FISD Early Childhood School
Where the Adventure Begins...
HAPPY FIRST FRIDAY!!
We have just finished the best first 2 days of school EVER! The students have done such a great job. They have picked up on their new routines and procedures so quickly, and so have all of you!
We have a special request for everyone this year. Because of some students with severe allergies, we cannot have any open food or drinks in our hallways. Please make sure if your child is finishing breakfast that they exit your car with no food. All food being brought in must be sealed and zipped up in backpacks. Thanks so much for your help with this!
We know carpool can be a little tricky, especially if it is a new procedure for you. Please check below. I've included a copy of our map that shows the ideal traffic flows that help us reduce conflicts and increase our efficiency and safety. We certainly appreciate you following our procedures so that things go as smoothly as possible! One other thing to note for those that come down Red Cedar Drive, just before you turn right into our front carpool loop there is a house with its driveway facing Red Cedar. Please make sure not to block their driveway. Cars waiting need to always leave a space so that the family who lives there can come and go as they need to. Thank you for being mindful of this.
Please take some time to read through our ECS Handbook. The link is just below. This will provide you with important information that will help make this year a smooth, successful one!
Our next big event coming up is Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 11th! It is probably the most important event of the year! It's an opportunity to come and listen to your child's teacher share all kinds of crucial information about what your child will be learning and how you can support them. It starts promptly at 5:30 for AM and Full Day Students, and 6:15 for PM and Speech Class Students. This is a night for adults only. We hope that you will all make plans to attend!
Thank you for choosing to allow us to care for your sweet children each and every day. Being a child and parent's first school experience is a huge responsibility and an honor that we do not take lightly. We are here and thrilled to be partnering with you. We are so excited to be a part of the amazing progress your child will make here at ECS. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we will see you back on Monday!
For Kids,
Melissa Ellis
Principal
Early Childhood School
ECS Parent & Student Handbook
The Counselor Corner
Hi ECS families,
My name is Orli Mascorro, and I am very proud to be the counselor at the ECS. At ECS I help create a supportive environment for our students to help them succeed inside and outside of the classroom. I teach guidance lessons, provide teachers and staff with strategies for emotional and social needs, and plan parent education events.
During your child’s time at ECS, most of the guidance lessons I will present will focus on expanding your child’s emotional vocabulary. The goal is to help students build a rich vocabulary of feelings. This will help them to label feelings and better communicate their needs and wants, and to learn empathy. As a result, your child will develop a meaningful lexicon of feeling words so they can communicate effectively and feel understood. This is also the first step for him or her to learn to regulate emotions.
At ECS we align our expectations with the district’s goal to promote social and emotional learning. Research shows that teachers can effectively engage students in all academic areas by providing a positive student-teacher relationship, teaching skills to cope with feelings, and better achieve behavior expectations. All of this will build an essential foundation to support our students’ learning.
With your help, we can collectively enhance your child’s feelings vocabulary and enhance your child’s emotional development for a great start to success. You can find more information about the ECS Guidance and Counseling program online: https://sites.google.com/a/friscoisd.org/ecs-parent-page/counselor-s-corner
And you can stay connected with the ECS counselor when you follow me on Twitter: @ECS_Counselor.
Mrs. Jenkin's Library
Did you know that your child can receive a FREE BOOK to bring home? Yes, you read that right. The ECS library "Read With Me Program" will help you increase and encourage the amount of time you spend reading aloud to your children.
Research shows that this simple but powerful activity will:
-Condition your child to associate reading with pleasure
-Build "book" vocabulary
-Provide a reading role model
All you have to do is request a Read With Me Reading Log from the library. Read at least 15 minutes a day to your child for 30 days, return the completed log to your teacher. They will bring your child to the library to choose a FREE book to add to their home library; and we will send another reading log home.
If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Jenkins at jenkinsp@friscoisd.org
Thank you!
Mrs. Jenkins, ECS Librarian
Upcoming Fall Events
*Events below will be marked either "All Students" or "5 Day Students Only".
August 20th
First Day of School for Speech Class Only Students
September 3rd
Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
September 11th
ECS Curriculum Night (5 Day Students Only)
-AM session, Headstart & Bilingual: 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
-PM Session: 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM
-Speech Class Only (PLC or PSC): 6:15 – 7:00 PM
OCTOBER 2
5:30-6:30 Parent Partnership & Performance Night (Classes TBD)
OCTOBER 5
NO SCHOOL
OCTOBER 8
NO SCHOOL
OCTOBER 17
Fall Picture Day
OCTOBER 30
5:30-6:30 Parent Partnership & Performance Night (Classes TBD)
NOVEMBER 13
5:30-6:30 Math/Literacy Night
NOVEMBER 19-23
Thanksgiving Break - No School
DECEMBER 3-7
Fall Book Fair
DECEMBER 4
5:30-6:30 Parent Partnership & Performance Night (Classes TBD)
DECEMBER 7
Diversity Parades (9:15am & 1:15pm)
DECEMBER 21
Winter Parties (9:40am & 1:40pm)
DECEMBER 24-JANUARY 7
Winter Break - No School
All About ECS!
Email: ellisme@friscoisd.org
Website: http://schools.friscoisd.org/spc/ecs/site/home
Location: 10330 Red Cedar Drive, Frisco, TX 75035
Phone: (469)633-3825
Facebook: facebook.com/fisdecs
Twitter: @fisd_ecs
2018-2019 ECS Calendar of Events
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WU7a7s2bazVohnX2C6xO2V4K-YpFvdWy/view
2018-2019 Carpool Procedures
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vIAvBf_RUh88RtnYxjkEzcvpQ1a7Ddjc/view