Echo Charter School's Veterans Day program will be held on Monday, November 11th at 2:00 pm. There will be student speakers as well as our special guest speaker Dorian Gatchell. It will be held in the school cafeteria, and is open to the public.
Tonight's games against Metro Deaf School is cancelled due to a large amount of their girls being out of school due to sickness. There will be no game or practice tonight. Thank you for your support during the girl's volleyball season!
Little Caesar Pizza Sales
Students are now selling Little Caesar Pizzas! Forms are due November 4,2019 and pizza pick up will be November 20.2019. Contact a student to order or if you have questions contact Sara Weiss-Dunphy at 507-925-4143 or SDunphy@echo.charter.k12.mn.us. You can also order online by following the link :
http://www.pizzakit.com/fundra...
School Board Elections:
Due to lack of candidate filings, the Special Election for ECS School scheduled for Board has been canceled. The Board will now begin soliciting appointments for positions.
Benefit For Tanner Lentz, Graduate of Echo Charter
Sunday, Oct 27th, 9am - 1pm
Odeon Hall, 204 Main St, Belview
Free Will Donation, Pancake Breakfast
Silent Auction Raffle
For more information, use this link:
https://www.echo.charter.k12.mn.us/o/echo/browse/83187
Volunteers needed
The fundraising committee is looking for volunteers to help with the Little Caesar's pizza sales. If interested, please contact Sara Dunphy at 507-925-4143 o...
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The school board meeting set for today, Sept. 12, has been rescheduled to Monday, Sept. 16th
School Board election notice:
https://www.echo.charter.k12.mn.us/o/echo/browse/26111
Lions Club diagnostic vision screening on Monday, 9/16
ASVAB will be administered on Nov. 4 for students in grades 10-12. The test will start at 8:30 a.m. If you have any questions, please contact Sara Dunphy at the school.
Volleyball practice for girls in grades 6-12 will start on Monday, August 26 after school
We need students to help out with the Echo parade on August 17 at 4:30 p.m. We need students to walk and also to toss candy. Please call the school at 507-925-4143 to sign up.
Echo Lions Club is having a pork feed on Saturday, August 17. They need servers from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please contact Justin Hoepner at 320-444-0376 for more information. The pork feed will benefit Echo First Responders and Volunteer Fire Department.
The school will be closed to all staff and the public on Friday, August 2 until Monday morning.
Back to school night will be held on August 22nd 2019 from 4 PM - 7 PM
Tomorrow's board meeting has been changed to Tuesday at 6pm while we wait for year end reports from the CoOp, in its place will be board committee meetings.
The last day of school will be Thursday, May 23. We will be dismissing at 3:45 p.m. Have a great summer! See you next fall.
We will be having our annual Awards Day on Thursday, May 23 at 1:00 p.m. Parents/Guardians, families and friends please feel free to join us.
ECHO trap team competition week 5: Sunday, May 19 @2pm
We are having Dakota Day on Monday, May 20. Parents & guardians are invited to attend. Dakota Day will run all day.
Upcoming Events:
Pipestone Field Trip 5/16
Track and Field Day 5/17
Dakota Day 5/20
Ditch Cleaning 5/23
Commencement 5/24 at 7:00
ECHO trap team competition week 4: Sunday, May 12 @2pm
Tonight's board meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday due to scheduling conflicts. Contact Debbie Eakes if you have any questions.
ECHO trap team: competition week 3: Sunday, May 5 @ 2pm
ECHO Charter Board Meeting Thursday, May 9 @ 6pm
ECHO trap team competition week 2: Sunday, April 28 @ 2pm
ECHO Trap team competition Week 1: Tuesday, April 23 @ 5:30pm
Special board meeting. Wednesday, April 24 @8am. Topic: 2019/2020 budget, revised bylaws
Trap Team official reserve week 3, Sunday, April 14 @ 2pm. Redwood Falls Sportsman's Club. Scheduled shoot days are required, these are your game days.
School is closed today.
School will be 3 hours late on Friday. Buses on tar roads only.
