Theme Days & Class Parties

EO believes that community and culture are crucial. We are intentional in providing our students opportunities to connect, encourage and support each other. Some of our recent Theme Days have included: Career Day, Crazy Day, 100 Day and Tacky Tourist. We have also enjoyed Christmas Parties, Easter Parties and Valentines Parties, as well as many other class parties.

Field Trips

Our students enjoy learning both inside and outside the classroom.  Each year families, teachers and leaders are encouraged to find new adventures that help students grasp and enjoy what they are learning, as well as introduce them to the topic through hands-on activities and stories…and some of them are just plain fun. 🙂

Recent trips have included: the American Journey Experience, Braums, Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, and Ray Harral Nature Center.

Fundraising Events

We are working to add Fundraising into the calendar. Elevate has big dreams and is working hard to achieve them. As a 501-C-3, we always accept charitable donations, but are working to be more intentional so that we can continue to pursue the bigger dreams. If you have ideas/suggestions or simply the time to help with leg work for any such event, please let us know. We would welcome your help and additional support.

You will notice on the annual calendar that there are Fundraiser Lunches that have been scheduled. Details about these will come closer to the event. Typically, this looks like a Google Form to sign up for Pizza Day, Chick-Fil-A or other such delicious lunches. Families are invited to join for these lunches, if they like.

IOWA/Standardized Testing (2025-26 School Year)

EO strives to challenge our students.  One of the ways we help ensure this is through providing standardized testing.  Every other year, our students from grade 3 and up are tested.  The test results are reviewed by EO leadership and given to the families.  EO uses these as a tool to help us learn how to better support our students and staff through training, curriculum and more.  It also allows families to see how their student is doing in comparison to the national “average” student.

The exact date will be announced as the time nears, but this occurs in the spring semester.

BizTown (2026-27 School Year)

Junior Achievement BizTown combines in-class learning with a day-long visit to a simulated town. This learning experience will allow our students to operate banks, manage restaurants, vote for a mayor and more. They will apply what they have learned in school to life in the real “simulated town” world.  JA BizTown will be for our 5th and 6th grade students. This experience supports national and state standards in reading, mathematics, social studies, and work and career readiness.

Students are introduced to budgeting and money management principles from the Bible and Dave Ramsey concepts. They learn how to be good stewards of finances and how that applies to the workforce world.

The course has been taught on Fridays. The 5th-6th grade students can be picked up at 2 pm on BizTown dates.

Wall Builders (2026-27 School Year)

Our High School students to make a one day trip to WallBuilders outside of Dallas, TX for their Collections Tour. It is a working research library and museum with historical documents collected by David Barton and Tim Barton. It is not an ordinary museum experience! It is interactive and there are some modern day features as well from classic movies. With new additions to the collection each year. We’ll travel early in the morning, be there for the day and be back in the evening. This fits with what our students are studying in History and will be a primar for them before and as they plunge into American Government. The date will be announced soon.