After demonstrating outstanding leadership potential, Piper Connelly was selected to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar.  The HOBY Seminar, a yearly summer event held at a Nebraska College or University, will be held at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. HOBY’s mission is to inspire and develop our global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service and innovation.

Keaton Pham  was selected to attend the Nebraska Leadership Seminar (NLS) at Southeast Community College in Milford, Nebraska this summer. Nebraska Leadership Seminar, Inc. (NLS) is a nonprofit organization focused on helping students recognize their leadership strengths. Each year, NLS hosts a four-day seminar for high school sophomores to challenge, empower and inspire them to become the leaders Nebraska needs.

Both students were selected to represent ENHS after completing an extensive application and interviewing process, and both are actively involved at ENHS and have numerous volunteer and leadership experiences in our community.

Current EPS 8th grade students will soon have an opportunity to learn more about the next steps in their education as they participate in discussions with high school counselors regarding their course registration for the upcoming school year.

High school counselors will visit each EPS middle school in February to distribute course registration information which outlines courses offered to 9th graders, as well as specific course recommendations.

Parents will also receive a video link to further explain the registration process and course offerings.  Students and parents should then discuss the recommendations and elective courses and complete the forms prior to the second round of counselor-visits in late February and early March to finalize courses.

The full schedule for these discussions is as follows:

• Elkhorn Grandview Middle School
  • Initial Visit: February 25
  • Parent Information Video Distributed: Evening of February 25
  • Registration Form due to Middle School Counselor: March 3
  • Follow-up Visit: March 10
• Elkhorn Middle School
  • Initial Visit: February 24
  • Parent Information Video Distributed: Evening of February 19
  • Registration Form due to Middle School Counselor: March 1
  • Follow-up Visit: March 5
• Elkhorn Ridge Middle School
  • Initial Visit: February 10
  • Parent Information Video Distributed: Evening of February 10
  • Registration Form due to Middle School Counselor: February 15
  • Follow-up Visit: February 24
• Elkhorn Valley View Middle School
  • Initial Visit: February 10
  • Parent Information Video Distributed: Evening of February 10
  • Registration Form due to Middle School Counselor: February 15
  • Follow-up Visit: February 24

Families who are new to EPS should contact their assigned high school as soon as possible to begin the registration process for the 21-22 school year.

• Elkhorn High School:
  Tracy Frevert, (402) 289-4239
• Elkhorn North High School:
  Lynette Arnold, (402) 289-0322
• Elkhorn South High School:
  Lori Holstein, (402) 289-0616

Opening a new school during a pandemic has been challenging, but ENHS is thrilled that our students and coaches had the opportunity to compete in the activities and events that they enjoy.  

The ENHS Fine Arts Department was most directly impacted as they were unable to participate in a competitive marching band season, but the Band was able to perform at halftime at all home football games.  Additionally, Choral Music Teacher Ms. Simmons created and released a remote choral concert featuring her students, and the music department held an in-person concert in the gym and commons area in December.  

The inaugural season for the ENHS Wolves athletics teams was successful and included numerous highlights: 

• The volleyball team was only one game away from the state tournament as they earned runners-up in the District final.
• The girls cross country team qualified for the state meet and finished 7th overall.  Britt Prince finished 5th and Corinne Mead finished 10th.
• The girls golf team finished 3rd at the state tournament and was 7 strokes away from a state runner-up title. Julia Karmazin and Emily Karmazin finished 3rd and 4th as individuals.
• The softball, football and boys tennis teams all did an excellent job in their first year of competitions and represented ENHS very well.

Congratulations and thank you to all of our fall sports and activities teams for representing Elkhorn North with a high caliber of play and, more importantly, high class and sportsmanship.