Edgewood City Schools

Edgewood City Schools Tuesday Tip 1/14/25

January is board member appreciation month and the staff at Edgewood City Schools would like to extend our gratitude to each of our current board members for the leadership and dedication they have in supporting our students, staff, and community. At last night's organizational meeting for the Edgewood Board of Education, Mr. Gary Gabbard was sworn in as Board President and Mr. Michael Pressler was sworn in as Vice President. Attached is a presentation containing all of the many improvements made to our district under the guidance of our Board- https://5il.co/351hd . Thank you all!

Mark you calendars future preschool and kindergarten families! On Wednesday, February 5th, there will be a Parent Information Night for Edgewood's future preschool and kindergarten students. This information night will help families understand when kindergarten enrollment begins, what is needed, etc. For preschool families this night will include information about our preschool lottery, how to enter your child in Edgewood's preschool lottery, and once your child has been selected what the next steps include. This is also a great time to learn more about the curriculum that both preschool and kindergarten uses here at Edgewood! Join us and learn more about the exciting first steps in your child's educational journey!

The Edgewood Choraliers will debut their highly anticipated competition show this Saturday, January 18th at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and students get in for free! There will also be a bonus performance from our middle school show choir, The Overtures! Don't miss the chance to support the music program and these amazingly dedicated students as they kick off their season!

Edgewood Families, Edgewood City Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 10th. Please see the attached message from Superintendent Kelly Spivey regarding this decision. https://5il.co/34j0w

Good Afternoon Edgewood Families, Edgewood City Schools will be on a 2-hr delay for Wednesday, January 8th. Our team has worked extremely hard to clear the parking lots and sidewalks for students and staff, but please continue to use caution as you enter and exit the buildings. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Attention Edgewood Community, Edgewood City Schools will be CLOSED on Tuesday, January 7th due to inclement weather.

Happy New Year from Edgewood City Schools! Please see the attached link to view the quarterly Superintendent Newsletter for January 2025: https://secure.smore.com/n/3n9duz

Happy Holidays from Edgewood City Schools!

Edgewood City Schools-Top 5 News December 2024. Click here to view the full article: https://5il.co/3308g

The Edgewood Hall of Fame will be inducting 3 new members for the 2024 Hall of Fame class. Tickets can be purchased in person at Edgewood High School from 8:00am-2:00pm Monday through Friday, or can be purchased online at https://edgewood.headlinesadx.com/ticketing/ tickets are $25.00 a piece. The Hall of Fame dinner ceremony will be Thursday, Jan. 16th in the Edgewood High School Cafeteria. Reception will start at 6:00pm, dinner will be served at 6:30pm, and the Hall of Fame ceremony will start at 7:15pm. Details on the new members can be found here: https://5il.co/315kr

Athletics Update! Sports events at Edgewood Friday, Dec. 13th. The boys basketball games against Franklin tonight will be played at Edgewood Middle School Gymnasium. Freshman at 4:30pm, JV at 6:00pm. and Varsity at 7:30pm. The 50th Annual Edgewood Wrestling Invitational will be at Edgewood High School. Wrestling will start at 5:30pm.

Spirit Week at EMS

Winter Break Food Boxes Flyer

Tuesday Tip 12/10/24- Finance Department

Good Morning! Varsity Track and Field is hosting a 2.5 mile fun run March 22, 2025 to raise funds to buy new track equipment. The theme is "Dynamic Duo's" and everyone is highly encouraged to dress as a famous couple/pair. There will be prizes for best costume, and race winners. The race starts at 10:00 with a children's race to follow. This is a whole family fun, community event with vendors, food trucks, inflatables and more. Please consider registering for the run or even if you don't want to run you can still register and get the t-shirt and just support a good cause! Feel free to share this with anyone you know to get the word out. Thank you! Here is the link for registration: https://dynamic-duos-fun-run.spiritsale.com/

Edgewood Community, It's that time again!!! The Edgewood Choir Boosters are raffling off a wreath that is covered in over $1000 worth of gift cards. One lucky winner will win it all. Tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. The drawing will be held on Dec 12th, so the winner has time to get all the goodies before the holidays. If you are interested please see any Choralier, Overture, or Offbeat for tickets. Or feel free to reach out to Carmen Fields- carmen.fields@edgewoodschools.net or Kayla Kinder- kayla.kinder@edgewoodschools.net for more information or help. We appreciate all of you supporting these amazing singers!

The 6th grade community service group at Edgewood Middle School helped create holiday bookmarks for the patrons of MidPointe Library in Trenton and for the other students of the EMS library. Thank you 6th graders!

Please see the December newsletter from Edgewood Primary

The EMS Community Service/Cougars in Action group went to EIS on Thursday December 8th. The kids had the opportunity to set up for the Santa Shop, lead character building activities in several 3rd and 4th grade classrooms, and have lunch with their 3rd grade Pen Pals. This was a great learning experience for our Middle School students as they demonstrated being Respectful, Responsible, Safe, and Kind!