Elmwood Murdock Cheerleaders sponsored a Cheerleading camp for the littlest Knights fans. They performed at half time during a basketball game. They are our future cheerleaders!
4Th Street Market will be OPEN on Monday the 13th from noon to 6:00 pm for those who want to order for Valentine's Day!
Elmwood-Murdock FCCLA Competes in District STAR!
Twelve students from the Elmwood-Murdock FCCLA Chapter qualified for the State STAR events last week at districts. The district competition took place on Friday, January 20th at Peru State College. STAR stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition. District 1 schools include: Elmwood-Murdock, Syracuse, Weeping Water, HTRS, Nebraska City, Palmyra Falls City, Wahoo and Mead.
The results are as follows:
Jordan Bowman, Lizzy Pegler & Shannon Ronhovde, Top Gold in Chapter Service Manual, Senior Division.
Brenna Backemeyer, Natalie Elwood & Sheridan Spohr, Top Gold in Food Innovations, Junior Division
Hanna Justesen & Jessie Spaulding, Top Silver in Focus on Children, Junior Division
Shailee Hayek & Shelby Sims, Top Silver in Illustrated Talk, Junior Division.
Cody Brown, Top Silver in Career Investigation, Senior Division.
Carlie Kuhlman, Top Silver in National Programs in Action, Junior Division.
The State STAR competition is April 2-3 in Lincoln.
Career Academy Students Do A Great Job
Front Row (L-R) Megan Schmale, Greg Stille, Austin Zimmerman, Heather Lancaster, Back Row (L-R) Kimberly Bracken, Alyssa Brown, Jordan Bowman, Lizzy Pegler, Brandy Kitrell.
This is Elmwood-Murdock’s inaugural year to offer SENCAP (Southeast Nebraska Career Academy Partnership) Career Academy classes to our seniors. Our first semester was a huge success! These nine students earned tuition free college credit from Southeast Community College and high school credit from Elmwood- Murdock high school. The college credit our seniors earn is transferable to all Nebraska colleges and universities.
Megan Schmale participated in the Education Academy taking Introduction to Early Childhood from Southeast CC and completing the pre-school lab requirement at Elmwood-Murdock Elementary.
Jordan Bowman, Kimberly Bracken, Alyssa Brown, Brandy Kitrell, Heather Lancaster, Lizzy Pegler, Greg Stille and Austin Zimmerman participated in the Health Science Academy taking Medical Terminology I from Southeast CC.
Our own Supt. Dan Novak serves on the SENCAP board of directors and has been instrumental in bringing this program to our school. Academies are partnerships between Southeast CC and area schools. Our students had the opportunity to initiate entrance into the college world and see if they could manage college curriculum. They also gained tremendous insight into possible careers by participating in the numerous enrichment activities offered through the career academies Elmwood-Murdock offered. Some of those activities included a “Big Event Day” at Southeast CC and a trip to the Lincoln Children’s Museum for Education Academy students.
Highlights for the Health Science students were trips to the UNK Career Fair in Kearney and the Madonna Rehabilitative Hospital in Lincoln. Our students also had the opportunity to network with students from Norris, Waverly/Ashland and Weeping Water as they attended these functions designed for them.
SENCAP currently offers other academies in agriculture, information technology, business, marketing and management, and welding/industrial manufacturing.
Next semester our students will be taking the Southeast CC class, Introduction to Sociology. This is an on-line course giving our seniors valuable experience with a new delivery format for curriculum, and with the time management demands that come with independent learning through on-line classes before they go to college.
Again, this opportunity is offered tuition free through the Career Academy. We would encourage our future seniors to take advantage of this tremendous opportunity.
Celebrating 100 Days of School
Kindergarten and 1st grade moved and sang to 3 different 100 days of school songs. They also identified words within those songs that detailed what they have learned about in those 100 days. The Students counted to 100 by ones, fives, tens. They wrote by ones to 100. Then wrote sentences about what they could eat 100 of and what they would not eat 100 of. The class did 100 chart puzzles and played bingo with numbers to 100. Each person brought in 100 items for show and share and each person brought in 100 items. Kindergarten had a 100 day snack that we put altogether in a big tub and they pretended to have 100 day soup!
Football Fish Fry Date Change
The Elmwood-Murdock Football Team annual fish fry will be held March 16 instead of March 23 at Murdock High School.
Check out the Elmwood Newsletter for pictures of the snow storm!!
ELMWOOD MURDOCK SCHOOL: KNIGHTLY NEWS
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Feb. 6 – Cub Scout Meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Elementary School
Feb. 7 - S.O.S. Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Elmwood cafeteria
Feb. 7 – The 4th grade will be attending the one-room school house at Murdock.
Feb. 10 – No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences form 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Feb. 15 – Early dismissal at 1:15 for the Elementary and 1:30 for the Jr./Sr. High for staff development.
Feb. 21 – Dental Screenings – more information will be sent home next week.
Feb. 22 – No School
Feb. 27 – Lions Club Health Screening – more information will be sent home next week.
Feb. 28 – Science Fair -6:45-8:00 p.m.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE DATE CHANGE
The Parent-Teacher Conferences that were originally scheduled for Thursday, February 9, 2012 have been changed to Friday, February 10, 2012 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The date has been changed because of scheduling issues with school activities. There now will be school on Thursday, February 9, 2012 and there will not be school on Friday, February 10, 2012.
The S.O.S. will not be offering pizzas for sale during this Parent-Teacher Conference.
Scheduled times are being sent home today. Please contact the school if you any questions regarding your scheduled time for Parent-Teacher Conferences.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR
The Scholastic Book Fair will be here for Parent/Teacher Conferences February 10. The books will be displayed for purchase in the elementary library. The book fair will also be open the following week before school and after school until 4:00 P.M. Scholastic gives the library a percentage of the total sales in Scholastic Coupons which can be redeemed for books and other instructional resources. We have added picture books, chapter books and non-fiction books to our library's collection.
