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Renovations Underway!

This spring PTF purchased round tables and chairs as well as several serving tables.   The purchase was made in honor of all the teachers and faculty during Teacher Appreciation week and helps complete the plan for a lunchroom makeover.

The tables will also be used for banquets and other school activities.  The lunchroom will now be more user-friendly as we have tables that can completely breakdown and be removed when needed.  The room has also been freshly painted!  Stop by and see the makeover if you haven’t already.

The elementary campus will also be welcoming new additions, including gutters to eliminate flooding in walkways on rainy days, shade sails to provide cooler areas on sunny days, and a fresh coat of paint for the class and office hallways. There will be new sod laid around the elementary buildings, and new playground equipment is being ordered, including a swing set, curvy balance beam, tether ball, and covered sandbox.

Following Student Government and First Priority’s bathroom renovation project, we are planning to lay new tile in the middle/high school breezeway bathrooms.  Miscellaneous additions include new signage around campus and Set-in-Stone bricks being placed around the eagle statue in the front of the campus. Stay tuned for additional updates on renovation projects!

VPK Achieves Reading Readiness

Congratulations are in order for our VPK teachers and students! They earned a 200 (the maximum score) on the VPK state reading readiness rate. This means that 100% of VPK students earned a 100 on two separate reading diagnostics tests. Out of the 104 VPK programs in Escambia County during the 2008-2009 school year, East Hill was among only seven of them to earn this distinction, according to a search of the VPK Reading Readiness website.

Students in our 2009-2010 VPK program were taught by Mrs. Puckett, Mrs. McArthur, and Mrs. Dean. Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten is a free service provided by the Early Learning Coalition and the Department of Education. You can find out more about VPK and other educational information on our Academics page.