Current 6th-11th grade students who are interested in cheerleading for the 2025-2026 season are invited to attend our Cheer Clinic on Saturday, April 12th from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the EPJ Gym. This is a great opportunity to attend a cheer practice, see what cheerleading is about, and prepare for tryouts. Attendance is strongly encouraged for those planning to try out. Pre-registration is REQUIRED; no walk-ins will be accepted. Please pick up a registration form from the Art Room and return it to Mrs. Leichtenberg by Friday, April 11th at 3:15 PM. We look forward to seeing you there!
There will also be tryout practices to go over tryout material after school on Monday, April 21st through Thursday, April 24th. Tryouts will take place on Friday, April 25th after school.
Educators Rising had great success this year at state competition. Three members qualified to attend the National conference in Orlando, Florida this June! Kayla S. qualified to compete in Teacher Created Material and Ava P. in Job Interview. Delaney T. was also nominated to be a state officer and serve as our SD Ed Rising secretary and will also get to attend Nationals.
To help offset the costs of this trip the students are doing a March Madness Hoop Mania fundraiser. The top 70 score cards and the bottom 5 score cards will win! You can win up to $500. Below you will find a link that each member has set up where you can purchase an E-Ticket for $10 to play and have some fun while watching the March Madness games and get a chance to win cash awards!
We would love your support in helping us raise funds for our trip to Orlando for our National Competition. Thank you for consideration.
Delaney T.-https://www.charitymania.com/give/LF04B-45
Ava P.-https://www.charitymania.com/give/LF04B-23
Kayla S.-https://www.charitymania.com/give/LF04B-22
For complete prizes or view the Hoops Mania official rules please check out the following link https://www.charitymania.com/OfficialRules.aspx#hm10
Reminder that the Spring Kickoff meeting will be tonight (Monday, March 10) at 6:30 pm in the HS gym. Athletes in grades 7-12 that are participating in track or golf and athletes in grades 8-12 participating in varsity softball are invited.
Due to current weather conditions & extended blizzard warning, EPJ School District will be closed today, Wednesday March 5th.
Due to the weather, Elk Point-Jefferson School will be two hours late tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5th.
RESCHEULED: EPJ @ Vermillion Region 4A First Round Boys Basketball. Tip-off is 6:00 pm. Link to the game from Fuller Digital is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKeI1mFYQk
The Region 4A Boys Basketball Region game that was scheduled for today (Tue., March 4) at Vermillion has been postponed due to weather. The game will be played on Thursday at Vermillion with a time TBD
The EPJ School District will be dismissing at 1:30 PM today, March 4th, due to the incoming winter storm. All evening activities are postponed at this time.
Spring Kickoff Meeting will be Monday, March 10 at 6:30 pm in the HS gym. JH Boys and Girls Golf, Varsity Girls Golf, Softball, JH Boys and Girls Track and Varsity Boys and Girls Track participants should plan to attend.
EPJ's Unified Special Olympics participated in the Area South Dakota basketball tournament on 3/1 in Harrisburg. The 3-on-3 team (Zaden R., Jackson S. & Kyle D.) won both of their games! Griffin S. participated in individual skills (dribbling, shooting & passing).
EPJ elementary is celebrating 'Read Across America Week' March 3-7. Monday's dress up theme was 'Reading is WILD! Dress up like a dinosaur or wild animal.' The SLC students paid them a visit with a prehistoric friend!
Attendance Matters! Did you know that:
Missing just 2 days per month (18 days per year) puts students at risk of falling behind.
Good attendance builds strong reading skills and future success.
Attendance habits start at home—set a routine and make school a priority!
Every school day missed is a missed opportunity to learn, connect, and grow!
Read these 10 facts about school attendance!
https://www.attendanceworks.org/chronic-absence/the-problem/10-facts-about-school-attendance/
EPJ Boys Basketball travels to Vermillion for the first round of the Region 4A Tournament. Game time is 5:30 pm due to weather concerns. Here is the link for the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEKeI1mFYQk
EPJ hosts Lennox in the first round of the Region 4A Girls Basketball Tournament. Tip-off is 7:00 p m. Here is the link to the game from Fuller Digital Solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTm4hC42yqw
Congrats to Coach Adam Timmins, Offensive Coordinator at Elk Point-Jefferson, on winning the 2025 South Dakota High School Broyles Award! The Broyles award is a national award honoring the top assistant coaches in HS football!
Educator Rising students competed Sunday Feb 23 at Dakota State University in Madison. Two of our EPJ students qualified for Nationals which will be held in Orlando, FL in June. Both Ava P. and Kayla S. received a Gold honor and both qualified for nationals. Ava qualified with Job Interview and Kayla with Teacher Created Material. Team of Kylee P./Camryn N., individuals Haley H., and Gracelynn B. all earned a Gold honor in Interactive Bulletin board. Gracelynn also competed in Children's Literature and earned a Silver honor. Delaney T. engaged in 4 rounds of interviews and was elected as our State South Dakota representative where she will serve as our SD Chapters secretary. Lastly, EPJ's Educators Rising Chapter received an Outstanding Chapter GOLD LEVEL award! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! Mrs. Stabe was super proud of all the hard work and effort each of these students put into their projects and preparations for State. Special thanks to SD Ed Rising board of directors for putting on an inspiring competition and expo!
Art students Emma K., Libby W., and Chloe B. traveled to USD today to compete in Art Wars. They competed in three different categories between all three of them: Drawing, Digital, and Painting. For each category, they received a prompt on the spot and then had to create a work of art in the medium within one 1 hour 45 minute session. EPJ was very well represented through these talented artists!
Mrs. Pierce's Explore class has been busy! To highlight two events: they dug deep into microscopes and were to work as groups to collaborate a structurally sound spaghetti structure to withstand earth movement.
7th grade FACS students made their first sewing project.
SURPRISE! It was "Dress like the students" day today for the EPJ staff! The SLC staff all dressed up like Yixian! Happy Fri-YAY!
