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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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June 2023
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June 1, 2023
All Day5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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June 2, 2023
All Day5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmVarsity SB vs. SidneyEssex Softball/Baseball Fields
7:30pmVarsity Baseball vs. SidneyEssex High School
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June 3, 2023
10:45amVarsity SB @ MO Valley Tourney vs. FMMissouri Valley High School
12:30pmVarsity SB @ MO Valley Tourney vs. WoodbineMissouri Valley High School
5:45pmVarsity SB @ MO Valley Tourney vs. MO ValleyMissouri Valley High School
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June 4, 2023
TBDAdult Basketball League
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June 5, 2023
All Day5-7th Grade SB vs. Clarinda
5:30pmVarsity Softball @ GriswoldGriswold High School
6:00pmVarsity Baseball @ GriswoldGriswold High School
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June 6, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:00pm5-7th Grade SB vs. Sidney
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June 7, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
5:30pm5-7th Grade SB vs. Stanton
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June 8, 2023
5:30pmJV Softball @ SWVSouthwest Valley High School
5:30pmJV Baseball @ SWVSouthwest Valley High School
6:00pm5-7th grade Softball @ Hamburg
7:00pmVarsity Softball @ SWV Southwest Valley High School
7:30pmVarsity Baseball @ SWVSouthwest Valley High School
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June 9, 2023
All DayNHS Blood Drive- tentative
5:30pmSB/BB @ StantonAnderson Park
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June 11, 2023
TBDAdult Basketball League
9:00am to 5:00pmCheer Camp 7th-12th
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June 12, 2023
9:00am to 5:00pmCheer Camp 7th-12th
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmVarsity DH Softball @ FMFremont Mills High School
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June 13, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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June 14, 2023
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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June 15, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:00pm5-7th Grade SB vs. Clarinda
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June 16, 2023
5:30pmVarsity Softball vs East Mills (Tentative Sr. Night)Softball field
7:00pmVarsity Baseball vs East MillsEssex Baseball Field
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June 17, 2023
All DayVarsity Softball Tournament @ Martinsdale-St.Mary'sMartensdale High School
11:00am5-7th Grade SB @ Sidney- Double Header
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June 18, 2023
TBDAdult Basketball League
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June 19, 2023
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmVarsity Softball @ SidneySidney High School
5:30pmJV Baseball @ SidneySidney High School
7:15pmJV Softball @ SidneySidney High School
7:15pmVarsity Baseball @ SidneySidney High School
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June 20, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
6:00pm5-7th Grade SB vs. Sidney
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June 21, 2023
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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June 22, 2023
4:30pmCorner Conference Softball Tournament @ SidneySidney High School
5:30pmCorner Conference Baseball Tournament @ SidneySidney High School
6:00pm5-7th Grade SB vs. Sidney
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June 23, 2023
4:30pmCorner Conference Softball Tournament Finals @ SidneySidney High School
5:30pmCorner Conference Baseball Tournament Finals @ SidneySidney High School
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June 24, 2023
8:00am to 4:00pmEYS Baseball Day @ the SB FieldSoftball field
9:00amVarsity Softball Tournament @ WoodbineWoodbine Athletic Complex Softball Field
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June 25, 2023
TBDAdult Basketball League
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June 26, 2023
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmSB/BB vs GriswoldEssex Community School
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June 27, 2023
10:30am5-7th Grade Softball practice
5:30pmJV Softball vs ShenandoahEssex High School
7:30pmVarsity Softball vs. ShenandoahEssex High School
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June 28, 2023
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
7:30pmVarsity Baseball vs East UnionEssex Baseball Field
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June 29, 2023
TBDDistrict Baseball
4:30pmVarsity SB practice 4:30-6:30 PMSoftball field (East Gym if inclement weather)
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June 30, 2023
TBDRegional Softball
5:30pm5-7 SB @ East Mills
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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