8th Grade Parents: Don't forget about class registration tomorrow morning! MCHS High School Counselors will be joining us in the cafeteria to build schedules. We will also enjoy breakfast from Dunkin Donuts!
Congratulations to our winners of the MCEF Youth Leadership Award! We are so proud of how well these students represent EKB. Our winners are:
6th Grade: Channing Withrow & Abriella Swafford
7th Grade: Sheila Rodriguez & Kailyn Walker
8th Grade: Caleb Bottoms & Braylin Gonzalez
Our 8th graders had a very successful day with a tour of both MCHS and TCAT! We also enjoyed a lunch at Monterrey's. Our 8th graders are looking forward to beginning high school in just a few short months, and we are excited to see all they will accomplish in the future!
Looking ahead at our March calendar.
Our 8th graders participated in Job Shadow Day last Friday! We were able to visit our students and watch them learn and work! We want to thank our local businesses for welcoming our students to their workplace; we appreciate your support!
We are excited to welcome parents and MCHS counselors to our 8th grade registration day and to prepare our students for the 25'26 school year!
Please take a few minutes to complete our Family Engagement Survey! Your feedback helps us improve our support for families. Click here to take the survey: https://bit.ly/4jWFoWN - Thanks for your time!
Congratulations to our very own Braylin Gonzalez for earning second place in Regionals for wrestling and securing a spot for the State tournament! Braylin will be competing in Nashville next month. We are so proud of our EKB kiddos and their accomplishments!
Donuts with Grownups for PreK-2nd will now be held on Tuesday, February 18th at 9 a.m. We hope to see you there
8th Grade Reminders for February!
We are excited to host Donuts with Grownups for K-2nd grade students and parents! We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to our recipients for the Dream Achievers Award! Each student has maintained at least a 3.0 GPA and received a certificate from TWU. We are so proud of our students for representing EK Baker so well!
- Aryeanna McClinton, 8th
- Ayden Brewer, 8th
- Donald Lowery, 7th
Happy National School Counseling Week! Here at EK Baker, we strive to provide a well-rounded counseling program that supports students and families. It is through the tremendous support from our faculty/staff and our community that this is possible. We appreciate your help in making this program successful and helping it grow!
Love Thy Neighbor is a local program that provides and distributes snack packs to several McMinn County Schools, including E.K. Baker! They are looking for additional community members to help sponsor a child or help fund their program. We are grateful for their contributions to EKB and are proud to be partnered in their mission to help others!
3rd-5th grade students have been learning about supporting others at school and being a good friend during classroom guidance lessons and the BEE the Friend Program. Their teachers noticed a few students who have been demonstrating kindness and friendship towards others, and we have recognized these students with a "Reward Bee" and a prize! Great job EKB students!
Some of this month's guidance lessons!
2nd grade read "But It's Just A Game!" and discussed having a "life" controller that will help us make good decisions and put family, friends, and school before video games!
3rd grade read "A Flicker of Hope" as part of our BEE the Friend Curriculum and did an activity to learn how to "share the light" with others.
1st grade read "The Worry Monsters" and made their very own coping skills monster to use when they are anxious/afraid!
Our School Counseling Newsletter for November!
Youth Leadership Day was a huge success! EKB was represented very well by Sheila Rodriguez (7th) and Ayden Brewer (8th). Two of our former 8th graders, Kaylen Leekley and Madiln Lynn, also represented MCHS. Students visited college classrooms, received a campus tour, and enjoyed lunch in the Cafeteria. We are grateful for the efforts and dedication from McMinn County Education Foundation and TWU to instill values and qualities in our students that will help them become successful. We are proud of all our Baker Youth Leaders!
5th Grade has been celebrating their rainforest module with making terrariums! Our students have been very creative in this project!
More from our Teacher-Student Swap Day!
