Ennis Schools

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.

Congratulations to all of our Missoula Children's Theatre performers on their fine performance of Treasure Island last Friday! Students worked hard all week preparing for the two performances on 2/23, and each crowd was treated to an excellent musical as a result. Thank you to Abby Thomas for coordinating the events for the week, Ennis Booster Club for sponsoring MCT week, and to the many volunteers and businesses who provided lodging, meals, etc. throughout the week. A special thanks goes out to the following volunteers/businesses: Lure Me Inn, Brunner Studios, Burnt Tree Pizza, Nacho Mamas, Pic-A-Nic Basket, Tavern 287, Alley Bistro, Madison Foods, Plain Janes, Engel and Volkers Real Estate.

Mrs. Croy's 5th grade class and Mrs. Myers' 1st grade class got together for a buddies activity the other day. Check out the colorful Skittle art! My guess is quite a few Skittles didn't make it into the artwork! :) Thank you, 5th graders, for working with the littles and providing good examples for them.

There will be a special board meeting on Tuesday, February 27th @ 5:30pm in RM #3 of the HS to accept supt. resignation, discuss supt. search, consider second reading of 8th grade participation policy, facility assessment contract with McKinstry, discussion of preparation for legislative session, hire 5th grade position, and consider retirement package. If you have any questions, please contact Supt. Casey Klasna.

The school board reviewed the American Rescue Plan and the Safe Return to school Plan last night at the school board meeting on February 12th, 2024. These plans were on the agenda for stakeholder input and the board decided to not make any changes to the plans at this time.. These plans were a result of our response to Covid and the ESSER money we were allocated. Please call the school if you have any questions!

Congratulations to Max Hale on winning the Madison County Spelling Bee on Feb. 7th! Max will now go on to compete in the Montana State Spelling Bee in Bozeman on March 9th. Congratulations, Max, and good luck in the State Bee!

Just a reminder that the February school board meeting has been changed to Monday, February 12th @ 5:30pm.

100th day of school! Some students and staff celebrated the 100th day of school by dressing up like they were 100 years old. I saw some awesome outfits today. Check out Mrs. Klein's kindy class and this self-proclaimed "grumpy" elderly lady I came across in the hallway today!

Ennis School District 52 is currently seeking two trustees for three-year terms. Anyone qualified for and interested in running for this position may pick up a petition from Ginger Martello at Ennis High School. Petition must be turned in at the Ennis School District Clerk’s office prior to 4 p.m. March 28, 2024. No candidate may appear on the ballot unless he or she meets this deadline. If you have any questions about the trustee positions, please call Superintendent Casey Klasna at (406)682-4258.

4th-8th Grade Spelling Bee Results: Congratulations to 8th grader Celee Klasna for winning the Ennis School Spelling Bee for a second year in a row! Runner up was 8th grader Kahryn Vaudrin. Celee and Kahryn will now compete at the Madison County Spelling Bee along with Anna Kelley, Cienna Huyser, Braxton Nichols, James Henrich, Jack Leonard, and Sven Gustafson. The Madison County Bee is on Feb. 7th at 10 a.m. in Virginia City in the County Administrative Building. Space is limited, so if you would like to watch/listen from afar, you may do so through with the following information provided by County Superintendent Pam Birkeland. It is through a website called WebEx. WebEx Login(copy and paste the following link in your browser): https://madisoncounty.my.webex.com/madisoncounty.my/j.php?MTID=maff7ae7b901cca4e3bee6415471d5e1a Meeting Number: 2557 227 5850 Password: VCMadison or Join by Phone: 1-408-418-9388 Password: 82623476