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!
Congratulations to Jarret Mader on his decision to continue his athletic and academic education as a Cougar next year. Jarret will wrestle for Barton County Community College. EHS is proud of you!! 🚂🤼
A huge thank you to Mrs. Maria Mick for being amazing! We appreciate all she does for our faculty, students, and parents!
Music theory students have been learning about recording and sound creation the last few weeks! They have written songs for film clips for and this week began learning about Foley artistry--using things found in the room to create the sounds for a video!
The HS KAY Club celebrated a great year and recognized the officers for their hard work. Cupcakes are always a good thing!
Congratulations to the track teams on their excellent performances yesterday and a big THANK YOU to those who volunteered their time and endured the conditions to assist in hosting the event!!
EHS Architecture and Engineering students were tasked with researching, designing, building and testing a bridge structure. Today was test day, and it was pretty impressive how much weight their designs could hold!
Ellis Track and Field came out swinging at our home track meet yesterday. Our Girls absolutely dominated, taking first out of seven teams, raking in over 200 points. The Boys had a tight race for first but ended up in 2nd as a team. We had dozens of personal records set and we placed a significant amount of athletes.
Individual/Relay Placers:
Natalee North - Shot Put - 1st
Sienna Schmidt - Triple Jump - 1st
Metzler, Rohleder, North, Johnson - 4x400m - 1st
Isabella Eck - High Jump - 1st
Madi Russell - 800m - 1st
Eck, Kohl, Schmidt, Pfeifer - 4x100m - 1st
Addison Kohl - Pole Vault - 1st
Reagan Jimenez - 200m - 1st
Rex Johnson - Jav - 1st
Makenna Kohl - 400m - 1st
Kylee Pfeifer - Hurdles - 1st
Avery Boydston - 1600m - 1st
Avery Boydston - 3200m - 1st
Reagan Jimenez - 100m - 2nd
Aron Benzce - Discus - 2nd
Dakota Metzler - Pole Vault - 2nd
Payten Burd - Triple Jump - 2nd
Makenna Kohl - 800m - 2nd
Isabella Eck - Pole Vault - 2nd
Payten Burd - 200m - 2nd
Metzler, Younger, North, Johnson - 4x100m - 2nd
Kylee Pfeifer - 400m - 2nd
Addison Kohl - Hurdles - 2nd
Rylan Cass - 200m - 2nd
Mason Younger - Pole Vault - 3rd
Leah Reed - Triple Jump - 3rd
Sienna Schmidt - 800m - 3rd
Natalee North - Jav - 3rd
Rylan Cass - 100m - 3rd
Tayler Schmidt - Hurdles - 3rd
Natalee North - Discus - 3rd
Emily Whyte - 1600m - 3rd
Gus Peine - 200m - 3rd
Kamden Keller - Pole Vault - 4th
Layton Martinson - Shot Put - 4th
Kayla Boatwright - Jav - 4th
Logan Russell - Jav - 4th
Gus Peine - 100m - 4th
Carson North - 400m - 4th
Gracelynn Hamel - Shot Put - 5th
Reagan Jimenez - Jav - 5th
Tage Cass - 100m - 5th
Mason Rohleder - 200m - 5th
Mason Younger - Long Jump - 6th
Kayla Boatwright - Discus - 6th
After Prom was held at Cunningham Hall in Hays, lots of fun was had by all!
2023 Prom was a huge success! We would like to thank staff and parent volunteers who were involved with Prom and After Prom, we couldn't have done it without all of you.
Much appreciated,
Mrs. Nilhas & Mrs. Erbert
The Ellis Softball and Baseball games for today have been postponed to May 9. The originally scheduled softball game for May 9 will be moved to a date to be determined. The High School Track & Field meet today will go on as scheduled.
A few more pics from JH track today.
JH competed at Hill City today. Here are a few photos from running events.
Ellis Track and Field traveled to Plainville last Tuesday (4/18/23). Out of 10 teams present our Girls placed 3rd, while the Boys placed 5th. We had a few personal records set and placed well individually.
Individual/Relay Placers:
Avery Boydston - 800m - 1st
Avery Boydston - 1600m - 1st
Boydston, Russell, Kohl, Schmidt - 4x800m - 1st
Isabella Eck - High Jump - 1st
Natalee North - Shot put - 2nd
Natalee North - Discus - 2nd
Dakota Metzler - Polevault - 2nd
Rex Johnson - Javelin - 2nd
Kylee Pfeifer - 400m - 3rd
Makenna Kohl - 800m - 3rd
Eck, Pfeifer, Kohl, Schmidt - 4x100m - 3rd
Mason Younger - Polevault - 3rd
Madi Russell - 800m - 4th
Natalee North - Javelin - 4th
Johnson, Younger, Metzler, North - 4x100m - 4th
Johnson, Rohleder, North, Metzler - 4x400m - 4th
Kamden Keller - Polevault - 5th
Addison Kohl - 100 Hurdles - 6th
Carson North - 400m - 6th
Mason Younger - High Jump - 6th
Mason Younger - Long Jump - 6th
Lady Railer's Softball pick up two wins tonight in Russell. Game one 13-3 and game two 17-6.
Congratulations to Austin Carroll for placing tied for 3rd at the Norton Golf Invitational today!