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!
We had a "blast from the past" with outfits for 80s Day at EKB!
Our EKB Spirit Week had a strong start with Teacher-Student Swap Day! Students (and teachers!) got very creative in choosing their outfits. We love learning and having fun at EKB!
Flashback to our 2nd Grade Field Trip at the beginning of October! Mrs. Dake's and Mrs. Scheutzow's students visited a local pumpkin farm where they learned about farm animals, picked their own pumpkins, and played lots of fun games!
Middle school students have been working with clay in art this week. The students came up with some awesome pieces of art, and it was a joy to see the their engagement and excitement! Thank you Mrs. Torbett for the wonderful hands-on activity. Great things are continuing to happen at EKB!
We are excited to have ATS the Bridge join us this week!
