Reminder: HS students in a fall sport, you will need to have your physical (9th, new to EV or anyone that did not participate in a sport last year), med 'card', student-parent handbook and NSAA forms in ASAP. Students will NOT be able to practice until ALL forms are turned in.
9-12 Class Schedules
9-12 grade students, please check your class schedules on PowerSchool. If you need to changes or complete your schedule, please stop in before 3 p.m. on Friday or Monday 10:30-Noon or after 1 p.m. If those times don't work please email Mrs. Novicki.
HS fall sports meeting will be Monday, Aug. 3rd at 7:30 in the gym. Papers have been sent home for you to sign and return on this date.
Physicals: All incoming 7th and 9th grade students along with any new students or students planning on participating in any sports activity that did not turn a physical in last year will need to get this done and turned in before the student can practice. Grades 8, 10, 11, and 12 are exempt this school year (2020-21) only due to COVID-19.
Elementary Class Supply List is posted on the EV School Homepage. Be sure to check it out!!
Elementary Dance Camp
August 3 & 4 10:00-11:30 AM
@ City Auditorium
Camp Forms can be picked up at the School Office and JB Mart
Weight Room: Starting July 6th, junior high athletes will be allowed to attend the weight room Monday-Thursday. Start times are 6, 7, & 8 am, as well as 5:30 pm. Waivers will be in the weight room and must be signed before attend the next day.
High School football camps are due into the office by Wednesday, June 10. Elementary forms are due by June 17. Camp forms went home in the awards packets. Additional forms can be picked up in the office.
Athletes: Lifting groups are posted to the ‘Weight Room’ page of the school’s website. All athletes must return a signed waiver before participating. Waiver forms can be picked up in the office Monday- Thursday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm. Refer to the guidelines before June 1st.
All students entering Elkhorn Valley High School, grades 9-12, for the 2020-21 School years please check the school website for a Google Formregarding summer weight lifting. We will need this filled out by Tuesday, May 26th. We plan on opening the weight room to High School athletes only on June 1st under specific guidelines. Parents must sign a waiver form before student-athletes can enter the weight room. These forms can be found at the High School office. Further information will follow at a later date. Continue to visit the Weight Room page on the schools website.
Girls and boys track photos taken by the yearbook staff is available for purchase on Smugmug. Click on the link to see the school's page. https://evyearbook.smugmug.com/
Student Athletes Receive Honors:
Click on the following link to check out the post season honors for the 2019-2020 Elkhorn Valley Athletes.
https://5il.co/g4o2
Summer school scheduled for July. Check out the news article for more information
A link to Elkhorn Valley School Board Meeting agendas can be found on the District website's "School Board" page. Follow this link: https://www.elkhornvalleyschools.org/o/evs/page/school-board--534
Thanks everyone who joined us last night and this morning for our trivia night. It was a HUGE success, and a lot of fun to see the kids. Thank you teachers for providing the material. A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Hamilton for creating the quiz! @EVfalcons #EVfalcons
Elkhorn Valley Students/Families: Click the link below to join us for trivia today. Game starts at 9:00 a.m.
https://zoom.us/j/94021313477
There will be a new link for trivia this morning @ 8:45. A couple reminders: 1- two devices work best, if possible. 2- Your camera needs to be on and pointed at our students. 3- use your name when entering the Zoom and Kahoot!. Can't wait to see you! Last night was a blast!!
Elementary Trivia Link: Please click on the following link to join us for our trivia.
https://zoom.us/j/93964164982
Everyone get ready! Our trivia Zoom event opens in one hour. Check back here for the link at 6:45. Remember, you need access to Zoom and Kahoot! at the same time. Use 2 devices if you have them.
The Elkhorn Valley elementary teachers will be hosting trivia via Zoom and Kahoot! this Thursday, April 23 @ 7:00 p.m. and Friday, April 24 @ 9:00 a.m. Friday’s session will be a repeat for those who can’t join us on Thursday. Leave your encyclopedias on the shelf and your google search closed. You won’t find any of the answers there! These questions are about the elementary teachers. Students and family are invited to join us, and see how much they know about the teachers. Participants will need access to both Zoom and Kahoot!. The Zoom link will be shared through Facebook, Twitter, and the school website 15 minutes before game time.
