East Union Community Schools

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

Eagle Activities 2/23 - 2/28

East Union will have a 2 hour delay this morning.

Attention Archers -- There will be no practice tomorrow (Friday 2/20) morning.

East Union & Murray CSD Update: We are pleased to announce that three finalists have been selected for our shared superintendent position. Finalist interviews with the boards and stakeholder teams will take place on Feb. 24, with the new leader set to begin on July 1. View the full announcement and finalist biographies here:

Congratulations to our East Union Academic Team! They traveled to Murray and competed on Wednesday, February 18th, and placed 3rd in the Academic Bowl. Academic members include: Khloe Parker, Braxdyn Tucker, Brock Driskill, Zayne Eslinger, Aiden Denton, and Cyler Wuebker.

Our FFA members traveled to Lenox for subdistricts on Tuesday, February 17th. It was a great day, with several events moving on to Districts.
•Parliamentary Procedure Team consisting of Brock, Gwen, Mia, Rebecca, and Maria received Silver and advanced to Districts
•Conduct of Meetings Team consisting of Hayleigh, Kaelee, Aimes, Peyton, Zoey, Lane, and Emma received Gold and advanced to Districts
•Chapter Program team consisting of Marissa, Cheyenne, and Liam received silver and are alternates to Districts
•Ronnie Riemenschneider received Gold and advanced to Districts in Arc Welding
•Katy Gennaro received gold and is an alternate to districts in the Creed Speaking
•Olivia Findley received silver in Ag Broadcasting
•Aiden Denton received Silver in Job Interview and is an Alternate to districts
•Cyler Wuebker received Silver in Extemporaneous Speaking and is an alternate to districts