First graders have been studying insects! Today, they got to eat some! Well, edible ones at least!
4 months ago, Heather Brown
Four students with their insects
Three students with their insects
Two students with their insects
Two students with their insects
Four students with their insects
Three students with their insects
Three students with their insects
Three students with their insects
Our 3th-5th art club started working on a reverse perspective project on Thursday. They're creating their own optical illusions!
4 months ago, Heather Brown
Student working on her drawing
Student focusing on his drawing
Student happily showing off his work
Student showing off his artwork
Monday, September 15 is Dot Day! Kindergarten students listened to the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds with added sound effects from Novel Effect before creating their own dots and viewing them in augmented reality with Quiver Vision!
4 months ago, Heather Brown
Student showing off her rainbow striped dot
Student looking at her beach ball dot
Student showing off his colorful augmented reality dot
Student showing off his dot
Student is coloring his dot
First and second graders kicked off Art Club on Tuesday by creating BLOB MONSTERS! They learned about the color wheel and how to create new colors!
4 months ago, Heather Brown
Second grader creating her blob monsters
First grader creating her monsters
Second grader showing off his finished product
First grader showing off his blob monsters
First grader showing off his blob monsters

Rock Falls Cross Country Informational Meeting on Wednesday, August 6th. This meeting is for parents and student athletes, who are in grades 5-8, that are interested in participating in cross country for the 2025 season.

6 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Rock Falls Junior Rockets (Cross Country)
East Coloma-Nelson CESD 20 is currently looking for a second shift custodian to join our team!
7 months ago, Andrew Blackert
job post
Congratulations to our ECN May Star Students: Elise Noble (Kindergarten) and Trevor Newton (5th Grade)! Both students are hard workers in the classroom and are respectful to their peers and teachers! Excellent job you too!
8 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Elise Noble (ECN May Star Student)
Trevor Newton (ECN May Star Student)
Our ECN Four-Quarter Accelerated Reader Superstars had their grand moment of throwing a pie at Dr. Lensing or Mr. Blackert! Both administrators got it good! Congratulations to all of our AR Superstars at East Coloma-Nelson School!
8 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Dr. Lensing and Mr. Blackert
East Coloma-Nelson Bulldogs
Congratulations to our ECN April Star Students: Jemma Hinrichs (5th) and Anabella Rosas (6B)! Both students model respectful behaviors for younger students and achieve acadmically at high levels! Great job to the both of you!
8 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Jemma Hinrichs (ECN April Star Student)
Anabella Rosas (ECN April Star Student)
First and second grades went to Putnam Museum last week for a fun field trip!
8 months ago, Heather Brown
Student using a pulley
AH! Polar bears!
Learning about air
Watching how things move
Learning about gravity
Sand table
Boys in the tree
Boy with his new squirrel
Two students showing off their necklaces
Second-grade student with her parent
Congratulations to Jaylynn Turner and Cannon Sands! They each received a student leadership certificate and plaque from the Illinois Principals Association (Northwest Region). Excellent job in representing East Coloma-Nelson School!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Congratulations to Jaylynn and Cannon!
It's National Nurses Week, and we are proud to have one of the best! Thank you Mrs. Olson for being such a caring and fun addition to our staff! You are greatly appreciated!
9 months ago, Heather Brown
Happy National Nurses Week Mrs. Olson
Our 8th grade students have been working hard to train as docents for the Anne Frank Traveling Exhibit! Join us on Thursday, May 8, from 5pm-8pm to experience the exhibit and see their dedication in action. We’d love to see you there!
9 months ago, Heather Brown
Proud of their hard work
Student putting together a panel
Groups putting together the panels
Time to make the stands
Two boys putting the stands together
Group working together
Learning how to put together the panels.
Congratulations to the ECN cast and crew for an excellent performance on Friday (5/2) and Saturday (5/3)!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
The ECN Drama Club presents, “Order Up!"
What an exciting day for our 2nd graders! They went bowling with Finch Robots and learned an important lesson: failure is part of the journey! They embraced the challenges and discovered the power of perseverance and creativity.
9 months ago, Heather Brown
Students coding their Finch bot.
Students knocked over some cups with the Finch bot!
The Finch bot is on it's way to knock down some cups!
Finch knocked over some of the cups!
Finch on his way to knock over some cups!
East Coloma-Nelson School has a preschool paraprofessional vacancy for the 2025-2026 school year!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
ECN Preschool Paraprofessional vacancy for the 2025-2026 school year!
Our students in grades 3-5 had a lot of fun skating at The Rink this morning! The students worked hard during state testing and earned this incentive! ECN staff and students were dancing to the Cha Cha Slide!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Fun at The Rink!
Congratulations to our ECN Prize Drawing Winners for IAR Testing! Students received tickets for working hard on the IAR test and were eligible for prize drawings! Prizes included: $50 bills, $25 Amazon Gift Cards, Beats Wireless Headphones, and Google Chromebooks!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Congratulations to our prize winners!
Congratulations to our ECN March Star Students: Elise Bontz (5th) and Kellen Kibodeaux (6A)! Both students are helpful with their peers in the classroom and model terrific leadership qualities! Terrific job you two!
9 months ago, Andrew Blackert
Elise Bontz (ECN March Star Student)
Kellen Kibodeaux (ECN March Star Student)
Good luck to our 3rd-8th grade ECN Students this week on state testing! https://youtu.be/37omNYaloDQ?si=g4ZdINhF1ZgYHKjq
10 months ago, Andrew Blackert