The EHS Student Council is sponsoring Holiday Bus Tours in Ellis on Tuesday, December 20th! Admission is free will donation or a canned food item to benefit the Ellis Food Pantry. We are coordinating with the Ellis Rec, and riders will vote on their favorite houses entered in the Christmas Decorating Competition. You still have time to decorate and join the competition. Give us some lights to look at, Ellis! We have limited space on the community bus tours, so visit this link to sign up and reserve your spot!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EAAAC2DA1F4C43-holiday
It's Railer Gameday! Come support the high school basketball teams as they begin their winter sports competitions today!
EJH Lady Railers drop their tournament game to Trego by the final score of 12-33. The team will be in action again on Tuesday as we host TMP. Games begin at 4:30pm.
EJH Lady Railers trail Trego at the half, 4-21, in the opening round of the MCEL Tournament.
We are looking forward to hosting our first EHS home basketball games tomorow! We want our gym to be packed full of fans who support their Railers on to victory. We want to be LOUD while supporting our teams, we need to remember to follow KSHSAA's Rule 52 for sportmanship. This includes any supportive chants and cheers which are directed toward your team, such as "I believe that we can win," "we've got spirit-how about you," "defense-defense" and other such supportive expressions.
We need to avoid any non-supportive chants, cheers, or actions which are directed twoard the opposing team, chants or actions which single out individuals; derogatory/disrespectful yells, chants, songs, gestures, including "goodbye," "you let the whole team down," "airball," "scoreboard," "you can't do that, "bong-bong-bong-whoo" or "dribble, dribble pass."
Plese come support your Railers and cheer with our awesome Cheerleaders so we can have a packed, loud gym tomorrow night!
Take a look back at the 2022 EHS Homecoming before the winter sports season begins tomorrow. Go to https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2518/EHS/2607784/EHS_Homecoming_2022.mp4 to watch the EHS Media Class homecoming video.
The annual KAY Food Box Auction will be Monday, December 12th at 2:00 in the EHS Auditorium. Parents and community members are welcome to come and bid on the great food boxes. The money raised goes to our Snoball Dance and sending students to KAY Leadership Camp. Thanks!
EJH Basketball Sport Pictures will be taken Thursday, December 1st after school in the gym. Parents do not have to order pictures, but all athletes will take a picture. Please note that orders will be placed on-line. Go to https://www.LeannsPhotos.com to submit your order!
EHS Basketball & Wrestling Sport Pictures will be taken tomorrow (November 29th) after school. Parents do not have to order pictures, but all athletes will take a picture. Please note that orders will be placed on-line. Go to https://www.LeannsPhotos.com to submit your order!
Read the EJH/EHS Weekly Announcements for the week of November 27th:
https://www.smore.com/mz3e1-ejh-ehs-weekly-announcements-11-27
Ellis High School inducted eight juniors and nine seniors into the local chapter of the National Honor Society. Requirements are a 3.5 GPA, leadership in seven organizations within the school or community, accumulation of 40 hours of community service, and a positive character evaluation by teachers. The following students were inducted into the National Honor Society: (L to R, BR) Makenna Kohl, Dakota Metzler, William Crawford, Jarret Mader, Harlie Bittel, Mason Younger, Austin Carroll, Emily James, Kaydawn Haag, (L to R, FR) Hannah Schiel, Myah McCoy, Emily Eck, Taylor Seibel, Ava Reed, Kylee Pfeifer, Macy Eberle, and Kayla Julian.
Now available to watch on the USD388 Youtube Channel:
2022 EHS NHS Induction Ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388
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
The EHS Choir spent some time this week getting the Music room in the Christmas Spirit so that we can enjoy it over the next few weeks!
The State Cheer Pep Bus leaves tomorrow morning at 6:15am. We will make a brief pit stop on the way down but will not stop for breakfast. Students are encouraged to bring food and drinks along. We will be stopping to eat twice; once between rounds (lunch), and then again on the way home (dinner). Concessions are also available at the event. We expect to return home no later than 8:00pm. Expectations and event rules were discussed with students today. Please be on time in the morning and thank you for supporting your peers and Ellis High School. Go Railers!!
Read the EJH/EHS Weekly Announcements for the week of December 20th.
https://www.smore.com/9bse4-ejh-ehs-weekly-announcements-11-20
Today is Substitute Teacher Appreciation Day! Ellis USD 388 is so thankful for our substitutes. We appreciate you all!
Today's team pictures have been postponed as our photographer is ill. We will work with them next week on setting another date. This changes the practice schedule for today (11/18) so here is what things will look like...JH Girls - WGS - 3:30-4:45pm, JH Boys - WGS - 4:45 - 6:00pm, HS Girls - EHS - 3:30-5:30pm,
HS Boys - North - 3:30-6:00pm.
Please note the changes in schedule for Monday's JH Basketball contests in Russell. Games are now set to begin at 4:30pm, not 4:00pm. All contests will be played at RHS in the main gym. Order of play is as follows: B Girls, B Boys, A Girls, A Boys.
We want to give a shout out and huge THANK YOU to Vyve Broadband for sponsoring the Ellis Pep Bus as it heads to Topeka this Saturday. Our students are eager to support our Ellis High School Cheer Team as they compete in the KSHSAA GameDay Showcase for a State Championship. Vyve is a proud supporter and partner of Ellis High School, known for their world-class network of services. We can attest to that world-class. Thank you Vyve!