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January 6, 2023
District News
Happiest of New Years from ECPS
Thank you for your support, may this new year be a full of great accomplishments. Our whole district wishes you a lot of joy and happiness during this holiday season. May the upcoming year will be full of new achievements that will bring you a huge success. Happy New Year.
What's Up Doc?
Dear Elm Creek Families,
This week we welcomed our students back for classes in 2023! I am excited to start the second half of the school year. The holiday recess was a welcomed break for our school community and I hope it offered everyone a chance to relax and rejuvenate. While the 2022-23 school year had many successes and celebrations, I look forward to what our students and staff accomplish this second semester.
As we begin the new year and reflect on the holiday season, I would like to recognize the amazing efforts of our school district and community. Throughout November and December, the generosity of our community members, students, staff, and local businesses was on full display. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the various fundraisers, donation drives, and charity events that benefited those in need! Everyone’s generosity in fulfilling wishes on our trees for giving to our families and staff was amazing.
Below is a link to the latest video of our elementary construction project.
Happy New Year and Go Buffs!
Principal's Notes
January 6th, 2023
Hello,
We hope you had a wonderful winter break! Thanks so much for all your support during the first semester. You will receive secondary and elementary report cards next week in the mail. Please reach out to Mrs. Shoff in the office if you have not received your child’s report card by the end of the week. Please read below for more information about the documents in the envelope.
Secondary Envelope:
Semester 1 Report Card
ACT Report
Elementary Envelope:
Quarter 2 Report Card
Winter MAP Family Report
Please bring any questions you may have to parent teacher conferences or reach out to your child’s teacher
Grades 4, 5, and 6 -NSCAS (SPRING 2022) Results
Here is a guide to help understand your student’s score
https://cdn.nwea.org/docs/NE/NSCASReportsIntParentGuideEnglish.pdf
Please bring any questions you may have to parent teacher conferences or reach out to your child’s teacher
ELA Curriculum:
Our district is in the process of adopting a new English Language Arts curriculum (PK-12). Both buildings have dedicated teams who have been working hard researching various curriculums. We are excited to roll out a new curriculum for the 23-24 school year.
Activities & Athletics:
We are in our busy months of Winter Sports and Activities. Basketball and Wrestling are now in full swing, with Speech starting tomorrow. Next Friday January 13th please plan to come out to the Elm Creek Wrestling Invitational. Wrestling begins at 11 AM. We will have 16 teams with teams from Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado. We are working hard on making this a great event for Elm Creek. We also want to give a huge shoutout to our boys and girls basketball teams for their Elm Creek Holiday Tournament Championships. Both teams played very well and we are proud of them.
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Honor Choir Selections:
Congratulations to Rylee Gutzwiller for making the Concordia National Honor Choir. She performed there with other selected students in November.
Also, congratulations to Joli Purdy and Luke Warner for being selected for the Doane University Vocal Festival. They will perform on a concert open to the public on Monday, January 9th at 6:30pm.
Lastly, congratulations to Maranda Bowker, Brie Purdy, Rylee Gutwiller, Joli Purdy, and Luke Warner for being selected to the UNK honor choirs. They will perform in a concert open to the public on Monday, January 30th.
We are very proud of the hard work and dedication of all the choir members for putting themselves out there and trying out for these!
SPORTS
Parent Night for the Winter Sports Season
Mark your calendars for Senior Night for Winter Sports. We will do this just like the Fall. We will have all parents stand up of underclassman participating in that sport. We will recognize them for their support of their student and the team with a round of applause.
Once done, Seniors get announced each with their parent(s) and both will come out on the floor.
Wrestling: Friday, January 13, 2022 Before Finals Round
Cheer & Dance: Tuesday, January 24th Halftime Boys Varsity
Boys Basketball: February 10th Boys @ half of Girls Varsity Girls
Girls Basketball Friday, February 10th @ half of Boys Varsity
💛💙 Cheerleaders 💙💛
🏀 Lady Buffalo Basketball 🏀
🏀 Buffalo Basketball 🏀
🤼 Buffalo Wrestling 🤼
💙💛💙 Sports Photos provided by Darcie Labs 📸
Mission Statement
Elm Creek School District's mission is to... Educate all students based on high educational standards. Support a safe environment that welcomes diversity and mutual respect among adults and students. Prepare all students, in cooperation with staff, family and community, to be well-rounded contributing members of society.
Notice of Non-Discrimination
The Elm Creek Public School District hereby gives this statement of compliance and intends to comply with all state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination. This school district intends to take any necessary measures to assure compliance with such laws against any prohibited form of discrimination.
Elementary Students: Terah Williams, Principal, 230 East Calkins Ave., Elm Creek, NE 68836, (308) 856-4953, terah.williams@elmcreekschools.org
Secondary Students: Brandon Marquez, Principal, 230 East Calkins Ave., Elm Creek, NE 68836, (308) 856-4300, brandon.marquez@elmcreekschools.org
Employees and Others: Dr. Bret Schroder, Superintendent 230 East Calkins Ave., Elm Creek, NE 68836, (308) 856-4300, bret.schroder@elmcreekschools.org
Elm Creek Schools
Administration:
Dr. Bret Schroder, Superintendent.
Brandon Marquez, Secondary Principal
Terah Williams, Elementary Principal
Newsletter Publisher
Chris Shoff
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Email: chris.shoff@elmcreekschools.org
Website: https://www.elmcreekschools.org/
Location: Elm Creek Public School, 230 E Calkins Ave, Elm Creek, NE 68836, USA
Phone: 308-856-4300
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