Monday, February 27, 2023
**Hey Students, the IHSA esports sectionals are coming up soon. We need to fill teams in Rocket League, SMASH Singles and SMASH Ultimate Crew Battle, NBA 2K, FIFA, and Mario Kart. If you are interested in playing any of these games and would like to try for a state championship, see Coach Drew or Mattix-Wand in the CCC.
**Spirit Club Members--Please meet in the courtyard at the start of academic lab on Wednesday for a group yearbook picture.
**The after school tutoring is available everyday after school in room E118.
**Practices begin today for spring sports. Those sports are baseball, softball, and girls soccer. Track & Field has been underway with indoor season for a while now but students may still join for outdoor season. Everyone must be registered on Snap Manage (formerly known as 8to18) and have a current physical.
King’s Dance 2023. Congratulations Jakob Gerber on being crowned King of Hearts!!
Great job by EAWR's Student Council decorating for the King's Dance tomorrow night--Night at the Movies
Thursday, February 23, 2023
**The King's Dance will be held this Saturday from 7-10 pm in the East Building Courtyard. Tickets for the dance will be on sale this week from Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels, during academic lab and after school. Tickets are $10 each. There will be NO tickets sold at the door. Guest forms were due last Friday and only approved guests may attend.
**Reminder to vote for King of Hearts in the East Building courtyard. Place donations into your favorite candidates box. Whichever candidate collects the most money wins King of Hearts! This year Big Sisters will be donating all money raised to a local charity.
**Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels are looking for a student to work the refreshment table at the King's Dance. If you would like to help, please email one of them asap! If you help, you will not have to pay for a ticket to get in.
**Seniors: We are needing volunteers this week at the Regional Basketball games tomorrow from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. If interested please email Mrs. Robinson.
**Students, Mrs. Kinkel will be unavailable today after school for community service hours. She will add the days she will be available to next Monday’s announcements and to the Google classroom page.
**Tomorrow is a half day with an 11:25 dismissal.
There are no games scheduled for today.
Baseball, softball, and girls soccer begin next Monday. Students must be registered for one of those sports online at il.8to18.com/eawr and have a current physical on file in the nurse's office to practice.
Track is underway and students may still register to join.
Congratulations to these students! They were referred to the office for being "Caught Doing Great Things".
Congratulations to Seth Slayden on being Midwest Members CU Oiler Of The Month.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
**The King's Dance will be held this Saturday from 7-10 pm in the East Building Courtyard. Tickets for the dance will be on sale this week from Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels, during academic lab and after school. Tickets are $10 each. There will be NO tickets sold at the door.
**Reminder to vote for King of Hearts in the East Building courtyard. Place donations into your favorite candidates box. Whichever candidate collects the most money wins King of Hearts! This year Big Sisters will be donating all money raised to a local charity.
**Seniors in need of service hours: Mrs. Kinkel needs help preparing for the upcoming Community Day. She is available after school today and tomorrow. Meet in E110 after school if you are interested in earning hours.
**Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels are looking for a student to work the refreshment table at the King's Dance. If you would like to help, please email one of them asap! If you help, you will not have to pay for a ticket to get in.
Seniors: We are needing volunteers this week at the Regional Basketball games.--today from 5 pm-8:30 pm, and Friday from 6 pm-8:30 pm. If interested please email Mrs Robinson.
**This Friday is a half day with an 11:25 dismissal.
Spring sports begin next Monday, except track & field which is underway now with indoor season. Coach Colona would like to meet with anyone interested in joining track & field after school today in the Courtyard.
Students who want to play a spring sport must register online for the sport they want to play and have a current physical. Directions are included with this post.
Some of our Jr. Oiler girls went to the U of I women's basketball game.
They brought OilerNation to the State Farm Center to cheer on the Fight Illini women's basketball team. A great experience for the girls!
EAWR will play host to Roxana tomorrow in the IHSA Regionals. Tipoff is at 4 o'clock and admission is $5 for everyone. No passes will be accepted at the IHSA event.
Congratulations to the following students who were "Caught Doing Great Things". They were called down to the attendance center to receive the news from Mr. Beatty and informed of which faculty/staff person referred them. Nice work you four! Keep doing great things!
