Ennis Schools

Kindergarten Roundup! Please help spread the word that the Ennis Schools Kindergarten Roundup is scheduled for April 4th. Please contact D'awn at 406-682-4237 or dledgerwood@ennisschools.org if you have a child who will be five on or before Sept. 10th, 2023 and are interested in enrolling them in elementary school for the 2023-2024 school year. Please click on the image for more information!

Lunch Lady News from Head Cook Tammy Wham: The week of March 12, I traveled to Washington DC representing the Montana School Nutrition Association board for the Legislative Action Conference put on by the School Nutrition Association. Dave Thomas, from Darby, and I met with the Montana members of Congress to discuss important issues for school nutrition (reimbursement rates, healthy school meals at no charge, reducing regulatory and administration burdens and the USDA proposed guidelines). If you have any questions on these issues do not hesitate to give me a call. We had a very productive conference. Thanks, Tammy

Ennis School District #52, Special Board Meeting When: Monday March 20th, 2023 Where: Ennis High School, Room #3 Time: 6pm Agenda posted in News, and on School Board Page (under Our District)

Congrats to our Little Mustangs!-They are on their way to State Competition! Good luck at state this weekend and Go Mustangs!

Read Across America Week wrapped up today with a movie party in the HS gym. Students were treated to a movie and snacks. Students enjoyed a week full of dress up days geared toward the theme for the week. Great job getting your read on, elementary students, and keep reading those books!

Ms. Myers' 1st Grade students were learning about greater than, less than, and equal to signs today in math class. They were using playdough to show they understood the concept. The images appear to indicate they really know their stuff! Great job, 1st graders!

The Missoula Children's Theatre put on an assembly today for grades K-8. They have been working with students who signed up after school all week in preparation for two performances of The Little Mermaid on Saturday at 1 and 3:30 p.m. in the Elementary Gym. Thank you to the Booster Club for sponsoring this event and to all the individuals and businesses who provided food for the practices and lodging for the two Theatre residents.

This week is Read Across America Week for our school. RAA is a week to celebrate reading and encourage students to read. This year's theme is: "Camping With a Good Book." Each Elementary Classroom door is decorated in a way to celebrate reading and the theme for the year. Here are some pics of some of the classroom doors!

Coaching positions available!! Ennis Public Schools is immediately seeking applications for a head and/or assistant high school golf coach as well as an assistant high school track coach for the 2023 spring sports season. This position is open until filled. Please contact Activities Director Jordan Overstreet for more information @ 406-682-4258

Congratulations to the Lady Mustangs and Coaches on a 3rd place finish at the District 12C Tournament! The Lady Mustangs advance on to the Divisional Tournament this week at the Maroon Activities Center in Butte and will play Seeley Swan at 2pm on Thursday! Please check out the NEWS section for the bracket!

Just a reminder to students and parents that there is NO School Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th. School will resume on Tuesday, February 21st.

Attention: Ennis Youth Baseball & Softball league player registration deadline is February 17. Sign your 5-15 year old ball player(s) up at the following link: https://www.jotform.com/230186259995066

The 4th-8th Grade Madison County Spelling Bee was today in Virginia City. We had 9 students compete and 3 alternates attend the bee. Our students represented Ennis very well. Ultimately, Mustang 7th Grader Celee Klasna won the competition and 7th Grader James Henrich took 3rd. Celee will represent Madison County at the Montana State Spelling Bee on March 11th at 1 p.m. on the MSU campus in Bozeman. Congratulations to Celee, and great job to all of our participants!

Ms. Beckman's Physical Education classes wrapped up their Table Tennis Tournament last week. Click on the pictures to see who the champions were!

Students and staff celebrated the 100th day of school today by dressing up like they were 100 years old. I'd say they look pretty good for being 100! Happy 100th day everyone!

Kindness Project! A little kindness can go a long way in making the world a better place. Abbie McKitrick, school counseling intern, worked with K-6 grade students on what kindness really means. The students completed a kindness project where they decorated coffee sleeves with kind words or kind pictures to spread to the Ennis community. The three local coffee shops will have a “kindness day” this week to spread cheer to others. The students talked about what kindness is, what kindness looks like, what it feels like when someone is kind to them, what it feels like when they are kind to others, and how they can show kindness to others every day. Great job K-6 students - someone is really going to enjoy your message with their coffee this week and hopefully will pass your kindness along to others! See attached pics to see some of the great messages the K-6 students came up with!

Mrs. Klein's Kindergarten class was working on their Science Fair Project today. They were doing an experiment on thermal energy to test their hypothesis. Their hypothesis was based on how many mini candles it would take to provide enough thermal energy to turn the fans that they created. Their results and conclusions can be found at the Science Fair next Monday. Great job Kindergarteners!

Congratulations to 7th grader Celee Klasna for winning the 2022-2023 5th-8th grade School Spelling Bee! 5th grader Max Hale was runner up. Celee and Max will represent Ennis Schools at the Madison County Spelling Bee at the Virginia City Administrative Building on Feb. 15th at 10 a.m. They will be joined by our other qualifiers Barrett Garland, Jackie Treloar, Noah Behan, James Henrich, Finn Graden, Emmy Edge, and Sarah Fouraker. Congratulations and thank you for representing our school at the County Bee!

Just a reminder that Ennis Schools has partnered with ParentGuidance.Org to provide resources to parents who are looking for some mental health support for their families and parenting strategies. Be on the lookout in the news section of the school website for monthly Mental Health Nights which are accessible via Zoom. Parents can register for events by clicking on the link in the news article or by accessing the QR code. All sessions are anonymous and by registering for the event, you have access to a recording of the zoom meeting in the event you cannot attend when it occurs.

It was game day at Colt Club yesterday! See pics!