our younger students that playing in the Band is COOL while sharing some fun music!!!

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Here are some pictures from todays dress up day! Lots of school and Holiday spirit!!! Tomorrow is Candy Cane Day (wear stripes) at the Elementary building and the JH/HS building is Accessories/Socks Day!

East Sac Community Schools is seeking a dynamic individual to serve as a Full Time PK-12 Assistant Principal and Director of Special Education for the 2024-25 school year. This individual will work with the building principals to support students and staff in both of the ESC buildings. Essential job functions include: - Organizing and management of Special Education staff and caseloads - Attend IEP meetings and represent the district as the LEA - Complete paraprofessional evaluations - Assist with student discipline (SPED and general education) - Manage student attendance and truancy cases - Assist building principals with staff evaluations - Assist building principals with parent communications - Assist building principals and TLC coaches with professional development - Assist in supervision at district events - Assist with classroom coverage situations - Be part of the ESC administrative team Minimum requirements include: • PK-12 Principal / PK-12 Special Education Supervisor – 189 Iowa Licensure • Experience with Special Education • Experience as a building or team leader • Candidates who are currently enrolled in a principal program but have not yet obtained a principal licensure are urged to apply. Principal certification will be required for position in due time. Salary, Benefits, and Contract Length will be negotiated with the selected candidate. East County CSD is located in beautiful Northwest/North Central Iowa and comprised of Sac City, Lake View, Wall Lake, and Auburn. The central office is located in Lake View. Our communities offer many recreational areas including Black Hawk Lake along with several thriving small businesses and restaurants. We are located right south of Hwy 20 and are 1 hour from Sioux City, 1 hour and 20 minutes from the Okoboji Great Lakes, and two hours from Des Moines and Omaha. The successful candidate will be supported by multiple administrative assistants, the superintendent, support from an experienced School Business Official, and the East Sac County Board of Education. Additional job responsibilities will be discussed upon request. Salary and benefits include a competitive starting wage based on degree and experience, IPERS, health insurance, and paid vacation. Interested applicants should apply at this link: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Administration

Here is a reminder of the PBIS celebration and dress up days for the PK-6 students this week!

Two big wins tonight for the Raiders against GTRA. The girls won 49-26!! And the boys won 64-52!! Our varsity girls and boys teams will be back at home next Tuesday, the 18th, against Southeast Valley.

This morning our East Sac County PK-6 graders were greeted by members of the Lake View Black Hawk Men's Club!!! Not only did they give out high fives and morning greetings, they brought cookies for all of our students!!! Thank you for supporting our East Sac County School District and our community!!!