Here is the athletic schedule for the weekend. Let's go Oilers!
Mr. Forsting's US History 3 class is visiting the history museum in St. Louis today.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
**The King's Dance will be held on Saturday, February 25th from 7-10 pm in the East Building Courtyard. Tickets for the dance will be on sale the week of February 20th from Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels, during academic lab and after school. Tickets are $10 each. There will be NO tickets sold at the door. Guest forms for the dance are available outside of Mrs. Timmins's room and due back no later than this Friday, February 17th. Guests are all non-EAWR students and rules for guests are on the form.
**Seniors: Mrs. Robinson is needing volunteers to help at the basketball regionals tonight from 6:30-8:30 pm and Saturday from 3:30-6 pm. If you can volunteer please email Mrs. Robinson.
**Seniors, if you have any brothers or sisters at EAWR and would like to have your picture on the Sibling Rivalry page of the yearbook, schedule a photo shoot with Mr. James this week by sending him an email with the names of your siblings.
**Voting has begun for King of Hearts in the East Building courtyard. Place donations into your favorite candidates box. Whichever candidate collects the most money wins King of Hearts! This year Big Sisters will be donating all money raised to a local charity.
**Seniors in need of service hours: Mrs. Kinkel needs help preparing for the upcoming Community Day. She is available after school most days from 2:30-4. Please email her at nkinkel@eawr.org if interested. Tasks will include folding and sorting clothes in her classroom.
**Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels are looking for 2 students to work the refreshment table at the King's Dance. If you would like to help, please email one of them asap! If you help, you will not have to pay for a ticket to get in.
**The Drumline will be performing their blacklight piece on Friday during academic lab in the Auditorium. If you are interested in coming, please bring your students over at 11.
Here is the schedule for today. Good luck to everyone!
Congratulations to all of the Renaissance winners.
We had a great send off for Drake Champlin today! Good luck at State!
These students received referrals for being "Caught Doing Great Things". They each met with Mr. Beatty to receive the good news and they each received a gift certificate to the Oiler Express Cafe. We are proud of our Oilers!
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
**The King's Dance will be held on Saturday, February 25th from 7-10 pm in the East Building Courtyard. Tickets for the dance will be on sale the week of February 20th from Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels, during academic lab and after school. Tickets are $10 each. There will be NO tickets sold at the door. Guest forms for the dance are available outside of Mrs. Timmins's room and due back no later than this Friday, February 17th. Guests are all non-EAWR students and rules for guests are on the form.
**Students will take the 5 Essentials survey during 3rd hour/academic lab today so there should be no meetings and students shouldn't be leaving academic lab. Students will be emailed the link and directions. Teachers have the directions and the student roster with student IDs (not EAWR ID) shared in Google Drive. Hard copies of both are also in the attendance office and main office.
**Seniors: Mrs. Robinson is needing volunteers to help at the basketball regionals tomorrow from 6:30-8:30 pm and Saturday from 3:30-6 pm. If you can volunteer please email Mrs. Robinson.
**Today is the assembly to honor the 2022-2023 first semester Renaissance winners. The assembly will be held at 1:00 in the Auditorium. Teachers should all have a list of the Renaissance students and will need to dismiss those attending at 12:50.
**Seniors, if you have any brothers or sisters at EAWR and would like to have your picture on the Sibling Rivalry page of the yearbook, schedule a photo shoot with Mr. James this week by sending him an email with the names of your siblings.
**Voting has begun for King of Hearts in the East Building courtyard. Place donations into your favorite candidates box. Whichever candidate collects the most money wins King of Hearts! This year Big Sisters will be donating all money raised to a local charity.
**Seniors in need of service hours: Mrs. Kinkel needs help preparing for the upcoming Community Day. She is available after school most days from 2:30-4. Please email her at nkinkel@eawr.org if interested. Tasks will include folding and sorting clothes in her classroom.
**Mrs. Timmins and Mr. Daniels are looking for 2 students to work the refreshment table at the King's Dance. If you would like to help, please email one of them asap! If you help, you will not have to pay for a ticket to get in.
**We will have our state send off for Drake Champlin today at 2:20. We will make an announcement at 2:15 for classes to come to the courtyard. There are no games on the schedule for today.
