Testing Week at EHS

The week of March 5 is testing week at EHS. Our 11th grade students will be taking the Michigan Merit Exam on March 6-8. They take the American College Test (ACT) on Tuesday, March 6; the ACT WorkKeys exam on March 7 and three short Michigan tests on March 8. It is very important for our 11th graders to attend these three days of testing. We start serving breakfast for our 11th graders in our commons at 7:15 a.m. on March 6-8 and they will move to their testing rooms at approximately 8:00 a.m. each day.

To start better preparing our younger students for the ACT, we will be giving the EXPLORE (http://www.actstudent.org/explore) test to our 8th graders and the PLAN (http://www.actstudent.org/plan) test to our 9th and 10th graders on Tuesday, March 6. The EXPLORE and PLAN test are mini-versions of the ACT that tell us how prepared a student is for the full ACT. These tests help school staff by providing us with a detailed list of content areas our students need more instruction in. It helps our students because the ACT corporation provides our students and their parents with a detailed report on the student's score and advice on how to improve in each content area. Watch for these reports to be mailed home in late April.

Music Programs at EHS

I am always surprised at how much I enjoy watching the Grammy's each year. The variety of acts and combination of artists they put together always amaze me. As I sit hear tonight I am struck by how fortunate my children are to go to the Escanaba High School and be exposed to the variety of musical opportunities our students enjoy. One of my sons enjoyed playing the viola in our Orchestra program. My other son currently plays the trumpet and looks forward to joining the vocal music program next year with sights on trying out for the fall musical. My children have had a better high school experience due to their exposure to the fine arts. I know hundreds of other parents in Escanaba would say the same thing about their children. For that I want to thank our talented fine arts instructors; John Beck, Bruce Cassell, Janet MacKenzie, Laura Robinson and Lynn Soderberg. They all have a passion for the arts and put in many long days working with our students. I thank them for a job well done.  


Meetings and Events at EHS this week
Monday, February 13 - National Honor Society Induction Ceremony in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14 - JV and Varsity Boys Basketball at home against West Iron County - The JV's start at 6:00 p.m. with the varsity game to follow
Wednesday, February 15 - High School Bands concert in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. 

Scheduling Information Meetings

We are starting the scheduling process at EHS for the 2012-2013 school year. To help parents understand the Michigan Merit Curriculum and the opportunities we have to customize student schedules, we are having two parent informational meetings on Monday, February 6. If your child is currently in grades 8 or 9, please join us in the EHS auditorium at 6:00 p.m. If your child is currently in grades 10 or 11, please join us in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. I will give a short presentation on the Michigan Merit Curriculum at EHS in both sessions and spend the remaining time answering questions. Please call me at 786-6521 ext. 1119 or e-mail me at leisenring@eskymos.com if you have questions about your child's schedule and cannot join us on February 6.

First Semester Exams at EHS

9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Graders at EHS will take their first semester exams on Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19. They will take their 1st, 3rd and 5th hour exams on January 18 and their 2nd, 4th and 6th hour exams on January 19. 8th grade students will only take exams if they are enrolled in high school classes such as Health, Algebra 1 or World History.

School will start 20 minutes later at EHS for all grades on the two exam days. The first exam/class each day will start at 7:55 a.m. instead of our regular starting time of 7:35 a.m. Our busses will still run on their normal schedules and we will release our students at our normal time of 2:23 p.m. There will be no changes to the start and end times at the Middle School or our elementary schools during these two days.

We have an expanded lunch period during exam days from 11:35 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. Freshman will be allowed to leave campus for lunch but the 8th grade students will be expected to stay on campus. Mrs. Griebel and the 8th grade teaching staff are planning activities for our 8th grade students after they finish their lunches.

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. You can e-mail me at leisenring@eskymos.com or call me at 786-6521 ext. 1119.

Meetings and Events at EHS this week
Monday, January 9 - Our boys basketball teams are at home against Menominee. They are playing a triple-header with the freshman game starting at 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday, January 10 - There is a Project Graduation meeting in the library at 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 11 - There is a College Application and Financial Aid seminar in the Heirman Center of Bay College at 6:30 p.m. This meeting is meant for all area 12th grade students and their parents regardless of where the students are planning to go to college.
Friday, January 13 - Our girls basketball teams are at home against Kingsford. The freshman and JV teams start at 6:00 p.m. (The freshman will play at our Middle School) with the varsity game expected to start at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 14 - Our boys and girls bowling teams are at home hosting the Escanaba Invitational. The first games start at 11:00 a.m. at the Bowl-a-Rama.
Saturday, January 14 - Our boys basketball teams are at home against Sault Ste. Marie. The freshman and JV teams start at 1:00 p.m. (The freshman will play at our Middle School) with the varsity game expected to start at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 14 - We are having the SnoBall dance for our 9th-12th graders in our commons from 8:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m.

EHS Parent Advisory Committee

We would appreciate more parent input on issues, procedures and policies at EHS. Please join us at our next meeting of the EHS Parent Advisory Committee this Wednesday, January 4. We will meet in the library at 7:00 p.m. We will be discussing the transition of our school into a 7th-12th grade facility next year and also take a short tour of the A-section construction. We hope to see you there.

Events at EHS this week
Thursday, January 5 - The boys basketball teams are at home against Negaunee. The freshman start at 4:15 p.m. with the JV and varsity games to follow.
Thursday, January 5 through Saturday, January 7 - The varsity hockey team is hosting the Dick Johnsen Memorial Hockey Tournament. We had a team cancel so there will be single games on Thursday and Friday with the championship game on Saturday afternoon. 
Friday, January 6 - The girls basketball teams are at home against Gladstone. The freshman start at 4:15 p.m. with the JV and varsity games to follow.
Saturday, January 7 - The wrestling team is at home hosting the Escanaba Elks Invitational. The opening matches start at 10:00 a.m. 

Student Scheduling Survey

EHS Students,

Please click on the link below to take our scheduling survey.

EHS Student Scheduling Survey

EHS Text Messaging Service

The new and improved EHS text messaging service is ready to go. We use this service to notify students and their parents about upcoming events and school closures. There will be separate lists of announcements for students and parents. If you would like to join the parent's text messaging list, send a text message with the word eskymos to 69302. If you would like to join the student's text messaging list, send a text message with the word esky to 69302. If you are successful, you will receive two text messages from our texting service within a couple minutes of sending your registration text. We promise not to send you too many texts but we will use this service for school closures and other important events at EHS. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. You can e-mail me at leisenring@eskymos.com or call me at 786-6521 ext. 1119.

Upcoming Home Events at EHS
Tuesday, December 20 - Chorus/Chorale Holiday Concert - 8:00 p.m. - EHS Auditorium
Wednesday, December 28 - Esky Holiday Quad Gymnastics Meet - 6:00 p.m. - EHS Gym