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Congratulations to Mrs. Maska, she was last month’s teacher of the month
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Happy New Year! The Board of Education is looking to appoint a new board member at the January 9th board meeting. If you are interested in the position, please contact Janice Wilson, superintendent at jwilson@usd388.com. A current resume and some questions to be answered by the interested party will be due to the district office by the end of the day, Wednesday, January 4th. Interviews will be conducted in an open meeting at the BOE meeting Monday, January 9th.
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You can watch the game films from last Friday's varsity basketball vs Ellinwood now on the USD388 Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388
Game films courtesy Coach Fortin and Coach Smith
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Congratulations to our 4 students who will represent WGS at the Ellis County Spelling Bee
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You can watch last night's BOE meeting as well as previous BOE meetings now on the USD388 Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388
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Thank you to everyone who made food boxes, bought food boxes, and to Brandon Pfeifer for being our auctioneer at our Food Box auction. The HS KAY Club is very appreciative!
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Our KAY students have been busy! Come to the KAY Food Box Auction today at 2:00 in the EHS auditorium and snag some amazing goodies!
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Thanks Monty for allowing our current AR points leader spray you with silly string
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Thank you Miss Hansen and Mrs. Russell for being good sports allowing great readers to silly string you
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KAYs held their annual Block the Teacher event today. All donations are headed to the Ellis Food Pantry. Our kids did great!
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Happy Thanksgiving USD 388 Families,
As Thanksgiving break approaches, I am thankful for the opportunities staff has had to work with your children. We are so proud of their personal and academic growth and successes so far this school year. Your children are fun, focused, and dedicated to meeting their educational challenges.
In this season of reflection and gratitude, I sincerely say “Thank You!” for everything you have done, are doing, and will continue to do to help and support our students, our staff, and our wonderful school community.
Finally, may you and your family experience a most restful break.
Janice Wilson
Ellis USD 388 Superintendent
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A big thank you goes out to the Ellis Police Department for spending some time with WGS students this morning. Cocoa with Cops. The students really enjoyed it.
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Congratulations to Mrs. Kuppetz named classified staff of the quarter
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Congratulations to Mrs. Russell, WGS teacher of the month for October
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What a great crowd for PTO bingo night.
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Kirk Smalley from Stand For The Silent spoke to 4th-12th graders today about bully and suicide prevention. Thank you to Dakota Metzler, Kamden Keller, and Taylor Seibel for assisting with the assembly.
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High School KAYS spending some quality time with our grade school
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You can watch last night's BOE meeting as well as previous BOE meetings now on the USD388 Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388
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The HS KAY Club presented first responders with homemade muffins that our FACS classes made to thank them for all they do.
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We honored our veterans and active military today. Thank you all for serving our country and attending the ceremony today.
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