
Horticulture students harvested their first round of broccoli and cauliflower this December, and there is lots more to come!


Myatt Door Decorating Contest Winners
Pre-K: 1st Place: Susan Biskup and Amanda Hernandez: Candy Wonderland; 2nd Place: Sandra Ramirez and Diane Garcia: Fireplace Extravagance; 3rd Place: Kelli Cook and Jessica Cruz: Professional Snowball Makers; Honorable Mention: Kendra Janik and Cassandra Moreno: Snow Much Fun.
Kindergarten: 1st Place: Cheryl Ener: Smart Cookies; 2nd Place: Stacie Dluhos and Ashley Cruz: Silent At Night; 3rd Place: Felicia Treme & Celia Diaz: Precious Gifts; Honorable Mention: Amanda Acuna and Staci Zarate: Snoopy.
Specials: 1st Place: Dolly Phillips: Elfie; 2nd Place: Cafeteria Ladies: Food Wonderland; 3rd Place: Leslie Korenek: Rudolph & Santa; Honorable Mention: Holly Hoffer & Nashay Little: Merry Christmas Lights; Honorable Mention: Janel Marciel: Pete the Cat Feliz Navidad




Mrs. Ondrias, Mrs. Fernandez, Mrs. Gadeke, and our wonderful helpers from the North Pole (Derby Doll Officers) delivered sweet treats, bells, and hot chocolate to first graders at Hutchins as they have their Polar Express Day! It was a fun surprise!





For the first time, we have three ECHS HOSA students moving on to Round 2 of competitions. We had two students compete in Home Health Aid and two in Nurse Assisting....only the top 10 in the area advance. Tori Biskup finished 5th and Adrian Cruz finished 7th in Home Health Aid. Elizabeth Cadena claimed the 10th spot to move on in Nurse Assisting. These three will compete in the Spring Leadership Conference in Clear Lake on Jan 27th. Please help me in wishing them good luck!


Advanced floral design students were busy creating festive Christmas arrangements this week!





Hutchins staff greeted students with lots of spirit this morning!


ECMS Parents:
Today is Reindeer Games at MS! There will be concessions available for purchase during the activities. Students are not required to bring chromebooks or backpacks. They are allowed to wear joggers and Christmas shirts. No pajamas or leggings, please. Lunch will begin at 11:30 with a grab and go sack lunch. Walkers and parent pick ups will begin at 11:30am. Buses run at noon.

In this holiday episode of the news, hear about our Ricebird Band, the swim and soccer teams, where you can find the Ricebirds over the break, and who you can watch on tv in the fall: https://youtu.be/cD9PNFaVL2E

ECHS Interact members delivered 84 fuzzy socks & ornaments to Garden Villa Nursing Home. Interact would like to thank the Activities Director, Joni Bain, for her kindness and support and Larry Livanec for being a good sport as he was our first recipient. These young ladies were then able to deliver gifts to some sweet residents while they were at lunch.
Mrs. Farrar would like to thank all of the ECHS Interact Members who donated: Addisyn Fisher, Hannah White, Lizet Soriano Salas, Lesli Avalos, Kamryn Till, Riley Wallis, Antonio Ramirez, Jillian Croix, Olivia Lutrick, Cindy Olvera, Kinsley & Kasey Cerny, Halle Braden, Natalia Reyes, Kaylee Horn, Layni Rawlinson, Emily Beechwood, Adrian Almeda, Maysen Manriquez, Bethany Baker, Melissa Barrera, and Zoe Schulz. Thank you all for your servant's hearts.
🎄We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!





Miss Wright's students had a BLAST at the El Campo Museum of Natural History.





Congratulations to the Ricebird Band at the All-Region Band auditions. We are proud to announce we had 3 students make the All-Region Band. On Baritone Saxophone, Seth Mallory made 2nd Chair concert band. On trumpet, Sofia Mclain made 9th Chair symphonic band. And, El Campo High School now houses the 1st Chair flute player in the entire region, Gabriella Sardelich. Gabby and Sofia will attend the Area competition in Orange Grove, Texas, on January 7th for the opportunity to make the All-State band. Please give these outstanding students much praise and adulation! They have earned it!


