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.
During December EMS teachers have been recognizing students with positive office referrals. Here are some of the students who have already been selected. Keep up the great work!
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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Mr. Kreuger shared more photos from his 7th grade science presentations. Students did a great job preparing and presenting their learning.
7th Grade students in Mr. Kreuger's science class gave presentations about Newton's laws of motion. Students chose to present digitally or created a poster to share with their peers.
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.
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.
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
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.
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. Cooper and her 8th grade band students are busy learning more about musical performance.
