Elkhorn Public Schools will host a District Spelling Bee on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. at the EPS Teacher Training Conference Center. Students from across the District will participate, with one student from every elementary building and two students from each middle school participating. District bee participants will be selected based on their placement in their individual building competitions.
The 1st place winner of the District bee will be eligible to participate in the Omaha World-Herald Midwest Spelling Bee, held on March 28, 2020.
As members of the Elkhorn Technology Team (ETT), high school
students throughout Elkhorn Public Schools (EPS) have a unique opportunity to
earn class credit while also gaining hands-on experience working with the
hardware and software systems utilized throughout the District.
Prospective members must express interest in ETT as part of
the annual class registration process, and those that become members forego a
study hall option in favor of this highly sought after student aid position. In
its second year, over 40 high school students district-wide are dedicating a
portion of their school day, and sometimes volunteering after-school time, to
ensuring that student devices are up and running. Once assigned to ETT,
students work with members of the EPS Technology staff and the school’s media
specialist to ensure accuracy of repairs and receive weekly training and daily
guidance in both repairs and varying software programs and their uses.
Primarily, ETT members work on repairing student Chromebooks
distributed to 6th-12th grade students as part of the EPS 1:1 device
initiative. Members take part in varying
types of repairs, including both hardware and software, and must diligently
document their processes and any repairs made. From there, a supervisor reviews
their work to ensure accuracy. In addition to working with Chromebooks, ETT
members also assist with building-level technology. If a projector needs
maintenance or a staff member is encountering audio problems, ETT members are
able to work through their processes to correct them.
ETT provides many benefits to both students and the
District. Members are able to gain career experience, while also improving
valuable skills in customer service, problem-solving, and detail-orientation.
For the District, providing adult training and repair supervision allows ETT
members to be a great resource and front-line response to Chromebook and
classroom repairs while also allowing students to continue building their
resumes.
According to Jessica Ethridge, Media Specialist and ETT
Supervisor at Elkhorn High School, one of the biggest benefits to ETT is the opportunity
for students to become acquainted with others of similar interests which has
allowed the forming of the tight-knit family that they have all come to appreciate
and rely on.
Members of the Elkhorn South High School ETTMembers of the Elkhorn High School ETT
Join over 120 Elkhorn High School students as they present “The Music Man” November 7-10, 2019 at Elkhorn High School! Show time are as follows:
– Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 PM
– Friday, November 8 at 7:00 PM
– Saturday, November 9 at 7:00 PM
– Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 PM
Visit ShowTix4u.com to purchase pre-sale tickets for $10.00 and reserve your seat! Tickets will also be available at the door for $12.00. No reserved seating will be available for tickets purchased on the day of the show.
Over the summer, construction began on Woodbrook Elementary, the District’s 12th elementary school. The school is set to open its doors in August 2020 near 186th and Ida streets at 18520 Purple Martin Parkway.
The Woodbrook Core team, led by principal-elect Pam Wahl, will work throughout the 2019-2020 school year to begin establishing and planning for the new school. As part of that planning process, a mascot, logo, and school colors will be proposed, approved, and introduced in the early months of 2020.
Additionally, boundaries for students being assigned to Woodbrook Elementary were approved by the EPS Board of Education in June 2019. For a full review of the newly approved boundaries, please visit http://www.elkhornweb.org/about/district-map-boundaries/.
Parent/Teacher Conferences for all EPS buildings will be held on Tuesday, September 24 and Wednesday, September 25. Time frames by grade level are listed below. For building-specific information, please refer to your building principal’s most recent Newsletter.
On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, district patrons are invited to join TeamMates of Elkhorn as we host Dr. Tom Osborne for breakfast. During the event, attendees will hear a powerful message from the TeamMates Mentoring Program founder on the importance and benefit of mentors in the life of every student and the positive impact mentors see in exchange for their time commitment.
The event will begin with breakfast at 7:30 am, followed by Dr. Osborne’s presentation at 8:00 am and will be hosted at the Elkhorn Public Schools Foundation, located at 20272 Veteran’s Dr, Elkhorn, Nebraska, 68022.
To RSVP, please contact Sara Twyford at 402-289-2579 x 10007.
