Our EM LifeSmarts team — Macy Howard, Hannah Petersen, Drake Clements, Will Fox, and Michael Hynes — had an incredible showing at the LifeSmarts National Championship in Chicago, April 24–27!
Out of 46 top teams, EM made it to the Sweet 16 and faced off against the #1 seed from Georgia. Final placings released 5/1: EM finished 5th in the nation!
Special shoutout to Hannah Petersen, who earned a $1,000 OTC Medicine Safety Scholarship for her outstanding leadership on a health safety project!
Huge congrats to our team for showing heart, skill, and spirit on the national stage. You made us proud, EM!
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Elmwood-Murdock Winter Sports All-Conference Honorees:
The E-M Knights JV team competed against Louisville JV yesterday at Grandpa's Woods. Jonas Schutte and Oscar Zierott came in first as a team with a score of 89. Jonas placed first individually with a 44, and Oscar placed second with a 45.
The EM Knights competed in the Palmyra Invitational yesterday, which had a gold and a silver division. The Knights gold division team finished with a score of 293, & the silver team finished with a 309. Drake Clements finished 8th individually, with a PR of 78.
Congratulations to these students on their success at State Journalism yesterday!
The E-M Knights competed at the Palmyra Quad yesterday @ Woodland Hills, finishing with a team score of 217.
The state Science Olympiad was held Saturday, April 26th at UNL's East Campus. The team of Layton Poppleton and Lucas Sensor placed 4th in Fossils and the team of Kate Stock and Megan Moline placed 3rd in Animal Groups and 6th in Crime Busters.
2025 District Music Contest. Great job to all participants!
Due to inclement weather, the high school track meet scheduled for Thursday, April 24, at Louisville, has been cancelled.
Due to inclement weather, the Lincoln Lutheran Golf Invite, scheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2025 at Crooked Creek Golf Course, has been cancelled.
The E-M Knights Varsity/JV competed at the ECNC Conference meet yesterday at Crooked Creek, coming in 4th as a team. Drake Clements placed 5th individually with a score of 84.
We celebrated our 3rd Quarter Honor Roll Lunches by returning to Pizza Ranch Monday and Wednesday, recognizing students for their hard work! Thank you to American Exchange Bank and Corn Growers State Bank for sponsoring the event!
Congratulations to the following E-M students on being selected to the NCPA Academic All-State for the winter season.
Kayden Bacon
Carson Towle
Annie Backemeyer
Brooklyn Mans
William Fox
Averi Hogue
Congratulations to the following @EMWomensBB team members who were honored by the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World Herald as Honorable Mention All-State. Brooklyn Mans, Brooke Goudie, Annie Backemeyer and Zoe Zierott.
May lunch and breakfast menus are now available. https://5il.co/3djfy
PTO Carnival
Elementary Student Council provided a clay artist for Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade students today.
The E-M Knights competed in the Exeter-Milligan/Friend Invitational at Friend Country Club today, coming in 10th place with a score of 418.
The EM FCCLA chapter had a successful State Leadership Conference, April 6-8 in Lincoln. Megan Moline and Lane Meister placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the FCCLA Personal Finance Knowledge test-Junior Level. Power of One recipients were Hayden Bauder, Ellie Meister, Hannah Petersen, and Kaia Sacco-Rohde. The chapter also received an award for increasing membership and a Junior Mints membership award for increasing junior high membership. Five students qualified in their STAR event for the National Conference in Orlando, FL, July 5-9, 2025.
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 Nebraska State College System Multi-Activity Student Award recipients.
