🎨🏫 March is Specialists in Our Schools Month! 🌟 Join us in celebrating the amazing talents of our specialists! 🎉 They're bringing their creativity to life with an exciting art project in the gym! 🖌️🎭 Let's show our appreciation for their dedication to enriching our school community! 👏
🎉👧👦🎈 Exciting News! 🎈👦👧🎉
📢 Calling all parents with kids aged 3-5 years old! 📢
🗓 Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 24th, 2024! 🗓
🏫 We're thrilled to announce that The Ellsworth Community School District will be hosting a Child Development Screening Day at Ellsworth Elementary School! 🏫
👀 This is an incredible opportunity for you to gain insights into your child's development in speech/language, gross motor, fine motor, and play skills! 👀
🤹♂️ Your child will get to participate in a fun-filled playgroup, where we'll observe their social, communication, motor, and early learning skills! 🤹♀️
👂 Plus, we'll be screening your child's vision and hearing to ensure their overall well-being! 👀👂
Don't miss out on this fantastic chance to support your child's growth and development! See you there! 🌟
I am hopeful that over the past several weeks you have had the opportunity to become informed about the upcoming facility referendum that is on the ballot next Tuesday, April 2nd. I appreciate the time that our parents and residents have taken to review the information, ask questions, and provide feedback. It is always our primary goal to get information to our residents through a number of avenues to truly inform residents about the projects and the rationale behind the projects.
I often get the question of why we bring referendum questions to the public. The primary reason is that annual school district budgets are not meant to provide for large-scale facility maintenance or building projects. They simply have never been. School Districts are very unique in that we must ask for voter approval for these projects through the referendum process. This process was established to provide the voter the voice in these major financial decisions. With this process, residents truly make the decisions regarding the use of their tax dollars.
The projects coming to all voters on April 2nd are the result of a nearly two-year process of an in-depth study of our facilities to identify our most immediate needs along with a community survey that narrowed the projects based on the feedback we received. They are also the result of a consistent focus on providing quality facilities for our community through ongoing maintenance and planning. Without this process, the projects simply build and become unmanageable.
Bringing a referendum to the voters of the district is not something we ever take lightly. We understand very well the work we need to do to bring responsible projects to the voters and then communicate well why we have brought them to the voters for consideration.
Once again, I thank you very much for taking the time to learn more about the proposed projects. I hope that we have provided you with quality information throughout this past number of weeks. Please remember to vote on April 2nd!
Please visit our school district website at https://www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us/page/facility-referendum-2024 for much more information.
Barry Cain
Superintendent of the Ellsworth Community School District
Just a friendly reminder that ECSD will be closed on the following days:
🗓️ Thursday, March 28th: Teacher Inservice Day
🗓️ Friday, March 29th: Break
🗓️ Monday, April 1st: Break
We hope everyone enjoys the break and we'll see you back ready to learn on Tuesday, April 2nd! 📚✏️
📝✨ Don't miss out on securing your spot for the 2024/2025 4YK Wrap Around Care program for next school year! 🏫 If you're interested, here's what you need to know:
To be approved for the program, you MUST be registered for 4YK. 📚 If you haven't registered yet, please follow the link below to complete the registration process. ⬇️
4YK Registration: https://wicloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/apps/olr/application/login/email-choose-year
We'll be accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis. Once you submit your form, we'll send an email to let you know if you've been approved into the program.
Once approved, you'll receive a link to sign up for brightwheel and pay the $25 registration fee to secure your spot in next year's wrap-around program. 🌟
Don't delay—secure your spot today! 🎉
24/25 Wrap Around Care Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqOneWmgO-Mm3nqao_qX5BHaYvAtn4bMIIbdfEBJys0wV8AA/viewform
Any questions reach out to Danielle Matter at matterd@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
The high school’s current rear lobby and concessions area limits our ability to host school and community events, due to lack of space.
The proposed expansion will more than double the current space while providing secured entry for students and community members to access events and fitness areas.
Remember to vote on Tuesday, April 2.
For more information visit our website at https://www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us/page/facility-referendum-2024
The high school’s current physical education fitness areas are a repurposed classroom and the former wrestling room. They lack space and are located down a hallway from each other leading to safety and supervision challenges.
The proposed plan will remodel and expand the health & physical education/weight room and lobby to meet our program needs while also providing a resource to the community.
Remember to vote on Tuesday, April 2.
