Just a reminder to ALL High School Students, FCCLA is hosting Friends Fun Night TONIGHT from 6-8. Come join us!!
Jostens will be at Ellis Jr./Sr. High School on Thursday, September 14th during seminar (12:00-12:40 p.m.) for letter jacket sizing! More information can be found online. Please go to https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1070972/ELLIS-HIGH-SCHOOL/Letter-Jackets/1692574703/CATALOG_REPOSITORY. Please note that the school does provide the E for the letter jackets.
Attention Sophomores & Sophomore Parents! If ordering a class ring, please go to http://www.jostens.com (choose Ellis High School, then class jewelry) to design. Ordering & ring sizing will be on Sept. 14th. See Maria's email for more detailed information!
Attention Seniors & Senior Parents!! The deadline to order Graduation Caps/Gowns and other accessories is Wed., Sept. 20th. Please go to http://www.jostens.com (choose Ellis High School, Shop Graduation). Please see Maria's email for detailed information and links.
WHAT GREAT DAY to be a RAILER!!! To say I'm proud is an understatement! EHS VOLLEYBALL took the Otis-LaCrosse Tournament in 10 straight sets! Their opponents never scored over 21! These girls had a tough week, but they showed their resiliency and came to play today!! In the semi-finals they faced Victoria, winning 25-21 & 25-14!!! In the finals they faced LaCrosse for the 2nd time today, winning 25-17 & 25-13!!! The RAILERS are back to back Otis-LaCrosse tournament champions!! Way to go ladies! Special thanks to the parents, family, Ellis boys, and Otis-Bison boys for cheering us on!! 🚂🏐🧡🖤🧡
WHAT GREAT DAY to be a RAILER!!! To say I'm proud is an understatement! EHS VOLLEYBALL took the Otis-LaCrosse Tournament in 10 straight sets! Their opponents never scored over 21! These girls had a tough week, but they showed their resiliency and came to play today!! In the semi-finals they faced Victoria, winning 25-21 & 25-14!!! In the finals they faced LaCrosse for the 2nd time today, winning 25-17 & 25-13!!! The RAILERS are back to back Otis-LaCrosse tournament champions!! Way to go ladies! Special thanks to the parents, family, Ellis boys, and Otis-Bison boys for cheering us on!! 🚂🏐🧡🖤🧡
Congratulations to the JV Railer Volleyball Team for taking 2nd at the Hoisington Tournament! Way to go ladies!!! Very proud of you! 🚂🏐🖤🧡🖤
Lady Railers won their pool beating Stafford 25-11 and 25-17! Heading to Otis-Bison for semi-finals! That gym is behind schedule so it will be at least 1 1/2 hours before we play. Come support the girls!! 🚂🏐🖤🧡🖤
Lady Railers playing in the Hoisington Volleyball Tournament are off to a great start. They are 3-0 beating Hutch Trinity, Larned, and Russell! Way to go ladies!!! 🚂🏐🧡🖤🧡
Lady Railers have started the LaCrosse Tournament 2-0! Beating Stafford 25-6 & 25-7 and LaCrosse 25-20 & 25-19. Great start ladies! They take on Kinsley at approximately 2:00. 🚂🧡🖤🧡🏐
FCCLA had its membership drive and enjoyed ice cream sundaes!! We are excited about all the students who joined and look forward to a year of leadership, personal growth, giving back and FUN!! All high school students are invited to join us for our first event, Friends Fun Night, this Sunday, September 10th, 6-8pm at the High School!
All EHS students are invited to the FCCLA Friends Fun Night on Sunday, September 10th from 6-8:00 PM at Ellis Jr./Sr. High School!!
EJH VOLLEYBALL GAME INFORMATION:
EVENT: Junior High Volleyball
TIME / DATE: Monday, September 11, 2023
Volleyball – 4:00pm (Order of play - JV, Varsity)
LOCATION: Victoria Jr. Sr. High School
1107 10th Street Victoria, KS 67671
TEAMS: Victoria, Lacrosse and Ellis
ORDER OF PLAY:
4:00 PM: Victoria vs Ellis (JV)
Lacrosse vs Ellis (JV)
Victoria vs Lacrosse (JV)
Play as many sets to 15 as possible within the 25 minute running clock. (Win by two points.) If a team completes a win by winning the match, play may continue until the 25 minute clock runs out. Free Substitutions with 1 timeout per team.
5:45 (approx): Victoria vs Lacrosse (V)
Lacrosse vs Ellis (V)
Victoria vs Ellis (V)
Best 2 out of 3 to 25, if necessary, a 3rd game will be to 15.
WARM-UP: 10 minutes for all
4 minutes – Home Team
4 minutes – Visiting Team
2 minutes – Both Teams Serve
EJH GAME RESULTS (9/7): Varsity came out with a win against Stockton in three hard fought sets. First set we were able to pull away with a 25-21 win. Heading into the second roles reversed and Stockton won 20-25. Third and final set the girls dug in and were able to win 15-6. JV also came out with a win against Stockton JV. The girls lost the first set 19-25. They knew that they could beat them if they worked together and they did exactly that pulling ahead with a 25-20 second set win and 15-9 third set win. Varsity: 4-0 JV: 3-1
A great day for the Ellis XC team at Quinter with most of the runners setting new PRs. Avery Boydston 1st Var., Jocelyn Eck 1st JV, Taryn Boydston 1st JH girls, Cayson Boydston 2nd JH boys, Maggie Fitzgerald 4th JV, Macy Eberle 10th Var., and Austin Carroll 15th Var. Go Railers!!
We've received a couple of updates to our EHS volleyball schedule. The C-Team will be playing a quad in Colby on September 15 beginning at 4:00pm. Other competing schools are JV/C teams from Rawlins County, Oakley, and Colby-Heartland Christian. The September 21 triangular event at Colby versus Colby-Heartland Christian and Norther Valley will be a varsity only triangular and is now scheduled to begin at 5:00pm as opposed to the originally scheduled 4:00pm.
Ellis Jr./Sr. High School's phone lines are down right now. Service has been called. Hopefully we will be back soon. If needed, please call the school cell phone at 785-726-1503. Thank you!
Remember the “Flat Stanley” book/project from elementary school? Well, the sophomores are reading “Macbeth,” and they’ve been tasked with taking their Flat Shakespeare on adventures while we’re studying the play. Flat Shakespeare had some fun adventures this last week!
PowerSchool is an important online resource for all USD 388 families. USD 388 PowerSchool can be accessed at https://ps.usd388.k12.ks.us/public/home.html or from the USD 388 website (link on the front page). There is also an app available for PowerSchool if you want to use your smartphone. The district code is SCFX. If you need helping setting up or accessing your PowerSchool account for USD 388, please contact the Ellis Jr./Sr. High School office (Maria) at 785-726-3151.
The Ellis United Methodist Church in Ellis is excited to announce the FALL 5TH QUARTERS which will be held on Sept. 8th, Oct. 13th, and Oct. 20th until 11:30 p.m. following the football games. There will be free food, prizes, and games! This event is for all EHS students!
