Monday 12/11
High School Boys vs St. Louis Blue Knights 6pm
Tuesday 12/12
High School Girls @ Clopton 6:00
Bus Time 4:45
Wednesday 12/13
High School Boys @ Clopton 5:30
Bus Time 4:30
Thursday 12/14
High School Girls @ Liberty Wentzvill 5:00
Bus Time 3:15
Friday 12/15
High School Boys @ Wright City 5:30
Bus Time 4:00
Saturday 12/16
No Activities
Dec. 11 -Teacher Workday 8:00am-2:30pm
Dec. 13 -Picture Retake Day and Senior Composite Pictures
-Board Meeting 7pm
Dec. 14 -Breakdown STL Presentation (Silex and Clopton students on Campus)
The Elsberry Indian Blankets are in!!!!!
Please come to the high school to pick up your order or if you didn't place an order you can get one while supplies last.
$25 each
School Pub/Yearbook is selling Casey's Fundraising Cards
The cards are $20. Please take a look at the attachment and let me know if you would like one. Contact Carolyn Harman to purchase by December 14.
Senior Composite pictures will be taken on December 13. Students are expected to dress nice (Sunday best/Shirt and tie) for the photo.
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Gomel generously donated all cash profits from the book fair back to our students through the Friends of Elsberry Literacy. The Friends of Elsberry Literacy is fully funded by donations and 100% of the money goes to free books for all students in the Elsberry R-2 School District. The mission is to get books into every household. Thank you for supporting the book fair to make this possible!
If you would like to know more about the Friends of Elsberry Literacy please contact Karin Busiere at kbusiere@elsberry.k12.mo.us.
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The EHS and EMS concert is postponed. No concert this week. The new concert date is Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
Attention 8th Grade and EHS parents:
Elsberry High School is hosting the premier assembly Breakdown STL on Thursday, December 14th at 8:30am. All Elsberry students grades 8-12 will attend as well as guests from Clopton High School and Silex High School. This assembly features talented teens from around the St. Louis area who dance, sing, and act. They address tough topics including mental health, addiction, substance use, abuse, relationships, bullying, self-harm, and much more. Informational letters were mailed home on 11/30/23. For more information, visit their website at breakdownstl.org. To request that your child does not participate, contact the high school counselor at ttowery@elsberry.k12.mo.us.
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.
https://missouristatebears.com/news/2023/11/30/womens-basketball-missouri-state-to-retire-jersey-of-kari-koch.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2q32WYIs110ewv2riG7Qq15jKWgQQr-DU_XeA-3xaNzfs_UJ-568oLydw
Mr. Hunter and his psychology class had an amazing lab this year. After learning about the brain, the parts, and the different functions of the areas of the brain, students dissected sheep brains. Sheep brains are structurally similar to the human brain, although the frontal lobe that is responsible for deep thought and critical thinking takes up a significantly smaller percentage of the brain than humans.
After removing the dura mater, the tough outer coating the best they could, students located various parts of the brain. They distinguished between the left and right hemispheres, the different lobes, cerebellum, spinal cord, the optic nerves, and the olfactory bulbs. After examining the outer surface, we used the scalpel to sever the corpus callosum, which is a bundle of nerves connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain. From there, they were able to locate some of the more primitive internal parts of the brain.
This was not a required lab. A few students opted to go to the library instead. Some opted to watch and not touch. Each option was OK. They all seemed to enjoy the process.
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.
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
Students will be able to make 2nd semester schedule changes during the week of December 12th-15th (last full week of the semester). No changes will be made after the start of 2nd semester.
Prior to their meeting with Ms. Towery during that week (changes must be made in-person, students must meet with me) they must have their completed Drop/Add Form. This includes teacher approval signatures from the teacher they are dropping and the teacher they are adding. It also includes a guardian signature.
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.
2023 Tip Off Classic
Hosted by Winfield High School
November 27 - December 2, 2023
Admission: Adults $5, Students $2
Schedule change!
The JV basketball games for Wednesday at Winfield have been postponed. We are working to find a different date.
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. in the EHS library.
Don't forget, see you Monday!
Miss Emily Bange's Anatomy and Physiology class dissected chicken wings while learning about the muscular system.
