EDHS Community Update

FFA Week - Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. It is a time to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day. Our FFA program hosted activities and events throughout last week at EDHS. There were dress-up days, chicken poop bingo, a kickball competition against RHS, and a Kiss the Cow fundraiser. Great Job, FFA!

Jazz Band - Our EDHS Jazz Band had an amazing performance at the Mid Valley Jazz Festival. The judges praised the technical ability of the band. Chase Reiboldt was granted an Outstanding Excellence in Jazz Performance.

-Our Boys Soccer finished 2nd in the Section. We will play in the regionals on February 27th. The team and game times will be announced soon.

-Freshman Emily Carvalho competed at the state competition, and she went 2-2. She has a bright future ahead of herself.

-Chris Creason finished 6th in the state in wrestling. An injury held him back from finishing higher. Chris had an amazing season!

-Matt Dykstra hit a home run at the Arroyo Grande tournament over the weekend.

***Spring Sports are in full swing at EDHS!

ALTA Testing (2/26) - For senior students trying to earn the State Seal of Biliteracy through examination. They received a reminder last week, please have them go to the Library right at the start of 1st period on Monday.

NAEP Testing (2/27) - Select seniors have been chosen to demonstrate their knowledge on a national test. They will receive a reminder pass on Monday, they need to go to the library during their testing window on Tuesday.

Band Festival (2/27) - The Band Festival will be on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the EDHS theater.

Miner Foundation (2/26) - We will have a Miner Foundation meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the PICK Center.

Staff Meeting (2/29): We will have a staff meeting on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. or 3:40 p.m. Click HERE for the agenda.

8th Grade Preview (3/1) - 8th graders will come to visit our campus on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Let's welcome the 8th graders on our campus.

Saturday Academy (3/2) - Our next Saturday Academy is on March 2nd. Academy hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for students to receive tutoring and support in their classes. Senior students can also make-up their attendance.

Spring Fling (3/2) - The Spring Fling will be held at Roller Towne on Saturday, March 2nd. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Choir Concert (3/4) - There will be a choir concert on Monday, March 4th at LJ Williams at 7 p.m.

Luck of the Miner (3/16) - Our Miner Foundation will host a dinner and auction at the Visalia Country Club on March 16th, at 5 p.m. The proceeds from the event go to our students.

Click on the following link to purchase tickets: http://edhsminerfoundation.square.site/

Our Tier 1 focus for this semester is student engagement. Our teachers are working hard to engage our students in high levels of learning.

Junior AVID - On Friday, our AVID juniors engaged in collaborative groups in a book club lesson. I watched students share their reading artifacts in a group and engage in academic discussion.

I learned that our AVID juniors are currently reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Each Wednesday, book club members are required to bring their book, notes on the section in a note-taking style of their choosing, and a weekly artifact to share. The book club host for the week is required to bring 5 discussion questions that they wrote and to lead the conversation during book club.

On Fridays, students receive unstructured time to work on their reading notes and artifacts.

The artifacts throughout the unit have been:

• Blackout poetry

• Racing Research - students chose an article that helped them better understand the main character (who is a racecar driver). They had to use the full AVID critical reading process and bring it to the book club.

• Body Biographies (in the image below)

• Book Talk - students choose a book that has a similar theme as our book and write a sales pitch to share with their book club

***Mrs. Jacobsma uses UDL principles to plan her lessons. There are multiple means of engagement, representation of resources (visuals, templates), and different options for students to display their learning.

Biology Lab - Mrs. Olson's Biology students demonstrated their understanding of natural selection through a bean lab investigation. Students shared their learning with their lab group, and then in a whole class discussion.

Ag Mechanics - Our Ag Mechanics students in Mr. Brown's class worked on painting and fixing barbeques. It was great to see our students hard at work!

If you would like to see and hear what is happening at EDHS, then checkout The Dig. Our Journalism students are doing a great job writing about campus news, events, and impactful Miners. Please read the most recent articles. Holden Benavento's article on boy's soccer is one to read.

Click on The Dig image below to access our school newspaper or go to our school website and click on the For Students and Parents tab.

• Shout-out to all of our Winter Sport coaches and athletes. We had a celebratory Winter Sports Award ceremony this past Monday night.
• Shout-out to our FFA students and staff for leading us in celebrating FFA week!
• Thank you to all of our EL students who have worked hard these past few weeks on the ELPAC test. Thumbs up to our ELPAC testers and AP Nauman for planning, organizing, and administrating the test.