Week 16: November 24-28, 2025

The purpose of this newsletter is to keep all of our Eagle families connected to what’s going on around campus, to deliver important information, and to have a place where everyone can come to get the information they need.

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Important Dates

Date	Event	Impacted Groups
November 26-28	No School – Thanksgiving Break	All Students & Staff
December 11-12	Teacher-Made Exams	All Students & Staff
December 15-19	EOC & CTE Final Exam Week	All Students & Staff
December 20-January 4	No School – Winter Break	All Students & Staff
January 5	Semester 2 Begins	All Students & Staff

Happy Thanksgiving, Eagle Family!

As we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, East High would like to wish each the members of our Eagle family a very Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for the students and staff that make up our unique and special family. May your long weekend be filled with family, friends, fellowship, food, and love. We look forward to welcoming our Eagles back on Monday, December 1st for the final push to the end of the semester!

Congratulations to our HCEF Mini Grant Winners!

We are excited to announce the recipients of the HCEF 2025 Educator Mini-Grants! This year, we received an incredible 108 applications and awarded 85 grants totaling $26,000, impacting all 23 Henderson County Public Schools. These grants collectively created approximately 15,000 student learning experiences—recognizing that some students benefited from more than one grant. East High staff members receiving these grants include:

Mrs. Abarca – Training Program for Bilingual Student Ambassadors ($438)
Mrs. Barfield – STEM and Working ($250)
Ms. Carrillo – Books in Spanish ($400)
Ms. Cullen – Strumming Together Project ($100)
Mrs. Morris – NCMEA Professional Development ($150)
Mr. Reed – Cottage Industry ($250)
Mrs. Rogers – Manners Meal with HCEF ($500)
Mr. Rollins – Ag Mechanics Welding Lab Update ($500)

Congratulations to all of these staff members. We can’t wait to see the exciting things happening around campus as a result!

Attendance Recovery

As a reminder, students over 5 absences in any course will not have access to Smart Period privileges (all students), and will not walk in the graduation ceremony (upperclassmen). One hour of attendance recovery recovers one absence. Options for making up this seat time include:

Morning Academic Recovery info with pile of books and coffee

Morning Attendance Recovery will be offered twice per week this year on Mondays and Tuesdays from 6:45-7:45am in Mr. Rotton’s room (B-2). Morning recovery begins October 20th. No advanced sign-up is necessary, and no students will be let in after 6:45am. Please make sure you have things to work on during this time. Each morning recovery session recovers one absence.

After School Tutoring logistic info with scribbles in notebook

After School Tutoring will be offered three days per week in Mrs. Wodzicki’s room (F-10) – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays – from 3:15-4:15pm. Transportation will not be provided, so please make arrangements to be picked up at 4:15pm if attending. Each after school tutoring session recovers one absence.

IMPORTANT: While attendance recovery is awarded for this time, students must be present for tutoring and academic work.

Saturday School dates with pencil, notepad and clock

Saturday School will be offered two more times this semester on the following dates:

December 6
December 13

The cost of Saturday School is $20 and advanced sign-up is required. Students have the opportunity to earn 6 hours of recovery at each Saturday School.

Eagle of the Week

Our Eagle of the Week is Mrs. Threatt. Even though she has only been at our school for three days, she has already stepped up in an incredible way, taking on the role of science teacher with confidence, compassion, and true dedication. In such a short time, she’s shown how much she cares about her students by supporting us, encouraging us, and making us feel valued. We are so thankful to have her as part of the Eagle family, and her positivity and hard work make her more than deserving of being named #EagleOfTheWeek. Thank you so much for stepping up and helping our students tremendously!

Last Week in Eagle Country


On Monday, our Adventure Club took a drive to Fiddlehead after school for their annual indoor rock climbing adventure. The crew had a great time challenging themselves in new ways, and we’re thankful to Mr. Gorovoy for keeping this club active and engaged.

Our library is always a great place to go for crafts and thematic fun, and last week was no different! Students were able to write gratitude leaves, do a giant Thanksgiving word search, make different types of crafty turkeys, and even complete some Thanksgiving-themed Breakout boxes. We’re thankful that Mrs. Justice keeps our creative juices flowing!

SGA has been working hard on making sure our feeder elementary schools have all the help they need for all the events they need to pull off on a weekly basis. Last week, SGA leaders helped at two Thanksgiving events at Dana and Atkinson. We are thankful for their willingness to step up to help our future Eagles!

For most of last week, our FFA livestock judging team made a trip to Kentucky to take part in the National Livestock Judging show (NAILE). Mr. Rollins and Ms. Thompson treated the team to several different agriculture-related learning opportunities surrounding the competition, and they even had time for some fun activities too – some bowling and trips to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Churchill Downs. These students gained valuable real life experience showing them what livestock judging on a big stage really means.