Ennis Schools

Hi Ennis families! More invites for Rooms will be sent out this Wednesday, Dec 4. We are excited to move to a simpler and more unified way of communication. Once you receive the invite via email and/or text and follow the instructions, you will access Rooms via the Ennis Mustangs app. Download the app in advance: Download for Android https://aptg.co/nSt3yv Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/nrnN-6

Thanksgiving Break Reminder: Tuesday is the last day of school this week as Thanksgiving Break is Wednesday through Friday. Tuesday will be a regular school day and we will get out of school at our regular Tuesday time. Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi Ennis families! We are excited to launch our new two-way communication system, Rooms! Rooms will be accessible via our Ennis Mustangs app. To access class announcements and two-way parent-teacher chat, you will need to accept an invite into the platform. Our first round of invites will be sent out tomorrow, Friday November 15th. If you do not receive an invite, no worries. More rounds of invites will be sent over the course of the next few weeks. Please visit the Rooms Support page on our website if you have any questions and be sure to check out our latest news article that contains a video walk-through of what Rooms will look like!

The Montana Raptor Conservation Center presented to K-5 students on Friday, November 8th. The MRCC deals with the Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Release of raptor bird species in Montana, such as Owls, Hawks, and Eagles. They also work to educate students and the public in Montana about raptors and raptor rescue. Thank you to the Center for the excellent hands-on educational experience for our students, and thank you to Ennis Schools GROWW coordinator, Shauna Stephenson, for arranging for the MRCC to come in.

Veterans Day Thank You: Ennis Schools students and staff had the opportunity to eat with local veterans today as well as thank them for their service to our country. Students and staff sang the National Anthem and signed a giant thank you banner to express their gratitude and respect. In addition, students had a hat day to raise money for the local American Legion. Thank you to elementary music teacher, Katie McCollom, for teaching all of our students the lyrics to the National Anthem and thank you to Flying S Title and Escrow for providing the Veterans Thank You banner. THANK YOU VETERANS!!!

Ms. Beckman's PE classes have been working on a pickleball unit. They finished the unit up with a tournament for each class period. The PE Pickleball tournament winners were: Brandon Foss and Wyatt Williams for the high school 7th period class; Natalee Washington and Jaeden Schaak for high school 6th period class; Autumn O'Keefe and Willow Williams for the 8th grade class; and Piper Fast and Elsie Nelson for the 7th grade class. Congratulations to the winner and great job to Ms. Beckman for a fun PE unit.

Reminder, Parent/Teacher conferences are Thursday, October 24 from 1-6pm. Conferences with high school teachers are first come, first serve. These teachers will be located in their classrooms. The junior high teachers will be set up in the junior high commons. This is a new set-up for junior high conferences that we hope will be easier for parents to negotiate. If you need to talk to the teachers of elective classes, they will be located in their classroom. Elementary conferences have all been scheduled by the teachers. Please call either the K-6 office at 406-682-4237 or the 7-12 office at 406-682-4258 if you have any questions.

Kindy Field Trip to the Jumping Horse Ranch. The kindergarten students recently took a short field trip to the Jumping Horse Ranch to take part in some fall harvest activities. One highlight was making homemade Apple Cider. Thank you to Jeff Klein and the Jumping Horse Ranch for a fun-filled day!

Pink Out Night - last night was Pink Out Night at the HS VB games vs. Three Forks to help raise awareness of breast cancer and to support breast cancer prevention. This annual event also raises money for the Joan Schilling Scholarship fund in honor and memory of long time Ennis coach and teacher, Joan Schilling. The VB team baked goodies for a silent auction and local businesses donated items for a raffle, raising $900 for the scholarship.

Friday schedule and no Colt Club today: Just another reminder that we are on a Friday schedule today and school will release at 2 p.m. to allow K-12 Staff to attend a training on a new communication system we will be rolling out to parents soon. Also, please remember that there will be no Colt Club today and there is no School Thursday and Friday due to Teacher Conventions.

Media Class is busy filming their Halloween videos. They are using green screen technology to disappear and appear as floating heads or hats.

Just a reminder about yet another Mental Health and Parenting resource available to Parents through ParentGuidance.org. There are Virtual Events every Monday -Thursday evening in October with a different topic each night. There are also two time slots available each night to better fit into parents busy schedules. See the attached picture of the flier that shows the various topics available throughout the month. The Virtual Events range from topics like Social Media: Protecting Your Child to a Virtual Event about Building Your Child's Confidence. There is also a QR code on the flier for quick and easy access.

Just a shout out to Mrs. Zucker and the JH/HS Pep Band for giving two excellent performances of the National Anthem for the Volleyball games Thursday and Friday last week. They sounded awesome - great job!

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!