Where Greatness Happens
Edinburg Classical Academy Newsletter
December 20, 2019
Upcoming Events
1/8: Students return
1/10: Open Enrollment closes
1/15: Report Card and Curriculum Night 4:00pm-5:15pm
1/15: Confidential Training for Volunteers 4:00pm
1/17: 2nd Quarter Awards Assembly
Math Tutoring Mondays and Wednesdays
ELAR Tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays
RGV Vipers Take Over 4th & 5th grade PE
Pre-K4 - 1st grade Field Trip to the Children's Museum
2nd-3rd grade & 6th-8th grade Field Trip to Vipers Basketball
4th-5th grade Field Trip to RGV Trapped
From ECA's PTO
Box Tops for Education
Box Tops for Education is a program started by General Mills which helps communities provide kids the tools needed for success by generating cash schools can use for what they need most.
HOW BOX TOPS WORKS:
- BUY: Find Box Tops on hundreds of products
- CLIP: Clip Box Topsfrom each package.
- SEND: Send the Box Tops to school in a baggie or on a collection sheet
- EARN: Box Tops are each worth 10¢for your school.
Volunteers
Sign up to Volunteer at our school! Applications can take 4-6 weeks to approve. If you would like to be a part of an upcoming event or assist with field trips, please sign up now!
https://responsiveed.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=4854
Donations Needed
Attendance
Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success—both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get better grades, develop healthy life habits, avoid dangerous behavior and have a better chance of graduating from high school.
When kids are absent for an average of just two days of school per month—even when the absences are excused– it can have a negative impact. These absences can affect kids as early as Pre-Kindergarten.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. We empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.
Media and technology are at the very center of all our lives today -- especially our children’s. Kids today spend over 50 hours of screen time every week. The media content they consume and create has a profound impact on their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Learning how to use media and technology wisely is an essential skill for life and learning in the 21st century. But parents, teachers, and policymakers struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing digital world in which our children live and learn. Now more than ever, they need a trusted guide to help them navigate a world where change is the only constant.
College Spotlight
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M or A&M) is a public research university founded in 1876 and located in College Station, Texas. In 1948, Texas A&M University became the founding member of the Texas A&M University System. As of 2017, Texas A&M's student body is the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the United States. Texas A&M's designation as a land, sea, and space grant institution—the only university in Texas to hold all three designations—reflects a range of research with ongoing projects funded by organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research. In 2001, Texas A&M was inducted as a member of the Association of American Universities. The school's students, alumni—over 500,000 strong—and sports teams are known as Aggies. The Texas A&M Aggies athletes compete in 18 varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
The first public institution of higher education in Texas, the school opened on October 4, 1876, as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas under the provisions of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Originally, the college taught no classes in agriculture, instead concentrating on classical studies, languages, literature, and applied mathematics. After four years, students could attain degrees in scientific agriculture, civil and mechanical engineering, and language and literature. Under the leadership of President James Earl Rudder in the 1960s, A.M.C. desegregated, became coeducational, and dropped the requirement for participation in the Corps of Cadets. To reflect the institution's expanded roles and academic offerings, the Texas Legislature renamed the school to Texas A&M University in 1963. The letters "A&M," originally A.M.C. short for "Agricultural and Mechanical College," are retained as a link to the university's tradition.
The main campus is one of the largest in the United States, spanning 5,200 acres (21 km2), and is home to the George Bush Presidential Library. About one-fifth of the student body lives on campus. Texas A&M has more than 1,000 officially recognized student organizations. Many students also observe the traditions, which govern daily life, as well as special occasions, including sports events. Working with various A&M-related agencies, the school has a direct presence in each of the 254 counties in Texas. The university offers degrees in more than 150 courses of study through ten colleges and houses 18 research institutes.
As a Senior Military College, Texas A&M is one of six American public universities with a full-time, volunteer Corps of Cadets who study alongside civilian undergraduate students.
About Us
Website: https://edinburg-classical.responsiveed.com/
Location: 2110 South McColl Road, Edinburg, TX, USA
Phone: (956)720-4361
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburgClassicalAcademy/