Eastland CUSD #308

Eastland Fan Bus to Champaign

A fan bus will be available for the trip to Champaign and is open to all Eastland students and community members.

Sign-Up Information (Must sign up by Noon on Wednesday, 3/11/26)
9th–12th grade students: Sign up in the EJSHS office.

K–8th grade students: Must be chaperoned by an adult. One adult may supervise multiple students. Sign up in the EJSHS office.

Community members: Please call the EJSHS office to sign up at 815-493-6341.

Thursday, March 12, 2026
11:45 AM – State Semi-Final vs. Chicago Marshall
The fan bus will leave at 6:45 AM.

The bus will make one stop approximately halfway for a restroom break and an opportunity to get food.


After the game:
If we win: The bus will return to Eastland immediately after the game.

If we lose: The bus will remain in Champaign in between games. We will likely go to a mall or shopping area where riders can get food before the second game which will take place at 7:00 PM.

Saturday, March 14, 2026 (Only if we win on 3/12)
10:00 AM – State Championship Game
The fan bus will leave at 5:30 AM.

The bus will make one quick restroom stop about halfway. Due to time constraints, this will not be a food stop.

EJSHS Phone Number
815-493-6341

Congratulations to our boys for heading to the state finals in Champaign!!! The link below will allow you to order state finals shirts.
https://eastlandboysbb26.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Orders are due by Tuesday, March 10, 2026 (9:00 AM CDT).

Congratulations to our boys winning the Sectional Championship!!! The Super Sectionals will be held at WIU in Macomb on Monday at 7:00 PM. Seating, parking and a campus map are attached to this message. Please use the link below to purchase tickets.

https://bit.ly/4d8kmDn

The new link for Sectional tickets is available below.

https://gofan.co/event/6225244?schoolId=IL16252

If you have not done so already, we encourage you to complete the 5Essentials survey for your student(s).

The 5Essentials is an evidence-based system designed to drive improvement in schools nationwide—it reliably measures changes in a school organization through the 5Essentials Survey and provides individualized, actionable Reports for each school. Each year staff, students and parents of each school district in IL are asked to complete the survey.

If you are parent of a student in our district, we invite you to complete the survey. The results are completely anonymous and cannot be traced back to an individual. If you have a student in each school, we ask that you complete the survey for both EES and EJSHS.

https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/

Tickets for the Sectional Finals may be purchased at the link below. This link is specific to Eastland fans and will only be available until 9:00 AM tomorrow. At that time a new link will be generated and shared.

Boy's Sectional Final Tickets

The Eastland Boys’ Basketball team will take on Dakota in Orion at the Class 1A Sectionals this Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Gates will open at 6:00 PM, and tickets may be purchased using the link below.

Ticket Sales

Orion High School is located at 1100 13th St, Orion, IL 61273.

Directions to Orion High School

We hope to see everyone there supporting our boys, but if you cannot make the trip, the game will be streamed on NFHS.

Please join us at the Book Fair on Family Reading Night.

If you have a student participating in JH Track, Bass Fishing, or Trap Shooting, please note the time and place of the parent meetings below.

JH Track - 3/5 at 6:30pm, EJSHS cafeteria

Bass Fishing (HS only) - 3/11 at 6:30pm, EJSHS cafeteria

Trap Shooting (JH & HS) - 3/11 at 6:30pm, EJSHS cafeteria

If your athletes have not participated in any activities yet this year, parents will have to log on to Skyward and fill out the sports packets and turn in their physicals (only JH track) before the first practice.

If a player does not have a parent in attendance, the parent will have to meet with a coach after practice by the end of the first week of practice.