🎓 Day 21 – Final Countdown to Cap & Gown
Our last senior spotlight before graduation as we celebrate the Ellsworth High School Class of 2026.
Congratulations to every member of the Class of 2026. Your Panther family is proud of you! 💜🖤🤍
💜🐾 Panther Pride Staff Shout Outs 🐾💜
Today’s shout out is for Alyssa Matzek!
“Alyssa is a tremendous teammate. She is extremely passionate about her students and truly a top-notch teacher in our district. She is ALWAYS willing to go above and beyond, especially when it comes to supporting students.
She wears many hats that help support staff and create amazing experiences for students. These include Senior Class Advisor, Student Council Advisor, leader of Homecoming Week, valued member of the Building Leadership Team, Graduation Ceremony Coordinator, and so much more from organizing staff potlucks to holiday festivities.
She is very much a fountain when it’s easy to be a drain, and we are so lucky to have her on our team. ECSD is a better place because of Alyssa!”
Thank you, Alyssa, for your energy, leadership, and all the ways you go the extra mile for students and staff. Your impact is felt across the entire district! 💜
Today’s shout out is for Alyssa Matzek!
“Alyssa is a tremendous teammate. She is extremely passionate about her students and truly a top-notch teacher in our district. She is ALWAYS willing to go above and beyond, especially when it comes to supporting students.
She wears many hats that help support staff and create amazing experiences for students. These include Senior Class Advisor, Student Council Advisor, leader of Homecoming Week, valued member of the Building Leadership Team, Graduation Ceremony Coordinator, and so much more from organizing staff potlucks to holiday festivities.
She is very much a fountain when it’s easy to be a drain, and we are so lucky to have her on our team. ECSD is a better place because of Alyssa!”
Thank you, Alyssa, for your energy, leadership, and all the ways you go the extra mile for students and staff. Your impact is felt across the entire district! 💜
🎓 Day 20 – One more day to go!
We’re celebrating another group of incredible Panthers.
We’re celebrating another group of incredible Panthers.
🎓 The final countdown is here!
For some of our ECSD staff, graduation hits a little differently this year as they celebrate their own seniors crossing the stage soon. We hope these families are enjoying every last concert, game, ceremony, and late-night memory before graduation day arrives. 💜
For some of our ECSD staff, graduation hits a little differently this year as they celebrate their own seniors crossing the stage soon. We hope these families are enjoying every last concert, game, ceremony, and late-night memory before graduation day arrives. 💜
For these ECSD staff members, this season is filled with all the emotions… pride, excitement, nostalgia, and maybe a few tears too. 🎓 We’re so excited to celebrate their seniors and the amazing Class of 2026!
🐾 The countdown to cap and gown continues! Join us in celebrating ECSD staff members who are also proud parents of the Class of 2026. 💜
🎓 Day 19 – Almost there!
The tassels are getting closer to turning.
The tassels are getting closer to turning.
🎓 Cue the tissues and the cameras… graduation is almost here for these Panther families!
🎓 Behind every graduating senior is a whole support system cheering them on… and for these ECSD staff members, that support started long before senior year. 💜
We’re celebrating our staff families who are getting ready to watch their seniors take that walk across the stage in just a few short days. Panther Pride forever! 🐾
We’re celebrating our staff families who are getting ready to watch their seniors take that walk across the stage in just a few short days. Panther Pride forever! 🐾
💜🐾 Panther Pride Staff Shout Outs 🐾💜
Today’s shout out comes from Pia Freeman, recognizing our amazing teaching assistants Kim Maier, Kris Hines, and Cassie Hewitt!
Pia shared:
“Shout-out to our incredible teaching assistants—Kim Maier, Kris Hines, and Cassie Hewitt! These amazing ladies are fierce advocates for our students, supporting them through all the heavy lifting that comes with middle school. They work tirelessly every day and still manage to be the kindest, most fun, and positive staff around. We are so grateful for your unyielding support—our students thrive because of you!”
Thank you, Kim, Kris, and Cassie, for the heart, energy, and dedication you bring to EMS every single day. You make a difference! 💜
Today’s shout out comes from Pia Freeman, recognizing our amazing teaching assistants Kim Maier, Kris Hines, and Cassie Hewitt!
Pia shared:
“Shout-out to our incredible teaching assistants—Kim Maier, Kris Hines, and Cassie Hewitt! These amazing ladies are fierce advocates for our students, supporting them through all the heavy lifting that comes with middle school. They work tirelessly every day and still manage to be the kindest, most fun, and positive staff around. We are so grateful for your unyielding support—our students thrive because of you!”
Thank you, Kim, Kris, and Cassie, for the heart, energy, and dedication you bring to EMS every single day. You make a difference! 💜
🎓 Day 18 – The finish line is near
The Class of 2026 has left a lasting mark on Ellsworth High School.
The Class of 2026 has left a lasting mark on Ellsworth High School.
💜 This graduation season feels extra meaningful for these staff members as they cheer on their own Panthers one last time as students.
🎓 Senior year flies by fast, and we hope these ECSD families are soaking up every moment of this exciting season!
Today we recognize National Speech-Language Pathologist Day! 💬💜
We are so thankful for our amazing SLPs who support our students in building communication skills, confidence, and independence every day. Whether they’re working on speech, language, or social communication, their impact goes far beyond the classroom.
Thank you for your patience, dedication, and the care you show to our students and families. Your work truly makes a difference! 👏
We are so thankful for our amazing SLPs who support our students in building communication skills, confidence, and independence every day. Whether they’re working on speech, language, or social communication, their impact goes far beyond the classroom.
Thank you for your patience, dedication, and the care you show to our students and families. Your work truly makes a difference! 👏
🎓 Day 17 – Panther Pride continues
Another amazing group of seniors ready for the future.
Another amazing group of seniors ready for the future.
🐾 One minute they’re walking into kindergarten… the next they’re putting on a cap and gown. Congratulations to our ECSD staff families celebrating a senior this year! 💜
🎓 Day 16 – Celebrating more Panther seniors
We’re getting closer to the big day!
We’re getting closer to the big day!
🎓 The tassels are almost ready to turn! We’re celebrating some of our staff members who get to experience graduation through the eyes of a proud parent this year.
🎓 Day 15 – The countdown continues
Only a few more days left in our celebration of the Class of 2026!
Only a few more days left in our celebration of the Class of 2026!
💜 From Panther parents to Panther graduates… graduation season is extra special for these ECSD staff families this year! 🎓
