
I want to thank the Wiesner grant for the awesome new Gaga pit on our playground. The kids love it! Always packed during recess and they love playing during PE.



Open the link for WGS Weekly announcements https://5il.co/25gtn

Ellis Public Library Annular Eclipse Makey Event


Open this link for next weeks WGS announcements. https://5il.co/24zhn
Mr. Befort

The 6th graders and kindergartners enjoyed book buddy time together!





Students in Mrs. Kauten's math classes worked on their math wheels today! These are tools/resources that they can keep with them for years to come to help refresh their memory on different math topics.


Open the link for next weeks announcements.
https://5il.co/2483c
Mr. Befort

The 4th graders were given parts and challenged with the task of creating a circuit that would light up a bulb 💡 They were all successful and worked great together!







Open this link https://5il.co/23xao for next weeks announcements.
Mr. Befort

Congratulations to 2A for officially being accepted into the 2nd Grade Hero Training Program. This morning, headquarters surprised the kids and presented them each with letters of acceptance. The kids will work on leadership skills and academic studies throughout the school year.







Here is some information about Dot Day at the Ellis Public LIbrary


2A has been learning lots about being heroes. They made Hulk Smash pudding to show that challenges lead to great accomplishments, masks so we have super hero vision making hard goals, shields to defend us from distractions, and capes to go above and beyond in all we do.











The 4th, 5th, and 6th graders had fun with team building and cooperation activities during the first couple days of school!







Please open this link https://5il.co/23all to read about the nut allergy that we have here at WGS, and the reasons we cannot have any nuts or types of food made with nuts in school. This is for the safety of our children.
Please send water bottles to school.

The first day of school is tomorrow. We are excited to see the children at WGS. Just a reminder that tomorrow is a full day of school, so we will be dismissing at 3:24.

Just a reminder students can bring their supplies tonight from 6:00-7:00 and meet their teachers. PTO will be selling ice cream treats as well.
Thank you,
Mr. Befort

The WGS PTO meeting is scheduled for August 28th at 7:00, and not the 21st.

August 21st, Back to School Night-Bring your school supplies and meet your teachers. 6:00-7:00. PTO will be selling Ice Cream treats again this year.
There is a PTO meeting at 7:00 in the teachers work room on August 21st as well.

Ellis Railroader Family, Ellis Railroader Family,
Every two years, Kansas High Schools that have fewer than 100 students in grades 9-11, are asked to submit to the Kansas State High Activities Association (KSHSAA), a request to participate in either 8-person or 11-person football. As a school that has fewer than 100 students in those 3 grades, we need to submit our request to KSHSAA this fall, which will dictate the style of football we will play for at least the next two years. Many factors are used to aid in this decision, including, but not limited to, the following:
• Student enrollment trends
• Average number of students participating in football
• Travel requirements
• Student Safety
• Competitiveness
• Alignment between middle school and high school
• The ability to field both varsity of sub-varsity teams
As we work with our board, administration, football staff, and students to determine our best course of action for the next football cycle, we would also like to get some feedback from our community to assist in our decision making. As such, we have developed a brief survey to collect your thoughts about this decision. If you would like to share your thoughts about this decision, please click on the link below to complete this survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V3DV72F
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions and thank your for your support of our great district.
Respectfully,
Janice Wilson
Superintendent of Schools


You can watch last night's USD388 BOE meeting now on the USD388 YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/USD388