Ellsworth Community School District

🐾🌞 Our district therapy dogs are summer besties! 🐶 Frannie - Finishing her 5th year as a therapy dog at EES. 🐕 Pudge - In training to be a therapy dog at EHS this fall! Have a wonderful summer from Frannie and Pudge! 🌟🌴

🎉🌟 We had a successful Elevate Ellsworth event last week! A huge thank you to all the participating businesses and organizations: Village of Ellsworth 🏘️ Ellsworth High School Students & Staff📚 Ellsworth Chamber 💼 CCF Bank 🏦 Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services/SwiftCurrent ⚡ Common Man Tap & Table 🍽️ YB Urban 🌿 And a special thanks to Ace Hardware 🛠️ and Reuvers' Nursery 🌸 for their support!

🔬✨ Last week, 7th graders from EMS had an amazing trip to the Minnesota Science Museum! 🏛️ They had lots of fun exploring and learning. 🎉 A big thank you to EMSPC for the grant that made this field trip possible! 🙌💙

Last week Ms. Kissinger's outdoor adventure students traveled to Willow River State Park to wrap up the school year for outdoor adventure. They got the chance to fish, hike, dip their toes in the river and cook out!

🏆PARKER WOODLAND=STATE CHAMPION🥇 With a jump of 6’4” Parker Woodland is the D2 State Champ in the high jump! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 🏆 Maleah Petersen takes 5th in the discus🥇 Congrats to Parker & Maleah for earning a spot on the podium. We are so proud!!💜💜💜

🎉📚 Wow, the last few weeks of school have been so busy! We haven't had enough time to post about all the fun stuff happening in our district. 🌟 Last week, EES hosted their Field Day and the weather was absolutely amazing! ☀️🌈 Students had a blast with the obstacle course, tug of war, running laps, and playing water games. 🏃‍♂️💦 And of course, there were snow cones too! 🍧 Thanks to everyone who made it such a memorable day! 🎊❤️

Our EMS Music Dept. got some amazing news from our state organization, WSMA. Back on April 13th, students had the opportunity in band and in choir to try out for the State level Band/Choir, kind of like a sport going to state. This year there were around 2,000 or kids that tried out, and we had AWESOME representation from EMS, having a total of 23 students audition, and of those 23, we have 5 students fully selected, and another 7 on the alternate list for the STATE CHOIR OR BAND!! There are only 300ish spots given out, and an even smaller amount for the alternate list, so making either one is a crazy deal!🎉 Emmie Pecacek Sophia Place Maye Petersen Miles Petersen Noah Windsor Priority Alternates (first choice if other selected kids can't make it) Laylah Cook Kensie Matzek Alternates Cora Peterson Ani Whelan Iliza Balster Lily Hanson Sophia Place

📢 Attention Families! 📢 As the school year comes to a close, we kindly remind you to log into your child's Infinite Campus account and take care of any outstanding fees. This helps ensure that all accounts are settled before summer break. If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact the school office. We're here to help!

We are thrilled to invite you to Taste of Tuscany, hosted by the Ellsworth Community School District Foundation! 🍷 Mark your calendars for Friday, May 31st at Vino in the Valley. The Ellsworth Community School District Foundation is committed to enriching educational opportunities for our students through private funding. 💡 Funds are distributed to classrooms via EXCELLS Grants, supporting innovative projects. We also honor our dedicated educators through the annual Teacher of the Year Award! 🏆 Join us for an evening of delicious Italian cuisine and support a great cause! ✨ Tickets can be purchased at the District Office or online at https://www.ellsworthcommunityschoolfoundation.org/tasteoftuscany

🌞 Exciting news! Our Grandparent Guardian Support Group is adding two summer dates to our calendar. Join us as we navigate the journey of grandparent guardianship together—finding strength, understanding, and a sense of belonging in the company of those who truly comprehend the joys and challenges unique to the grandparent guardian role. 🌼 Let's make this summer meaningful and supportive!

