Science Is proving to be so much fun at Early Primary! Dayna Prochaska, a representative of the Texas Wildlife Association “Skins and Skulls” Pro-gram gave the students in Mrs. Carothers’ Kindergarten Class a special

hands-on learning experience in coordination with their scientific study of animal groups and their characteristics. Mrs. Prochaska taught the boys

and girls about animal habitats as well as predator-prey relationships. The students were able to handle native Texas animal pelts and skulls includ-ing beaver, coyote, bobcat, fox, and many more. The students also made models of several various animal tracks using molds! It was an exciting

experience! :)

…..Primary….

Early I.S.D.

Word in the Herd

Smile Crafter’s in PE…

Smile Crafters will be providing a den-

tal program for PK and Kindergarten

students.

The program will help children learn

about dental hygiene and to develop a

positive attitude about good dental

habits. They will explain why a healthy

mouth is part of a healthy body.

Parents enjoy their first grad-

ers’ Power Point Presenta-

tions during Open House!

Mobile Dentist Clinic

Brady Sanderson, a first grad-

er in Mrs. Bowden’s class, has

his teeth cleaned at the Mobile

Dentist Clinic at EPS.

Elizabeth

Schwartz,

a second

grader in

Ms. Tonie

Contreras’

class, has

her teeth x

-rayed.

DATES TO REMEMBER

April 4th, Kindergarten field trip to the Brownwood Re-gional Hospital

April 5th, Early Release @ 12:15 for Kindergarten, 1:00 for first and second grades

April 12th, End of the 5th six-weeks

April 17th, 1st grade field trip to the Abilene Zoo

April 18th, Kindergarten Mu-sic Program, “Earth Day Helper,” 6:00 P.M., Primary PE Gym

May 6th-10th, Teacher Ap-preciation Week

May 10th, FUN Day @ Long-horn Stadium from 9:00-2:30

Counselor’s Corner:

Thank you parents for helping your kids with career

week!!

April 2013—Be a friend and show Friendship in order to

earn Chick-fil-A coupons

April 2013—Stranger Safety…..We will be instructing

students about people they do not know and staying

safe in those situations.

Mrs. Koch's class en-joyed a distance

learning virtual field trip titled "What's in a name?" for baby ani-mals. They learned the names of several

baby animals and more facts about each

of them.

Edited By: Jayslin King & Danie Contreras

Mrs. Koch’s class helping Mrs. Schaf-

er’s class with their PowerPoint

presentations for Open House.

AR Clubs… Our students

are working hard reading AR

books so they can improve

their reading fluency and

comprehension. They are

excited about participating

in the end-of-year AR parties

where participation is based

on how many books they

read and pass tests on.

Mrs. Mason’s class practices

for the Kindergarten

Music Program.

Early Primary will be con-

ducting pre-registration

for all new 2013-2014 Pre-

Kindergarten and Kinder-

garten students the week

of April 15-19.

Edited By: Cassie , Caleb, and Will!

FROM CENTRAL OFFICE:

A big LONGHORN WELCOME to our new athletic director,

Coach Kent Hawthorne, and his family! His wife, Chris,

teaches secondary math. They have two sons and one daugh-

ter. We are proud to add them to our LONGHORN FAMILY!

CONGRATULATIONS to our students for their successes in

High School UIL Academic contests! Good luck at Regionals!

Our students repeated their outstanding performances in the

stock shows held across the state! GREAT WORK!

We wish our softball, baseball, and track teams

continued success!

CONGRATULATIONS to our regional power

lifting participants!

STAAR tests begin in April with assessment opportunities in

the first and fourth weeks in April. We know you will

give your best!

STRIVING FOR THE BEST...ACCEPTING NOTHING LESS!

April 2013

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Recently, the students in Early Elementary P.E. participated in a

week-long gymnastics program. The program was led by Rob-

ert Wade, owner of SEAL gymnastics. The students had a great

time learning tumbling skills, including front rolls, back rolls,

cart wheels, round offs, dive rolls, and the importance of

stretching before physical activity. E.H.S. students in Ms.

