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This morning in K-4 we recognized these students for being nominated as their class’s responsibility character trait winner. We are so proud of all of them and appreciate their hard work!

Don't want to cook tonight? Come out to McDonald's in Zebulon and support EWA PTA!

Lottery Application Begins January 8th: East Wake Academy's Lottery Application for the 2024 - 2025 school year will begin January 8th at 8 am and end on February 15th at noon. This applies to Siblings of current students and General Public. Please go to www.eastwakeacademy.org and click on the Lottery Link on the Home page or the Admissions page. Lottery Application is online only. Siblings go through the Lottery also and you must complete the Lottery Application to be included in the Lottery for the 2024 - 2025 school year. The Lottery will take place on March 6th at 9 am in the Eagle Hall Senior Academy. You do not have to be present for the Lottery. Once the Lottery is over, you will receive an email within 45 minutes of the lottery letting you know whether you got in and what the next steps are. If waitlisted you will get an email letting you know what number you are and KEEP this email as you can check this for updates at any time. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim Campbell at kcampbell@eastwakeacademy.org.

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Virginia Gilchrist Jacobs!! Dr. Jacobs receives her Doctorate in Educational Leadership from East Carolina University. In addition to this amazing achievement Dr. Jacobs’ educational accolades include a Bachelor of Science in Education, Master of Arts in Supervision and Administration, and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Jacobs has served in multiple capacities during her thirteen year tenure at EWA as a math teacher, curriculum resource teacher, AIG coordinator, MTSS coordinator, principal, and now our K-12 Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Congratulations Dr. Jacobs! Thank you for arming yourself with credentials to assist us in making EWA educationally prosperous for our students.

EWA staff and students have really been in the holiday spirit this week with crafts, events & parties. We would like to wish all our families a safe and happy holiday season. Wednesday, Jan. 3rd - Teacher Workday Thursday, Jan.4th - Students Return

The National Art Honor Society enjoyed "teaching their teachers" in Wednesday's art activity. They were indeed the experts in the room. Special thanks to Ms. Wade for inspiring her students to lead this activity

Mrs. Norris and Mrs. LuMaye's class building gingerbread houses!

Fourth grade started off our holiday week with a candy cane experiment and several stem activities! They built with gum drops and created a jingle bell maze!

Last Friday 7th Graders worked on Science and math standards while building teamwork skills. We made 3D and 2D ornaments, read to elementary students, made holiday cards for the elderly at a local assisted living center, made paper circuit pictures that light up, and painted rocks for our community rock garden. The students did such a great job in all of these activities.

Happy Birthday to EWA staff born in December! Thanks to Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q in Zebulon for our lunch

Good morning EWA families. An update on the situation from yesterday. Last night ZPD confirmed the possible threat to EWA was NOT credible, with the possibility some key details were exaggerated as the story spread. We are grateful to the ZPD for their fast intervention in this matter. Out of an abundance of caution, we have asked ZPD to be on campus today and we will continue to go through our safety protocols. We ask our families to proceed as normal through carpool, as any disruption to the process will cause confusion and increase the chance of an accident. Thank you for your continued support of EWA and we look forward to a joyous holiday break.

Good evening EWA families. Today at the end of the school day we received information about a possible threat to EWA. We activated our crisis plan and have been working with ZPD to determine if the threat is credible. While ZPD continues to investigate, at this time the threat has NOT been deemed credible. Out of an abundance of caution, we have asked ZPD to join us on campus tomorrow while we continue to implement our security and safety protocols. If you have any information you feel is important regarding this matter, please send it directly to the ZPD and my email at apirrello@eastwakeacademy.org.

1st Grade Readers Theatre - 12/8/23

from Mrs. Warren , FBLA Advisor: We had a great event on Saturday at Green Level High School! The students were amazing! We attended workshops, recognition testing, and had several networking events. We will be attending the FBLA State Conference in March. Our big winners for the day were: 1st place Computer Applications - Drew Bizub 2nd place Career Exploration Middle Level - Juliet Lopez-Chavarria 4th place Public Speaking - Sally Ishikawa 4th place Word Processing - Nolan Ferguson

Glad that we could help support a great local cause and raise money for the Zebulon Police Department's Shop with a Cop program! Thank you to our parents for your donations!

EWA Families, Are you missing something? Please check out our Lost and Found link on the website and see if anything belongs to you. If you find something, please have your student check with their House Office Assistant to pick up All items not claimed by WEDNESDAY 12/13 WILL BE DONATED! https://ewalostandfound.weebly.com/

We are proud to have some EWA Clubs participating in this event! Do you hear sleigh bells ringing? That's because Deck the Hall-Z is this Friday! Join us at Zebulon Town Hall for an evening of merriment, holiday spirit, and activities for the whole family. You'll see dazzling holiday displays, performances from our school bands and dance troupes, partake in fun holiday activities, and close out the evening as we all watch The Grinch together on the big screen! Take a look at the details below. You're not going to want to miss it! Deck the Hall-Z Friday, December 8 5:30 - 9:00 PM Zebulon Town Hall Deck the HallZ

Next Thursday 12/7 we will be having a Dress Down Day to benefit Zebulon Police Department and their Shop with a Cop program. Please bring a minimum of a $4 donation on Thursday to dress down.

Thanks to Southland in Zebulon for providing today's Staff Birthday Lunch! Happy Birthday to our staff born in November!

First graders in Ms. Pridgen's class created number filled Cornucopias! Each student was given a number and they had to recreate the number using 10’s and 1’s that were on different foods. The students filled their cornucopia with pumpkin and corn 10’s and peas that represented 1’s!