Click the link for information about the end of the 2019-2020 school year: http://elkhornvalleyne.apptegy.us/article/231433?org=evs
A link to Elkhorn Valley School Board Meeting agendas can be found on the District website's "School Board" page. Follow this link: https://www.elkhornvalleyschools.org/o/evs/page/school-board--534
All remaining NSAA activity practices and competitions, including district and state competitions, have been cancelled for this school year. These cancelations are part of a new Directed Health Measure issued by Governor Ricketts.
Bylaw 3.2.7 (Summer Activities) will go into effect on May 26th. In the interim, Bylaw 3.2.6.1 (School-Year, Out-of-Season) is expected to be followed by all member school athletic programs.
The NSAA continues to encourage all member schools to follow CDC, local, state and federal health department recommendations.
The May 1st Transfer List deadline remains unchanged. Any further official updates will be posted on the NSAA website and the NSAA social media platforms: NSAA Facebook, NSAA Twitter (@nsaahome)
Elkhorn Valley Schools will have packet pick up Thursday, April 2 from 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Packets will be located in the commons and organized by elementary classroom or secondary grade level. ONLY ONE ADULT PER FAMILY WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE DESIGNATED AREA THROUGH THE MAIN WEST ENTRANCE TO PICK UP PACKETS/BOOKS. There will be a hand sanitizer station available before entering the building. We ask that you respect the Directed Health Management order and pick up your student(s) packets and exit the school.
Shop projects need to be picked up at the high school south entrance (door #20). Pick up time for shop projects is 8:30 – 4:00. Please call the office (368-5301) prior to pick up so someone can meet you at door #20.
Band instruments can be picked up using the 1987 entrance (door #2) from 8:30-4:00. Mrs. Gale will meet you at this door
Beginning April 6, teachers will be providing new content instruction to students. The elementary teachers are working very hard to design activities and lessons that are meaningful and doable during this time of closure. Teachers will be flexible and understanding as parents and students adjust to this new learning model. Completed assignments will be submitted in a variety of ways, depending on what the assignment entails. Teachers will provide direction on how to submit completed assignments when the assignment is given. This could include the completion of online tasks or posting a picture to the class See Saw page, among other ways. Teachers will keep a record of all assignments completed. Assignments will need to be returned in order to document the advancement of education during the COVID-19 closure at Elkhorn Valley. As we work through this alternative learning environment, it is important to not get caught up in “grades”. Our main focus is continued learning for ALL students. To accomplish this, assignments will be corrected by the teachers and feedback will be given in an effort to ensure learning and growth.
Attention Parents: The Nebraska Department of Education Nutrition Services has opened up their Summer Lunch Program to all students free of charge. We would like to encourage more Elkhorn Valley students to take advantage of this program.
Beginning on Monday, March 30, Elkhorn Valley Schools will be adding a breakfast meal in addition to the noon sack lunch program. The breakfast meal will be ready for pickup or delivery by 8:30 am each morning and the noon meal will continue to be available from 12:00 to 12:30 pm at the east door of the Commons. Just to repeat, this means that all students can receive breakfast and noon lunch free of charge.
Meals will be delivered to our rural families. Students who have food allergies will need to make sure you inform the school of this. If you would like to begin receiving meals, please call the school at 402-368-5301 by noon on Thursday, March 26, or if you have any questions, please be sure to call.
Continuity of Learning
We understand that there are questions regarding the "Normal Operations of School" since school has been suspended. Please be aware that the school year has not ended. We are developing a plan for remote learning to take place for the rest of the year.
Parents, in order to provide educational materials that you may use to assist your children during this time, we have added several links to the Elkhorn Valley Schools website. These websites are either free, or your student has a login that they have used with teachers while in school. You will find these resources by clicking on “Explore”. Then find the ‘Remote Learning Resources’ heading. This list will evolve as time goes on. Thank you for your patience during this time.
School enrichment materials for ALL EV students should be picked from the School Commons on Thursday, March 19, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and again on Friday, March 20, from 8:00 to 12:00 noon. Both the east and the west doors to the Commons will be open. Laptops will be passed out to JH students and those students who did not sign up to take their computers during the school year. All students will need to clean out their personal lockers as well as their gym locker during this time. Teachers will not be in the building during this time but will be available through their school email. All parents will be contacted next week by their child’s teachers. Please be sure to check the NEW school website at elkhornvalleyschools.org to get the most recent updates.
Preschool Roundup and the Kindergarten Visit scheduled for Friday, March 20, has been rescheduled for Friday, May 1, at 9:00 am.
