Our Elgin Elementary School Pre-K and kinder students are learning about book care by teaching their “puppies” how we take care of and read our library books. It’s been a fun week in library 📚 💜 #runyourbestRACE

Our Student Council candidates are campaigning hard ahead of our elections next week on Monday. I am so proud of their hard work! This is just a few of the awesome posters hung around campus. Elgin Elementary School #runyourbestRACE

Our Student Council Elections took place this morning. We are so proud of our candidates for being courageous and making a speech in front of their peers! Thank you to the parents who attended! #RunYourBestRACE

Congratulations to our newly elected EES Student Council members for the 2023-2024 school year. We are so proud of them! #runyourbestRACE Elgin Elementary School

We love Megan Wehrle!!

Book Clubs have been going great at Elgin Elementary School! 2nd grade pulled an epic prank on some of our teachers just like in @macbarnett’s “Terrible Two,” 3rd grade made middle age inspired stained glass art for “Once Upon a Tim” and string art for 4th grade’s “Haven.” 🥰💜

Hi EES families! Our Book Fair will be next week, November 13-17.  For parents who would like a cashless shopping option for their student, you can visit our Book Fair website to set up an e-wallet for your student: scholastic.com/bf/elginelemen…

Love meeting with our librarian team for cross-district planning and collaboration! We also loved getting some Capstone 📚 PD about Pebble Go! #runyourbestRACE

Thankful for wonderful volunteers who work hard to make our school a beautiful and inviting place for students! ❄️😇💜 Maria Baker Elgin Elementary School #runyourbestRACE

🙏🏽 Sending thoughts and prayers to Sgt. Val Barnes, a true hero with 50 years of service—22 in the US Army & 28 with Austin ISD. “I’m just glad it was me, and not any of our kids,” said Sgt. Barnes. Wishing him a swift recovery at home. 🇺🇸 🔗bit.ly/3t1wLEK | CBS Austin

So grateful to the Elgin ISD Education Foundation for a grant for a school-wide subscription to Novel Effect. Our teachers and students are going to be SO excited to use this cool tool! Elgin Elementary School

Celebrated our 3rd and 4th graders today who completed the Bluebonnet Reading Challenge! So proud of them 💜 Elgin Elementary School

Wrapping up another successful round of book clubs for our 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders. Check out our homemade scarves with chosen house colors for 4th grade Harry Potter book club! 🤩 Elgin Elementary School #runyourbestRACE

Our beautiful Hogwarts house color scarves displayed in our library. Will miss these friends as I start a new book club when we return from Spring Break! Elgin Elementary School #runyourbestRACE

Thank you to our ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL Wildcat athletes for visiting Elgin Elementary School during our Read Across America week celebrations! Our little Wildcats so enjoyed having them 💜🐾#runyourbestRACE

Day 1 of #TXLA24 was so exciting. Learning about breakout box implementation and see what exhibitors had to offer. Can’t wait for Day 2!

Always love the Texas Topaz sessions and hearing about new and exciting non-fiction for my little Wildcats! They will love this one 😂 #TXLA24

Excited to learn about makerspaces, literacy and how to value both. #txla24

Trying to up my tech game and see how the new technology application TEKS align with programming I do in the library! So much to learn! #txla24

HRE Student Council appreciates your help fighting hunger in our community! Please send canned soups this week with your student. The class with the most donations will get a "Soup"er Fun Friday including extra recess and time in our Makerspace area!