Important reminders to ensure student safety. Please talk about this with your child.
Talk to your child about when it is safe to get on the bus. Look for that stop sign and arm before you enter the road. Safety is our first priority.
Help us keep our most precious cargo safe!
October 16-20 is National School Bus Safety Week. Please take an extra moment to thank our bus drivers. Remember to be patient when you get behind a school bus, there is precious cargo inside.
Elsberry FFA is sponsoring Trunk or Treat on October 22 from 3-5 p.m in the elementary parking lot.
Mrs. Gomel’s 7th Grade Advisory has HEART!
They’ve chosen a community service project that is two-fold. First they want to help save the earth by recycling aluminum cans. Then with the funds earned from recycling they want to donate that money to Alzheimer’s research for a cure. Many of us, in this small advisory class, have a family member or a friend that suffers from this terrible disease. Alzheimer’s research is one of the least supported causes and yet this disease is a fast growing concern. We have to do something!
Here are options in which you can help us:
1. By collecting and recycling aluminum cans and donating the money to our advisory group so that we can give it to Alzheimer’s research.
2. Send in your bags of cans to Mrs. Gomel.
3. Contact Mrs. Gomel so she can make arrangements to come pick up your cans. You can email her at jgomel@elsberry.k12.mo.us or call her at school (573) 898-5554 x 247
We will collect cans all school year. At the end of the school year she may organize a field trip to take her advisory group and all of the cans collected on a bus to the recycling center. The kids will enjoy seeing the process of recycling, receiving a check and forwarding that on to do good for Alzheimer’s research. We will give ALL the money we earn from recycling and donate it to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation. You can learn more about them at www.alzinfo.org.
Take HEART and help us make a difference for our planet and our community and beyond!
Whether you're in distress or just want to talk about something on your mind call or text 988. You can also chat at 988lifeline.org.
Mark your calendars for Trunk or Treat
We are so excited that Kayla Gust joined the CCE and EMS staff this year. She is a graduate of Lindenwood University. Her advice for students is every day is a new day and a fresh start. Please help us welcome her to our school!
Opaa! Food Management Inc. is hiring for positions in our cafeteria. To learn more about the position follow the link.
https://opaajobs.com/clients/21072/posting/9296824/en?keywordsFilter=&state=Missouri&utm_source=careerpage
Kayla Kinion is starting her eighth year at the Elsberry R-2 School District. She is now in the Preschool as the paraprofessional with Mrs. Cash. Her advice to all students is mind your manners.
The September School Board Meeting is this Wednesday, September 13 at 7 p.m. Follow this link to find the agenda.
https://www.mywebschooltools.com/schools/Elsberry/BoardMeeting/viewagenda.php?tblName=meeting0907202308
All Sport Season Passes on sale now! Purchase at the gate of any EHS or EMS athletic event.
Another alumni in the building is Emily Bange.She is teaching Biology at EHS. Miss Bange is a graduate of Rockhust University. Her advice for students is, "You can do anything you set your mind to with hard work - there is no dream too big!"
Welcome back Elsberry alumni Harmon Kreuger to Elsberry Middle School as the Science teacher. Mr. Kreuger is a graduate of Truman State University. His advice for students is don't be afraid to be wrong, it's worse to not try at all.
Did you know? Grover Cleveland helped make Labor Day a national holiday. After violence related to the Pullman railroad strike, President Cleveland and lawmakers in Washington wanted a federal holiday to celebrate labor - and not a holiday celebrated on May 1. Cleveland signed an act in 1894 establishing the federal holiday; most states had already passed laws establishing a Labor Day holiday by that point. Sen. James Henderson Kyle of South Dakota introduced S. 730 to make Labor Day a federal legal holiday on the first Monday of September. It was approved on June 28, 1894.
In 2021 suicide was the second-leading cause of death for people aged 10–14 and 25–34 years old.
People can call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org for themselves or if they are worried about a loved one who may need crisis support.
988 serves as a universal entry point so that no matter where you live in the United States, you can reach a trained crisis counselor who can help.
988 offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. That could be:
Thoughts of suicide
Mental health or substance use crises
Emotional distress
Another new face is Jill Thompson in our EHS Special Education Department. Her advice to students is to soak up every moment of childhood but prepare yourself to explore and learn a new adventure called adulthood. It can be full of surprises and challenges. Welcome to Elsberry!
Please help us welcome Sierra Clote to our first grade team at CCE. Mrs. Clote is a graduate of Missouri Baptist University. She was inspired to become a teacher after seeing how some of the best teachers she had genuinely cared and wanted students to grow and succeed.
We have had a great start to the school year even with the warm temperatures. At the end of the day Tuesday, we experienced a partial power outage that caused some problems with our HVAC units today. All of the classroom units are now functioning and we are currently working on the cafeteria and kitchen units.
At this point we are planning to follow our normal dismissal time for the remainder of the week. An early release time was considered, but the forecasted temperature is only a few degrees warmer from 11 am to 4 pm and therefore would not provide much benefit.
The bus ride home is our biggest concern for our students and bus drivers. If you are able to pick up your students Thursday and Friday, we would appreciate you doing so to shorten our bus routes as much as possible. Please communicate any changes from normal pickup routines to your child’s building office by 2:00 pm daily.