Melissa Blake

Wife/Mother of 2 boys & 1 girl Bio/AP Bio teacher, Merced CA. #UCDavisalumni B.S. Bio Sci #Clemsonalumni M.S. Bio

[Melissa Blake @MelissaBlakeBio]

Happy first birthday Vinz Clortho!

[ECHS Athletics @ElCapAthletics]

El Capitan Girls Soccer 2025 CCC League Champions! Congratulations!!
@ecgauchos

[El Capitan Girls Basketball @ElCapGirlsBball]

‼️School Record Alert‼️On her senior night, Shantelle scored 42 points tonight and set the all-time school record! Previous school record was held by Coach Dillon Greenwood (40pts) & Amaya Ervin held the previous all-time girls bball scoring record with 37

[Tyler Dietz @dietzy_101]

It’s been a privilege to coach her the past 4yrs! Shantelle is truly 1 of 1!

[El Capitan Girls Basketball @ElCapGirlsBball]

With win tonight Gauchos improved to 21-4 on the season & move to 6-1 in CCC play

Stats
S Magana 42pt 10reb 10st “Triple-Double”
M Dietz 13pt 12stl “Double-Double”
J Middleton 11pt 10reb “Double-Double”
A Valenzuela 9pt

@GauchoNetwork @ElCapAthletics @MSSsports @WCPSacramento

[Angela Minor 💗 @angminor07]

Happy 23rd birthday to the best son ever! Your journey is unfolding beautifully. May this year be a chapter of success, love, and the pursuit of your dreams. Celebrate yourself today and always! We love you! 💙💙💙
@cminor28

[Melissa Blake @MelissaBlakeBio]

0-0 tie good pre season game Gaucho Varsity Boys Soccer.

[El Capitan Girls Basketball @ElCapGirlsBball]

Your Gauchos are the Lady Titans Tourney Champions!
@ecgauchos @GauchoNetwork @ElCapAthletics @MSSsports @WCPSacramento

[El Capitan Girls Basketball @ElCapGirlsBball]

Gauchos escaped with the win against East Union tonight 59-58 in OT!

Game Stats
M. Dietz 16pt
A. Bains 14pt 5stl
S. Magana 11pt 6stl
A. Valenzuela 11pt
R. Maxie 7pt
J. Middleton 15reb

@GauchoNetwork @ElCapAthletics @MSSsports @WCPSacramento

[El Capitan Girls Flag Football @ElCapFlagFB]

On Senior Night Gauchos defeated the BC Thunder 32-6 & seniors A. Ochoa and team captain S. Magana had a monster game!

Offensive Stat
A. Ochoa 34/48 336yd 5td
S. Magana 10rec 168yd 4td
M. Dietz 8rec 48yd 1td

Defensive Stat
S. Magana 1int
K. Castillo 4tckl 2int
M. Skinner 8tckl

[ECHS Athletics @ElCapAthletics]

Gauchos win!
@ecgauchos @ecgauchovb

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

So true!

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Disciplinary literacy - The way that a historian reads, writes and thinks is different to how a mathematician operates. Each subject context has different needs and requirements. It's useful to point this out and have students (and even teachers!) reflect on this.

[El Capitan Baseball ⚾️ @ECapbaseball]

Shout out to @bryant_pt for having the Gauchos today! We had a blast and got some good work in also! Can’t go wrong without the post work also!!! Thank you for everything! Former Gaucho @sethjusticee_ taking care of us!!!

[Shawn Jansen @MuhsdSports]

Former El Capitan track star shares his experience of trying to make U.S. Olympic Track team
@ECPrincipalCope @ElCapAthletics @gauchosTrack_XC @GauchoNetwork
https://t.co/jbBf9JuRuC

[Melissa Blake @MelissaBlakeBio]

Good morning from the top of Nevada Falls!

[Melissa Blake @MelissaBlakeBio]

Finally felt like cooking and it’s 113 outside. Timing

[Miss Holmes @KatieEHolmes_]

‘Teaching students how to study is just as important as teaching them the content’ (Dunlosky, 2013)

Here is what our ‘Developing independent learners’ tutor time curriculum looks like 💭 🧠

[Melissa Blake @MelissaBlakeBio]

Happy 4th from Tony and Vinz

[Help A Teacher @HelpATeacher]

Growth mindset.