Attention all prospective trapshooters: Meeting August 3 at 6 p.m. in the Ag Building to discuss safety procedures, permission slips, calendars, etc. This meeting is for 8th-12th grade students.
Attention incoming 7th Grade Parents:
--As an important transition year, we will host a 7th Grade Orientation
Night on Tuesday, August 15th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be a brief meeting in the High School Gym (enter the High School doors). After the meeting, students can pick up their schedules, access their lockers, tour classrooms, and meet teachers. We reserve this time only for 7th graders so they can become comfortable with their lockers and schedules. Chromebooks may also be picked up this evening. Parent signatures are required on the Chromebook User Agreements, as well as a $20 insurance payment. Students will be able to bring devices home, but are responsible for charging devices each evening, and responsible for the care of their device.
Elsberry Middle School would like to introduce Autumn Waller as the eighth grade ELA teacher and EMS cheer coach. Mrs. Waller attended Truman University and Missouri Baptist University. On her bucket list is doing a motorcycle tour of Ireland.
In July Mr. Jason Miller attended the Quality Curriculum Retreat organized by the SMCAA. The Show-Me Curriculum Administrators Association. SMCAA, is dedicated to identifying and sharing successful curriculum and instructional strategies and providing a networking framework for all school leaders working with curriculum.
Jocelyn Kreuger, ALP Teacher, Explorer's Club Site Coordinator, EL Coordinator and Robotics teacher, attended ISTELive23 in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania in June. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit organization that works with the global education community to accelerate the use of technology to solve tough problems in education and inspire innovation. ISTELive is one of the world’s most comprehensive edtech events, attended by a global contingent of education leaders, teachers, coaches, librarians/media specialists and more.
There is a mandatory parent/athlete meeting on August 6 at 5pm in the high school gym. If your high school or middle school student athlete plays any sport, they must be there with a parent. If you can not attend for any reason, you must get in touch with the athletic director, Coach K, prior to the meeting date. All athletes must have a current physical on file to be eligible to start practices. For any student that needs a physical, this can be done on site after the meeting. The price is $30. High school practices begin on August 7 and middle school practices begin on August 14.
Congrats to Tatum Cross, fifth grade teacher, for passing her MEGA Special Reading test! This is the final step in the Special Reading certification in the state of Missouri.
Cross country info
Congrats to Erin Black, our new Medical Detectives Instructor, for completing the Project Lead the Way training this summer.
School supply lists for the 2023-24 school year.
The Mercy St. Louis Mammography Van will visit the Elsberry School District
On Wednesday, August 16 th , 2023 from 10 a.m.– 4:00 p.m.
To schedule a mammogram or for more information, call (314) 251-6300 (select option ‘0’)
The Elsberry Athletic Booster Club Golf Tournament will be here before you know it. Registration information for the August 19, 2023 tournament is attached.
7th and 8th Grade Extracurricular Activities Information
Watch for information about sports practice dates for 7th and 8th grades to be published in August.
Softball/Cross Country 1st practice will be Aug. 14. A valid Physical Form is required to participate in all athletics. There is a sports parent meeting August 6 at 5pm in the Concessions area for all parents with a student participating in Fall sports.
The Missouri 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has launched a new website: www.missouri988.org. The site provides information for anyone who may be experiencing a mental health, suicide, or substance use crisis. The newly designated 988 phone number went live nationwide on July 16, 2022. Since that time, it has routed thousands of individuals to local, trained crisis specialists at Missouri’s 988 centers. The 988 crisis line connects anyone experiencing a mental health, suicide, or substance use crisis to compassionate, accessible care and support, available 24/7. Support is free and confidential.
More summer school adventures included trips to the St. Louis Aquarium and Mark Twain Cave. 📸: Rachel Turner
Thank you for your 34 years of service! Judy Markwardt's last day is today after 11 years as a cook and 23 years as Food Service Director. If you see her out and about please congratulate her on her retirement. We hope you make your bucket list trip to Alaska now.
Summer School Reminder for June 26-29, school will be IN SESSION on Monday. The last day of Summer School is Thursday, June 29.
We are definitely learning outside the walls of the school this summer. Field trips are a great opportunity to prove learning can happen anywhere. Grant's Farm was the destination on June 15 for some of the EMS students.
Today the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade EMS summer school students visited the arch and took a riverboat cruise.
Our EMS summer school students enjoyed the morning at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We appreciate the parents who went along to help chaperone. The Chihuly Glass features were an added bonus.