Mitchell’s Principles of Education and Training class inter-

acted with the Elementary students during this time also.

Early Primary and Elementary Music Teacher, Shelly Faulkner, is sponsoring a Support

Our Troops Program. Students may bring items to Elementary School. Some items to in-

clude: toothbrushes, toothpaste, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, beef jerky, Gatorade packets, and

word searches. This program honors Marine Austin Baugh, from Early, Texas, and his

four bunk mates who are now stationed in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. The students will

have a contest to see which grade can supply the most materials for Austin and his bunk

mates. The winning class will be provided a popsicle party. The contest will last from

April 8th to April 12th. A big thank you to our troops! Look for the letter your child will

be bringing home explaining the program!

TRANSFERS

April is Early I.S.D.’s offi-

cial transfer student ap-

plication month. Texas

law provides that stu-

dents must attend

school in the district in

which they reside, unless

they have requested an

annual transfer into an-

other district. Transfer

applications should be

completed during the

designated time set aside

for transfer requests.

The transfer must be of-

ficially approved by the

receiving district’s Board

of Trustees.

To apply, please go to

the superintendent’s of-

fice at 101 Turtle Creek,

Early, Texas, between

8:00 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday - Friday to sign

the application. You

will be notified following

the School Board’s action

on your transfer request.

For further information,

please contact the Super-

intendent’s office at

646-7934.

This month the third grade stu-dents are learning about eggs.

The students made “rubber eggs” by soaking them in vinegar. The

process disintegrates the hard eggshell and makes it easier to

learn about the inside of the egg. IT’S EGGSELENT!

The fifth grade LIFT students are headed to the Texas Future Prob-lem Solving Program State Bowl in Austin the weekend of April 19. The students will be competing over the topic, Ocean Soup. Pic-tured above are (back row) Brent Grooms, Madison Green, Morgan Kent, Megan Bynum, Nate Martin (front row) Vance Cady Gordon, Cale Wade, Rae Bynum.

Third Grade STAAR Test

dates:

Math: April 23, 2013

Reading: April 24, 2013

Fourth Grade STAAR Test

dates:

Math: April 23, 2013

Reading: April 24, 2013

Writing: April 2 & 3, 2013

Fifth Grade STAAR Test

dates:

Math: April 2, 2013

Reading: April 3, 2013

Science: April 24, 2013

Retests

Reading: May 15 and June

25

Math: May 14 and June 25

Keep up the hard work!

Band Information

The EMS Band earned a sweepstakes at the

Cisco Musical Festival on March 21! The

band received 1st division from all judges in

concert and sight reading.

April 11th–Sight reading in Llano(7th/8th)

May 10th–HPU Band Festival /Primetime(6th)

May 18th-(7th/8th) Six Flags Trip

May 19th–Spring Concert, 3pm @ EHS Gym

Edited by: Parker Smith, Hallie

Tyler & Madison Horton :)

The 8th grade

LIFT students will

be attending the

Texas Future

Problem Solving

(FPS) Sate Bowl

the weekend of

April 19th.

Students attending the State Robotics Meet on April

13th in Deer Park, TX are: Cassie Durden, Bethany Kirk,

David Wiley, Hannah Hull, Stephanye Lyon, Dagan

Whisenhunt, Shelby

Gifford, Grant Mitch-

ell, and Asa Welker.

They will be competing

against teams from all

across Texas. Good

Luck!

MIDDLE SCHOOL has swag!

Regina George

April

2013

TRACK TIME!

The track season is quickly coming to an end. At

the Early track meet, on March 1st, the 8th

grade boys came in 3rd place, 7th grade boys

came in 2nd place, 8th grade girls came in 1st

place, and the 7th grade girls came in 3rd place.

Way to go 8th grade girls for winning the

Goldthwaite meet by 62.5 points!

