The EHS Journalism team is headed to the Kansas Scholastic Press Association's State Journalism Contest at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Competing are Macy Eberle (Student Life Photography), Kaydawn Haag (Advertising Design), Addison Kohl (Sports Action Photography), Myah McCoy (Sports Feature Photography), Kylie Pfeifer (Academic Photography), Ava Reed (Academic Photography), and Taylor Seibel (Digital Illustration). Pictures are from the school send-off today! We are RAILER PROUD!
The EHS Forensics team is headed to the KSHSAA 2A State Speech & Drama Championships in Wichita! Competing are Harlie Bittel (Humorous Solo & Prose), Elie Brull (Poetry & Duet), Kinzie Sunley (Duet), and Emily Whyte (Serious Solo and Prose).
Pictures are from the school send-off today! We are Railer Proud!
Mrs.Nilhas' culinary bakery class finished their copycat Crumbl Cookie competition. They had several EHS staff vote and every one of them got a first place vote by someone!!
We will have a send-off for our EHS Forensics and Journalism State Qualifiers at 12:00pm today.
Congratulations and best of luck to Harlie Bittel, Elie Brull, Kinzie Sunley, and Emily Whyte who will represent Ellis at Wichita on Saturday at the KSHSAA 2A State Speech & Drama Championships hosted at Bishop Carroll High School. Competition begins at 7:45am.
EHS Journalism State Qualifiers are Macy Eberle, Kaydawn Haag, Ava Reed, Taylor Seibel, Kylee Pfeifer, Addison Kohl, and Myah McCoy. Their work has been submitted and awards will be presented in Lawrence at the University of Kansas on Saturday.
Congratulations Railers!!
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Our Railroader Track Team has a busy two weeks ahead with some important league and regional meets! They are heading to Victoria today and we wish the team good luck. Also, congratulations and best wishes to our senior track athletes! Track Seniors Pictured: (BR) Dakota Metzler, Alex McGuire, Carson North, Rylan Cass; (FR) Madi Russell, Makenna Kohl, Emily Eck. Second Picture: Maverick Gnad and Rex Johnson. Remaining Track Schedule: Victoria (5-4), MCL @ Phillipsburg (5-11), Regionals @ Johnson-Stanton Co. (5-19), and State @ WSU (5-26/27).
The EHS journalism staff went out to lunch at the club today to celebrate all of the hard work they've put in this year, and to prepare for the final push to finish this year's book.
Swept Ellinwood 20-1 and 21-8. Hannah Schiel takes over top RBI spot with 41 so far this season. Kaydawn Haag ties the season home run record with 7 so far and took the top spot for career home runs last week. They both also had dingers tonight. Hannah got the grand slam, while Kaydawn had the solo shot.
Today, the future EJH seventh graders visited the junior high to see what next year would be like! We look forward to seeing these students in our building next year!
Our Railroader Golf Team has a busy two weeks ahead! Good luck to our Railroaders competing today in Norton and the rest of the season! Congratulations to our Senior Golfers on a great season! Seniors pictured are Harlie Bittel and Haley Cranwell!
Remaining meets: JV Golf @ Norton (5-2), JV Golf @ Plainville (5-4), Golf @ Hill City (5-5), Golf @ Phillipsburg (5-9), MCL Golf @ Hays/TMP (5-11), Regional Golf @ Hoxie (5-15), and State Golf @ Hesston (5-22/23).
Last week (4/28/23) Ellis track traveled to Quinter to compete. Out of 22 teams present out Girls took first and our boys took 6th! It was a great showing as a team and our athletes got to see a lot of competition. We have one last regular season meet this Thursday before beginning our post-season with League and Regionals.
Individual/Relay Placers:
Emily Eck - 400m - 1st
Avery Boydston - 800m - 1st
Avery Boydston - 1600m - 1st
Schmidt, Boydston, Russell, Kohl - 4x800m relay - 1st
Natalee North - Discus - 1st
Rex Johnson - Javelin - 1st
Makenna Kohl - 800m - 2nd
Madi Russell - 3200m - 2nd
Isabella Eck - High Jump - 2nd
Aron Bencze - Discus - 2nd
Kylee Pfiefer - 400m - 3rd
Kylee Pfiefer - Hurdles - 3rd
Eck, Schmidt, Pfiefer, Kohl - 4x100m relay - 3rd
Natalee North - Shot Put - 3rd
Mason Younger - Long Jump - 4th
Johnson, Metzler, North, Younger - 4x100m relay - 5th
Johnson, Metzler, North, Rohleder - 4x400m relay - 5th
Mason Younger - Pole Vault - 5th
Addison Kohl - Hurdles - 6th
Isabella Eck - Pole Vault - 6th
Dakota Metzler - Pole Vault - 6th
Congrats to Austin Carroll for placing 4th at the TMP Invitational today with a score of 84 at Smoky Hill Country Club!
Last week's postponed baseball and softball double headers have been rescheduled for May 9 vs. Pratt-Skyline. We will be recognizing baseball and softball senior participants prior to the start of the second games. The softball game versus Beloit has been moved to May 11 and will start at 4:00pm.
English Comp. II students have been busy writing grants over the past several weeks. Following a grant writing seminar in Hays, seniors worked with local organizations, writing grants on their behalf. Last week, they presented these grants in person.
We will find out at the end of May/beginning of June if any of our grant requests are awarded. Thank you to all of these organizations for partnering with our students on this project!
Makenna Kohl, Carson North & Dakota Metzler - Ellis Jr. Free Fair (Sunflower Arena)
Emily Eck, Liam Crawford & Jarret Mader - Community Foundation of Ellis (Mega Mural)
Madi Russell, Rylan Cass, Abby Heifner - Play & Learn Playground
Hannah Schiel & Kayla Julian - Ellis Nutrition Center
Harlie Bittel, Alex McGuire & Rylee Burns - Community Foundation of Ellis (Railroad Museum)
Maverick Gnad & Myah McCoy - Railer Raised Garden Club (Continuation of Class of 2022's Work)
Haley Cranwell & Rex Johnson - Ellis Alumni Association (Alumni Museum)
Read the EJH/EHS Weekly Announcements for the week of April 30th:
https://www.smore.com/269vd-ejh-ehs-weekly-announcements-4-30
8th graders attended 8th Grader Day at NCKTech in Hays today. They learned about the different programs offered at NCKTech and had some fun at the same time.
Juniors are learning about STEMM careers and getting new ideas for their future jobs!
Lady Railers Softball picks up two wins tonight vs Rook Co. Game one 9-3 and game two 14-4. Kaydawn Haag with a home run in game 1 and Rome picks up career high 11 strikeouts in game 2.
Beautiful day for the I-70 Golf Classic! These guys battled hard, and survived 36 holes of golf today. Austin Carroll was the tournament CHAMPION at WaKeeney and placed 12th at Ellis. Great job guys!
REMINDER!! Last Chance to Order!! The 2022-23 Ellis Junior High Yearbooks are available to purchase! Yearbooks are $10.00 and can be purchased through Monday, May 1, 2023. Orders can be placed online through the Lifetouch website by going to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/.
Ellis High School’s Site Council Service Award forms are due in the office by Monday, May 1, 2023. Award certificates will be given during the EHS Awards Assembly held on Wednesday, May 10 @ 8:00 a.m. Forms are available online (https://5il.co/1avu9) and in the office!