Thanks to winter storm Wesley, our monthly board meeting will be moved to Monday at 6pm. If you can join us for strategic planning at 5:30, I will provide the dinner.
School will be closed tomorrow.
School will be closing at 9:30 a.m. today.
Echo Trap Team Official Practice Week 2 will be Sunday, April 7th @ 2pm at the Redwood Falls Sportsman's Club, 34813 Laser Ave, Redwood Falls. The scheduled shoot days are "REQUIRED". These are Your Game Days!
New After School programs starting Monday! Weight lifting from 7:15-8:15am on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Dakota Language 3:45-5:45pm on Mondays and 3-5pm on Wednesdays, High school students can get foreign language credit through PBL by attending. Questions contact Melanie Kurtz
Butter Braid orders are due Tuesday, April 9
Dinner at 8. Dead by 9. If you missed tonight’s performance, there is still tomorrow. Doors open at 5:30pm, dinner at 6pm, theater at 7. $15 for dinner (salad, spaghetti, garlic bread and cheesecake) and a play.
Trap Team Official Practice Week 1. 2pm at the Redwood Falls Sportsman's Club, 34813 Laser Ave, Redwood Falls, MN
We are in the process of applying for the After School/Summer Program grant to continue into next school year. If you could please take the time to complete the following survey we would appreciate it. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H52DWDR Questions? Contact Melanie Kurtz
Annual Parent Meeting, Thursday, April 4, 6:00 p.m.
Important Note: We are monitoring flood conditions in the event we need to alter bus routes due to road closures. If this should happen, we will send out a Remind and post information on the website.
PROM 2019
No school on April 18, 19 & 22.
The board meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, March 18 @ 6pm
The board meeting that was scheduled for this evening is postponed due to the expected snow and high winds. New date will be announced soon.
ECHO Charter School is on "soft" lockdown due to a potential custody issue. There is no threat to the students. Classroom learning is business as usual. Please call Helen Blue-Redner with any questions at 507-925-4143
L.E.A.D.E.R.S. meet tonight during after school. We are students (grades 5-12) in a safe drug-free, bully-free, zone. We provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, safe and healthy social skills, and have fun. Learning & Encouraging Amazing Dreams 4 Echo Rocket Students!
The School Board training for tonight has been postponed. Makeup date TBD.
School will be closing at 1:15 p.m. today.
ECHO Charter Trap Team sign ups are in progress. The deadline is March 11 (no exceptions). If you are interested contact Sandy at echotrap2014@gmail.com
MCA testing will be taking place the months of March and April. Take a look at the News section for dates and details.
There will be School Board training/planning meeting on Monday, March 4, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
There will be an emergency school board meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 27 at 11:00 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss bridge financing.
School will be closed today.
School 2 hours late tomorrow. Buses on plowed roads only.
School is closed today.
Parent-Teacher Conferences, Tuesday, February 19, from 4-7 p.m.
The February school board will be held on Thursday, February 21 at 6:00 p.m.
School will be 2 hours late tomorrow. Buses on plowed roads only.
School will be closing at 10:30 today.
Due to expected bad weather, conferences have been rescheduled for Tuesday, February 19, 2019, from 4-7.
Busses on plowed roads only.
School will be 2 hours late on Wednesday, February 13.
School will be closed today.
School will be 2 hours late today. Busses on plowed roads only.
We will be having school on Friday, February 15 & Monday, February 18 to account for 2 of our make up days.
School will be closed today.
School will be 3 hours late on Friday, February 8, 2019. Busses on plowed roads only.
School will be closing at noon today, Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
To order apparel from the Echo Store please go to https://stores.apdesignpro.com/echoschool. Orders are due on February 25.
We will have school on Friday, February 8, 2019. This will be 1 of the make up days.
Today, Friday, February 1, is a scheduled Free Friday.
Countryside Public Health Monthly Newsletter for Jan. 2019: https://5il.co/63k2
School Choice Week will be from January 22-25. Stay tuned for information on events throughout the week!