
Next week is FFA Week! Celebrate FFA week with our Elm Creek FFA members!
Tuesday - we will have an elementary coloring contest. Coloring pages are due to Ms. Brandl by 4pm on Thursday. High school will be looking for hidden FFA emblems
Wednesday - The FFA Chapter is competing in District CDE's!
Thursday - There will be an FFA quiz sent to the high school on a google form. Highest score wins a prize!
Friday - Drive your tractor to school day. With parent permission, students can drive their tractors to school and park on the east side of the parking lot.
Happy FFA week!


Reminder...No School Thursday, Feb 15th-Monday, Feb 19th. Enjoy the break! See you back on Tuesday!

Great Pep Rally today! Good luck Jaxon and Cheer at State!!











Important yearbook information for seniors (please read thoroughly):
For the yearbook, we will be using any senior photos that get submitted. Those can be emailed to either Mrs. Anderson or Ayva Sullivan, this year's yearbook editor. Those will be due April 12th. Baby photos for the slideshow/yearbook will also be due April 12th.
Seniors were also sent a senior quote form via email yesterday. It is a Google Form they need to fill out. The deadline for that is May 7th. Mr. Marquez and Mrs. Anderson reserve the right to reject any senior quotes deemed inappropriate for the yearbook.
If you are interested in purchasing a senior ad, the pricing is as follows:
1/4 page - $75
1/2 page - $125
1 page - $200
All payment can be turned in to the office. Please send via email what you would like on your senior ad to either Mrs. Anderson or Ayva by May 7th. Once the ad is created, we will send out a proof of what it looks like for your approval.
Thanks for reading this far!
- The Yearbook Team


It's time to send some Buffaloes off to State!! There will be a State Pep Rally today at 1:20 pm for State Wrestling and State Cheer. We will send off Buffs Wrestling at 2 PM today. Then on Thursday there will be a sendoff for the Buffs Cheer Squad at 5:15 pm. The public is welcome. Good luck to all & GO BUFFS!!

Lady Buffs battle and fall to Amherst 48-42 to likely end their season. Great effort ladies. We will see what happens with wildcard points.

Heading into the final quarter the Lady Buffs trail Amherst 35-34.

Halftime at SEM and Amherst leads the Lady Buffs 23-22.

After one here at SEM in sub-districts semis the Lady Buffs and Amherst are tied at 11.

In Mr. Bauer's STEM class students have started using
Python to program their robots.







Here is the Boys Sub-District Bracket for next week at Shelton.


Good luck to our Lady Buffs at State Cheer on Friday! We perform on Friday, February 16th at Heartland Event Center in Grand Island. The Lady Buffs do their Game Day Performance at 8:28 am & the Traditional Performance at 1:44 pm. You only need to buy a ticket for the first sessions to see both performances and awards. Tickets can only be purchased online. The link is below. If you have questions let Mr Marquez know. Good luck ladies!!
https://ncacoach.org/cheer-dance/


Today, Mrs. Schopke's 3rd grade read about meteors, asteroids, and comets! It was so interesting! Then, they filled out a TRIPLE Venn diagram to compare and contrast these space objects. Finally, they used the diagram to help us write a paragraph!




Good luck to the Lady Buffaloes tonight as they begin post-season play at SEM. Game time is set for 7:30 pm against Amherst. GO BUFFS!!


On Monday, the first period Foods class made chicken fried rice! There were some excellent dishes prepared! They have been learning about food safety and also worked on knife skills today.







Some of the students from our Elm Creek speech team took their program pieces to share with the senior citizen group. These kids have worked many long hours perfecting their speeches.
Our Elm Creek Speech Invite will be this Saturday February 17th starting at 8 am. The public is welcome to attend. There is no charge to get into the meet. We would love to see you come and support our program.
Here are a few highlights from the kids today.







State Wrestling apparel store closes in 10 hours. Get it while you can!! GO Buffs!!
https://elmcreekstatewr24.itemorder.com/

Here is the state wrestling apparel store. It closes at midnight today so we have stuff before we head to Omaha. Go Buffs!!
https://elmcreekstatewr24.itemorder.com/

Atta boy Jaxon!! 👏👏👏


Jaxon is your 132 lb District Champion winning by pin!! Atta boy! Go get a medal next weekend!

