Attention parents, please help us remind students that applications for EMS Student Council are due Friday , August 30th. All applicaitons need to be given to Mrs. Braden or Mrs. Turner.
New EMS Club starting soon! Journalism Club start September 4.
Basic Info:
Days: Wednesday and Thursday-- starting September 4th! We will meet every other week.
Time: . 3:45 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Room 209 Mrs. Ogden’s room
If you have more questions contact Jeanne Ogden at jogden@elsberry.k12.mo.us
Mrs. Wilson is preparing for students to start checking out library books next week! You might be surprised to know our library has about 10,000 books. If your child is not bringing home a library book every week or you have questions please email Mrs. Julie Wilson directly. Students check out books for 2 weeks at a time but can return them weekly if they choose.
P.S. Kindergarten students will not be checking out for just a bit longer.
jwilson@elsberry.k12.mo.us
EMS was busy the first day of school.
7th and 8th grade: Don't forget to charge your Chromebook or bring back your Chromebook agreement and insurance payment.
See you soon!
All sports season passes are on sale now! Passes may be purchased at the gate of any event or at the high school office. Please note, the family pass only applies to the family members within one household. Don't forget post season play is exempt from all passes. Go Indians!
Meet Tyler Juergens, our new BRAVES teacher. Mr. Juergens is a recent Truman State graduate who is joining us for his first year of teaching. Please help us welcome him to our school community.
Please help us welcome Maegan Hamrick to our 6th grade team at EMS. This is Mrs. Hamrick's 16th year of teaching. Fun fact, she has traveled to 10 countries. She is also a HUGE St. Louis Cardinals fan. We are so excited to have her on our staff.
The Missouri Retired Teacher Foundation presented Melissa Grossner with a $500 grant to support her classroom. What a wonderful way to start the 2024-2025 school year!
Here are the 2024-25 ESD Bus Routes. Please note, if you recently enrolled it might take a day or two for your stop to appear.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEFxo1XRRmroSJb4hsEoCZ_IXYGCURUyO3sRgVLyVZE/pub
The Registrar's Office is open daily. If you would like to fill our paperwork before you get here, please go to our website.
https://www.elsberryschools.com/page/registrar
ATTENTION ATHLETES:
Jessica Herring will be at the school from 12-2 p.m. on Sunday, August 11. Physical forms must be filled out and signed by a parent prior to the physical. Only the last page of the form gets returned to the Athletic Director. You must have a physical on file to start practices.
Physicals are valid for two calendar years.
Link to the physical form:
https://www.mshsaa.org/resources/SportsMedicine/MSHSAA-PPE-MH-SSMB.pdf
Link to the ESD Athletic Handbook:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3015/ESD/4692908/Athletic_Handbook_2023-2024.docx.pdf
Please join us in welcoming Sheri Hoff to the EMS staff as our new 7th Grade ELA teacher. Sheri is starting her 22nd year in education. We are so excited to add her experience and expertise to our staff.
7th Grade Orientation--As an important transition year, we will host a separate 7th Grade Orientation Night on Wednesday, August 14 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. There will be a brief orientation in the High School Gym (enter the High School doors). After the meeting, students can pick up schedules, access 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 care of their device.
Attention all EHS and EMS athletes:
The annual meeting with the Athletic Director, Kari Koch-Dowell, will be Sunday August 11 at 5:00 in the high school gym. Athletes are asked to attend with a parent.
If you need a physical,: Jessica Herring will be at the school from 12-2 p.m.
Physical forms: https://www.mshsaa.org/resources/SportsMedicine/MSHSAA-PPE-MH-SSMB.pdf
All fall sports practices starting on August 12th.
High school softball -4:00 pm at the Khoury League Fields
Boys soccer- 4:30 at the soccer field
High school cross country 6:00 pm at Skyway
Please help us welcome Morgan Aslin to our staff. As an Elsberry alumni her favorite Elsberry memories include FFA and Washington Leadership Conference. We look forward to making more memories with Morgan as a member of our elementary and middle school special education staff.
The Elsberry R-2 School District Back to School Open House is Thursday, August 15 from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
Please welcome Erin Toeniskoetter as our new Elsberry Food Service director. Food services will be managed again by the school district, not an outside vendor. All food service prices have moved up 10 cents in accordance with state regulations. Free and Reduced lunch applications will be distributed the first week of school. Please return those promptly.
EMS Back to School August 2024 Newsletter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/187G7cvwozEjy_29H0k9zAXpB_5PArvsSWSgigdKQqOU/edit?usp=sharing