Go Lady Eagles!

Eagle Family,

I hope you're paying attention to a special event taking place this evening: The Lady Eagles' Basketball team begins playoff action tonight against DeSoto, at 7pm at Waco University High School. Whether you're able to attend the game or not, I know you'll want to wish the Lady Eagles well.

This year's Lady Eagle Basketball team has set an Ellison girls' basketball record with 31 wins and only 3 losses. No other girls' basketball team in Ellison history has ever logged 31 wins in a season before, and we are so proud of these young ladies and their coaching staff. Many thanks to Coach McKinnon, Coach Sullivan, and Coach Dyer for all their hard work in getting our team ready to compete!

Even more important than their performance on the court has been this team's upstanding conduct on campus, in the classroom, and in the community. These ladies are a class act, and we are proud to have them representing the Eagle family everywhere they go.

Let's get ready to cheer on our Lady Eagles!

My Connectedness Challenge for Spring 2013

Eagle Family,

Happy New Year!

Now that the ball has dropped, and we are officially in the year 2013, I want to remind you about my "Connectedness" challenge that I mentioned before we left for Winter Break.

My passion is to increase the connectedness of our student body at EHS, and make sure no Eagle feels disconnected from all the good things happening on our campus.

My challenge to each of you, in this coming spring 2013 semester, is to get to know two people at EHS you have never gotten to know before. They can be students or staff, people you've never seen before, or people you've passed in the hall every day all year.

I challenge you to see your fellow Eagles as people you can connect with, not as random faces in a crowd.

I challenge you to care about how those people are doing, and how you can make their lives brighter.

I challenge you to reach out, take the first step, and make a positive connection.

Let's work together to make sure no Eagle feels alone in 2013.

True Leadership

Eagles,

I would like to take a moment and commend the many members of our Leadership Academy, for putting on a tremendous event yesterday: The 10th Annual BAEH Leadership Conference, held at the Killeen Civic & Conference Center. The theme of this year's conference was "Take a Real Stand".

We hosted students from most of the middle & high school campuses in KISD, as well as many students from other districts in our area, over 400 students in all!

Our Leadership Academy students conducted team-building games and activities, and exhibited true leadership by giving of themselves to make this day special for all of our guests.

We were also blessed by a highly inspirational message from Keith Hawkins, who has taken his motivational presentations all around the country.

In my opinion, a good leader has the courage to stand alone for what he or she believes in, but is also humble enough to realize nothing gets done without working with people. A bad leader, on the other hand, won't take a stand unless it's already popular, but then is prideful enough to think he or she can simply make a vision a reality just by saying so.

Thank you to our Leadership Academy for demonstrating true leadership by taking a stand for good, while working together to make good things happen.

I'm proud of you!

The Connectedness Project

Eagles,

Are you connected?

What are you involved in at EHS, outside of going to class?

This semester at Ellison, we will launch The Connectedness Project, an effort to link students on campus with student organizations, clubs, and teams that fit their interests. We will also be looking to launch new student organizations that students are interesting in creating.

Our goal is to find a student organization or extracurricular activity for every student, and an opportunity for every student to get involved in campus life in a positive way.

If you are not involved in an extracurricular activity, please drop by our Student Activities office in the cafeteria, and find out what EHS has to offer.

Get Connected!

October 19th -- Mark the Date!

Students, I want to be sure you remember that the first Nine Weeks' grading period ends on October 19th. Be sure to mark that date, communicate with your teachers, and know where your grades stand going into the home stretch.

Let's make this a report card to remember -- for all the right reasons!

Go Eagles!

Great Start to the Year!

Eagle Family,

We're in the middle of Day Two, and we have had a great start to the 2012-2013 school year!

Many thanks to everyone who has come together to get this year started right: Our students, staff, and parents have all done their part, and I appreciate all of your efforts.

I enjoyed our student assemblies very much, and I'm confident our Eagles will live up to our vision of Ellison High School being a unique place where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, and kindness, and has every opportunity to succeed.

Let's have a great week, and I'll see you Friday evening at Buckley Stadium, as our Eagles take on Georgetown!

Ready to Kick Off 2012-2013!

Ellison Family,

It's almost time to start the new school year, and I hope you are ready to go!

Please make plans to attend Student Registration on August 14 (for grades 11 & 12) and August 15 (for grades 9 & 10, from 8 am - Noon & 1 pm - 5 pm on both days. This is a time to pick up your schedule, check out textbooks, find your locker, purchase a parking sticker, and take care of any needs you have before school starts.

Be sure to bring a lock for your locker, or $5 to purchase one from the Activities office. Also, be ready to pay any fines you might have from last year.

Please see our campus web site for more information.