When: May 26, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 5.26.2020 ESD Board Workshop, Special Meeting
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Agenda https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RKWp5jaGv98fmDiFuO12IJNpPK5RgV6j?usp=sharing
Please read linked communication about EEMS Grade 8 Promotion.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-NQqQUpUiWe-LAYXIKNw6nKfUe5t-dPZ/view?usp=sharing
When: May 12, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 5.12.20 Ellsworth School Department Board Meeting
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Please read the linked academic update from Mrs. Lewis and Miss Gabbianelli, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yFPZTefbrVwFwkKMZqNosbHb8FOqZPWO/view?usp=sharing
ESD Remote Learning Plan is linked, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJgHs33bRZ9A7lSHofbHw3BH60Pw7elx/view?usp=sharing
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When: Apr 23, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Topic: 4.23.20 Board Workshop
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Board Workshop Agenda for April 23, 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qth7ZWuKcDgHXHIdbTgcNJ1aXl5UCve5dzt9A-RgMko/edit?usp=sharing
A message for EEMS students. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGIdb0amQY&feature=youtu.be
Please read the linked email from Mrs. Lewis and Miss Gabbianelli about distribution of academic materials. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xlXYClQSTnEd7edz8EJXvQ08sujDuU3g/view?usp=sharing
Please read linked letter regarding school closure. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1myUpMj3F0BE_2ya_avLyrOWkFBKdehkr/view?usp=sharing
ATTN: Grades 5-8
Pre-order your 2019-2020
Ellsworth Elementary Middle School Yearbook.
Online; ybpay.lifetuoch.com
School Code 12715320
Deadline for orders is April 20th 2020
*Middle school only
Please read linked update from Superintendent Higgins. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZykZbAVMA5tRwEJbOnpJ4khKm1kTcBBA/view?usp=sharing
ATTN: Grades 5-8
The Yearbook must go on!!
There are pages to fill-we need your pictures of our middle school students. Pictures can include; activities, meaningful message or kind word, and selfies.
Due April 17th 2020 Please e-mail them to sridley@ellsworthschools.org
EEMS Playground and EHS Tennis Courts are Closed!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G-cH9Kjhb2I7JD4_c37KuStL74kMoJs1/view?usp=sharing
The track at Del Luce Stadium remains open for public use with proper social and physical distancing. We appreciate your cooperation and vigilance in abiding by proper social and physical distancing, including staying a minimum of 6 feet apart at all times.
ESD is accepting food donations, here is how you can help!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G4PnZGqRpGWtVzddllyG2yifq127rCey/view?usp=sharing
Food Service Update from Superintendent Higgins. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oB372R_eEgCHwamvpfeDKj3UaQ24NVBG/view?usp=sharing
Please read the attached update from Superintendent Higgins.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xGLaX4SRwiglzxVP0WvFIppVxy1TiIQH/view?usp=sharing
Update from Superintendent Higgins about Food Donations.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UPsi4W_SUaEmZEQnibpnzXIXV3Pov_MP/view?usp=sharing
EEMS update on COVID19 and Academics is linked shorturl.at/fjq16
UPDATED Communication from Superintendent Higgins!
shorturl.at/tuxC4
IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM SUPERINTENDENT HIGGINS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1plFE0_-X9yAg7g29t2B4Hs6Fhg9OjCXx/view?usp=sharing
Important Message from Superintendent Higgins regarding COVID 19.
EEMS Wrestling Update:
PTWL has given us this notice:
"it is with great regret that I am cancelling the remainder of the season. Thank you for your work throughout the season, and for your understanding about this difficult decision."
UNIFIED BASKETBALL UPDATE:
Special Olympics of Maine, the CDC and the Maine Principals Association have issued an advisory to SUSPEND the Unified Basketball remainder of March, effective immediately, including practices. More details to come.
The Unified Game for EEMS at Belfast has been canceled due to guidance form the CDC, the MPA, and SO Maine. More information to follow
Please read the linked communication from Superintendent Higgins. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cf0hg0YFFF3nPBoTorlYwJBuqG7vSNV0/view?usp=sharing
Engineering Expo
Saturday March 7th
Open to 7th and 8th graders
Bus leaves EEMS at 730
Permission slips are available form Mr. Wood, Mrs. Stackpole, and Mr. Ford
Morning Announcements (2)
Beginner Band meets at 10 a.m. 8th grade lesson 11:50 Concert Band lesson is at 12:10 Jazz Band members who are able, please see Mrs. Brown at 12:30
Morning Announcements 2/28/20
Show choir to EHS at 10:50
ASL Club today 1:45 to 2:45 in the MS library.
Wrestling Saturday in Belfast bus leaves at 730am
High school registration is next week March 2nd, 3rd, and 6th. Please contact the front office to set up an appointment.
Morning Announce Amendment
Wrestling is actually away tonight at their second meet.
