East Palestine Middle School

2022 EPMS Open House details! We are very excited to see all of our students & families! 📚🏫

Students entering grades 7 & 8 this fall that were selected for the MS cheerleading squad, there will be a meeting Thursday July 28th @ 6:30 PM at Reid Memorial Stadium for students and their parents

Students entering grades 7 & 8 this fall that are interested in cheerleading, there will be a meeting Thursday July 28th @ 6:30 PM at Reid Memorial Stadium for all students who are interested and their parents

The Bulldog Band is back in business! All students should attend; forms (available at the band rm) and fees should be turned in. Here is the EPHS Band July practice schedule: Wed July 13 & Thurs July 14 FULL BAND 9am-noon July 17-22 BAND CAMP @ Thiel College (depart 1pm on 7/17, return approx 2:30 pm on 7/22) Wed July 27 FULL BAND 9am-noon AND 6:30-9:30 pm Thurs July 28 FULL BAND 9am-noon All practices starting August 1 will be from 6:30-9 pm. If you participate in another sport, let us know; we will work with you! Be sure to bring a water bottle with your name on it to all practices, and wear good athletic shoes for marching (no flip-flops or crocs). #epbb2022 #forwardbulldogs Please email Mrs. Mollenkopf if you have any questions or concerns. Jennifer.Mollenkopf@epschools.k12.oh.us Let's Go Dogs!

If a student-athlete plans to participate on a school sponsored athletic team during the 22-23 school year, you will need to complete all online paperwork and have a sports physical completed. Here is the link for the online district and OHSAA paper work https://www.familyid.com/organizations/east-palestine-city-schools-athletics Here is the link for the sports physical forms https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1006/EPSD/2031042/2022-23PPE_English_.pdf

Good evening East Palestine families, this is Mr. Neifer, EPCSD Superintendent. ● I wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow, June 2nd, marks the last day of school for the 2021-22 school year. Tomorrow is an Early release day. The middle school and high school will be dismissed at 12:55, and the elementary school will be dismissed at 1:55. ● I want to thank everyone for your continued cooperation and support which led to another successful school year. On Behalf of the entire East Palestine Administration and Staff I want to wish everyone a safe and relaxing summer break. Stay safe, stay healthy, and as always GO BULLDOGS!!!

Congratulations to the Following MS student-athletes: Drew Bycroft won the EOAC MS Conference meet in Long Jump with a best jump of 16ft 11in. Oliver Sneaker finished 2nd in the 800m with a 2:52.50 time. The 4x400 boys relay team (Avery Klingensmith, Tanner Morrow, Landon Cope, Michael Chestnut) also placed 2nd with a 4:39.40.

Weather Update for Athletic Events 5/6 & 5/7 The MS Invitational will take place today 5/6. Baseball and Softball at East is cancelled for today 5/6. Baseball vs. Wellsville is also cancelled for tomorrow 5/7.

Due to the Columbiana County High School Meet being cancelled and moved to today 5/4 due to weather concerns, we have to cancel the MS league meet today 5/4. We don’t have enough officials available to safely put on a track meet today.

Due to weather concerns the MS Columbiana County Track Meet scheduled for today 4/27 at Crestview, has been postponed until Friday 4/29.

EPMS Hosts "Women In Stem Night"

Festival of Bands to Be Held May 5th.

Emergency Rental Relief May Be Available to You. You may be eligible for Emergency Rental Relief through the Columbiana County Community Action Agency. Contact the CAA of Columbiana County.

EPHS To Perform Musical EPHS will be presenting the musical production of Disney’s NEWSIES. The performances will be held in the EPHS Auditorium at 7 PM on March 11th & 12th, with a matinee performance to be held on March 13th at 2 PM. Tickets are $10.00 at the door.

Congratulations to: Honorable Mention All-Columbiana County for Boys HS Basketball: Tyler Bistarkey & Owen Juravcic

Congratulations to our 7th and 8th grade boys for their finishes in the MS boys EOAC tournament. 7th grade boys placed 3rd 8th grade boys placed 4th

The MS girls and boys basketball tournament scheduled to start tonight (2/2) has been postponed til next week. Schedule is still TBD.

On January 27, 2022 the Ohio Department of Health changed the guidelines for COVID-19 related to contact tracing. The guidance states that schools no longer need to perform contact tracing of students or staff after a positive case is reported. Read more here: https://5il.co/152iq

All East Palestine students (grades PreK - 12) will get into the girls varsity basketball game on Monday January 31st free of charge to support our varsity girls basketball vs. Columbiana

District Introduces Online Conference Scheduling The district is introducing a new scheduling tool for those wishing to schedule parent/teacher conferences online. Beginning January 26th, those wishing to schedule conferences can do so using our online tool. Read more here: https://www.myepschools.org/o/epsd/page/conference-scheduling--2