2015 Lionettes Fall Dance Clinic set for Sept 12

P R I D E
2015-2016 Volume 2
W h e r e W i n n i n g a n d E x c e l l e n c e i s t h e Status Quo!
PRIDE is produced by the Ennis ISD Communication Depar tment in conjunction with the Ennis Daily News
A message from
Dr. John Chapman III
Ennis ISD Superintendent
Dear Ennis ISD Employees,
I hope you’re off to a great 2015-2016 school year.
We are glad to have you, and the students back
to school. There are multiple organizations and
people that I would like to thank that assisted the
district in the weeks prior to the start of the school
year. We want to give a special thanks to The Cotton Patch for providing a meal to our new teachers
to the profession. The Cotton Patch fed 20 plus new
teachers and administrators on August 12. Citizens
Bank sponsored the new teacher luncheon on August 14th. The Ennis ISD Educational Foundation
also graciously gave each of the 18 new teachers a
$266.66 check to use at their discretion.
On August 21st, the Avenue Church provided
breakfast for the entire EISD staff. We are grateful
for their hospitality. The district also fed the entire
staff lunch on August 21st. A special thanks to the
following individuals for cooking the meal prior
to the event: Willie Joe Salik, Jeremy Salik, Bradley
Salik, Wes Oldlozil, Alan Linson, Brian Harlan,
Scott Stevens, Philip Black, John Peterson, Chad
Corbett, Cliff Mathes, and Paul Nies. A special
shout-out to Ryan McCabe for the long hours of
organization making sure the meal was prepared.
He went above and beyond to ensure the food was
ready. Sodexo did a great job assisting with the
meal trimmings.
During the Opening of School Ceremonies,
many people played an important role in the event.
The Boy Scout Troop #210 presented the Colors
which included Collin McManus, Alex Pierce, Sean
Coplen, Justin Mraz and Chase Newsom. Sheridan
Blazek, FFA President, conducted a roll call and
called the meeting to order while Andrew Nicolayson, NHS President, lead the Pledges to our US and
Texas flags. Nathan Diaz, Student Council President, gave the invocation and Alli Hoffman, State
Choir Qualifier, sang “For Good”. Our awesome
EHS band played multiple pieces throughout the
ceremonies. Thank you and great job to our young
friends Marilee Del Barrio, Ava Dominguez, Jake
Cherry, Lilly Walker, Autumn Cooper and Mark
Perez for coming out on stage to sit in the blue
chairs and ask the audience if they believed. At that
age, that was not an easy task. I truly appreciate the
heartfelt messages from our very own home grown
EISD staff members Kathy Matous, Wade Bishop,
Tracy Lemonia, Keith Howard and Susan Jones.
Thanks to everyone that made the event special.
During the spring and summer, the administration was hard at work preparing for the upcoming
year. Many positive things took place that benefit
instruction at Ennis ISD. Over the past few months,
the Board of Trustees has diligently spent a total of
$1,625,077.00 in the area of curriculum and instruction as well as salaries.
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Below is a breakdown of the spending:
• Curriculum materials the Board of Trustees
approved: $672,999.00. An example of some
of the items include math manipulatives
and leveled reader libraries which totaled
$200,000.00. This allows us to continue to
build a solid educational foundation at the
elementary campuses. Teachers need the
resources to meet the demands of the state
assessment and to further the multimodal
learning of students as they learn in different
ways. In May 2015, the Board approved the
purchase of phonics programs, special education tier systems, Read 180, leveled book
rooms, and reading invention programs
for teachers to continue to raise the bar on
academic success which totaled roughly
$473,000.00.
• In the fall of 2014, the district asked the
Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
to conduct a competitive review of our
teacher salaries and stipends. Ennis ISD received two recommendations for increases.
Not only did EISD Board approve the
increases, but the district added additional
funds above and beyond TASB’s highest recommendation. The total cost of the
increase in compensation for the 2015-2016
school year is $837,078.00. Teacher salary
raises increased a minimum of $1,200 with
a percent range from 2.1%-4.5%.
• The District will provide another incentive
totaling $230,000.00 for (2015-2016) that will
be announced later in the year.
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The Teacher/Employee Recruitment and Retention Program (TERRP) is
a plan that will supplement the 403(b)/457
employee plans with District contributions.
