Congratulations to Lukis Planthaber (5th grade) on winning the grand prize from the ECN Book Blast!
Tech Titans is sparking curiosity and creativity as 3rd-5th graders dive into the world of technology. From coding to problem-solving, they’re building essential skills while bringing Finch robots to life. Hands-on experiences like this inspire the next generation of innovators!
Congratulations to Cannon Sands in placing 5th out of 32 contestants at the regional spelling bee in Dixon! Excellent job in representing East Coloma-Nelson School!
Kindergarteners had a blast with an impromptu robotics lesson featuring KaiBot! They put their math skills to the test, using subtraction to determine how many spaces the robot needed to move and reasoning to decide which direction to turn. Screen-free coding at its finest!
East Coloma-Nelson School is canceled tomorrow on Wednesday, February 12th due to inclement weather. Please be safe!
Exciting things are happening in fourth-grade science! Students recently explored electricity through a fun hands-on experiment using balloons to create static electricity. Tissue paper cupid takes flight with a little electricity!
Congratulations to McKenzie and Remi for being our ECN Star Students of the Month for January!
Congratulations to our 2025 ECN top three spellers! Cannon Sands took first place and was our champion! Elise Bontz is our runner-up in 2nd place! Abrielle Hudgin took 3rd place! Great job to all the finalists that participated today!
We don't have much snow to play with right now, so we made our own in 1st grade!
4th grade made some rollercoasters to learn about energy!
Congratulations to Elise Bontz and Mason English for receiving a rating of "Exceeds" in both ELA and Math on the 2024 Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)! Many other East Coloma-Nelson Students received either a "Meets" or "Exceeds" on the IAR in both ELA and Math as well!
2nd Quarter Accelerated Reader Assembly at East Coloma-Nelson School! Congratulations to every student in the 8th grade class for earning superstar status and earning a pizza party from administration!
Our ECN Principal for an Hour, Mr. Swanson!
2024 ECN Boys' Basketball and Girls' Cheer Banquet
Our ECN Principal for an Hour, Mr. James!
2024 East Coloma-Nelson Winter Concert
🎄✨ A big shoutout to our brilliant third graders for solving the mystery of "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!" 🦌 They used deductive reasoning, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to identify the culprit! 🕵️♀️💡 Ask a third-grader which reindeer was guilty of this crime!
7th grade has balanced the equations and created the electron configurations and now it is time to test out the process!
ELA Connecting Classrooms:
Our 8th grade ELA class just wrapped up an amazing collaboration with another 8th grade class from Iowa during our novel study of “The Outsiders!” From the very beginning, we connected by introducing ourselves though letters, sparking a friendship that grew with each chapter discussion. Throughout the novel, our classes dove deep, sharing our perspectives and insights on the book’s powerful themes- loyalty, identity, family, etc. We ended with a lively zoom debate on which theme we each believed was the most relevant and impactful and discussed why.
🌟 Big shoutout to our incredible 5th graders! This year, they’ve poured their hearts into creating a music album all about their classmates! 💖 They started by interviewing each other, summarized their findings, and then crafted lyrics using MagicSchool. 🎤 The result? Original songs created with Suno and stunning covers made in Canva! 🎨
✨ Want to hear their masterpieces? First visit the album: bit.ly/5thGradeAlbum.
Then you can click the link or scan the QR code on each individual page to listen! 🎶