Effective Monday, March 16 all NSAA activity practices are suspended until Monday, March 30 and all NSAA activity competitions are suspended until Thursday, April 2. These suspensions may be extended should the conditions warrant.
Member schools and student-participants are expected to adhere to the NSAA Constitution & Bylaws and activity manuals during this time.
As more information becomes available, official updates will be posted on the NSAA website and the NSAA social media platforms.
Today is the first day of the 4th quarter of school. Third quarter report cards will be sent home later this week.
Just a reminder that JH students going out for track need to have their permission slips returned to one of the JH coaches by this Thursday. If students didn't get a form then they need see Mr. Qualset.
MAPS testing continues this week and testing will be over Science! It’s great to have good attendance during this testing period. Thanks for everyone’s cooperation.
Congratulations to the newest Independent Readers who had their Hall Walk this morning: Chaney Schwartz, Paisley Tegeler, Alyvia Baugher and Ryder Werner. Way to go 1st graders!!
*** ALUMNI WEEKEND UPDATE FOR MARCH 21 ***
Alumni Volleyball and Basketball Tourney's next weekend on March 21st will be cancelled due the Corona-virus (COVID-19) precautions. With the safety of all those that would be involved, this was the best course of action.
REMINDER: Fleet Feet Sports Pop Up Shop @ EVS for track athletes today from 4:30 to 7:00.
Prom News: The table sign up sheet for Prom has been posted outside of Mrs. Amend’s room. Please sign up in a timely manner. Out of town date forms for Prom are available in the office for students to pick up. They are due back to school by March 25.
There will be a high school football meeting for grades 8-11 immediately after school in the library.
There will be college rep visiting from Northeast Community College during lunchtime today.
Hey Elementary Students: Check out the ice cream reading tracker in the library window! Each scoop of ice cream in the window represents 20 AR points. The reading goal for March is 3000 points. Keep reading so you can turn Mr. Black and Mrs. Novicki into human ice cream sundaes!
Mrs. Vaughn’s 3rd period PE class will be doing archery tomorrow and Friday and we ask for safety reasons that no one enters the 1987 gym at that time. The doors leading into that gym will all be locked at that time except the doors near the band room. Thank you for your cooperation.
2020 NVC ITE Day Results
Junior High
Metric 500 Appearance- Isaac Eckert 1st, Jay Halsey 2nd, Mason Nitz 3rd, JJ Black 4th, Easton Rystrom 5th
Metric 500 Race- Easton Rystrom 1st
Breaking News: The boys state basketball tournament will be played. However, no spectators that are not family members will be allowed.
The phones at EV seem to be back up and working!!
Good luck to the high school Live Wires show choir as they compete at the Harvard Show Choir Competition today!!
Hey Elementary Students: Check out the ice cream reading tracker in the library window! Each scoop of ice cream in the window represents 20 AR points. The reading goal for March is 3000 points, and as of yesterday, March 10th, the elementary has earned 625 points. Keep reading so you can turn Mr. Black and Mrs. Novicki into human ice cream sundaes!
The telephone system at Elkhorn Valley Schools is currently down. We are investigating the issue and hopefully the phones will be working shortly. In the meantime, you can reach the school by emailing teachers, administrators or the office staff. The main office can be reached at:
mary@evfalcons.com
2020 NVC ITE Day Results CAD- Matthew Wood 3rd, Michael Glynn 5th Quiz Bowl- First Kolton Krick, Ben Wilcox, Hunter Howard, Jacob Cleveland Paper Tower Testing- Kody Qualset 3rd Problem Solving- Sadie Smutny 1st, Zane Richardson 3rd Mousetraptor Pull- Maverick Short 1st Rubber Band Car- Jaxson Eischeid 5th Balloon Vehicle- Journey Werner 2nd, Zane Richardson 3rd Mouse Trap Car Race- Ben Wilcox 3rd Tower Testing- Maverick Short 1st, Sadie Smutny 2nd, Matthew Wood 3rd, Hunter Klinetobe 4th Bridge Testing- Brianna Maughan 1st, Alisha Larsen 3rd, Alexis Lind 4th Robotic Arm- Kegan McAllister 1st, Kody Qualset 2nd Welding Test- Hunter Howard 2nd, Kolton Krick 3rd Building Construction Test- Jorge Vigil 2nd, Dalton Murray 3rd, Ben Wilcox 4th General Tech Test- Jaxson Eishied 1st Woodworking Test- Sadie Smutny 1st, Sibley Molhoff 2nd, Kristi Nierodzik 3rd Power Mechanics- Hunter Howard 1st Woodworking hand tools- Carter Werner 3rd
There will be an elementary Century Club meeting tomorrow after school.
