Great job by our drama department on their production of The SpongeBob Musical this weekend. Everyone involved did an amazing job. Also thank you to the seniors for their dedication to this program throughout high school.
Night three of SpongeBob the Musical! There is one more showing tomorrow at 2:00 pm. Don't miss this amazing production!
Senior Exam Notes/Graduation Information
**Here is the information regarding exams and graduation that was shared with seniors.
**Graduation is Wednesday, May 14th at 7:30 pm and tickets are required to enter.
EAWR Thespian Troupe 733 will present “The SpongeBob Musical” tonight Friday and Saturday at 7 pm. There will also be a Sunday Matinee at 2 pm. Tickets will be sold at the door: $10 for adults and $7 for students and children 5 and under are free.
Good luck to the EAWR Smash Bros Crew Battle Team as they compete in the IHSA state competition this weekend.
A very busy weekend for athletics. The Freeburg softball game today is TBA on location. If we move it to Freeburg it will be a 5 pm start. Good luck this weekend to our ESports Super Smash Bros Crew Battle Team as they will compete in the IHSA State Finals!
Congratulations to the following students who were "Caught Doing Great Things" recently here at school!
**Senior Spotlight**
--Kaidence Reef will be attending Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
--Lucas Rabe will be joining the United States Air Force
Good luck and do great things!!
(We will continue to spotlight seniors daily)
Friday, May 2
**Seniors: If you have received a scholarship that will not be presented at the Senior Assembly on Wednesday, May 7th, please stop by the Attendance Center and give the information to Mrs. Dixon so it can be read at the assembly. Also, if you are joining the Military after graduation, please give that information to her as well. Only information reported will be read at the Senior Assembly.
**The Senior Assembly is Wednesday, May 7th at 1:20 pm in the Memorial Gym and all senior families are invited to attend.
**The senior spotlight link has been shared with seniors multiple times through email. Please encourage your senior student to fill out the link so they can be highlighted on the webpage and facebook page.
**Senior finals are Thursday, May 8th hours 4-6 and Friday, May 9th early bird and hours 1-3. Remember that seniors MUST take all finals unless they have an A or a B in the class or are on the exemption list. All information is available to students in Google Drive.
**Graduation notes were shared with seniors in Google Drive plus copies of the notes can be picked up in the Guidance Office. All information about graduation practice, tickets, dress for the graduation ceremony, etc is included.
**Any student wanting to play football needs to attend a meeting today during academic lab in the CCC. We will hand out our summer schedule and talk about expectations.
**Hartford Elementary is looking for volunteers to help with their Spring Fling on Wednesday May 7th from 3:30-6:30 pm at Hartford Elementary School. If you are interested in volunteering please sign up in the Attendance Center.
**EAWR Thespian Troupe 733 will present “The SpongeBob Musical” tonight and tomorrow, at 7 pm. There will also be a Sunday Matinee at 2 pm. Tickets will be sold at the door: $10 for adults and $7 for students and children 5 and under are free.
**Yearbooks are still for sale for $60. Yearbooks can be purchased from the link on our school's homepage, or bring cash or check to Mr James in the art room M009. Yearbook distribution and the Ice Cream Social will be Monday, May 5th. A list of students that purchased yearbooks has been shared with students through email.
**Students, teacher appreciation week is next week. Please take the time this week to stop by the table in the east building to write a thank you note to a faculty or staff member at EAWR. You can write as many as you like and just drop them in the box on the table for Student Council to deliver.
Opening night of SpongeBob the Musical!
Today students from EAWR attended the Riverbend East Rotary Club lunch
Lillian Bock, Jace Burns, Eva Steiniger, and Hayden Smith Kirkpatrick attended the rotary RYLA Leadership Camp in April and had a great experience.
Also at the luncheon were EAWR's rotary scholarship recipients Cohl Barnes, Aiden Wright, and Riley Militello.
Oilers vs. Breese Central here at Memorial Stadium. A little later of a start due to storms that were in the area.
Congratulations to Matt Bruce on signing his letter of intent to golf at Lewis and Clark Community College. We all know he will do great things!!
EAWR is 1 of 5 High Schools selected to participate in the Invent 2 Prevent grant project. This program focuses on reducing bullying and violence within schools and communities.
Four students created an activity and presented to 8th Grade students at Lewis and Clark Junior High and East Alton Middle School.
Oiler P.A.T.H.S. is an interactive pick your path activity engaging students in a variety of scenarios with choices leading to different outcomes.
On May 19th, these students will compete against the other 4 schools at a chance to win $5000 towards the project as well as a trip to Washington D.C.
Venue change for today: Due to wet field conditions on the EAWR Baseball Field, Varsity Baseball today has been moved to Freeburg High School. The Oilers will be the home team and first pitch is scheduled for 5 pm with a 3 pm bus time.
This year's Spring Musical, The SpongeBob Musical, starts tonight Thursday the 1st, Friday the 2nd and Saturday the 3rd at 7 pm and Sunday the 4th at 2 pm in the auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students and children 5 and under free.
The cast performed a play teaser today for students and staff.
Here is our athletic schedule for today, Thu, May 1. There were no games yesterday.
**Senior Spotlight**
--Aiden Wright will be joining the Air Force National Guard
--Keira Johnson will be working at the Department of Rehabilitation Services
--Gwen Nunley will be pursuing the Culinary Arts
Good luck and do great things!!
(We will continue to spotlight seniors daily)
Senior Sunset-Class of 2025!! Due to the rain, we had to stay inside tonight, but the seniors still had fun as a class.
Senior Sunset Memorial Gym
It does look like we’re going to have to at least start senior sunset in the memorial gym. The outer door from the parking lot will be open. If weather clears up, we will move outside. See you from 6:30 to 8 PM tonight.