The seniors are excited to wear these first responder jerseys this Friday night vs. Harrisburg! The name plate on the back says "Protect and Serve". Let's pack Memorial Stadium to honor first responders and to cheer on our Oilers!


Happy Tuesday OilerNation. Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Have a great day!

Cross Country competed in their first race of the season yesterday at Okaw Valley Park in the New Athens Invitational. Everyone ran well! Click the link for full results. https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/209518/results

Results from Monday and today's schedule.


Tuesday, August 23, 2022
**The first Drama Club meeting will be this Thursday at 5pm in the theater This will be an informational meeting for anyone already a member or new students looking to join.
**Juniors and Seniors: Would you like to be the next Oiler Dan? If you have a lot of spirit and would like to try out, sign up in the attendance center.
**The East Alton First United Methodist Church located at 1001 Third Street in East Alton (across from Eastwood School) is looking for volunteers to help with outside yard clean up from 9-11 am this Saturday, August 27th. If you are interested in volunteering please sign up in the Attendance Center located in the East Building.
**If you want to join Student Council, applications are due THIS WEDNESDAY by the end of the day. Even if you were in Student Council last year, you must complete a new application. Applications were emailed to all students by Mrs. Robinson.
**This Friday is our first home football game and Spirit Club is sponsoring a tailgate party with free hot dogs, chips, and soda/water for all EAWR students and staff in the bus circle from 6:15-6:45. The theme for the game is maroon and gold and Spirit Club would like all EAWR students to sit in the student section located at the north end of the stadium. Also students will line up on the field for pre-game by 6:45 pm.
**Students can purchase a fall athletic pass from the Attendance Center for $5. This pass will allow an EAWR student into all fall home games for $5 (football/volleyball) except for IHSA contests. All fall athletes and band members get into fall events for free.
**Every Friday is maroon and gold day! Wear maroon and gold and support your Oilers!!
The soccer season is underway! Playing Lebanon here in the Roxana Tournament.



Good morning OilerNation! Happy Monday! Always remember to be kinder than necessary. Have a fantastic day!

Monday, August 22, 2022
**Juniors and Seniors: Would you like to be the next Oiler Dan? If you have a lot of spirit and would like to try out, sign up in the attendance center.
**The East Alton First United Methodist Church located at 1001 Third Street in East Alton (across from Eastwood School) is looking for volunteers to help with outside yard clean up from 9-11 am this Saturday, August 27th. If you are interested in volunteering please sign up in the Attendance Center located in the East Building.
**All students should have received an email from Mrs. Robinson with the student council application. If you are interested in joining the council, fill that out and submit it by THIS WEDNESDAY at the end of the day. We will begin meetings next Thursday during academic lab.
**This Friday is our first home football game and Spirit Club is sponsoring a tailgate party with free hot dogs, chips, and soda/water for all EAWR students and staff in the bus circle from 6:15-6:45. The theme for the game is maroon and gold and Spirit Club would like all EAWR students to sit in the student section located at the north end of the stadium. Also students will line up on the field for pre-game by 6:45 pm.
**Students can purchase a fall athletic pass from the Attendance Center for $5. This pass will allow an EAWR student into all fall home games for $5 (football/volleyball) except for IHSA contests. All fall athletes and band members get into fall events for free.

Junior Oilers girls basketball open gym in Memorial Gym this Sunday afternoon. They’ll meet every other Sunday from 2-4 and this is open to 2nd-5th grade girls in the Oiler Nation districts.




On Friday night, the EAWR JFL presented the football program and the athletic department with $500 checks. $500 will go to offset the cost of paint for the field and $500 as a donation to the football team. Good luck to all our JFL teams this fall and thank you for this donation.


Meet The Oilers—Cheer and Football


Meet The Oilers—Band, Cross Country, Golf, Tennis




Meet The Oilers—Soccer Scrimmage


Meet The Oilers Night kicked off at 5:30 with volleyball. The next activity starts at 6:45 at Memorial Stadium.



JR. Oilers girls basketball students living within the OilerNation districts are invited to attend the following open gyms here at Memorial Gym. Let's pack the gym, learn some new basketball skills, and have some fun!

We appreciate our partnership with Mike Fahnestock State Farm. He presented AD Mark Beatty with a check today for our new media backdrop. Mike also donates to many other projects for EAWR and OilerNation.


Mr James art class was practicing pencil shading drawings of a shoe 2nd hour today.

OilerNation come one, come all... It's Maroon and Gold Friday! Show your Oiler spirit today and remember to DO GREAT HINGS!

Here are the results from last night's competition. On the schedule this weekend is our annual Meet the Oilers Night. Admission is free.


Friday, August 19, 2022
**Juniors and Seniors: Would you like to be the next Oiler Dan? If you have a lot of spirit and would like to try out, sign up in the attendance center.
**The East Alton First United Methodist Church located at 1001 Third Street in East Alton (across from Eastwood School) is looking for volunteers to help with outside yard clean up from 9-11 am on Saturday, August 27th. If you are interested in volunteering please sign up in the Attendance Center located in the East Building.

