The E.H.S Journey

Welcome to the 2026-27 school year. I want to personally welcome our incoming freshman and our new transfer students to EHS. At the beginning of each month, you will receive our newsletter highlighting Elyria High School. In it includes important dates for the month, school sponsored events occurring and gives snapshots of the greatness happening within our school community. We hope it will serve as a piece of our collaborative partnership with your child's success at EHS.

Jodie Johnson

Principal

August

17- Schedules available on PowerSchool

24- Freshman Orientation- only 9th graders/new transfer students report to school

25- 1st day of school for all

September

2- EHS Open House, 5-6pm

17- Picture Day

Office Structure:

The offices at Elyria High School have been restructured for the best use of resources. Your child's team principal and counselor will remain the same; however, we now have a Counseling Center located in the office on the second floor (formerly the Team 1/3 Office) and an Administrator's Office located in the office on the 1st floor (formerly the Team 2/4 Office). Your child's team counselor will be in the Counseling Center, and your child's team administrator will be in the Administrator's Office.

Automated Phone System:

Our phone number will remain 440-284-8300. The automated prompt will direct you call options with the following:

• Press 1- Report Attendance/Request a Permit to Leave
• Press 2- Counseling Center
• Press 3- Administrator's Office
• Press 4- Clinic
• Press 5- Main Office
• Press 6- Athletics
• Press 7- Food Services
• Press 8- Performing Arts Center

Tardy To School Table:

Students who are tardy to school should report to the lobby of the Performing Arts Center.

To best keep information current, parents/guardians are asked to complete the Returning School Update located at the left navigation bar on your parent portal in PowerSchool.

The standard school breakfast and lunch are FREE to ALL students. However, Al A Carte items can be purchased with cash or deducted from a student's PaySchools Central account balance. The button below will take you to PaySchools Central for account set up, deposit, and monitoring purposes.

1. The Household Income Verification Form
2. The Direct Certification Form

Paper forms are located in the Main Office at Elyria High School.

Students will no longer walk up the gateway and enter door N when tardy for school (after 7:50). If tardy to school, students must enter through the entrances below.

Students should enter:

• 1st period- through the Performing Arts Center doors on West Avenue
• 2nd period and beyond- through door K at the new Principal's Office on West Avenue

Students may enter through the Main Office but due to staffing, their entrance to school may be delayed

Please see the map in the Student Packet button above.

All tardy students MUST use their student ID to check in to school when tardy.

Arrival To School-

7:25am:

• Doors open for breakfast. Entrance through Main Office (door A) or Gateway courtyard (door N)

7:40am:

• Students can access the building. Principal Office entrance (door K) opens (West Ave).
• Only doors A, N, K will be open for arrival.

7:50am:

• A student is tardy to school. Entrance is through the Performing Arts Center lobby (West Ave).

Dismissal From School-

Students can exit out of any door. We recommend a meeting location near campus. Please do not block two-way traffic during pick-up. Waiting in bike lanes are subject to citations from the Elyria Police Department.

• Lockers are assigned to all freshman by the 1st day of school and are printed at the top of their schedules. Upperclassmen needing a locker should report to the main office.
• Students need to have their own lock and should not be sharing lockers.

All student medications (prescribed and Over-The-Counter) must be approved and administered with school nurse supervision. Please reach out to Ms. Melissa Frabotta with questions:

frabottamelissa@elyriaschools.org/ 440-284-8300: option 4

Students are expected to be in school each day school is in session. State and school policy dictates the parameters for monitoring student's attendance. To report an absence or request a Permit To Leave, please call Mrs. Alana Wren at 440-284-8300: option 1.

All students are expected to be on time to each scheduled location every day of school. Skipping and unexcused tardiness to class are monitored daily by teachers and will show up once entered into PowerSchool. Please be diligent in checking your child's daily attendance by signing up for notifications in your Parent Portal on PowerSchool.

Students may not use their cell phones during the instructional day.

• Cell phones, earbuds, headphones, Meta glasses, etc. must be powered off and stowed away during school instructional hours.
• Lunch, study hall and hallway transitions are exceptions. Cell phones are accessible during this time.
• Repeat cell phone violations will result in the following of our expected progressive discipline plan.

All students are expected to follow the appropriate attire guidelines in the ECS Code of Pupil Conduct. Please remember:

• Hoodies may be worn but hoods must be down off the head while in school.
• Crop tops are not permitted.
• Pants and tops must fit properly and be in good repair.
• Slipper and slipper socks are not permitted.
• Blankets may not be worn in school.

We take pride in holding students to high behavioral expectations at Elyria High School. Students' poor choice behavior will result in school interventions. The following behavioral infractions are considered non-negotiable and will involve disciplinary action from the school, the district, and law enforcement officials:

• Fighting
• Assault
• Weapons
• Drugs

• Excellence is achieved through a detailed vision, commitment and moral leadership.
• All Pioneers have a voice in decisions that affect them.
• Learners thrive when school is engaging and personally meaningful.