On Monday, March 10th, the Ellis High School forensics team traveled to Smith Center to compete in our league tournament. As we all know, we are part of an insanely talented and competitive league. This holds true for forensics as well.
Placers were as follows:
Mason Rohleder - 6th in impromptu
Kenzie Sunley - 5th in prose
Elie Brull - 3rd in poetry
Emma Downing - 6th in poetry
Emma Downing - 3rd in oration
As a team, we missed 4th place by just a few points. Our small but mighty team was able to hold their own thanks to each and every one of our competitors.
These kids rocked it today!
Video premiere! This morning's BOE meeting premieres today at 6pm on the USD388 YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@USD388
Visit https://go.boarddocs.com/ks/usd388/Board.nsf/Public to view the meeting's agenda
Reminder!!! Cheer Tryouts start tomorrow evening at 6:30pm @ EHS gym!
**Parent Information Meeting @ 6:00pm Monday in EHS Gym**
On Saturday, March 8th, the Ellis High School forensics team traveled to Norton for the Northwestern Kansas Winter Jam. As a team, Ellis placed 4th!
Placings:
IDA: Maggie Fitzgerald & Madison - 2nd (qualifying them for state!)
Oration: Emma Downing - 6th
Humorous Solo: Journey Swaggerty - 4th
Poetry: Elie Brull - 3rd
Way to go, Railers!
Congratulations to Hannah James (freshman) for earning All-State Honorable Mention in wrestling! #itsagreatdaytobearailer
Congratulations to Kia Mader (junior) for earning All-State Honorable Mention in wrestling! #itsagreatdaytobearailer
Congratulations to Piper McClung (sophomore) for earning All-State Honorable Mention in wrestling! #itsagreatdaytobearailer
Congratulations to Asher Haag (freshman) for earning All-State Honorable Mention in wrestling! #itsagreatdaytobearailer
The Ellis Junior Senior High Booster Club is seeking your feedback on how we can encourage greater involvement and effectively support our students now and in the future. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to complete the short, anonymous survey linked below. The survey will be open from March 7 to March 19, 2025.
We will review the results and discuss how we can make improvements at our next scheduled meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the lobby of Ellis Jr./Sr. High School. We invite you to join us in making improvements for our students!
https://forms.gle/FUs95EuoLwSxXz678
Thank you,
Ellis High School Booster Club Officers
2025 Railer Softball 🥎 store is open. Order here soon as we are closing March 12th 11:59 pm so we can hopefully have them before our first game. The players will all need to order a black hoodie with their number on the back.
https://ellissoftball.itemorder.com/
Ellis Jr./Sr. High School would like to take a moment to recognize our Office Aides for the 2024-25 school year. These remarkable young women bring joy to the office and brighten the days of both Maria and Mr. Vincent. We truly appreciate their assistance, knowledge, and the smiles they share each day. Thank you to Maleah, Morgan, MaKenzie, Kaycee, and Natalee! We value and appreciate all that you do!
Congrats to our Dane G. Hansen Scholarship Winners! Taegan Shannon, Addison Kohl, Morgan Armbrister, Maleah Vine, Gavyn Wildeman, Chance Jimenez, and Kamden Keller.
Don't forget about the junior high wrestling team end of the season get together tomorrow after school till 5:00.
Ellis High School A & P students are enjoying a day of engaging career speakers at HMC with various health/medical professionals. The sessions include Respiratory Therapy, Speech Language Pathologist, Social Worker/Counseling, Radiology, Biomedicine, OB Nursing.
There will be a Class of 2025 Project Graduation Parent Meeting on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the EJH/EHS Lobby. We hope to see all senior parents attend!
High School Boys Basketball Awards Night will be Monday evening at 7:00PM in the auditorium.
Ellis Jr./Sr. High School is hosting its first Chess Club Duel today! The Railroaders are competing against the Victoria Knights. Good luck to all the players!
Today, the MCEL Music contest was held at TMP. Ellis Junior High participated by bringing two solo performances. Skylynn Begler performed a clarinet solo and received a rating of 1+, while Dayson Moeder performed a trumpet solo and earned a rating of 1-. Great job, Skylynn and Dayson! We are proud of you both! RAILROADER PRIDE!
Congratulations to JJ Lopeman who signed his letter of intent to play baseball and attend Central Christian College of Kansas next year!! 🚂⚾️
Video premiere! EHS Boys Varsity Basketball 2nd round Sub State vs Central Plains premieres tonight at 6pm on the USD388 YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/@USD388
