Congratulations to our February students of "Compassion" Caring enough to do something about someone else's need!
Bentley- Prek4 (not pictured)
Brooks- Kindergarten
Kielynn- 1st Grade
J.L.- 2nd Grade
Tarrant Young qualified for the state wrestling tournament. State competition begins on Friday, February 25 at Fort Hays State University. Tarrant's bracket can be seen below.
Sub-state basketball begins this week. Our boys play Peabody at Stafford on Thursday, February 24 at 7:00pm. Our girls do not have a game on Friday due to a forfeiture. Please see the attached brackets for more sub-state information.
It's that time again! !! The Book Fair starts next Monday, February 28. We'll be open Monday from 8-9 am and then 3-6 pm, Tuesday through Thursday 8-9 am, and Friday 8-9 am and 12-4 pm. You can also order online from February 25 - March 10 at www.scholastic.com/bf/staffordelementaryschool.
Reminder: Free screenings are being provided for students entering pre-school at Stafford for the 22-23 school year on April 8th at the Central School. The form for the screening is linked below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD9JudV4TiSaDlpgR7W93_esfSnPpC_wRlWuDt0PwOQ2E5xg/viewform?embedded=true
FFA week starts this week and to celebrate FFA is holding a friendly competition between classes! Which ever class brings the most items this week will win a sweet treat.
Track season is on the way. Use the link to order some Stafford gear.
https://factory233.com/stafford_track/shop/home
Regional wrestling is at Hillsboro today. The event is being streamed at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/hillsboro-high-school-hillsboro-ks
There may be a subscription price.
The HS basketball teams travel to Attica tonight.
5:30 - 1/2 JV Boys
Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys
Reminder: There is no school Monday, February 21st.
When we return on Tuesday the 22nd it is TWOsday! 2/22/22 Wear Tutus and/or ties to school to celebrate!
Yesterday the group on the left participated in a Technology Student Association Leadership Conference in Emporia. They took home some prizes and had a great time learning and meeting other clubs from around the state. The group on the right went to Flint Hills Technical College and Emporia State University on college visits at the same time. We are all grateful to everyone who made it possible - from the admissions officers at the schools, the TSA coordinators and especially Dale Hearn who got up at the crack of dawn to get us there!
The MS Wrestling at Pratt this afternoon has been moved to tomorrow, February 18.
Tomorrow's breakfast has been changed to Pancakes instead of the Cinnamon Stick.
ATTENTION BASEBALL/SOFTBALL PARENTS: Ellinwood is having a spring sports parent meeting on Thursday February 24, at 6:30 PM. Please try to be there. There will be a home boys sub-state basketball game in Stafford that night at 7 PM so if you have a boy playing basketball who is interested in also playing baseball you may want to make plans to have someone who is going to the baseball meeting take notes for you.
Last night at the game, our #ZeroReasonsWhy student group hosted a "yellow out" and set up a table to raise awareness of youth suicide and spread information and resources to the community.
They did a great job of leading our guest activity: "There are #ZeroReasonsWhy you can't talk about mental health but MANY reasons to smile. What's one of yours?" Responses included family, friends, pets, basketball, Jesus, and more!
Thank you to all who came and participated and thank you to our student ambassadors that helped prepare for the event. An even bigger thank you to Jessica Schrag, Madilyn Hearn, Abby Kirkpatrick, and Sam Lowther for working the table and leading our guest activity!
Cunningham travels to Stafford today for HS basketball. Games begin at 5:00.
5:00 - JV boys
Varsity Girls
Varsity Boys
We will honor our seniors in between the varsity games.
Our Zero Reasons Why campaign is sponsoring a yellow out. Please see their booth tonight.
In Spanish class we like to have FUN with our extra credit questions! The students used their creativity to create some Bear-y cute outfits!
Our high school basketball teams travel to South Barber this afternoon. There will be no JV girls game.
5:00 JV boys
Varsity girls
Varsity boys
A subscription is required to stream the game at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/south-barber-high-school-kiowa-ks/gam89a1980573
