Early College High School
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Early College High School News
Mission Statement
Our ECHS Owls are taught to have H.O.P.E.--faith in the premise that they can create OPPORTUNITY and a better future through EFFORT, HARD WORK, and PERSONAL COURAGE. This idea of H.O.P.E. is woven into the fabric of our ECHS family.
Email: earlycollege_master@roundrockisd.org
Website: https://earlycollege.roundrockisd.org/
Location: 4400 College Park Drive, Round Rock, TX, USA
Phone: 5127041650
Special Olympics - Message from ACC Police Department
For Miss Sweetheart Special Needs Pageant we collected items each Miss Sweetheart will receive in a goodies bag. The bags will be filled with a variety of items such as eye shadows, blush, makeup brushes, hair bows, nail polish and anything else that makes a Princess feel beautiful.
Donations were dropped off at our office and were accepted through Friday, October 4th. The actual event will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019.
Thank you to the ECHS parents who dropped off some donations this week! Your support is greatly appreciated!
Superintendent's Student Advisory Board (SAB)
ECHS would like to congratulate Christopher Malone who will be serving as our ECHS student representative! Christopher is a 9th-grade student at Early College High School.
ECHS Family Highlights
Mrs. Picazo's Family
ECHS Families are intended to support student's social & emotional needs. Students are grouped with one Family faculty member who facilitates Restorative Circles, a practice designed to create community among students and staff. Family groups also give students an opportunity to monitor their grades on a weekly basis and reflect on their progress in each of their classes, including ACC courses!
We would like to highlight Mrs. Picazo's Family this week! Her group of 9th-grade students enjoyed playing an activity called "The Life with the Wright Family!" Check out the picture below that shows her students having fun this past Friday!
ECHS Staff Brightspot
The Dynamic Duo was recently tasked with the creation of a digital 4-year plan that ECHS Counselors will use to track student plan progress! See the picture below to get a sneak peek of our new digital plan!
ECHS is so lucky to have them on campus!
Mr. Spillers and Mr. Lynch
Counselor's Corner
Students,
Please remember that on the ECHS Counseling website bit.ly/echscounseling, you will find counseling resources including services offered in personal & social counseling, conflict resolution, and career & college planning. Seniors will find hundreds of scholarships listed on the College page! Check it out today!
Featured Scholarship Opportunities:
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation’s (HHF) 2019 Youth Awards educational grants program is now accepting applications! The 21st Annual Youth Awards will award students who are in the graduating Class of 2020 with up to $3,500 in educational grants to fund their higher education or to fund a community-based project.
ACC Career Scholars Scholarship Program is for high school seniors seeking to enroll in ACC after high school. Beginning this Fall, ACC will start recruiting students into the ACC Career Scholars Scholarship Program. ACC Career Scholars Scholarship Program is a scholarship awarded for up to $5,000 over two years to students from selected high schools.
ECHS has been selected as a target school for this scholarship!
Here is the link to the ACC Scholarship page, including the ACC Career Scholars Program:
Ms. E's News
National Honor Society:
Congratulations to the 32 new National Honor Society Members. These students were carefully selected based on scholarship, leadership, service, and character. All of the students with a 4.0 GPA on a 5.0 scale were eligible to apply for membership.
We are excited to induct these new members into NHS on October 24th at 6 PM at the Hopewell Cafeteria. If your student was selected for membership, induction is a mandatory event where all new inductees will be recognized.
G Suite Certification for STUDENTS!
Dr. Avery
The speaker event was a success! Dr. Avery visited Ms. Nowell's Biology classes on September 30th and October 1st. He presented on Biological Warfare and other things that cause harm to humans such as Giardia, Anthrax, Botulism, and a few other biological agents of disease.
We appreciate Dr. Avery for investing his time into ECHS student learning! We are so lucky to have such a great community member!
PTSA September News- Click on the image for hyperlinks!
Dates to Remember
OCTOBER
FAFSA Night - Tuesday, Oct. 8th, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm @ ACC computer lab room 2330.15
RRISD Student Holiday- Mon/Tue Oct. 14/15, ACC still in session
RRISD FAFSA Marathon Night- Wednesday, Oct 16th, 7:00 am- 8:00 pm RRISD Admin Building
ACC is hosting Exploring, a program to connect youth with industry & business-Thur Oct 10 6:30 pm Room 8302.00
NHS Induction Ceremony- Thursday, Oct. 24th, 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm, Hopewell Middle School Cafeteria