Do you think El Campo RB Rueben Owens should be this year's Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year?
Vote for him ➡️ https://texasfootball.com/mr-texas-football-player-of-the-year-award/form


NJHS passing out Christmas goodie bags to the Mederian Residents! Merry Christmas from The NJHS 🎄


The Swim Team did amazing last Saturday at the 2nd Annual Richard Nava Invitational in El Campo. Out of 18 girl teams, our girls team won 1st place, and our boys team won 3rd out of 17 teams. Overall, El Campo won 2nd place out of 19 teams!
⭐Zane Garner was named Boy Swimmer of the meet.
Top 10 results:
Allison Vallejo, Riley Wallis, Juliann Little, Rachel Evans -- 1st place -- Girls 200 yard medley relay;
Zane Garner, Evan Vasquez, Kaden Beal, Dylan Cook — 2nd place — Boys 200 yard medley relay;
Ciara Frisbee -- 9th place -- Girls 200 yard freestyle;
Baylie Lopez -- 10th place -- Girls 200 yard freestyle;
Julian Aguirre -- 3rd place -- Boys 200 yard freestyle;
Kaden Beal — 6th place — Boys 200 yard IM;
Juliann Little — 1st place — Girls 50 yard freestyle;
Rachel Evans -- 3rd place (tie) -- Girls 50 yard freestyle;
Allison Vallejo -- 8th place -- Girls 50 yard freestyle;
Zane Garner -- 1st place -- Boys 50 yard freestyle;
Dylan Cook - 4th place -- Boys 50 yard freestyle;
Juliann Little - -2nd place -- Girls 100 yard butterfly;
Kate Chilton -- 6th place -- Girls 100 yard butterfly;
Riley Wallis -- 2nd place Girls 100 yard freestyle;
Rachel Evans -- 4th place -- Girls 100 yard freestyle;
Dylan Cook - 2nd place -- Boys 100 yard freestyle;
Baylie Lopez -- 5th place - Girls 500 yard freestyle;
Allison Vallejo, Riley Wallis, Juliann Little, Rachel Evans -- 1st place -- Girls 200 yard freestyle relay;
Ciara Frisbee, Julianna Vasquez, Kate Chilton, Marie Konrad -- 8th place -- Girls 200 yard freestyle relay;
Zane Garner, Julian Aguirre, Kaden Beal, Dylan Cook -- 2nd place -- Boys 200 yard freestyle relay;
Allison Vallejo -- 6th place -- Girls 100 yard backstroke;
Zane Garner -- 2nd place -- Boys 100 yard backstroke;
Kaden Beal - 6th place -- Boys 100 yard backstroke;
Riley Wallis -- 1st place -- Girls 100 yard breaststroke;
Kate Chilton -- 3rd place -- Girls 100 yard breaststroke;
Marie Konrad -- 9th place -- Girls 100 yard breaststroke;
Ciara Frisbee, Julianna Vasquez, Kate Chilton, Marie Konrad -- 6th place -- Girls 400 yard freestyle relay.
The meet ended with a fun Santa Relay. Congratulations Ricebirds!



Kindergartners learning about clouds, what they are made of, and what happens when they get heavy. Precipitation of course!


Basketball this week: 🏀 ECHS Ladybirds - Dec 13 @ Home vs La Grange ⌚ Fresh @ 4:30 / JV @ 5:45 / Varsity @ 7; Dec 17 JV @ Tidehaven Tourney
🏀 ECHS Ricebirds - Dec 13 @ Calhoun ⌚ Fresh @ 5 / JV @ 6 / Varsity @ 7:30
🏀 ECMS vs Needville - 12/12 - Boys @ home / Girls @ Needville

🎅 ECMS Door Decorating Contest Winners 🎄
1st - Mrs. Callies
2nd - Mrs. Bullard
3rd - Mrs. Pope





Congratulations to our Myatt Veggie Club winners!
Eli Falcon, Hope Garcia, Ariadne Jaramillo, La'nyce Faniel, and Ashton Mican.


The E.C.M.S. Jr. Stars ⭐️ production of “Dorothy Meets Alice” competed at One Act Festival on Thursday and placed 2nd overall against five competing middle schools. Individual acting honors were awarded to Cash Chisum, All Star Cast; Markie Markwordt, All Star Cast; and Nick Fernandez, Honorable Mention. Congratulations to our ECMS One Act Play! 🎬🎭🎟 See them here: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFUR9X4JuA/Gb3CVIJGKba1WfO8fe56ew/watch?utm_content=DAFUR9X4JuA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