Out of town date forms for Prom are available in the office for students to pick up. They are due back to school by March 25.
There will be college rep visiting from Northeast Community College during lunchtime on Thursday, March 12.
Mr. Meyer is bringing in the Fleet Feet Running Company this Thursday. They will be selling shoes for the upcoming track season. This includes spikes, if you're interested. They will be here from 4:30 until around 7:00. If interested, please get him your shoe size by Tuesday.
Good luck to the high school Live Wires show choir as they compete at the Harvard Show Choir Competition tomorrow!
The speech home show will be tonight at 6:30. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!
The junior high music students are attending the Wayne State College Music Festival today in Wayne.
MAPS testing continues at EVS this week. Please help by having your students in school and on time if at all possible! Thank you!
There will be college reps visiting during lunch time this week: Monday, March 9 - Morgan from Wayne State College; Thursday, March 12 - Joni from Northeast Community College
There will be HS Show Choir today. Junior High will split the period today starting with JH Choir.
Out of town date forms for Prom are available in the office for students to pick up. They are due back to school by March 25.
The speech home show will be tomorrow night at 6:30.
Mr. Meyer is bringing in the Fleet Feet Running Company this Thursday. They will be selling shoes for the upcoming track season. This includes spikes, if you're interested. They will be here from 4:30 until around 7:00. If interested, please get him your shoe size by Tuesday.
Several speechsters placed at the Creighton Meet. Erica earns 6th place in Persuasive and 5th in Informative, Angel brings home 4th in Informative, and Karissa was 3rd in Serious Prose. Congratulations Girls.
JH Quiz Bowl team gets eliminated by Osmond, 45-20. Well done team!!!
JH Quiz team will take on Osmond in their next round coming up.
JH Quiz Bowl loses match #3 to Norfolk JH 35-15. They are still alive yet. Next match will be at 1:15 pm.
JH Quiz Bowl team wins 2nd match on sudden death question over Pierce Zion Luthern, 35-30. To move to the quarter finals in winners bracket. Next match will be at 11:30 vs Norfolk JH.
JH Quiz Bowl team wins first match against Wheeler Central, 35-15. Next match will be with Zion Luthern.
Out of town date forms for Prom are available in the office for students to pick up. They are due back to school by March 25.
Students are reminded to order their 2020 Yearbook as soon as possible. There are order forms located throughout the school. ATTENTION - Seniors WILL need to purchase their yearbooks this year so they can do this through today, March 4...the deadline has been extended!
The junior high school quiz bowl team competes today at the ESU 8 in Neligh. Good luck students!
Just a reminder that we will be having a 1:30 EARLY DISMISSAL today for SPRING BREAK!! Enjoy the long weekend and the beautiful weather!
You can follow the JH Quiz Bowl live bracket updates at this link...
bit.ly/8QB6-8_20
JH Quiz Bowl team in action today at Neligh ESU 8.
EV Quiz Bowl team gets eliminated in a close match with Stuart. It came down to sudden death questions.
Great Job Team!!
Quiz bowl loses match two, 30-20 to O'Neill HS. Now take on Stuart to keep on going.
EV wins first match vs Verdigre 35-25. Next match will be against O'Neill HS.
If you would like to follow the HS Quiz bowl online here is a link to the bracket...
bit.ly/8QB9-12_20
ATTENTION - Seniors WILL need to purchase their yearbooks this year so they can do this through tomorrow, March 4...the deadline has been extended!
Students are reminded to order their 2020 Yearbook as soon as possible. There are order forms located throughout the school.
The elementary students are celebrating Read Across America next week and the Century Club is sponsoring some fun Dress Up Days next week! Parents should look for the note that was sent home with their children. Today was Pajama Day and tomorrow’s dress up day is CRAZY SOCK DAY!!
The high school quiz bowl team competes today at the ESU 8 in Neligh. Good luck students!! The junior high quiz bowl team competes tomorrow at the ESU 8 in Neligh!!
Out of town date forms for Prom are available in the office for students to pick up. They are due back to school by March 25.
Pizza Hut Wing Street will donate 10% of all sales in store and carry out tonight, March 3rd, to Elkhorn Valley Post Prom. This will be from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
Congratulations to the entire speech team on their outstanding performances at the NVC speech meet yesterday at Keya Paha. Medalists were Angel Qualset - 6th in informative, Erica Brown - 6th in Persuasive, and Karissa Fernau - 6th in serious prose!
