Last chance for a yearbook! Don't miss out!
Congratulations to our State Qualifying Spartan Track & Field Athletes! Good Luck on the Blue Oval over the next 2 days.
If you cannot make the Awards Night Ceremony. Please feel free to hop onto our live stream:
https://www.kjan.com/index.php/kjan-video-network/spartan-media/
Join us at EEHK!
Apply to Mrs. Erika Van Cleave (evancleave@eehkspartans.org), Mrs. Carrie Bauer (cbauer@eehkspartans.org), or on IowaWorks!
Reminder: Beginner band night today 3-5 at the elementary.
On Friday, our 2nd graders got to visit the Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines.
HS Girls State Qualifiers:
Shuttle Hurdle: Taryn Petersen, Mattie Nielsen, Jaelynn Petersen, Michelle Brooks
4x400: Taryn Petersen, Mattie Nielsen, Jaelynn Petersen, Kadence Sporrer
Distance Medley: Jaelynn Petersen , Taryn Petersen, Mattie Nielsen, Kadence Brannan-Sporrer
State Track Boys Shirts order below. Orders due Sundat at Midnight
https://exira-ehkhsstatetrack2024.itemorder.com/
Thursday the 4th grade class went on their field trip to Living History Farms. They toured the town & visited the schoolhouse, broomshop, general store, vet clinic, the bank, and more. Then, they went to a nearby park and had lunch and played on the playground. They had a blast!
Below is the link for the HS Girls State Track Shirts. The link will close Sunday (5/12) at Midnight
https://wheelerstatetrack2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Way to Go Girls!!
Updated Boys State Track Qualifiers:
Boys 1A State track qualifiers:
High Jump - Cash Emgarten
100m dash - Cash Emgarten
200m dash - Cash Emgarten
4x200 - Alex, Bryce, Jonas, and Cash
Alt - Jathen, Eric, Austin, Owen
400 hurdles - Jonas LaCanne
Way to go Spartans!!
As if it wasn't a busy enough week, 5th grade visited the middle school while 6th was on a field trip so they could learn about their big transition. Huge shout out to Mrs. Van Cleve, Mrs. Jessen, RJ, & the middle school teachers and staff who made us all feel so welcome!
April AR incentive was to enjoy some delicious Rootbeer floats!
A few more Earth day clean up pics because there were just too many good ones!
With a time of 11.44, Cash won the 100 meter dash and automatically qualified for state!
Yesterday (5/8) students K-5 did Earth Day activities. K-1 cleaned up our playground areas, 2-3 went to Legion park to clean up, and 4-5 cleaned up at Littlefield. Hard work never looked so good!
Congratulations to Cash Emgarten, who cleared with a jump of 6-01, which tied a school record! He won the state qualifying meet and will participate at the state in high jump next week.
A big congratulations to our April Students of the Month: Thomas (elem), Teagan (ms), & Irelynd (hs)!
Exira-EHK will participate in the 2024 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase, presented by EMC Insurance Companies, in honor of the school's achievements for its April production of Annie JR.
Produced by Des Moines Performing Arts as the culmination of a year-long education initiative, the Showcase will be held at the Des Moines Civic Center on Thursday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. and will recognize a total of 102 schools from across the entire state.
Paige Konecne and Ruby VanderWal will represent Exira-EHK by performing in a collaborative inter-school medley led by a guest Broadway music director and choreographer.
Exira-EHK will also be recognized with the following awards and honors:
Distinguished Scene ~ “It’s the Hard-Knock Life”
Tickets to the Showcase, which start at $15, will go on sale on Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10 AM at DMPA.org, the Des Moines Civic Center Ticket Office, and by phone at 515-246-2300.
The Awards Showcase will be live-streamed at IowaPBS.org as part of a collaboration with Iowa PBS. Iowa PBS will also broadcast a highlights special of the event later this summer on dates to be announced.
Congratulations to all the students involved in this production!!!
Last Friday, Kindergarten took their field trip to the Blank Park Zoo. They participated in their educational program learning about snakes and armadillos. Then they got to explore the zoo and see all the animals.
