🏆 UIL WINNERS RECOGNIZED! 🏆

We were proud to recognize our outstanding UIL competitors at last night’s School Board Meeting! Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence are something to celebrate! 👏

✨ Individual & Team Accomplishments:

🎶 Lucas Hinzman — Division II Placing, Solo & Ensemble Contest
🥇 Reagan Krebs — 5th Place, Literary Criticism
🏅 Jett Tuggle — 6th Place, Headline Writing
🏆 Spelling & Vocabulary Team — 3rd Place
Kimber Yosten, Emory Hearell, Heidi Dawson & Conner Clayton

Congratulations to all of our UIL students! We are so proud of the time, effort, and talent you continue to put into representing Era ISD!

Helmets with Heroes for Varsity Football Players! Looking forward to great fellowship and involving those most important to us during this football season!

Boil Water Notice Update Era ISD is aware of the Boil Water Notice currently in effect for the Era Water Supply Corporation. We are making the necessary preparations to ensure the safety and well-being of our students should the notice remain in effect when school begins tomorrow. Bottled water will be available for students to safely drink throughout the school day and to refill water bottles as needed. Families are also welcome to send additional bottled water with their students. Our cafeteria staff are aware of the notice, and all meals will be prepared and served in accordance with appropriate safety procedures. We will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates to families as additional information becomes available.

Era ISD Sports Week at a Glance

Trenton is running behind due to traffic. We will adjust start time of the scrimmage to 5:15 starting with JV. Varsity will scrimmage immediately after. Thanks for understanding.

Link for High School Fall Sports Pictures. Discount pricing and school delivery expire August 21.

https://www.garnerstudio.net/school-photos/era/era-hs-fall-sports-portraits-scheduled-august-11/

🐝 ERA FAMILIES! 💛🖤

The Era Booster Club will be set up in the school cafeteria during Meet the Teacher with all the Hornet gear!

They’ll have NEW spirit wear + merch available to purchase, with lots more coming throughout the year. Quantities on hand are limited, so grab your favorites while they’re available!

You’ll also be able to pre-order 2026 roster shirts for:

🏐 Volleyball
🏃 Cross Country
🏈 Football
🐝 Junior Hornet

Payment for merch: Venmo, check or exact cash.

Be sure to stop by the Booster Club table, stock up on your black + gold, and get ready for another great year at ERA! 🐝💛🖤

📚✨ Who wants to be FIRST?! ✨📚

Our brand-new Inchy’s Bookworm Vending Machine is ready for students, and at Meet the Teacher tonight, one lucky Hornet will win the chance to be the VERY FIRST student to use it! 🐝📖

Entering is easy! While you're at Meet the Teacher:
📱 Show Mrs. Adams that you’ve downloaded the Era ISD app
🔗 Make sure you’re connected to your student
🎟️ Then you’ll be entered into the drawing!

If you haven’t downloaded the app yet, tonight is the perfect time to get connected (if you are having trouble, we can help!)—and you might just leave with a very excited future book-vending-machine VIP! 🖤💛

We can’t wait to see everyone tonight!

Meet the Teacher Tomorrow! 🎉

We can’t wait to welcome our families to Meet the Teacher tomorrow, August 13th!🐝

📍 6:00–7:30 PM
Come meet your child’s teacher, visit classrooms, and get ready for a great school year!

We’ll see you tomorrow! 🖤💛

🚚🍎 FILL THE TRUCK — TOMORROW NIGHT! 🍎🚚
Meet the Teacher is TOMORROW, and we’d LOVE your help filling this truck! 🖤💛

If you’re out grabbing those last-minute back-to-school supplies, would you consider tossing one or two extra items in your cart for Era ISD?

Our goal is simple: give back BIG to our teachers, staff, and students! Thanks to your generosity, PTO has already been able to clear many teacher wish lists on our secondary campus — and we’d love to keep it going! 🙌

⭐ A special request we just received: Secondary is still in need of 50 college rule journals and 100 - 1 inch binders! ⭐️
Other items that are needed across our entire campus:
🧻 Kleenex
🧼 Clorox/Lysol wipes
🧴 Hand sanitizer
🥨 Teacher lounge snacks
🥤 Drinks for our staff

Every single donation helps. One box of Kleenex, one notebook, one snack, one case of soda — it all adds up when our community comes together! 🥹🖤💛

Just bring your donations to Meet the Teacher tomorrow night and TOSS ’EM IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK! 🚚

Thank you for always showing up and helping PTO pour back into our entire school district. We are SO grateful for you! 🐝💛

Let’s FILL THAT TRUCK, ERA! 🚚🍎🖤💛

WATCH D.O.G.S. Kick-Off

Immediately Following Elementary Parent Information Night

We're excited to launch the WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) program at our elementary this year!