Listed are the 2013-2014 Middle School Drill Team members. We are looking forward to a great year with the new team! Hannah Hull, Kinzie O’Connor, Taylor Netherton, Elizabeth Trowbridge, Taylor Turner, Alicia Salazar, Britney Smithson, Emily Beane, Cambry Sheedy, Celeste Buchkowski, Arin Marsh, Jaymie Pullen, Paetra Davis, Emily Rodriguez, Ariel Lewis,Brianna

Brown, Madi-son Rhea, Ellie Ryan, Kalissa Ord-way, Hannah Jones (not p i c t u r e d ) Mary Kate Murphy.

Sydnee Shea, Emily Jillson, and Kevin Yebra show off their frog they recently dissected.

6th grade students have been

dissecting frogs in Mrs. Hull’s Science

class to learn about organs and

organ systems.

Robotics News!

Back Row—Will Donaho, Parker Smith, Danielle

Contreras, Courtnie Smith, Caleb Callaway

Front Row— Madison Horton, Jayslin King, Cassie

Durden, Maggie Yantis, Hallie Tyler

State Bound

STAAR Test Dates

April 2 - 7th Writing & 8th Math

April 3 - 7th Writing & 8th Reading

April 23 - 6th and 7th Math

April 24 - 6th and 7th Reading and

8th Science

April 25 - 8th Social Studies

May 14 - 8th Math & Reading Re-

test

June 25 - 8th Math & 8th Reading

Retest

6th Grade New World

Projects from

Mrs. Elliotts’ English class

The 7th grade

students

have been

working hard

on their lat-

est science

projects over

Photosynthe-

sis.

7th Grade Science

Pictured: TaLexus Roberts, Ryan

Hill, and Inayet Kang

6th Grade Rocks!

Noteworthy Choir Events

UIL Concert and Sight-

Reading Contest, April 16th,

grades 7-12

Talent Show Auditions, April

26th at 3:45pm, grades K-12

Talent Show Dress Rehears-

al, April 30th at 7pm

Talent Show, May 2nd at

7pm

Spring Concert, May 20th

at 7pm

Sixth Grade Choir Musical,

May 21st and May 22nd

The EMS Art students participated in the Child Abuse Preven-tion Month Poster Contest. Pictured to the left is Katie Satter-lee holding her poster.

Also attending the Texas Future Problem

Solving (FPS) Sate Bowl will be 6th grade

students Kendel

Beck, Jonathan

Morales, Sydney

Neel, Gage

Modgling, and

Chase Cochran.

Word in the Herd

Early High School Edited by: Maggie Yantis and

Courtnie Smith

April 2013

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Congratulations to Aubrey Hor-ton who has been selected for the

14th Texas Roundup All-Star game, TABC All-Region, TGCA All-State,

and the TGCA All-Star Game!

Congratulations to Hannah McDaniel who has been selected to play in the FCA All-Star Game!

Varsity Girl’s Basketball

Academic All-District

Congratulations to the Following Academic All-District Students: KJ

Elkins, Emily Harris, Aspen Escamil-la, Kassidy Allen, Sydni Thompson, Aubrey Horton, Hannah McDaniel,

and Chelsea Johnston

Junior Volunteer Teen Program

sponsored by Volunteers of

Brownwood Regional Medical

Center is currently accepting appli-

cation for the summer program.

The program will be held in June

and July, 2013. For more infor-

mation please come by the GO

Center and see Coach Sandoval.

April Scholarships

Due April 1st: **Lake Brownwood

Lions Club , **The Charles, Lela,

and Mary Slough Foundation,

**Lane A. Chandler Memorial,

**Janice and Elaine Scholarship,

and the **Chris Dutton Scholarship

Due April 12th: **CECA-

Excellence and

**CECA-Operation Round-up

Scholarships

April 15th: **Youth Volunteer

Scholarship

Due April 24th: **Pecan Valley

Kiwanis Scholarship

Due April 30th: **Healthy Choices

Scholarship

April is Decisions, Decisions!

