EJSHS Weekly Newsletter

November 18 - November 24

UPCOMING EVENTS

Supervision: Ptacek, Ring, Knox

Miller, Gamache PM

Lesson Plans Due: Vocational, Science

Saturday, November 16

ESU Honor Band - Emporia State University

Monday, November 18

Teacher Inservice Day - No School

High School practices begin for winter sports

Tuesday, November 19

Wednesday, November 20

8th hour - Book Club

Thursday, November 21

8th hour - Group 4 meetings - FFA, Power Lifting, SADD

4:00 - JH Wrestling @ Eureka

Friday, November 22

3:30 - JH Wrestling @ Coffeyville

Saturday, November 23

State Cheer - Topeka

Prelims - 10:04 a.m.

Finals - 2:24 p.m.

Monday, November 25

10:30 - College Algebra Placement Test with Butler

Tuesday, November 26

Wednesday, November 27

No School - Thanksgiving break begins

Thursday, November 28

No School

Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 29

No School

Saturday, November 30

Monday, December 2

4:00 - FFA - Neodesha Speech Invitational

4:00 - HS Scholars Bowl @ Cherryvale

Tuesday, December 3

Wednesday, December 4

8th hour - Book Club

6:00 - Senior Information/ FAFSA Completion Evening

Thursday, December 5

8th hour - Group 5 meetings - FCCLA, Foreign Language, Skills USA, Forensics

Friday, December 6

FFA Speech/ Food Science/ Ag Management at Caney

4:30 - HS BB @ Home vs. Sedan

Saturday, December 7

District Honor Band at Pittsburg

9:00 - HS wrestling @ ElDorado

Monday, December 9

HS BB @ Yates Center Tournament

5:30 - Girls in upstairs gym

7:00 - Boys in upstairs gym

Tuesday, December 10

SAFE Conference

10:30 a.m. - Butler CC will be in the building to enroll Junior and Seniors in Spring classes

Wednesday, December 11

SAFE Conference

8th hour - Book Club

Thursday, December 12

8th hour - Group 1 meetings - Grade level class meetings

3:30 - Girls HS BB @ Yates Center Tournament

3:30 - HS Wrestling @ Chase County

5:00 - Boys HS BB @ Yates Center Tournament

6:00 - JH BB @ Home versus Bluestem

Friday, December 13

Saturday, December 14

9:00 - JH Basketball Tournament @ Olpe

9:30 - HS Wrestling @ Minneapolis

HS Basketball @ Yates Center Tournament - time TBD

Results From Our Week

Scholar's Bowl

The annual Babson Memorial Scholar's Bowl Tournament was held at EJSHS on Monday. The Eureka team comprised of Henry Pfister, Kadin DeShane, Shelby White, Will Fitzwater, and Corinne Nelson took first place!

EHS Cheerleaders Receive Excellent Rating

Saturday afternoon, the Eureka High School cheerleaders competed in the Battle of the Squads at Wichita Heights and brought home an Excellent rating! Well done, girls!

Honored at Reception

The Shocker Honors Scholar Reception was held Monday, November 11. The annual event is held at Wichita State University and recognizes high-achieving high school juniors from across the state of Kansas for their academic success in high school. During the event they had the opportunity to connect with current WSU students, staff and faculty and hear about their experiences as Shockers. Each junior honored was presented with a certificate and a custom pennant to recognize their accomplishments. Representing Eureka Jr.-Sr. High School at the reception were Britta Mongeau, Alaina Westerman, Ava Noble, Harlie Owings, Madelyn Miller, and Lydia Mason. Additional EJSHS juniors nominated but unable to attend were Hannah Perrier, TJ Mills, and Will Fitzwater.

JH Wrestling

Junior High Wrestling competed in the Fredonia tournament on Monday, November 11. Below are the individual results.

Nolan Morris 2-0 - 1st place

CooperWunderlich 1-1 - 2nd place

Brandon Cornett 2-0 - 1st place

Rydon Thatcher 2-0 - 1st place

Cord Adkins 0-2 - 3rd place

Maddox Hughes 1-1 3rd place

Brayden Buck 1-1 - 2nd place

Tate Scott 1-1 - 2nd place

Felix Neill 2-0 - 1st place

Christian Sanchez 1-1 - 2nd place

Marcus Clark 2-0 - 1st place

Cash Escareno 1-1 - 2nd place

Ryan Miles 0-2 - 3rd place

Aiden Osborne 2-0 - 1st place

Caden Nusz 1-1 - 2nd place

Charles Granado 1-1 - 2nd place

JaKolby Robbins 1-1 - 2nd place

Henry Perrier 2-0 - 1st place

Ashton Lawrence 1-1 - 2nd place

Emma Baumgartel 2-0 - 1st place

Adleigh Ray 2-0 - 1st place

Sofia Escareno 1-1 - 2nd place

Lakyn McCoy 2-0 - 1st place

Junior High wrestlers also competed in Cherryvale on Thursday, November 14. Following are their results:

Nolan Morris 2-0 - 1st place

Brandon Cornett 2-0 - 1st place

Cooper Wunderlich 0-2 - 3rd place

Rydon Thatcher 2-0 - 1st place

Cord Adkins 1-1 - 2nd place

Maddox Hughes 2-0 - 1st place

Brayden Buck 0-2 - 3rd place

Felix Neill 2-0 - 1st place

Marcus Clark 0-2 - 3rd place

Christian Sanchez 2-0 - 1st place

Tate Scott 0-2 - 3rd place

Cash Escareno 0-2 - 3rd place

Ryan Miles 1-1 - 2nd place

Aiden Osborne 1-1 - 2nd place

Caden Nusz 1-1 - 2nd place

Charles Granado 0-2 - 3rd place

Henry Perrier 0-2 - 3rd place

Ashton Lawrence 1-2 - 3rd place

Emma Baumgartel 2-0 - 1st place

Bella Keating 0-2 - 3rd place

Adleigh Ray 2-0 - 1st place

Sofia Escareno 0-2 - 3rd place

Lakyn McCoy 2-0 - 1st place

MEET OUR STAFF

Mrs. Castle is in her 36th year in education! She graduated from Benedictine College and received her masters degree from Emporia State University. She teaches junior high English and is also our junior high counselor. Her favorite subject to teach is elementary physical education. Mrs. Castle loves to travel in her free time and her favorite college team is the KU Jayhawks. Her favorite book is 'No Language But a Cry' and her favorite song is 'Dirty Dishes' by Scotty McCreery. Mrs. Castle's favorite meal is fried chicken and her favorite snack is chocolate. A fact many may not know about Mrs. Castle is that she was in a body cast from 2 months to 1 1/2 years old.

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