National Native American Heritage Month
From the proclamation to create National Native American Heritage Month: During National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate Indigenous peoples past and present and rededicate ourselves to honoring Tribal sovereignty, promoting Tribal self-determination, and upholding the United States’ solemn trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations. November 1 – 30
Closure due to Expected Inclement Weather
There are a Flood Watch and a Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Durham County for Friday, September 30. We typically follow Durham Public Schools for inclement weather decisions, and they have just announced closure for Friday, September 30. Excelsior will not have school and there will be no school related activities.
el Mes de la Herencia Hispana/Hispanic Heritage Month
Español Cuando las escuelas chárter abrieron por primera vez hace más de 25 años, se celebraron por brindar oportunidades a los niños a quienes se les podría negar el acceso a opciones educativas de alta calidad. Para algunos grupos minoritarios, las escuelas deficientes alguna vez fueron la norma. Al comenzar el Mes de la Herencia […]
It’s a great time to be in Music at ECA!
Our Honors String Quartet had the privilege of performing for our School Board before their meeting for the month of May. The Quartet is the first of many chamber music ensembles to be offered at Excelsior. Our Music Department boasts a wide variety of ensembles ranging from quartets to symphony orchestra to our new Pep […]
2021-22 Athletics Season
5 Conference Championships 63 Scholar Athletes ECA, where Champions are made! Hear us Roar, Watch us Soar!
Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In First Grade Core Knowledge, there is a Domain on Different Lands, Similar Stories, which focuses on giving the students a sense that all around the world, people tell certain stories that, while they differ in details, have much in common. Such tales are Little Lon Po Po, a story from China, and Red Riding […]
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Mary Cassatt, artist
In the art curriculum for Kindergarten in the Core Knowledge Sequence, students learn about the painting “The Bath” by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with […]
Celebrating Black History Month: Percy Lavon Julian, chemist and inventor
One of the science biographies in Sixth grade is about Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), the chemist and inventer who, among other things, developed synthetic cortisone to treat arthritis pain. From Biography.com: Percy Julian was a pioneering chemist who was not allowed to attend high school but went on to earn his Ph.D. His research at […]
Celebrating Black History Month: Lewis Howard Latimer, inventor
One of the science biographies in Sixth Grade Core Knowledge is of Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928). Latimer worked with Alexander Graham Bell on drawings of Bell’s invention, the telephone, and improved Thomas Edison’s light bulb. Latimer also designed a number of his own inventions, including an improved railroad car bathroom and an early air conditioning […]
Celebrating Black History Month: James Weldon Johnson, poet, and J. Rosamond Johnson, musician
In Sixth Grade Core Knowledge, students learn the poem Lift Every Voice and Sing, written by James Weldon Johnson. From Poetry.com “A group of young men in Jacksonville, Florida, arranged to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday in 1900. My brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and I decided to write a song to be sung at the exercises. I […]
