Clubs/Activities

A positive approach to discipline and character building.

All students participate in a school-wide program that focuses on positive behavior and building strong character in our students. We have 6 teams based on our school name, E SMITH, each team has a color, symbol and academic or character trait meaning:
    E:  Executives (Red)
    S:  Scholars (Black)
    M: Masterminds (Orange)
    I:   Innovators (Purple)
    T:  Trailblazers (Green)
    H:  Heroes (Blue)

• Every student will draw for a team and will remain in this team throughout his/her years at the Innovative Learning Academy at Elizabeth Smith Elementary. Teams will include students from all grade levels.
• Students will earn tickets/points by showing manners, respect, kindness, responsibility and good behavior.
• Each six weeks, we will have a pep rally where students sit with their team and we will celebrate each other.
• We will focus on one character trait each 6 weeks. Character Counts class will focus on that trait. The student in each grade level who exemplifies the character trait will be recognized at the pep rally.
  • 1st Six Weeks: Respect
  • 2nd Six Weeks: Responsibility
  • 3rd Six Weeks: Caring
• Students travel with their House Teams within each grade to Enrichment.
• Rewards and/or recognition for the winning team will be given weekly, at the end of the six weeks and at the end of the year.

Battle of the Books is a reading club of which five participants will compete at the district competition. We read five books at home and discuss weekly. Anyone in 3rd & 4th grade can join Battle of the Books book club. Club meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 7:30-8:00 am in the mornings before school. Must purchase books club will be reading. Competition is held in December to pick team to complete in March on behalf of ILA@ESE. 
Club leader: TBA

Caldecott Club is a reading club where participants get to check out an extra book from the library from the Caldecott Club cart, read them and do a book report. Caldecott Club is open to Kinder and 1st graders during their normal library time. Members must complete and turn in 5 book reports and must have a signed permission slip. Membership entitles participants to check out 1 additional book per check out period and member will be eligible to attend a special celebration in May. Club usually starts in spring. No cost.
Club leaders: TBA

Chess Club teaches students the concepts of chess and what each pieces does. Chess Club meets after scjpp; in the library on Fridays.

Flag Crew are responsibly for raising and lowering the state and US flags every morning and afternoon. Club membership is done by application process which will be available in the next couple of weeks and must be picked up from Club Leader. Club is open to 3rd and 4th graders only for service for one or both semesters. Club leader is Coach Cain.

News Crews provides daily announcements to the entire student body in the format of a news station. Club membership is done through application process for 3rd and 4th graders. Students that are selected will serve one day a week in the morning (7:35-8:00a.m.) for the entire school year. Newscasts are broadcast through our ILA@ESE Google website. Club leader is Coach Cain.

University Interscholastic League (UIL) provides opportunities for students to compete in academic contests at the district level. Club membership is for students in grades 2nd-4th grade. Participation provides them with the opportunity to demonstrate a mastery of specific skills and motivates them to acquire higher levels of knowledge. Campus participants compete in individual events to earn points. Those points are then added up to determine which team has the highest total score.  In the elementary school category, ILA@ESE has taken home the first-place trophy for the fifth year in a row. Participating students are chosen by either tryout or by individual faculty selection beginning in Mid-October.
UIL Clubs: Creative Writing (2nd), Storytelling (2nd & 3rd), Chess Puzzles (2nd-4th), Music Memory (2nd-4th), Reading Writing (3rd & 4th), Spelling (3rd & 4th), Oral Reading (4th), Art (4th), Number Sense (4th)

UIL Leaders: TBA