East Sac County Community School District

GAME DAY!
Girls and Boys Basketball at Moville!
GO RAIDERS!!!

On November 25th, our East Sac County First Graders hosted their first Parent Read In. They kicked off the Parent Read In by reciting 3 Thanksgiving poems, celebrating the season of gratitude. The students worked so hard in their reading, and their efforts truly shined as they shared their words with us. Afterwards, they enjoyed a yummy snack together, followed by some reading time with our parents. It was such a special way to spend the afternoon , enjoying stories and celebrating the support we have with our families.

A big thank you to all the parents who joined us – you helped make this event so special!!!

🎼🎹🥁🎷🎶 'Tis the Season for East Sac County Holiday Music Concerts! Please join us! 🎼🎹🥁🎷🎶

Meet Day!
Girls Wrestling at Manson!
5:00 PM
GO RAIDERS!!!

On this day, our East Sac County Community School District is THANKFUL for our people!!!

We are thankful for our dedicated staff that choose to work at ESC!
We are thankful for our students that we get to serve every day at school!
We are thankful for our families and the community support!
We are thankful for the opportunity to teach and help kids!

We hope everyone in the ESC community is enjoying today with family and friends. Enjoy your break!!!

Career Day & Job Fair: Save the Date!

East Sac County High School is looking for local businesses with any interest in being part of a job fair hosted at our school!!

This is being planned for February 25th and will run in the afternoon from 1:15 to 4:15, with students going through the gym and having informational groups in some classrooms from 1:15-3:15 and then it will be open for the public from 3:15-4:15.

If you have any interest to reserve a table/booth please email chad.hauswirth@iwd.iowa.gov.

Weather make-up date: March 4th

Hosted in partnership with IowaWORKS

ESC is seeking a caring and quality individual to fill the following position!! If you know of any individuals who are looking for a new position within the East Sac County Community School District, please share this post with them and send them our way!!! ESC offers a competitive starting wage and benefits!!! Become a RAIDER today!!!
Apply here today: https://www.applitrack.com/eastsac/onlineapp/_application.aspx?posJobCodes=439&posFirstChoice=Food%20Services&posSpecialty=Cook

Last week, our 7th/8th grade ESC Student Council sponsored a Food Drive to support our local food bank. Thank you for the donations!

Congratulations to Seth Donelson and Kade Snyder for their hard work in the classroom to receive Academic All-State in football!!!

Girls Wrestling Tournament Today!
At Emmetsburg!
10:00 AM!
GO RAIDERS!!!

We had a special treat this morning - members of the National Honor Society stopped by to greet our students! They brought big smiles, positive energy, and set such a great example of leadership and kindness. It was an awesome way to kick off the day and remind our kids what it looks like to work hard and give back! High fives all around!

GAME DAY!
Girls Wrestling at Sioux Central!
Boys Basketball at HMS!
GO RAIDERS!!!

On Friday, November 21st, our JV and Varsity Boys basketball teams will travel to Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn for the Iowa High School Athletic Association Achieve Challenge. Admission into the game are non-perishable food items.

Items of need include: single wrapped crackers, granola bars, microwave popcorn, Pop-Tarts/ mini muffins, pudding cups, fruit cups, mac and cheese.

We hope to see everyone in the gym on Friday for your first look at this year's boys basketball teams! # #AchieveChallengeIowa

Last week, organizers of the Shull Center invited our elementary students to a performance by author, illustrator, singer, and song writer, Chad Elliot. The students enjoyed an energetic and interactive performance. Chad generously donated his book, Widerman’s Treetop Tales, to our library so the kids could continue enjoying his work. Thank you for inviting our ESC elementary students!!!

East Sac County Blood Drive
Thursday, November 20, 2025
8:30am-2:30pm

East Sac County High School Small Gym
801 Jackson Street, Lake View

For an appointment, please visit RedCrossBlood.org
or call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

East Sac County students, Chloe Raemaker, Lara Pasqualin, Tyler Renze, and Emmalinn Carico competed at the Forensic Science Mystery Day at Buena Vista University last Friday. The students spent the day attending 12 different stations to work through forensic science clues about a "mystery incident" in the BVU science department. The teams then came together with their classmates to try and solve the mystery.

Out of 15 teams from across Northwest Iowa, the ESC team was awarded 2nd place!!

Our east Sac County first graders have been working on their Wild and Endangered Animal Unit in ELA. In this unit each student had the opportunity to choose an animal that was either wild or endangered. Students were asked to become an expert on that animal. Each week students researched by reading books and learned how to use other resources about the animal so they could write an informative paper to share what they learned! On Friday, our students had the opportunity to learn from a real-life animal expert, Dakota from the Sac County Conservation. This visit gave our students another resource from the community to dig deeper into their research. Thank you to Dakota for coming in to share your knowledge with the East Sac First Graders!!!

The Sac County DOT crew brought all the excitement to High Five Friday this morning! With their trucks parked out front, our students couldn’t wait to head inside and share some high fives. Thank you for making this morning so special for our students!!!

Thank you to all who came to our book fair. Through your support, this was our best year ever! Because of our parents and community, we will be able to purchase more books for our library and get books in the hands of more students. Thank you!

Thank you also to all who helped us in the set up, tear down and running of the fair including Scott Stone, Melissa Drey, Corrine and Larry Stewart, and Linda Bettin. And thank you to the teachers for their help, support, and understanding.

Teresa Bettin and Kali Stone