USED BOOK SALE...Helps E-M FBLA “SPARK” enthusiasm for recycling books!
The Elmwood-Murdock Chapter of FBLA has created a program where “Students Preserve America’s Resources to Kindle Success” for our economic system. “SPARKS,” with the help of their Go Green mascot, Sparky, is hosting a recycling program! “SPARKS” is accepting old books to be recycled. On February 10, we will be selling these books at Parent/Teacher Conferences. Any books not sold will go to a recycling company, and all profits will go to the library to purchase new books about recycling and the American Enterprise System. Additional donations of books can be brought to the elementary school before Friday, February 10. Thank you!
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OMAHA SYMPHONY
Because of the generous contribution of the S.O.S. all 4th and 5th graders will be attending the Margre Durham Concerts for Youth by the Omaha Symphony. The event takes place on Friday February 24th at 9:45 a.m. at the Holland Center in Omaha. Students will board buses after their arrival at school that morning and will return in time for lunch at the Elmwood school.
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL REGISTRATION
Baseball/Softball 2012 Registration—Registration forms will be available in the commons area of the elementary at PT conferences on Friday, February 10th. Please remember to stop by and sign up your kids for the 2012 season! Registrations are due March 3rd, 2012. The form will also be available on the baseball/softball website www.emsports.org. We are also looking for volunteers to help manage both concession stands this season. If you are interested, please contact Loren Lockman, Randy Marlatt, Adam Offner or Pam Goudie.
CALENDAR CHANGE
The Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools will not be in session on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, in order to allow the Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools to host the 2012 ECNC Conference Speech Meet. School will resume at regular start times on Thursday, February 23, 2012. If you have any questions regarding this change in schedule, please contact the District Office at 867-2341.
SEED FUNDRAISER
SOS is participating in a fundraiser developed by Seed Savers Exchange, a major non-profit organization established 35 years ago to save, preserve and collect heirloom seeds for future generations. Students brought home a brochure with six heirloom collections of gardener-pleasing varieties. 40% of each sale will go toward to the school. Seed Savers Exchange, whose mission is to assure garden biodiversity, believes food choices positively affect health, nutrition and sustainability.
For more information, contact Erin Clymer at 402-867-2188 or
SCIENCE FAIR NEWS
The Science Fair will be on February 28th from 6:45-8:00 p.m. If you have questions please contact Mr. Frerichs or Mrs. Backemeyer.
Cindy Backemeyer
4th Grade Teacher
SPRING CARNIVAL NEWS
The S.O.S. Spring Carnival is scheduled for Friday, April 13, 2012. This is our major fundraiser for the year. If any parents work or frequent places where donations may be possible, please contact an S.O.S. member. We can either contact the business or provide a letter for the parent to use when asking for a donation.
EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM
State Law requires school officials to contact the County Attorney once a student misses more than twenty days of school for the year. Parents will be notified once their child is absent five days in a quarter and ten days in a semester, and fifteen days in a year. (See page 16 in the Student-Parent Handbook). Please contact Mr. Friedrich if you have any questions regarding this policy.
2010-2011 YEARBOOKS FOR SALE
The Elmwood-Murdock Schools still have yearbooks leftover from last year. Please contact the school if you would like to purchase a 2010-2011yearbook. The price is $50.
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STOCKING HATS, GLOVES, AND MITTENS
The Methodist Church of Elmwood has donated stocking hats, gloves, and mittens to the school so that they may be given to students who are in need of these items. Please contact the elementary office if you could use any of these items for your child.
A BULLY FREE SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Elementary Student Council will be starting a new program this year to encourage students to resist bullying and support positive peer relationships in our school. The week of February 13th, the Student Council members will be teaching daily lessons to each class about bullying and ways to build positive relationships with their peers. The event will conclude on Friday, February 17th with a Hats On Day. Any student who wishes to be a positive friend is encouraged to wear their favorite hat to school.
In an effort to raise funds for this new project, the Student Council will be holding a bake sale during Parent-Teacher Conferences on Friday, February 10. The members will be in the commons area all day selling baked goods for a free will donation.
GIRLS SCOUTS TO SELL COOKIES AT PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
The Girl Scouts will be selling cookies in the commons area of the elementary during parent-teacher conferences on February 10, 2012.
SPELLING BEE
The Elmwood-Murdock Spelling Bee for grades 5-8 will be held on Wednesday, February 8th at 1:30 p.m. in the gym at Elmwood. Participants are: 5th grade – AJ Mathes, Chloe Stansel, Nathan Schied, and Morgan Mills. 6th grade - Zach Rust, Tess Arent, Norah Green, and Rebecca Sheldon. 7th grade – Grace Althouse, Kyle Huxhold, Shailee Hayek, Whitney Koehn, and alternate – Meaghan Stout. 8th grade -Callie Zeorian, Emily Zakaras, Nick Goudie, Scott Bracken, and alternate: Ashtyn Cooper. Parents and public are welcome to attend the Spelling Bee.
SPIRIT SQUAD NEWS
The Spirit Squad is taking orders for Candygrams and Roses to be delivered to the school on February 14. Order forms came home in the elementary Friday folders on Jan 24 or are available in both school offices. The last day to turn in orders for roses is Monday, February 6th. Orders for candy will be accepted until Friday, February 10th. Surprise your friends, loved ones, or a staff member with the gift of candy or a rose and support the Spirit Squad at the same time. Orders will be available for pickup in the school offices if you wish to deliver your special gifts yourself. Thank-you all for your support!--The E-M Spirit Squad
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