East Union Community Schools

There will be a JH baseball and football meeting for any boys in grades 6-8 planning to play JH Baseball this summer, or football next season on Wednesday 3/11 during homeroom in the concourse with Coach Nate and Coach Ben. If you're unable to attend, but plan to play, please let Coach Ben or Nate know.

School Update: Just a reminder that we HAVE school this Monday (March 9) but NO school next Friday (March 13).

Also, don’t forget to set your clocks AHEAD one hour this Sunday for Daylight Savings!

High school students participated in a College Fair on Wednesday and a Career Fair on Thursday this week. Each student was able to pick 5 colleges and 5 careers that they wanted to learn more about. Students learned a lot and even won some prizes throughout the week! We appreciate everyone that came to help our high school students learn about all of the different routes they could take after high school!

7th grade students visited the Union County Courthouse as their final trip of College & Career Week! They got to meet a lot of people in different offices and learned so much about Union County! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time today to talk to our students! We had a blast!

6th graders go to visit Creston Specialty Care today as their final field trip of College & Career Week! They had a blast learning about the facility and everything that goes into keeping things running smoothly. An added bonus was that they got to play BINGO with residents and staff! Thank you Creston Specialty Care for hosting us today!

As part of College & Career Week, 8th grade students got to visit Green Valley State Park, Hull Monument, and ASPIRE More. They got to learn about jobs in conservation, how to start your own business, and all of the amazing products and resources ASPIRE has to offer. Thank you all for taking time out of your day to let us see your facilities and explain your careers!

Phenomenal day of District Speech for our community!! East Union hosted Individual Events again this year! 🩵🦅🤍
Out of our 26 events, 1️⃣8️⃣events received Division 1 ratings and will advance to State Individual Events. State Individual Events will be Saturday, March 14th at Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson School.

Receiving a 1 rating, performing exceptionally well are 18events.
Olivia Findley- Storytelling & Reviewing
Gabe Lauffer- Prose
Dallas Harper- Lit Program
Khloe Parker- Radio News Announcing & Storytelling
Brock Driskill- Public Address & Expository Address
Aiden Denton- After Dinner Speaking & Radio News Announcing
Lexi Hansen- Prose & Poetry
Rebecca Young- Storytelling
Maria Long- Prose
Carter Harper- Prose
Cyler Wueber- Radio News Announcing & Lit Program
Anthony Pantoja- Poetry

Receiving a 2 rating, performing very well were 8 other events.
Rebecca Young- Poetry
Carter Harper- Public Address
Adam McNeill- Public Address
Reese Guiter- Videocasting
Gabe Lauffer- Videocasting
Anthony Pantoja- Expository Address
Riley Cheers- Solo Musical Theatre
Peyton Cunningham- Solo Musical Theatre

IHSSA All-State Festival! 💚🎭
Saturday, February 21st our East Union Speech Team traveled to Iowa State University for the All-State Festival.
Highlights:
✨ Our East Union Television Newscasting team received Special Recognition for their All-State Newscast, “Strange Things.”
✨ Mrs. McCollough was a Room Chair in the Television Newscasting and and Radio Broadcast with critic, Olivia Tyler, KCCI Channel 8 News.
An unforgettable experience surrounded by some of the very best talent in the state of Iowa.
What a moment for East Union Speech. 💚🦅🤍

Our East Union Speech team participated in the Pride of Iowa Individual Speech contest on Tuesday @ Corning, SWV.
🎭 Students performed in 21 events.
🎭 We received 14- I ratings and 7- II ratings.
🎭 We had 3 students receive an Outstanding Performance Award. Khloe Parker in Radio News, Olivia Findley in Storytelling, and Lexi Hansen in Poetry.

Today, we held another official collegiate signing for one of our Eagle student athletes, taking their talents to the next level! This one for Quynn Foster. She will continue her academic and wrestling career at Illinois Wesleyan University. Your dedication, discipline, and hard work has paid off — and Eagle Nation is proud of you! Congratulations Quynn! 🦅

As part of College & Career Week, 6th grade students got to visit the Creston and Afton Fire Departments today! They took a tour of the facilities, got to see lots of cool equipment, and learned about what it takes to be a first responder. We even got special appearances from Afton police officer, Jake McGuire and East Union seniors, Jase Pettit and Gaige Mohr! Thank you all for volunteering your time today to show our students around!

Correction to the High School Basketball Awards night & player/Coach game! It will be Tomorrow night, this Friday night, FEBRUARY 27th at 7 pm. I mistakenly listed it as March in the last message.

We are excited to announce Justin Jeffs as the next shared superintendent for East Union and Murray CSD! With 15 years of leadership experience, he is ready to lead our districts starting July 1. Read more here:

Eagle Nation! Our Spring apparel store is live! The store closes Wednesday, March 4th @ Noon! No late orders will be accepted. You can purchase apparel for golf, track, and general EU items. (Note: the back of the girls' track apparel will be updated before print.) Please click the tabs to view all items and apparel options. The money raised will go to each team. Thank you for your continued support of Eagle Athletics!

https://stores.inksoft.com/east_union_spring_sports_store/shop/home

Join us for a Blood Drive Thursday, February 26th from 9am - 2pm and help support the East Union high school! Call (641) 347-8421 to make an appointment or scan the QR code!

The High School Basketball Awards night and Player vs. Coach game will be this Friday night, March 27th at 7 pm! Come have some fun watching the coaches take down the players!

For more info or to sign up, call Tammy Ross at 641-340-0484.

Reminder : 3-6th Grade Rec Baseball and Softball signups are due March 2. Click the registration link below to sign up.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFcRSMDpRBHVqhPkkOQAfkoiDWX5nMl02B1WmN0I261WWQdg/viewform