East Mills Community School District

Link to watch graduation: https://www.youtube.com/live/4CshPsAUgtA?si=HsWpwxBT4JMbSv97

Graduation for the Class of 2025 will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at East Mills. Parking will be available in the North and West parking lots, with overflow parking at Hillcrest Seed across from the school. East Mills vans will operate shuttles, and guests should enter through the main entrance at the West lobby.

Your East Mills Preschool class of 2025 and your future HS graduation class of 2038!

Get your state track gear! The deadline is this Sunday at midnight, and available for pickup by Wednesday afternoon. We won't know until later today if more athletes qualify per the state. If there are, we will get them added to the shirt. Thank you for the support!

Preschool graduation is today at 10 AM in the East Gym. It will be live on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/live/qswVgK673FM?feature=share

May is School Board Appreciation Month. Thank you for all you do for the East Mills CSD!

HS District Track meet tomorrow at Griswold starting at 4 PM. You must buy your tickets in advance at the website below. https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/iahsaa/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzYxNDA%3D

East Mills Scholarship Awards Program Tuesday May 13 10:00 am Parking is available for parents and guests in our north lot. Our west lot is reserved for presenters and those with special parking permits. Our east lot is reserved for food service delivery. Drop off and pick up will be available at our front doors (west) Thank you for your cooperation with parking Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/live/MCWQQ9izTnA?reload=9&feature=share

On Saturday, May 10th, 2025, Coaches Sally Stoakes and Sam Rasmussen took some of our Junior High track team (with previous qualifying times) to the Mike Henderson State Track meets in Waukee, IA. It was a beautiful day, and nearly all of our runners & jumpers scored personal records (PR)! Addilyn Loporcao medaled (top 6) in all 3 races she ran. She led the team by scoring all of the points, and our girls' team finished 15th out of 36 schools in the 7th-grade small school (1A & 2A) division. The coaches are very thankful for such supportive parents who came out for a HOT track meet that lasted over 8 hours. We are very proud of all of the athletes and their efforts today! What a day to be a Wolverine!!!

Elementary Wolverine Way winners this week!!

Pancake art in Mrs. Edwards classroom today!

East Mills Elementary is in search of a title math teacher. This is a new position!

Currently seeking a 6-12 special education teacher for the 25-26 school year!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to our amazing East Mills staff!

As the weather gets warmer outside, a reminder that we do have dress code rules and regulations that also align with board policy 502.1 There is a strong connection between a student’s appearance and his/her academic performance and conduct. Inappropriate student appearance may cause material and substantial disruption to the school environment or present a threat to the health and safety of students, employees, and visitors on school grounds. Students are expected to adhere to reasonable levels of cleanliness and modesty. Students are expected to wear clothing that is appropriate to and that does not disrupt the school or educational environment. Although this is not an attempt to include all items, the following types of clothes will be excluded: (1) Articles and clothing that display indecent pictures or slogans. (2) Clothing that permits inappropriate exposure of the body. Spaghetti straps, cutoffs, and midriff exposure are not acceptable attire in a business setting and therefore are not acceptable attire in the school setting. (3) Articles and clothing that could cause damage/injury to themselves or other students and/or disrupt the normal functioning of the school. (4) Bare feet or stocking feet. (5) Hats, caps, bandanas, hoods, etc. may not be worn in school. (6) Any item of clothing that advertises or promotes tobacco, alcohol, or controlled substances. (7) Articles and clothing that display double-meaning slogans. Students inappropriately dressed are required to change their clothing or leave the school. Under certain circumstances or during certain classes or activities, a stricter dress code may be appropriate for the student’s appearance. Students inappropriately dressed are required to change their clothing or leave the school. Repeat offenders will face disciplinary action.

On Friday, Mrs. Stoakes took 8 students to a new experience in entrepreneurship and education: DesignDash. The Iowa EdTech Collaborative and the Jacobson Institute at the University of Iowa present DesignDash, a startup event engaging high school students and educators in a one-day, fast-paced entrepreneurial excursion. The students all plan on attending again next year, and Mrs. Stoakes is hoping to add to the 8 students that attended this year!

Emree Goodman has won the Iowa Elks Association Drug Awareness post contest at the state level. Today, she was celebrated at school, receiving her prizes, certificates, a pizza party for her class, and treats for all the teachers. Nationals for Emree's contest is in July, she is in the top 42. Great Work Emree!!

Get signed up for the PTO 5K fun run and walk! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10MbnkQ95eNaKwUW6HVd7yOMMw2AVgWhHNta_z82l0QU/edit

East Mills Student Council is sponsoring "Fill the floatie" starting next week.