Just a reminder that we will be having a 1:30 EARLY DISMISSAL tomorrow - Wednesday, March 4 - for SPRING BREAK!! Enjoy the long weekend and the beautiful weather!!
HS Quiz Bowl Team prepping diligently before competition.
The new website is up and running. We have a new app for mobile devices. The icon has a white background. Those using the old app will need to download the new app.
Juniors began ACT Test Prep today in preparation for the big test coming soon.
Congratulations to the 2nd graders for being the top Box Tops Coupons collectors for last month. They raised $15.04 which is .60 per student. Thanks to everyone for continuing with this fundraiser!
The high school quiz bowl team competes tomorrow at the ESU 8 in Neligh. Good luck students!!
There will be a Kids Heart Challenge assembly in the gym at 3:00 today.
The elementary students are celebrating Read Across America next week and the Century Club is sponsoring some fun Dress Up Days next week! Parents should look for the note that was sent home with their children. Today was dress like your favorite book character and bring the book too!! Tomorrow’s dress up day is Pajama Day.
ATTENTION - Seniors WILL need to purchase their yearbooks this year so they can do this through Wednesday, March 4...the deadline has been extended!!
Students are reminded to order their 2020 Yearbook as soon as possible. There are order forms located throughout the school.
Spring picture orders are due back to school today.
Spring sports practices begin TODAY!!
@evfalcons Big day today! New website coming soon.
The elementary students will be going to the NEW gym at 2:00 today for a quick assembly to wrap up the One Book, One School event.
Please send your box tops coupons to Mrs. Warneke in the Preschool room asap. She needs to get them mailed off today. Thank you!!
6th-11th grade girls interested in auditioning for the JH or HS BMW Dance Team next year should see Mrs. Gale for details.
The elementary students are celebrating Read Across America next week and the Century Club is sponsoring some fun Dress Up Days next week! Parents should look for the note that was sent home with their children. Monday is dress like your favorite book character and bring the book too!!
ATTENTION - Seniors WILL need to purchase their yearbooks this year so they can do this through Wednesday, March 4...the deadline has been extended!!
Students are reminded to order their 2020 Yearbook as soon as possible. There are order forms located throughout the school.
Spring picture orders are due back to school on MONDAY, MARCH 2!!!!
Spring sports practices begin on Monday!!
Congratulations to the medalist from the Fullerton speech meet: Angel Qualset - 6th in Persuasive; Karissa Fernau - 6th in Persuasive; Erica Brown - 5th in Informative and 7th in Persuasive; Carleigh Greene and Taylor Hasebroock - 2nd Impromptu Duet
A BIG congratulations to the 106 weight bracket State Champion Hunter Bennett! Congrats as well to Adam Miller for placing 4th at state and Zack Hart for placing 5th. Congratulations to all wrestlers for representing EVS well.
FFA Week concluded with a pep rally and a Kiss the Pig contest winners announced. This little piggy was a hit with all. It was a great week and a fun way to end.
The FFA week continued with drive your tractor to school. Elememtary got in the action by bringing their favorite toy tractor to school.
The pep rally for the Statebound Wrestling Team was filled with coaches speeches, a balloon race game, a slide show full of season memories, and of course the elementary high fives.
It’s National FFA Week and today the ag students are hosting a HAT DAY as a FUNdraiser!! ; ) On Wednesday the ag students are having a “drive your tractor to school day” for the high school, however, for the elementary bring their toy tractors to school.
Wrestling District Champion was Adam Miller; 2nd place medalists are Hunter Bennett and Zack Hartl; Tristan Smith is a 3rd place medalists; and Gavyn Clause placed 4th!!
Falcon wrestling team sends five to state. Adam was district champ, Zack and Hunter were runner-ups, Tristan 3rd, and Gavyn 4th. The team grabbed the 6th spot at Districts. Congratulations and Good Luck at State
March newsletter articles are due to the office by after school next Tuesday, February 18. I would have it ready to fold on Wednesday, February 26, if a class would be willing to volunteer! Thanks.
26 52 @EVFalcons over Randolph!
Schedule change for today's game vs. Randolph. The games will be played at Randolph with JV girls and boys both playing at 2:30. Varsity girls are slated to start at 4 pm.
Students and teachers get in the holiday spirit with an ugly sweater contest.
