Ennis Schools

SAVE THE DATE! Are you concerned about the dangers of Social Media for your child? Would you like to know more about Internet Safety for children? If so, be sure to put on your calendar a community presentation put on by Officer Dave Gomez on Monday, October 21st at the Madison Theater at 6:30 p.m. Ennis students in grades 6th-12th grade will also be hearing from Officer Gomez during the day on October 21st. See attached picture of the flier with more information.

Just a reminder that today's Homecoming parade is at 1:15 p.m. and will run in reverse direction from years past due to the water main break at Lion's Club Park. The parade will begin at the school and run down to the about the Nearly New. Be loud and proud - GOOO MUSTANGS!

Today's homecoming dress up theme for the elementary was dress like a staff member. It was a lot of fun for me to see a whole bunch of Mr. Hiltons come through the door this morning (see pic). They were all a lot better looking with a lot more hair though! I told them they needed to take over and I would head home for the day. :) We had a whole bunch of other staff members well represented and it was equally as fun to see those look a likes come through the door as well. Homecoming is a crazy, busy week, but a lot of fun, so thank you for allowing your kids to have some fun with our dress up days.

Fridays - Just a reminder to everyone that school gets out at 2 p.m. on Fridays. That means buses will bring students home an hour and a half earlier than Mon.-Thursday. Have a great weekend!

Colt Club reminder: Just a reminder that K-5 Colt Club (our after school program) does not begin until after Labor Day Weekend, so the first day will be on Sept. 3rd. As a reminder, Colt Club runs Monday-Thursday each week in the elementary cafeteria and lasts from the end of school until 4:30 p.m. Students who want to participate will need have a parent fill out a permission form through the elementary office before being able to participate.

It was great to see all of our students back at school yesterday! Even though it has only been three short months, it feels like our students have been gone a lot longer, and they all have grown so much! It was also a lot of fun to meet the new members of the Mustang Family as well - we extend a warm welcome to all of our new students and their families and welcome you all to the Mustang Family! Finally, I always try to get a few pics of our first arrivals to school for the year and here is this year's group of students who showed up early ready to rock and roll!

Open House Update for August 20th: The Open House time has been moved to 4-6 p.m. to better accommodate parent work schedules. Students and parents are invited to come meet teachers for the 2024-2025 School Year. Since we originally were going to go at an earlier time, we don't have dinner planned like in previous Open Houses, but we still hope people are able to swing by and meet staff and see student classrooms. See you on the 20th!

Transportation Director wanted! $75,000 salary and EXCELLENT benefits. Check out the employment tab for specific details on the position.

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Just want to take a moment to thank all of the individuals and businesses who provided treats, certificates, coffee, lunch, etc. over the course of the week for Staff Appreciation Week. Your thoughtfulness is so very much appreciated.

One of our Academic Olympic teams was selected to compete at the state competition in Missoula April 22-23. These boys worked their brains extremely hard with individual and team competitions. When it was all said and done they finished 6th as a team overall. Not bad for the first time an Ennis team competed at the state competition. Congratulations to Vance Wingard, Zach Foss, Creed Allen, Aiden Kramer, Peter Kelley and Emry Veland. A big thank you to their coaches, Cindy Pederson and Anthony Gossack.

Baby chickens have hatched! Mrs. Rice's 1st graders and Mrs. Klein's Kindergarteners are starting to see some baby chickens hatch! This chicks in the picture are from Mrs. Rice's class. She came in on Friday morning to find four little furry friends waiting for her in the incubator with one more pecking its way out of its shell. The students were so excited and anxiously await the arrival of their next group of feathered friends...some ducklings!

3rd grade students took advantage of a beautiful spring day on Wednesday and went outside with Elementary Counselor Mrs. Abbie McKitrick to write positive messages on the sidewalk outside of the Elementary school main doors. As you can see by the pictures, they did a great job! Unfortunately, 24 hours later elementary students were building snowmen at recess, and some of the awesome, positive messages were washed away, but that is spring time in Montana I guess! Great job 3rd graders and thank you for your efforts in spreading positive energy and messages!

Elementary students out enjoying the spring snow storm! I love the teamwork between students and staff out there building snowmen. The kids also know who to recruit to get the final piece (the head portion) put on the snowman. It helps when you have a teacher who is over 6' tall on recess duty - thank you Mrs. Klein!

The high school student council collected money today to donate to a local person who is fighting cancer. Students in grades 6-12 were able to wear pajamas, hats, and bring coffee for a dollar each. Overall they collected $527. Great job student council and Ennis students!

The Kindergarteners took a trip to the Ennis National Fish Hatchery yesterday and learned all about what the staff does out there to be able to grow thousands of fish to stock rivers and lakes here and around the country. Thank you to the wonderful hatchery staff for taking the time to show our students around!

Please check out the NEWS section for the school board meeting summary from March 13th. Call with any questions!

Mrs. Rice's 1st Graders have their Leprechaun traps all set for this weekend! I can't wait to see what they catch! Take a look at their awesome traps!

The Ennis High School boy's team placed 5th out of 43 teams at Academic Olympics! Congratulations boys!

Just a reminder that the next installment of the online Mental Health Series will be tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. via Zoom. This is a free parent support system that is put on monthly by the Cook Center. This month's topic deals with ADHD and supporting your active child. See image on how to enroll for tomorrow's Zoom meeting.