Mrs. Schopke's third graders are learning about Native Americans in their CKLA unit! Today, we were in groups to find the connection between the illustrations and our text!






Results from Wil-Hil track meet. Boys team 2nd place, girls team 2nd place, and boys and girls combined champions!!
Field events-
TJ- Quin 1st
LJ- Blake 6th
HJ- Quin 2nd (PR), Amber 2nd, Serenity 4th
PV- Keston 2nd
Shot- Brody 5th
Disc- Jace 5th
Track events-
4x8- 1st place- Kamden, Brett, Caleb, Braylen
100H- Kassidy 3rd
100- Olivia 1st
200- Olivia 1st, Amber 3rd
400- Amber 1st (PR), Serenity 3rd (PR)
800- Serenity 1st, Kamden 5th
1600- Brett 2nd
4x1- boys 5th- Chase, Kyler, Blaine, Ryan
4x4- girls 1st- Olivia, Amber, Vera, Serenity- boys 6th- Caleb, Brett, Jayden, Kamden





Thanks to the Elm Creek parents, students, teachers, and community members, the school was able to make a nice donation to our fire department!!! We are so thankful for all they do, not only for our community, but also others when duty calls! 💙🦬🚒💛

Congratulations to Kiefer for passing the Microsoft Excel exam! The exam is a nationally recognized timed exam.


A huge "Thank you" and shout out to Ms. Brandl for getting the library farm & animal books through an FFA grant! The kids will be so excited to read them!




What a great season Thomas has had. Although he didnt break finals, he still performed amazing in all his extemp rounds. Congrats on a great season!

Round 2 down. Another amazing extemp speech from Thomas! Keep it up!

Round one down at State Speech. Great job, Thomas!!


Good luck today at state speech, Thomas!

Congratulations to Mr. Marquez for receiving his state honorary degree at Nebraska State FFA! Elm Creek FFA


State FFA Agriscience Fair!
Emma Graddy 2nd
Braelyn Strong 1st
Sawyer McIntosh & Drake Fries 1st
Jaelyn Myers & Daelynn Bayne 1st
Ava Keim & Kinley Fouts 2nd
London Tool 3rd










Nebraska State FFA
NIFA Award, Connecting Chapter Award, and National Chapter! Way to go Elm Creek FFA!



FFA State Degrees! Congratulations Emma Graddy, Ava Hellriegel, Alex Meier and Aspen Tool! Elm Creek FFA








State FFA - EC FFA is in Lincoln! Poster sessions are in full swing! Elm Creek FFA








Don't forget to order your elementary kiddo's class shirt! These shirts are nice to have during elementary field day, class field trips and other class outings. 👕
The store closes on Friday, April 3rd at 11am. No late orders will be accepted.
🔗 https://elmcreekelementary2026.itemorder.com/

Tomorrow is deposit day for our students who participate in our in school savings program! 💰

‼️Reminder: We are still taking donations for the Elm Creek Fire Department until the end of the day tomorrow (March 25th). You are more than welcome to drop donations off at the office throughout the day, otherwise you can send your donation with your student and we will collect the items from teachers. Thank you for supporting our small town heroes!! 🔥🚒

Congratulations to Michael he was our top Kids Heart Challenge fundraiser this year. He raised $303.70 great job. The student's raised $3,500.00 for the American Heart Association. Thank you to everyone who got donations.

Help us welcome another familiar face as the new Head Boys & Girls Cross Country Coach. Coach Hillary Schlecht will take over for Coach Fries who decided to pass the torch. We are excited to have Coach Schlecht, and for the continued dedication to success she will bring the program. Congrats Hillary, you will help our kids do great things! 🦬💙🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃💨

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating a familiar face as our new Elm Creek Head Boys Basketball Coach. Trey Miner was a highly decorated player for the Buffs during his playing career. Since then he has been an assistant in our program for 5 years under Coach Cavenee. We are excited to move him into this role and know he will do great things! Good luck Trey. GO BUFFS!! 👏🦬🏀

