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Annual Community Service Day

On April 12th Essex students participated in our annual community service day. Elementary students picked up rocks, leaves and trash on the playground while the middle school and high school completed school projects and also left campus to work. Students cleaned up the streets and highways as well as cleaned up the community parks. One group spent the day in our school garden tree trimming, pulling weeds and planting. . . .

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First Annual K-8th Grade Science Fair

Essex hosted our first K-8th grade Science Fair! The kids had so much fun showing staff, class mates and community members their projects. Thank you Mrs.Fischer and her JH students for putting this together! Some of the projects from the elementary were experimenting with color transfer with skittles in Kindergarten, human bodies with 2nd grade, planets with 3rd grade and biomes with 5th grade! The middle school had an assortment of . . .

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Makerspace Highlight: Tech Group Experiments With Photography

The Makerspace tech group led by Martha Sunderman has spent the last two Fridays exploring the school and seeing things in a new light. "This week we were practicing with light, shutter speed, and aperture. We created still life displays to practice and did some photographing in the gym for action shots. We also did some experimenting with stop-action video and green screen."  The featured photos come from . . .

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Essex Honor Roll

Congratulations to all of our 6-12th grade students who made Bronze, Silver and Gold Honor Roll 1st semester of the 2022/2023 school year!  Bronze: Jersey Bowers, Jesse Johnson-Wityk, Benjamin King, Brody Kirchirt, Garrett Harris, Payton Taylor, Damien Aradanas, Isabella Donnelly, Riley King, Jacelyn Huntley, Haillee Kievit, Haleigh Olson, Adriana Resh, Kylie Valdez , Hunter Steinhoff, Bradley Franks, Christian Johnson, . . .

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May 2023
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May 1, 2023
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-5:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
5:00pmBasketball Open GymAllen Stuart Gymnasium
6:30pmFine Arts Night
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May 2, 2023
9:00amSpring Speech SW District Coaches MeetingCommunity Center
4:00pmCorner Conference Varsity Co-ed Track Meet @ GriswoldGriswold High School
4:00pmGolf Meet Co-ed Triangular @ Red OakRed Oak Golf Course
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May 3, 2023
10:00amCorner Conference Co-ed Golf @ GriswoldGriswold Golf Club
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:45pmSB practice & Team Pictures 4:45-5:45 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:30pmAthletic BanquetTrojan Hall
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May 4, 2023
4:30pmCoed Track Meet @ SWVCorning
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May 5, 2023
All DaySenior Trip
All DayNo School for Kindergarten
All DayPreschool visits Kindergarten for a day
7:00amSenior Breakfast Essex Community Center
1:30pm1:30 Early DismissalEssex Community School
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:00pmJH Track Meet @ Shen
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 6, 2023
All DaySenior Trip
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May 7, 2023
All DaySenior Trip
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May 8, 2023
All DaySenior Trip
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:00pmCo-ed Track meet @ FMFremont Mills High School
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 9, 2023
All DaySenior Trip
4:00pmJH Track meet @ Griswold
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
5:30pmSchool Board MeetingConference Room
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May 10, 2023
10:00amBoys Sectional Golf Meet @ SidneyFremont County Golf Course
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:30pm to 6:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
5:30pmKindergarten & Pre-School Round Up Essex Community School
5:30pmElementary Family Game NightEssex Community School
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May 11, 2023
All DayProgress Reports DueEssex Community School
8:00am to 11:00amSenior CPR TrainingMedia Center
4:00pmCo-ed District Track Meet https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/Southwest Valley High School
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May 12, 2023
10:00amGirls Regional Golf Meet @ SidneyFremont County Golf Course
11:00amLast Day of Pre-K and Pre-K Graduation
12:45pmFFA Meeting during HRMrs. Sampers room
1:30pm1:30 Early DismissalEssex Community School
1:30pm to 4:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:00pmJH Corner Conference Track Meet @ FM(POSTPONED)Fremont High School
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 14, 2023
All DayMother's Day
7:00pmSenior Celebration Essex Covenant Church
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May 15, 2023
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:30pm to 6:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice- CANCELED
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
5:00pmBasketball Open GymAllen Stuart Gymnasium
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May 16, 2023
12:00amJH Track Meet @ Tabor
8:30amSenior Awards AssemblyAllen Stuart Gymnasium
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-5:15 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:00pmFFA BanquetTrojan Hall
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May 17, 2023
10:00amGirls Regional Golf MeetCrestwood Hills Golf Course
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:30pm to 6:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:00pmSchool Board MeetingConference Room
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May 18, 2023
All DayState Track MeetDrake University
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 19, 2023
All DayState Track MeetDrake University
1:30pm1:30 Early DismissalEssex Community School
1:30pm to 4:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
1:30pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 20, 2023
All DayState Track MeetDrake University
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May 21, 2023
2:00pmGraduationAllen Stuart Gymnasium
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May 22, 2023
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:30pm to 6:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmJV Softball @ BedfordBedford Softball/Baseball Complex
7:00pmVarsity Softball @ BedfordBedford Softball/Baseball Complex
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May 23, 2023
All DayElementary Zoo Trip K-5
All Day6th Grade Field Trip to Clarinda
5:30pmSB/BB vs. StantonSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 24, 2023
All DayBike Rodeo/ Play Day
All Day7th Grade Field Trip to Waubonsie Park
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
3:30pm to 6:00pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmJV Softball @ Red OakRed Oak High School
7:00pmVarsity Softball @ Red OakRed Oak High School
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May 25, 2023
All DayEnd of 2nd SemesterEssex Community School
All DayLast day of School
7:30amBreakfast Buffet
10:00amearly dismissalEssex Community School
10:30am8th Grade PromotionTrojan Hall
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 26, 2023
10:30am to 12:30pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
2:00pmEast Gym reserved for Pickleball 2-3:30 PMEast Gym
4:30pmSB practice 4:30-6:30PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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May 27, 2023
9:00amVarsity Softball Tournament @ ClarindaLied Recreation Center
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May 29, 2023
All DayMemorial Day
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May 30, 2023
5:30pmVarsity Softball @ East MillsEast Mills High School
7:30pmVarsity Baseball @ East MillsEast Mills High School
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May 31, 2023
10:30am to 12:30pm5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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Essex CSD offers the following CTE Programs: ● Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources ● Business, Finance, Marketing and Management ● Human Services ● Applied Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing Essex School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact the district's Equity Coordinator, Dr. Mike Wells, Superintendent, 111 Forbes St, Essex, IA 51638; Phone 712-379-3114; Email: wellsm@essex.k12.ia.us