Since the passage of the Facilities Referendum in April, our staff, construction professionals, and finance professionals have been working hard to move the project forward. We have great news on the financing of the construction bonds. We had originally estimated an interest rate of 5.5% and a tax impact per $100,000 of home value when the referendum was brought to residents. We have officially sold the first $14.4 million in bonds at a rate of 4.46% which will lower the estimated tax impact by nearly 10% from our original projection of $79 per $100,000 of home value to $72 per $100,000 in value. Over the life of the borrowing, it is currently estimated that we will avoid about $3.2 million in interest with this lower rate. It is always great for our residents to be able to complete the projects with a lower tax impact than originally anticipated. Over the past number of weeks many meetings have been held with staff, construction managers, and architects to begin the design phase. Along with these meetings we have conducted visits to other school districts to view their facilities while also visiting CVTC and Stout regarding their engineering programs to assist in our visioning of spaces and curriculum as we move ahead. We are moving now into the phase of beginning actual designs that will ultimately lead to the bidding documents that will go out this winter. Again, we are planning for actual work to begin in April, 2025 with all projects completed by August, 2026. Look for much more information to come as we solidify plans and move ahead and thank you again for your support of this project.

Middle School Menu for May 30 th Hot Beef on Bun Potatoes Steamed Veggies Choice of Fruit Cookie Senior High Menu for May 30 th Biscuits & Gravy or Sloppy Joe on Bun Potatoes Veggies Choice of Fruit Cookie Elementary Menu for May 30 th Mozzarella Dippers w/ Marinara Sauce Steamed Veggies Garden Salad Choice of Fruit Cookie

ETS to Kickoff June 3rd! Starting June 3rd, the following sessions will be provided in the Ellsworth High School Weight Room: 6:30-8:00am – Elite Boys 8:00-9:30am – Elite Girls 9:30-11:00am – Middle School / Intermediate Elite Boys – this session is for any boys who would consider themselves varsity level athletes, focusing on total performance Elite Girls – this session is for any girls who would consider themselves varsity level athletics, focusing on total performance Middle School / Intermediate – this session is for MS athletes and any other athletes who are in high school, but not at the varsity level, focusing on total performance, but in a less intense environment No signing up or registration required. Coach Heller/Coach Poulos will sign you in and mark your attendance each day. Those students already registered for Middle School weight lifting through summer school registration, that programming will run alongside and in conjunction with the ETS programming. If you are already signed up for MS weightlifting, you do not need to do anything additional. If you have any questions, please reach out to me: haglundk@ellsworth.k12.wi.us https://ellsworthathletics.com/

🎶🎓 Exciting news! Our EES students were treated to an amazing performance by the talented UWEC Audacious Acapella Group! 🌟 From mesmerizing harmonies to jaw-dropping vocal percussion, they wowed us all with their incredible talent and passion for music. A huge thank you to the group for sharing their gifts with us, and to everyone who made this special experience possible. A special shout out to Mrs. Magee's daughter Emily and EHS Alumni Jolene Schultz!!! Let's keep the music alive! 🎵👏

2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Initiative Scholar - Jillian Griggs 2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Excellence Scholar - Jocelyn Boyle

🎉👏 Congratulations to the EHS Class of 2025! 👏🎉 We are thrilled to announce the induction of our outstanding students into the National Honor Society! 🌟🎓 Your hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence have truly paid off. Here's to your bright futures! 🏅📚

🚀🔬 6th Grade Science Foundations Pasta Rovers! 🔬🚀 Our 6th grade Science Foundations class has just wrapped up their space unit by creating amazing pasta rovers! 🍝🛸 The challenge included keeping their rover within budget, incorporating as many scientific tool attachments as possible, and ensuring their rover could travel a set distance. 🧑‍🚀🌌 Great job, young scientists! 🌟✨

Our incredible 3rd graders have brought history to life with their Wax Museum project! 📚🕰️ After reading a book about their famous person, they took notes, wrote biographies, crafted speeches, created costumes, and performed their speeches when visitors pressed their buttons. 🎤👗 They have been working on this amazing project since March! Fantastic job, 3rd graders! 🌟👏

🎉𝕆𝔽𝔽𝕀ℂ𝕀𝔸𝕃𝕃𝕐 𝔾ℝ𝔸𝔻𝕌𝔸𝕋𝔼𝔻!!!🎓🌟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜!!! 🎉👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 You did it! Here's to all the hard work and accomplishments. Wishing you all the best for your future endeavors! 🌟

🚛🚜 Touch a Truck Day at EES! 🚒🚑 Our EES students had an unforgettable experience at the Touch a Truck event! 🚚👷‍♂️ They got up close and personal with some amazing vehicles and learned all about the important roles they play in our community. What a fun and educational day! 🚧🚌 THANK YOU !!! Pierce County Highway Department Pierce County Sheriff's Department Ellsworth Village Police Ellsworth Fire Department Fenske Farms Ellsworth Ambulance Ellsworth Village Street Department Cemstone Melstrom Towing