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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, . . .

Link to article: Essex Honor Roll
October 2023
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October 1, 2023
All DayFAFSA Registration Begins
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October 2, 2023
All DayHC Float Building DayEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 3, 2023
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
3:30pmMentor/Mentee Zoom MeetingEssex Community School
4:00pmJunior High Volleyball @ BedfordBedford High School
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October 4, 2023
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
5:30pmVarsity Volleyball vs. ISDEssex High School Gym
7:00pmHomecoming Pep Rally
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October 5, 2023
All DayProgress Report DueEssex Community School
All DayXC @ Mt Ayr
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
2:00pmPowder Puff GameTrojan Field
4:30pmJunior High Volleyball @ East AtchisonEast Atchison High School
5:30pmJV Volleyball @ East AtchisonEast Atchison High School
6:30pmVarsity Volleyball @ East AtchisonEast Atchison High School
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October 6, 2023
12:00pmHomecoming CoronationAllen Stuart Gymnasium
12:45pmHomecoming ParadeEssex Community School to downtown
1:30pmearly dismissalEssex Community School
1:30pm to 3:30pmEYS 3rd-6th Volleyball open gym at the East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
7:00pmVarsity FB vs. Sidney (Homecoming)Essex High School
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October 7, 2023
9:00amVarsity Volleyball @ Wayne Community High SchoolWayne Community High School
8:00pmHomecoming Dance
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October 9, 2023
All DayBegin MS Hex 2Essex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 10, 2023
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
4:00pmJunior High Volleyball @ StantonStanton High School Gym
5:30pmJV Volleyball @ StantonStanton High School Gym
7:15pmVarsity Volleyball @ StantonStanton High School Gym
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October 11, 2023
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
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October 12, 2023
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:45pmDLT meetingConference Room
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October 13, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
12:45pmFFA Meeting @ 12:45
1:30pmearly dismissalEssex Community School
1:30pm to 3:30pmEYS 3rd-6th Volleyball open gym at the East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
7:00pmVarsity FB @ Stanton vs. CAMCAM High School
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October 14, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
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October 15, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
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October 16, 2023
All DayNHS Blood Drive 8 AM-2 PM Essex Community School
All DayRegional VB TBA
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 17, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
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October 18, 2023
All DayRegional VB TBA
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
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October 19, 2023
All DayXC State Qualifying MeetTBA
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 20, 2023
All DayEnd 1st QuarterEssex Community School
All DayFB PlayoffsTBA
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:30pmearly dismissalEssex Community School
1:30pm to 3:30pmEYS 3rd-6th Volleyball open gym at the East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
6:00pmOlson sale set up (tentative)
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October 21, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
TBDOlson Sale (tentative)
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October 22, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
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October 23, 2023
All DayRegional VBTBA
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 24, 2023
All DayMidterm Progress Reports/ 1st Quarter Grades DueEssex Community School
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
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October 25, 2023
All DayRegional VB TBD
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
1:30pmearly dismissalEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmEYS 3rd- 6th grade Volleyball practice at the East GymEssex Community School
4:00pmParent Teacher Conferences 4-8PMEssex Community School
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October 26, 2023
All DayNo SchoolEssex Community School
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
8:00am to 12:00pmParent Teacher Conferences 8AM-12PMEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 27, 2023
All DayNo SchoolEssex Community School
All DayFB PlayoffsTBD
All DayXC State Meet
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:30pm to 3:30pmEYS 3rd-6th Volleyball open gym at the East GymEssex Community School
3:30pm to 5:30pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 28, 2023
All DayACT TestTBD
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
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October 29, 2023
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
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October 30, 2023
All DayState VB TournamentXtream Arena
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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October 31, 2023
All DayState VB TournamentXtream Arena
All DayNational FFA Convention
All DayFFA Fruit SalesEssex Community School
1:00pm to 3:00pmPickleball @ East GymEssex Community School
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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