All EPS buildings will observe a Thanksgiving and Winter Break schedule to include the following early releases and no-school days:
The full 2019-2020 calendar including all important EPS dates can be viewed here.
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.
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/.
Join the Elkhorn South Volleyball team as they host Junior Storm Volleyball night on Tuesday, September 17, 2019.
The evening will consist of the following activities:
4:00 PM – Elkhorn Ridge MS vs. Elkhorn Valley View MS
5:30 PM – Elkhorn South Freshman and Junior Varsity teams vs. Millard West
6:30 PM – Elkhorn South Reserve and Varsity teams vs. Millard West
All are encouraged to attend, and any elementary or middle school student that participated in the Summer Storm Volleyball camp are invited to wear their camp t-shirt and receive FREE entry into the games!
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.
Grades K-5: 3:00 -7:00 PM
Grades 6-8: 4:30 – 7:30 PM
Grades 9-12: 5:00 – 9:00 PM
Additionally, there will be no school for EPS students on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27, 2019.