Elm Creek Public School District

FKC Choir Clinic is tomorrow (11/18) at Loomis. The kids will rehearse all day with other conference choirs, culminating in a large group concert at 5pm. This is FREE and open to the public at Loomis High School. Come out and enjoy the music!

We have made a few changes to our school calendar. The calendar changes are as follows:

**Friday, February 13th, 2026 there will be an EARLY DISMISSAL at 12:00pm for students due to Elm Creek hosting Boys District Wrestling. The remainder of the afternoon will be a Staff Work Day.

**Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 will be a FULL school day for students and staff. (We previously had an 11:30am dismissal scheduled for this day.)

**Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 there will be NO SCHOOL for students due to Elm Creek hosting District Speech.

Link to Updated School Calendar: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M93EOcdjbyqARMduiuPirE_QKcWoM59-1YIrxSHDdo8/edit?usp=sharing

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call the main office. Thank you for understanding - As always, we appreciate your flexibility and support!

Early Bird One Act at Elm Creek today!

Buffalo Brew is in the house today! Stop by the school get a coffee and watch a play! Good luck to our Buffs at 730 this morning!

🌟Lunchroom Leaders!🌟 These students showed GOLD behavior at lunch this week. We are so proud of their great choices 👏🍎

The afternoon preschool class has been having fun learning about shapes. We created art with shapes. Then we created shapes with different materials.

The fifth grade trumpets had a visitor on Friday who played with them and helped out! Mia, (10th grade trumpet in HS band) thank you for mentoring the younger band students!

The afternoon preschool class has been having fun learning about shapes. We created art with shapes. Then we created shapes with different materials.

Elm Creek Schools is hosting a one-act festival on Monday, November 17th.
The event is open to the public.

Reminder..NO school tomorrow! Professional Development Day for teachers.

Good luck to our Play Production team tomorrow at Kearney High School. They perform at 2pm. Also please come out Monday and watch some great performers from schools around the area at the Elm Creek One Act Festival. We perform at 7:30am to start the day. The last performance is at 4:30pm. Here is that schedule.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZnmpbMIyrQLrS-EU1K3JuiGIMkMUkb0QERGoB8KeoVA/edit?usp=sharing

Mrs. Schopke's 3rd graders are learning about butterflies in their science unit! On this day, we made our own butterfly fossils with play dough! Then we measured our fossils and compared/contrasted them with photographs of real butterfly fossils!

Students competed in UNL Math Day and took home 2nd place in the Class D recreational division!!! They did an amazing job!

Remember to get your Winter Sports/Activities Buffs gear today!!

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Good luck to Play Production at Cozad today, and good luck to our math teams at UNL Math Day! Let's bring home some hardware!!

Get your Winter Buffs Store apparel today! Orders will be shipped within 1 to 2 business days directly to you. The store is open for 30 days. GO BUFFS!!

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/wogmxdHGRE

FYI.... the District D2 District Play Production competition has been moved from Saturday, December 6th to Friday, December 5th. This event is at North Platte Community College South Campus. We will perform at 9:00 am. I will send out more info and the address as we get closer.

We're so excited to partner with FirsTier Bank for our elementary savings program! It's not too late to join!

When should you keep your child home from school?

We have 6 football helmets that are expired for sale. These are decorations only and not for use. The cost is $50 a helmet. Let Mr Marquez know if you want one.