Current 8th-11th graders,
If you are interested in cheerleading for the 2025-2026 school year, there will be a meeting this Thursday, March 27th, at 6:00pm in the Elwood School commons area. If you are interested in cheerleading but are unable to attend the meeting, please email shelby.borden@elwoodpirates.org before Thursday. There will be a parent meeting following the student interest meeting in the following weeks. Thank you!
HSTr: Hi-Line at Lexington JV Invite (@ Lexington) Tuesday, March 25th starting with field events at 4:00 PM and running events at 4:45 PM. #gobulls
The Elwood junior and senior band students participated in RPAC Band Clinic held in Alma
yesterday. The guest clinician was Rick Mitchell from Kearney, Nebraska.
RPAC Instrumental Concert was held at Alma this evening. Outstanding job by all bands and the group as a whole was amazing. Great job Elwood Pirates Band.
We had a large crew for our first Mindful Monday! Join us again next week, kids!
A belated book drawing since we missed last week. Our students are loving the free books out of the TeamMates vending machine each week!
Please see the latest NavAlert from our digital citizenship curriculum, Neptune Navigate!
The juniors are learning all about the ACT from Chad Cargill this morning!
Speech: Congrats to Kara Brockman on making the NSSA State Speech Meet in three events! She will compete next Friday in Kearney in Entertainment Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, and Persuasive Speaking.
HSTR: Hi-Line @ Cambridge Relays (Cambridge) Friday, March 21st, 2025 starting at 1:00 PM with first Field Event Session, followed by first Running Event followed by second Field Events Session followed by Second Running Events. Admission: $5.00. #gobulls
Our first Mindful Monday will be Monday, March 24th at 7:50 am! All are welcome!
lt was a great to be a Pirate speaker at District Speech! Kara Brockman took 1st place in all 3 of her events (Persuasive, Entertainment, and Extemporaneous)! She will represent Elwood at State Speech in all 3 events. Kassandra Salisbury placed 4th in Program of Oral Interpretation and 5th in Informative. Christdolyn Hagan and Adrianna Seberger placed 6th in Duet Acting. With just 6 entries, Elwood placed 4th overall! Go Pirates!
District Speech Update: All events made finals! Stay tuned for placings. Awards will be sometime around 5:30 or 6:00.
Correction: The post with the Striv link for District Speech lists the wrong date. District speech is today (Tues. 3/18). We will try to give a heads up on the time later today.
8th grade Exploratory Careers class finished 3rd Quarter making some Awesome Pillows! They put all their career skills to use in great teamwork during sewing station rotation, leadership in assisting others, problem solving, planning skills, and time management!
Foods classes have been busy learning about Quickbreads! Their scones lab yesterday was a success with a wide variety of treats using new skills knowledge of baked goods. Students will also be critiquing their scones with articles as food critics exploring that career path.
The District Speech Meet is in Wallace tomorrow (Wed. 3/19) in Wallace. The awards ceremony will be streamed on Wallace's Striv channel. Here's the link: https://striv.tv/channel/wallace/. It's hard to guess what time awards will be, but check here for updates on the time (5:30 pm or later). Wallace will also post a notification on their social media accounts shortly before awards start. Go Pirates!
Elwood Public School will be closed on Wednesday, March 19th, due to the forecasted blizzard like conditions.
A group of 17 5th-8th graders traveled to North Platte to compete in the Western Nebraska Regional Science Fair on March 12. Congratulations to Benjamin Morton who was recognized for his his Environmental Project, Scientific Research, and State Qualifier status. Ben will now move on to complete at the Nebraska State Science Fair! Way to go Ben!
The Treasure Island chapter of the National Honor Society inducted five new members on Wednesday (3/12). Congratulations to Luqas Bjorklund, Noelle Rand, Judah Niemeier, Kara Brockman, and Karter Tilson for achieving this honor!