For more information visit our website at https://www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us/page/facility-referendum-2024
📢 Attention Ellsworth community! 📢
Unfortunately, we have to announce the cancellation of tonight's Art Exhibition Reception at the Ellsworth Public Library. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
However, the good news is that the artwork will still be available for viewing at the library until March 28th! So if you were looking forward to exploring some amazing art, you still have time to stop by and appreciate the talent on display.
Menu Change:
We will have Mini Corn Dog Menu today and Grilled Chicken Menu tomorrow.
Another Change will be Mac & Cheese on April 3rd, instead of Pizza Hotdish and the Pizza Hotdish Menu will be April 24th
Phone lines are currently down in the district. If you need to contact the schools please use the attendance email.
EES - eesattendance@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
EMS - emsattendance@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
EHS - ehsattendance@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
👟🌟💰 We're incredibly proud of our 4th graders for their initiative and compassion! 🎉 They're organizing a fundraiser within our community called "Kicks for Kids" to raise $4,000 for local children. 👧👦 Tradehome Shoes has generously partnered with us, allowing us to purchase shoes at cost through a 5-year partnership! 🙌
On April 13th, our students will be at 5 local businesses collecting donations. 💼🏪 You can also contribute through our GoFundMe page at: https://gofund.me/08c66496
Let's lace up together and make a difference in the lives of our community's children! 👟💕
Due to the heavy snow, the Ellsworth Community School District will have an E Learning Day on Monday, March 25, 2024. There will be no in person learning. Please follow the E-Learning procedures.
GrandParent Guardians Support Group
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.
For more information or to sign up please email Melinda, Savannah, or Olivia
casperm@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
waynes@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
carlsono@ellsworth.k12.wi.us
🎨✨ Art Exhibition at Ellsworth Public Library! 📚🖌️
Mark your calendars, art enthusiasts! Immerse yourself in the incredible creativity of ECSD students as their artwork takes center stage at the Ellsworth Public Library! 🗓️🎉
🖼️👩🎨 Join us for a special reception on March 26th, from 4:30-6:00 PM, where you can meet some of the talented artists behind these masterpieces and celebrate their artistic achievements. 🥳👨🎨
Let's come together to support our budding artists and appreciate the vibrant colors and unique perspectives they bring to the community. 🌈👏 Don't miss out on this opportunity to be inspired by the next generation of creative minds! 👧🏽🎨
The existing locker bays at the middle school are oversized and hard to monitor for student safety.
If the April 2 facilities referendum is approved, the locker bay areas will be redesigned to create open, collaborative learning areas for each grade level, while improving student safety.
Remember to vote on Tuesday, April 2.
For more information visit our website at https://www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us/page/facility-referendum-2024
The demand for workers in the trades, manufacturing, engineering, and agriculture is growing in our region. Our tech ed (“shop”) classrooms and labs do not reflect the modern work settings.
The April 2 facilities referendum will expand middle and high-level opportunities for students to gain real-world experiences that prepare them for their careers and post-secondary education.
Remember to vote on Tuesday, April 2.
For more details check out our website at https://www.ellsworth.k12.wi.us/page/facility-referendum-2024
🎭🌹✨ Last Friday was a day of magic and talent as the EES Drama Club performed "Beauty is a Beast"! 🌟🎭 From enchanting performances to captivating storytelling, our students showcased their creativity and passion for the arts! 🎶👏 Let's give a huge round of applause to all the performers, crew members, and staff who made this production a roaring success! 🎉👑
Wow! The Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success thanks to all of the support from EES families. It was amazing to see the excitement from students and families as they searched for the perfect book or some cool pens, erasers and journals. The teachers were thrilled to receive some of the books from their wish lists. Your book fair purchases will help build classroom libraries and provide books for incentives and future literacy events. Keep reading!
This message is going out to all families and staff due to the possibility of inclement weather going into the next number of days. At this time, there are no cancellations of school and this is simply for planning purposes.
Due to our mild winter so far, we have had no inclement weather cancellations to this point. This allows us some flexibility at this time. Due to this, any inclement weather cancellations in the upcoming week will be virtual learning days for students and staff. Emails will be sent by the building-level principals and staff regarding schedules and plans in the cases of inclement weather days.
This plan allows us to continue instruction as we enter the last week of the third quarter and also allows us to keep the Monday, April 1st day scheduled day off of school.
🌟📚👧🧒 Our first graders have been on an amazing journey in Social Studies, diving deep into the world of Citizenship! 🌍✨ From understanding respect, responsibility, and perseverance to embracing honesty, good choices, and teamwork, these young minds are shining examples of what it means to be good citizens! 🌟💼🤝 Let's continue to nurture these values in our little ones as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow! 🌱💡
