Ector County Independent School District eNewsletter
3/30/2016
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Bronze busts dedicated to heroes of Wilson & Young Middle School

ECISD partner, CCFCU, receives national awards
 
Odessa College chapter earns 5-Star rating


Technical Difficulty 
 
Due to a tech issue last week's email was resent with today's date... we apologize for the error, the LATEST edition is below. 
School board extends superintendent's contract
 
At their meeting on March 29 the Ector County ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to extend the contract of Superintendent of Schools Tom Crowe. The board did not discuss a raise at that time, only the extension.
 
Mr. Crowe was hired as interim superintendent in August 2013, and then as the full time superintendent on December 24, 2013. His original contract ran through June 30, 2017, but the extension goes through December 31, 2019.
 
Following the vote school board president Nelson Minyard said the Trustees offered this extension to show the community they are behind Mr. Crowe and support the work he is leading.
 
Spring Plant Sale starts Monday!
 
National Champs!
 
Congratulations go out to the dance teams from Odessa High School and Permian High School. Both schools sent squads to the Crowd Pleasers competition in Houston on March 11 & 12 and both cleaned up, as you can see from their lists of awards! Way to go

 
Permian Panther Paws

*          Overall National Champions Medium Team Division
*          National Champions Team Jazz, Team Hip-hop, Team Contemporary, Team Open and Team Pom. 
*          Tied for Highest scoring Pom routine of the day (out of all routines performed in all team sizes)
*          1st Runner-up Grand National Champion out of the entire competition (includes all team sizes)
*          Received outstanding choreography awards for Open, Pom, Contemporary, Jazz and Hiphop routines
*          Received outstanding Performance awards for Hip hop, Contemp, Open and Jazz routines
*          Received outstanding precision awards for Hip hop, Pom, and Jazz routines
*          Received outstanding technique awards for Open, Hip-hop and Jazz routines
*          Crowd Pleasers award for Team Jazz
*          Outstanding Artistry Award for Contemp, Open and Jazz routines
*          Showcase elite (highest scoring teams of the day) -  Received a 95 or higher on all routines
*          National Champion Trio performed by Kara Williams, Zoe Watkins and Abbie Carrasco
*          1st runner-up Trio performed by Cassidy Ramage, Kasyn Armstrong and Brooklyn Patterson
*          National Champion Medium Ensemble
*          1st runner-up Medium Ensemble
*          2nd runner-up Medium Ensemble
*          Solo Finalist and 3rd runner-up Junior soloist Cassidy Ramage

Junior Varsity Panther Paws

*               Overall National Champions Junior Varsity Team Division
*               National Champions Team Jazz, Team Lyrical and Team Hip-hop
 
Odessa High Showgirls
*          Overall National Champions Large Team Division
*          National Champions Team Jazz, Team Hip-hop, Team Contemporary
*          Most Outstanding OVERALL Hip Hop routine
*          Received outstanding choreography awards for  Hip-hop and Contemporary routines
*          Received outstanding Performance quality awards for Hip hop, Contemporary, Jazz routines
*          Received outstanding precision awards for Hip hop
*          Crowd Pleasers award for team Hip Hop
*          Team Super Sweepstakes (Three routines received and average score of 90 or higher)
*          Outstanding Artistry Award for Contemporary
*          Showcase elite (highest scoring teams of the day) -  Received a 95 or higher on all routines
*          Solo Semi-Finalist Senior Genesis Medrano
*          Solo 4th runner up Junior Ryanne Lewis
*          National Champion Officer Hip hop
*          1st runner up Officer Jazz
*          1st runner up Officer Contemporary
*          1st runner up officer Grand Champion in large division
*          Officer Super Sweepstakes (Three routines received and average score of 90 or higher)
World Class Leader in Education
 
At their March meeting ECISD Trustees honored Brian Castillo, P.E. teacher at Jordan Elementary, as the World Class Leader in Education. He's been a P.E. coach for ten years, and is a 15-year veteran of ECISD.
 
If you were to watch a PE class at Jordan, you would be amazed to see students work so hard for a teacher. His kids accomplish more in one 45-minute class than most can in an entire week. There is always 100% student engagement in every lesson Coach Castillo presents. He promotes personal responsibility through rewards and consequences while modeling scholarly behavior. He completely immerses himself into his job and his students.
 
Coach Castillo developed a unique warm up routine that incorporates fitness development, mental challenges and academic classroom components and is now being used in PE classes all over the state. In fact, he uses a lot of academic vocabulary along with math concepts in his P.E. classes. He has a positive attitude which he passes on to the students. He's created an atmosphere where students regardless of fitness level work hard and believe they can do better. To put it succinctly, Jordan students enjoy going to P.E. and have challenged themselves to be "champions." That simple sentence defines why Brian Castillo is this month's World Class Leader in Education!

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