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The Second Grade class held a bake sale Thursday to raise money for the Vanderburgh Humane Society, Inc. They have raised over $600 so far!
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Looking Ahead
- Monday-Friday, March 19-23: Intersession
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Monday-Friday, March 26-30: Spring Break (no school)
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Tuesday, April 3: Junior Academic Super Bowl in Paoli from 5:00 pm-7:30 pm
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Thursday, April 5: 4th and 5th Grade States and Explorers Project Presentations from 1:30 pm-2:40 pm
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Friday, April 6: Upper School Play from 6:00 pm-9:00 pm
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Tuesday, April 10: Global Language National Honor Society Crepe Sale from 11:10 am-11:50 am
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Saturday, April 14: Manhattan Nights Gala at DoubleTree Evansville from 6:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Monday, April 16-Thursday, May 3: ISTEP Part 2, grades 3-10
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Saturday April 21: Prom at Boogie Nights from 8:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Saturday, April 28: Darlings and Dates Dance, 6:00-8:00 pm
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Each week, we share a tidbit of information about something that makes Evansville Day School "Independent. Bold. Rewarding." Please help us spread the word about Evansville Day School by sharing these stories on social media!
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Fourth Grade Giving Project wins Sam Featherstone Youth Award - Overall
Teacher Megan Collins Accepts Award at Celebration of Leadership Ceremony
Evansville Day School fourth grade teacher and alumna Megan Collins (Polz) 2008 was presented the Sam Featherstone Youth Award - Overall at Leadership Evansville's Celebration of Leadership ceremony Thursday evening.
Mrs. Collins was selected for the award for the Giving Project she uses as part of her curriculum annually. Students began the project with a $10 business loan from Legence Bank to create a small business in order to raise money for a charity of his or her choice. They select and research their charities, create a business plan of how they will raise money, execute the plan, then report their results to an audience of families, peers, and community supporters.
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Day School Community Highlights
Leilani Deem has decided to pursue her app design career full-time. therefore this will be her final year at EDS. Leilani has been a tremendous addition to our visual arts program, introducing outstanding projects and classes to Middle and Upper School students. She will be missed very much.
Silmary Echevarria will be relocating to Iowa this summer to join her
husband at Iowa State. We have been fortunate to have a native speaker
with considerable
experience in, and passion for, Spanish language and culture education.
Please join us in wishing Leilani and Silmary all the best in their exciting adventures to come!
Click on the button below to view descriptions for both positions.
The Opportunity Shop's last day is Saturday, March 17. Join us for an open house to celebrate this 59-year fixture of Day School. Stop by between 12 noon-5 pm to have a cookie, check out the remaining deals at 75% off, and thank Karen Krahling and her staff and volunteers for their service. If you'd like, wear your favorite item purchased at The Op Shop!
The faculty and staff would like to extend a huge "Thank you!" to the Friends of EDS and all the parents that went above and beyond to make us feel special this week!
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Primary School Announcements
The Primary School will be participating in a variety of Experiential Education activities as we celebrate our theme of Peace during the week of March 19-23. Dress code for the week will be jeans and spirit wear. This does not include sweats or leggings.
Beginning
Monday, March 19, students in the Primary School are encouraged to bring in loose change to donate to the Vanderburgh Humane Society.
Our goal is for students to see how each person's small effort can help make a big difference. If you are able to participate, please have your child bring donations to school next week.
Lunch forms for Primary School came home in folders this week. You may also access them electronically by clicking the button below. Please return forms with payment by
Wednesday, March 21.
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Middle & Upper School Announcements
The Upper School Drama Club will present "Squad Goals" by Don Zolidis as Italian Dinner Theatre in the Atrium on
April 6 at 6 pm. The one act comedy involves 15 students in grades 8-12. Tickets are available
only in advance from the front office or Mrs. Ferguson.
Evansville Day School prom will be held
Saturday, April 21 at Boogie Nights. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased 1 for $20 or 2 for $35 until
Friday, April 13. After that date the price will increase to 1 for $25 and 2 for $40. See Jayme, Lillian or Madiya to buy your tickets.
Middle School Intersession Dress Code
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday - Active wear (PE clothes)
- Wednesday, Thursday - Jeans and spirit wear
- All students should bring a sack lunch daily.
Eighth Graders Demonstrate Science of Sound
Eighth Graders participated in the Da Vinci Institute Evansville's STEAMing with Music program at the Children's Museum of Evansville (cMoe) Thursday and Friday.
As part of the eighth grade curriculum, students take a Design Thinking course at Day School and have designed exhibits to demonstrate the science of sound. Pictured here
Wyatt Zausch and Emma Troost demonstrate reflection and defraction of waves for students at the event.
Phillip Kulikov Wins at USI Science Fair
Evansville Day School sixth grader won second place in the junior division of Robotics, Computers and System Software with his science fair project on internet forensics titled "Is a Deleted File Gone Forever?".
Eighteen EDS students presented their science fair projects at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) Tri-State Science and Engineering Fair on March 8.
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