Big and little buddies are having a sledding outing at the community park this morning/afternoon. Thanks to Ruben for organizing the event and coordinating the overall program this year.
Here's what's happening this week in Middle School; tinyurl.com/yd6o8g3r
Congratulations to the 4th and 5th grade classroom spelling bee winners. Make plans to watch them complete in the school spelling bee on Friday morning at 8:30 in the high school gym!
The scheduled home boys JV & Varsity basketball game vs. Harbor Light is still on! Come on out to support your Lancers. JV starts at 5:30PM; Varsity to follow.
Last week, Middle and High School houses described ways they can choose to be kind in their daily lives. Some of their suggestions are on display outside of Mrs. Stuck's room.
Thanks to Mrs. Pletcher for taking our junior and senior students to the career expo this morning in Charlevoix.
Congratulations to the Ellsworth Elementary Students of the Week!
Not many Northern Michigan schools can claim staff members that run a lettuce farm. Thanks to Shelley and Nate Cole and Gallant Gardens for keeping our school salad bars stocked during the national lettuce shortage.
Congratulations to our Lancer Math Fact champs. Thanks to Mrs. Essenberg for putting this together.
The 4th graders visited the HS coding class to participate in this year’s Hour of Code. If you’d like to find out more, visit code.org for more fun coding!
The kindergarten and first grade classes enjoyed a visit from Officer Travis Chellis on Friday. He talked about the role of police officers and how they help others.
This weekend the Cybertronic Lancers participated in the "Robot Show-n-Tell" session of RoboCom 2018 at Petoskey High School. They discussed the design process and building of the robot from last season's competition as well as plans for improvements in the upcoming season.
The Giving Tree is located in the gym lobby. Take an ornament home and purchase a much needed baby or toddler item for our local Moms & Tots Center of Ellsworth. Return the gift to the Giving Tree by December 17th and the National Honor Society will turn the gifts into the center in time for the Christmas season!
New team chairs arrived just in time for the first home varsity basketball games of the season. Thanks to the Ellsworth Boosters and Board of Education for their support.
Student Council and NHS would like to thank everyone that participated in Operation Birthday! Grades K-12 were able to collect 359 birthday items to donate to local service agencies.
ECS would like to say a very special thank you to our Board of Education. President, Nancy Russell, Vice-President Mark Groenink, Secretary Susie Gardner, Treasurer Chris Wallace, Trustee Dudley Stevens, Trustee Carl Krosniki, and Trustee Heidi Cooper.
ECS Alumni Jesus Oviedo made a visit home from his deployment with the United States Marines and stopped by school to surprise his nieces and nephews.
Second grade working together to communicate and problem solve during our morning meeting activity of the human knot.
First graders had fun conducting their pumpkin STEM activities on Friday. They measured the weight of their pumpkins, counted the seeds, and tested their hypotheses about whether or not pumpkins can float.
Mrs. Stuck joined the English 12 classroom to do a Book Talk on one of her favorite historical fiction reads. Book Talks are a way for students learn what others like to read and helps expand their knowledge of book options and genres. Students can then check out the book or put it on their "Might Like to Read" list.
