It's a great day to be an Indian! We are so proud of our Athletic Director Kari Koch-Dowell and her athletic accomplishments. Thanks for coming back to your hometown to be part of our staff and our community.
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Mrs. Shoeman's fifth grade students and Mr. Joe studied the difference between wild and domestic turkeys using a variety of instructional texts before Thanksgiving. The students finished the unit by creating a large Venn Diagram, turkey informational posters and salt dough turkey footprints.
8th Graders in Mrs. Waller's class are performing poetry! It is the EMS version of a poetry slam contest. A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges.
NHS wants to thank the Girls on the Run group for their generous donation to Operation Backpack. Currently Operation Backpack is providing 100 bags weekly to Elsberry students. If you would like to make a financial or food donation to Operation Backpack please contact Jill Koch, NHS sponsor, at jkoch@elsberry.k12.mo.us or ext. 254.
Santagram sales start this week! All orders are due by December 13. All proceeds support the Friends of Elsberry Literacy. Email kbusiere@elsberry.k12.mo.us if you have any questions.
Monday 11/27
High School Girls @ Winfield Tourney vs Winfield 8:00 pm
Bus Time 6:30
Middle School Boys and Girls @ Bowling Green Tourney vs BG 5:30
Bus Time 3:45
Tuesday 11/28
High School Boys @ Winfield Tourney vs Zumwalt East 6:30
Bus Time 5:15
Middle School Boys and Girls @ Bowling Green Tourney vs MOCO 5:30 (little gym)
Bus Time 3:45
Wednesday 11/29
High School Girls @ Winfield Tourney vs Timberland 6:30
Bus Time 5:00
Thursday 11/30
High School Boys @ Winfield Tourney vs TBD
Bus Time Either 3:45 or 5:00
Middle School Boys and Girls @ Bowling Green Tourney vs Clopton 5:30 Old gym
Bus Time 3:45
Friday 12/1
TBD for Winfield Tournament
Saturday 12/2
High School Girls @ Winfield Tourney vs TBD @ 2:00 or 5:00
Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoy time with family and friends over the holiday.
School resumes Tuesday, November 28.
Next week is the annual Scholastic Book Fair. The book fair is open Nov. 28-Dec. 1, from 7:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m. The book fair will also be open on Thursday after the holiday program.
Mrs. Runyon and her students created a Newton's cradle as part of their study of Newton's Third Law of Motion. What is Newton's Third Law? Newton's third law simply states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Don't forget, see you Monday!
The Medical Detective students created an experiment to test a hypothesis in regards to the effectiveness of different types of antibiotics on a bacterial pathogen! They placed the pathogen, treated it with 3 antibiotics and a placebo, monitored them for a couple of days, then measured results and analyzed their data to form their final conclusions.
EMS Winter Dance information
Our EMS Student Council did a great job honoring Veterans today. Many people made today possible. Thank you Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Braden for organizing the event and all of the Stuco members for their assistance. Thank you Mrs. Cooper and the EHS band for playing multiple songs. Thank you Mrs. Heras and the Treblemakers honor choir for performing. Thank you for preparing the extra special breakfast for our Veterans and their students. Thank you Jed Heras for your trumpet solo playing taps. One last special thank you to our SRO Julie Conner for giving a speech during the assembly discussing the history of the day and what it means to be a Veteran.
The boil order continues for Friday, November 10. Please make sure you send a water bottle, or two, with your child. Please note, there will also not be water available in the cafeteria like the students are accustomed to during lunch.
We would like to honor our own Veteran that serves the ESD daily. We are honored to have Veteran and SRO Julie Conner in the building. If you see SRO Conner make sure you tell her thank you her service in the United States Army 31B Military Police from Jan. 2007- July 2017.
Mrs. Crystal Meyer, Braves Teacher, attended the Innovative Schools Conference. She attended many sessions on bridging the gap between social emotional learning and academics as well as sessions about helping students find more accountability in their learning and behavior. She is excited to share her experience and new strategies with the students and staff.
Mrs. Cooper and her 8th grade band students are busy learning more about musical performance.
Yearbook is selling t-shirts to help offset the cost of this year's yearbook. Please submit the form to Carolyn Harman or email her at charman@elsberry.k12.mo.us with any questions. All orders due by November 17.
Come check out the EMS Cheerleaders and the EMS Pep club at the basektball games. We've got school spirit!
Atheltic Events:
Monday 11/6
Middle School Basketball Tournament
Boys Play at 4:15 vs Silex
Girls Play at 5:30 vs Silex
Tuesday 11/7
Middle School Basketball Tournament
Boys Play at 6:45 vs Bowling Green
Girls Play at 8:00 vs Bowling Green
Wednesday 11/8
Middle School Basketball Tournament
Elsberry does not play this night
Thursday 11/9
Middle School Basketball Tournament
Elsberry TBD
Friday 11/10
7th Grade Girls and Boys vs Troy Middle 6pm
Saturday 11/11
Red and White Night - Little Indians Scrimmage and High School
Helps with Operation Backpack!!