The District will match 50% of employee
deferrals up to 2% of pay for employees
not exceeding eight absences during the
plan year. The District will match 75%
of employee deferrals up to 3% of pay
for employees with excellent attendance,
not exceeding two absences during the
plan year. The District will match 100%
of employee deferrals up to 4% of pay for
employees with perfect attendance during
the plan year.
During the last calculated year (August
31, 2014) the district paid out a total of
$234,185.45. During that year, we had 289
participants. Today, we are close to 500
participates in the TERRP program which
means EISD will contribute a lot more
money to the TERRP program for the 20142015 school year (which is calculated on
August 31, 2015).
Facts to Share:
• Ennis Ford / Educational Foundation plans
to donate a new car (again in 2015-2016) to
an EHS student with perfect attendance.
• The athletic booster club along with a
private donation allowed the purchase of
two drones for the athletic program. The
district did not use local funds to purchase
the drones.
• The EISD Educational Foundation awarded
over $50,000 in teacher grants this past May
for the 2015-2016 school year.
We are so fortunate to have booster clubs and local
businesses assist the district in purchasing items so
that we can spend as much money as possible on
employee salaries and instructional materials that
will benefit all children.
Again, thank you for being here and doing your
best with student on a daily basis.
Ennis Lion Cross Country help clean Jaycee Park
Ennis Cross Country runners rolled up their sleeves and did their share of community service recently. The team met early one Saturday morning to
gather trash and fallen branches at Jaycee Park here in Ennis. Ennis High Cross Country coach Lonnie Redning said the team chose Jaycee Park because they train and compete there.
2015 Lionettes Fall Dance Clinic set for Sept 12
All students grades Pre-K through high
school are invited to participate.
Clinic Day:
Clinic day will be held Saturday, September 12th, 2015 in
the Lionettes Dance Studio at EHS from 8 am to 11:30 am.
Please drop your child off at 7:45 am to check in and
promptly arrive at 11:15am for a showoff.
The participants will show off the routine and technique
they have learned. They should wear attire they are able to
move in. This includes non-marking shoes.
Their exciting morning will include:
• instruction by the Lionettes
• learning an original choreographed field jazz routine
• basic technique moves.
At the end of clinic, please understand we will require
an adult signature (or someone who was given consent to
pick up) in order to release your child.
Practice: Wednesday, September 23rd at Lions Stadium at
4:15pm. We ask that you stay with your child at field practice.
Performance Date: We will perform on September 25th at the
Varsity Lions Homecoming football game. Our performance will
be at 7pm during the pregame ceremony. We also invite all clinic
participants to join the Lionettes in the stands during the first
and second quarter of the game. Performers must be picked up
before halftime.
Registration Fees: Costs for the clinic is $35, and includes a
t-shirt and certificate.
Late registrations will be accepted on the day of the clinic for $40.
All checks can be made payable to: ENNIS ISD, be sure to
include your driver’s license and date of birth.
Applications can be picked up at EHS at
the Ensign Office, or from any Lionette.
Applications will also be available at all campuses.
Pre-registrations can be turned in by September 11th , 2015
EHS Ensign Office
in a sealed envelope
Ennis High School
LIONETTES
(Attn: Cassie Ortiz)
2301 Ensign Road
Ennis, TX ~ 75119
Travis BBQ
Tickets Sales
start on Friday
Travis Elementary’s Annual BBQ
Dinner will be held on Friday,
September 18 in the cafeteria from
5- 8 pm . Tickets will be on sale
from Sept. 4-18 for $7. Please
make plans to attend. The annual
feast includes a BBQ sandwich,
chips, pickles, cookie, and sweet or
unsweet tea.
In case you can’t stop in for the
festivities, not to worry, there will
be a drive thru set up so you can
pick up your plates.
Students will perform and there
will also be a raffle and a silent
auction. Raffle tickets will be sold
for $1 each and there are many
prizes including: gift cards to
various restaurants, Tickets to Sea
World San Antonio, a Deer Feeder,
photo sessions with Scarlett Justice
and Stephanie Constable, a patio
set donated by Wal-Mart, and
much more.
The Silent Auction includes a
Custom Hutch and many student
created items.
For more information regarding Ennis ISD visit our website at: www.ennis.k12.tx.us
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