🌞✨ Take us back to last week! The weather was perfect, and we had such an amazing time in Ms. Horn's summer school reading adventures and exploring the school forest! 🏫🌿🌼 What an amazing way to spend the day reading in a hammock in the forest.
🌞 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!
🎒📚 𝟟𝕥𝕙 𝔸𝕟𝕟𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝕊𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥📚🎒
Our goal is to provide students in need the school supplies necessary to start the new year. This includes supplies, headphones, calculators, backpacks, and tennis shoes. 🖍️📓🎧
How do I qualify for assistance?
Students in need (qualify for free/reduced lunch, confirmed homeless status, referral from School Social Worker, School Counselor, or Mental Health Coordinator) may register to get supplies. Items will be on a first come, first served basis. 🏫
📅 Deadline to sign up is Monday, August 5, 2024
👉 Registration for School Supplies 2024-2025 Sign Up School Supplies
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFzUvJMX9agrlM_Z5r3GHSpchffGqXv4agawymhHwKyLkrow/viewform?usp=sf_link👈
Donations 💜
If you are interested in donating school supplies, shoes, or backpacks please contact:
Anne Pechacek: pechaceka@ellsworth.k12.wi.us 📧 715-273-3904 📞
Mary Zimmerman: zimmermanm@ellsworth.k12.wi.us 📧 715-273-3911 📞
Donations can also be dropped off at the elementary school:
🕒 Monday-Thursday between 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. We can also pick up donations.
📍 Ellsworth Elementary
445 S. Piety Street
Ellsworth, WI 54011
715-273-3912
📦 For families that are registered: Pick up supplies at Ellsworth Elementary (Bus Loop)
🗓️ Monday, August 12, 2024
🕒 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Let's ensure every student starts the year with the tools they need to succeed! 🌟📖🖊️
💜High School💜
🌞Summer Hours🌞
8:00 a.m. - Noon
🌞🏖️ Kicking off the Summer Fun Series Tonight! 🌞🏖️
The Ellsworth Wisconsin Area Chamber Of Commerce sponsors tonight's festivities. They will transform East End Park into a beachy waterpark!
🏖️ East End Park
😎 5-7 pm
Get ready for some giant slip-n-slide action, beach balls, and sand toys! 🎉🌊🏖️
See you there! 😎☀️🕶️
🐾🌞 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!
🎉📚 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! 🎊❤️
🏆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!!💜💜💜
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!
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.
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!
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/
2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Initiative Scholar - Jillian Griggs
2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Student Excellence Scholar - Jocelyn Boyle
🎶🎓 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! 🎵👏