WATCH D.O.G.S. is a nationally recognized family engagement program that encourages fathers, grandfathers, uncles, stepfathers, and other positive male role models to spend a day volunteering on campus. Volunteers help welcome students, assist in classrooms, support recess and lunch, and most importantly, provide students with positive male role models while helping create an even safer school environment.

Come learn more about the program, ask questions, and sign up for a day to volunteer during the school year.

We can't wait to see everyone on August 26th and kick off another amazing year together! 💛🐝

Come learn more about the program, ask questions, and sign up for a day to volunteer during the school year.

We can't wait to see everyone on August 26th! 💛🐝

Elementary Parent Information Night

🍎 Classroom Teacher Sessions
Each teacher will share important information about their classroom, including:
-Daily procedures and expectations
-Communication
-Expectations
-Classroom routines
-And more!

🏫 Mrs. Adams' Campus Overview
Mrs. Adams will be sharing information about:
-Campus procedures and expectations
-Important reminders for the school year
-Our new district communication app
-Other campus-wide information for families

Each presentation will be offered in repeating 20-minute sessions throughout the evening, allowing families with multiple children the opportunity to visit each of their students' classrooms while also attending the campus overview session.

Volleyball Schedule for the 2026 year! Ready to see these ladies in action!

🇺🇸🐝 Introducing Era Elementary's Tee of the Month Fundraiser! 🐝🇺🇸

We're excited to launch a brand-new way to support our students all year long! Beginning in September, Era Elementary will feature a new themed t-shirt each month—giving our Hornet community fun ways to show school spirit while making a difference for our students.

We're kicking things off with a special Homecoming + 9/11 Commemorative Shirt that proudly honors the heroes and sacrifices of September 11th while cheering on our Era Hornets as we celebrate Homecoming.

👕 Shirts: $25 each
🛒 Order Online: https://gogandy.com/era-ht911
📅 Order Deadline: Monday, August 24

Every shirt purchased directly benefits Era Elementary students by helping fund:
⭐ A 3D printer for our STEAM classroom
⭐ Staff professional development
⭐ Hornet Hype Assembly certificates and prizes
⭐ Books to keep our Inchy Book Vending Machine stocked
⭐ Hornet Hero student recognition prizes
⭐ Educational field trips
⭐ Camp Grady Spruce scholarships
⭐ Teacher appreciation
⭐ And so much more!

Thank you for supporting our students, teachers, and school. We can't wait to see our Hornet community wearing this meaningful first design on Homecoming!

Welcome back Caitlyn Huddleston to the Hornet Family!

📚🐝 A New Chapter Begins at Era Elementary! 🐝📚

We're excited to announce that Era Elementary now has an Inchy's Bookworm Vending Machine! 🎉

A huge thank you to the Era Education Foundation for funding Mrs. Adams' grant and making this exciting addition to our campus possible. We are incredibly grateful for the Foundation's continued investment in our students and teachers.

We would also like to thank our amazing community for supporting our Bingo Night Fundraiser. Because of your generosity, we are able stock the vending machine with exciting literary adventures for our students to enjoy!

So, how does it work? Students will have the opportunity to earn a special token that can be used to "purchase" a brand-new book from the vending machine. 📖✨

The Inchy Book Vending Machine is another way we are working to foster a love of reading while celebrating student success. Tokens may be earned for:
📚 Reaching individual reading goals
⭐ Outstanding behavior and character
🎯 Academic growth and achievement
🏆 Special accomplishments and campus recognition

Our hope is that this becomes more than just a reward—it becomes a source of excitement that encourages every student to discover the joy of reading and build a personal library they can treasure for years to come.

We can't wait to see the smiles on our students' faces when they earn their very first book! 💛🐝

A new school year is right around the corner, and we’re getting ready to welcome our secondary students back to campus!

Our Secondary Back-to-School Newsletter is your go-to guide for starting the year prepared. You’ll find important dates, schedules and upcoming events, campus information, back-to-school reminders, and other details students and families need before the first day.

📅 Take a few minutes to check it out, save the dates that apply to you, and make sure you’re ready for the year ahead!

📩 Read the Secondary Back-to-School Newsletter here:
https://app.smore.com/n/ftk82-august-secondary-newsletter?ref=email

📚✨ High school schedules are almost ready!

It’s almost time to get back into the swing of things, Hornets! 🐝 High school students can stop by the HS Office on August 5th or 6th to pick up schedules and make any needed class changes.

🗓️ August 5 & 6
⏰ 9 AM–12 PM & 1–3 PM
📍 High School Office

Come grab your schedule, make sure everything looks right, and get ready for a great school year! 💗📓

Junior High students will pick up schedules at Meet the Teacher.