Attend a spring college

weekend for prospective

students.

Consider your financial aid

package options and re-

quest a review if needed.

Create a budget for all col-

lege needs. Determine if

you will need a student

loan.

Congratulations to the 2013-14 EHS Varsity Cheerleaders:

Cassidie Henry, Emily Harris, Janae Williams, Beth Carrier, Beale Madison Gordon,

Holli Hullum, Hunter Desemar, Alexis Ray, Hallie Tyler, Hunter Coffee, Jayslin King,

Libby Underwood and Tuesdi Tidwell.

Our New Mascots Are: Varsity- Parker Smith

JV- Riley Philpot

Upcoming Band Dates To Know:

April 11 – UIL Concert and Sightread-

ing in Llano

May 19 – Spring Concert, 3pm @

EHS Gym

May 24-25 – UIL State Solo and En-

semble @ Henderickson HS in Pflu-

gerville.

News From the GO Center!

The Varsity Girl’s Softball team is undefeated in district play! The game

against Brady proved eventful with Kelbie Crelia and Preston Smith

hitting home runs!

UPDATED SOFTBALL SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Site Team Time

April 4 ** Grape Creek Early V 6:00

April 5 ** Bangs Bangs V 6:00

April 9 **Jim Ned Jim Ned V 6:00

April 13 ** Wall Early V 2:00

April 16 ** Coleman Coleman V 4:00

April 19 **+Ballinger Early V 6:00

** District Game + Senior Night

Boys Basketball All-District Honors

Cameron Denison, 1st Team All-

District

Chase Riker, Second Team All-District

Austin Isom, Second Team All-District

Josh Benson, Co-Newcomer of the

Year Colin Walker, Honorable Men-

tion All-District

Bubba Reno, Honorable Mention All-

District

The Early ISD choral students participated in District UIL Solo and Ensemble Con-

test at Howard Payne University on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Those Early High

School students who earned a Division I Superior rating, and who will represent

Early ISD at State UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest in May, are soloists Austin Car-

lisle, Anna Rose Hamilton, Elizabeth Rivard, Krista Plaster, Hannah Murphy, Ethan

Easley, Jessica Harris, Amanda Harris and Kristy Joyner. Ensemble members going

to the state competition are Grady Benton, Austin Carlisle, Hunter Desemar, Rachel

Ditmore, Ethan Easley, Anna Rose Hamilton, Jessica Harris, Cassidie Henry, David

Morales, Elizabeth Rivard, Mark Benton, Brandon Brownlee, Caleb Callaway, Dan-

ielle Contre-

ras, Cassie

Durden,

Amanda Har-

ris, Samuel

Kinnin, Dan-

ielle Kramer,

Krista Plaster

and Maggie

Yantis.

Girls Basketball All-District Honors

Aubrey Horton, Co-MVP All-District

KJ Elkins, Team All-District – 1st Team

All-District

Chelsea Johnston, Honorable Mention

All-District

Janae Williams, Honorable Mention

All-District

Hannah McDaniel, Honorable Men-

tion All-District

Early High School Tennis players are

hitting it across the district! At the Jim

Ned Tournament, Kwade Boyd won

2nd place in Boys Singles and Chris-

topher Martin and Treavor Bessent

won consolation in Boys Doubles. At

the Brownwood Tournament, Kwade

Boyd won 3rd place in Boys Singles

and 3rd place Boys Doubles went to

Austin Carlisle and Sahib Kang.

UIL District Medalists

Computer Programing – 3rd Place team

Morgan Macke, Richard Diehl, Hunter Hull

Social Studies – 2nd place team

Cy Tongate, Joel Justice, David Morales, Puja Naran

Social Studies – individual

3rd place – Cy Tongate 4th Place – Joel Justice

Informative Extemporaneous Speaking

4th Place—Kassidy Allen