Bus leaves at 2pm for Nokomis
Morning Announcements Wednesday 2/26/20
Good morning Ellsworth Middle School!!!
Unified 3-430,Volleyball 4:30-6, Wrestling 5-6:30, Cheering 3-4:30, Show Choir- 4-430 MS Music room, 430 to 7 cafeteria
Sign Language Club starts Friday 2/28
Our Motto: "Kindness Starts With Me"
Show Choir
Rehearsal for Feb 25th is canceled due to illness
Boys A Basketball to have their end of year celebration @ Pats Pizza this Thursday 2/13/20 starting at 6pm
Boys Championship Basketball Game:
Postponed to Saturday, 2/8/2020 @ Brewer High School Gym 5:30 - Nokomis vs Ellsworth. Doors open at 4:30. Admission, $3 Adults, $1 Children & Senior Citizens.
Bus to leave EEMS at 430pm
Due to inclement weather all Ellsworth Schools are closed today, Friday, February 7, 2020.
All afterschool activities are cancelled for today, Thursday, February 6th
All After-School Activities for Ellsworth Schools are cancelled for today.
School will be dismissed at its regular time.
Boys Championship Basketball Game:
Friday, 2/7/2020 @ Brewer High School Gym
5:30 - #1 Nokomis vs #2 Ellsworth
Doors open at 4:30. Admission, $3 Adults, $1 Children & Senior Citizens.
*Plan "B" same time as above, but on Saturday, 2/8/2020.
As of right now (11am) :
EEMS A Boys Basketball to practice 3-430 this afternoon 2/6 in the Middle School Gym.
Basketball Finals in Brewer:
Friday 2/7: If we get a snow day Friday "plan B" is Saturday 2/8:
The games are in the evening at Brewer HS. game 1 is 530, game 2 is 7:30
The team that travels furthest has game 1. This will be determined once we know the participating teams.
Change to Basketball Playoffs
Boys game moved to the 5th due official availability
Basketball
Semi-Finals
Girls A @ Cohen 430pm
Bus to leave @ 330pm
and
Boys vs Cohen
@ EEMS @5pm
Linked Communication from Superintendent Higgins https://drive.google.com/file/d/15KqAiI3_h6SDeOk2ACVoXu6ie45Qavg2/view?usp=sharing
EEMS Basketball Semi-Finals are
Tuesday Feb 4th-Boys @ EEMS 5pm start
Wednesday Feb 5th-Girls @ Cohen 430pm start
Go Falcons!!!!!!
Unified Basketball to start:
Practices are 3 PM-430 PM every Monday and Wednesday from February 24th until April 8 in the MS gym.
Games schedule: March 11 @ Belfast 4pm, March 19 @ Brewer330pm, March 30 here vs Brewer, 330pm and our last game is April 6 here vs Belfast 4pm.
Basketball Quarter Finals 1/30/20
EEMS is proud to announce that both the girls @5pm and boys @630pm have made it in to the quarter finals.
Admission for the event
$3 adults;
$1 for school aged children & senior citizens;
Free for non-school aged children & retired military
EEMS wrestling to start January 27 @ 5pm.
Permission forms are located in the main office with Mr. Wood. Be sure to get the forms in, with parent signatures by that date and time
Due to pending inclement weather all Ellsworth Schools are closed today, Thursday, January 16th .
Change to boys game tomorrow:
Girls vs Doughty remains the same
(B/A)
Boys @ Doughty changes to
(A/B)
330pm start for both girls and boys
Basketball Practices Change For Tuesday 7th
MS Gym A Girls 3-430
MS Gym B Girls 430-6
Change Boys Basketball Wednesday Jan 8th
Due to conflicts we have changed the boys basketball to (A/B). The girls game will remain (B/A).
New Opportunity:
Chess grades 3-4. The practices are 2:35 - 3:45PM on Tuesdays starting January 14th and going until February 11, held in the Mr. Ford’s room. There is room for 20 students, so this is a first come first serve. Permission slips are in Mr. Wood's office.
Girls A Basketball Practice
Friday January 3 130-330
MS Gym
Little Eagles Wrestling-Registration
Jan 2nd in the EEMS lobby from 5pm to 6pm
Ages 4/5 to 8th grade may participate
Make-up Chess Meet (from December 10th)
January 21
Chess Meet @ Bucksport
3pm-5pm
Bus leaves @ 2:15
Boys B basketball practice cancelled this afternoon 12/19
One hour delay for all Ellsworth Schools, Thursday, December 19th.
Girls B Basketball Practice cancelled this afternoon 12/17/19
Show Choir Auditions!!!!!
Will be held in the EEMS Cafeteria:
Dec 9th 430 to 630 and Dec 10th 3 to 5pm
Requirements: Please be prepared to sing 16 bars of your favorite 90’s pop song and have a 16-bar dance routine ready in the same style. The songs do not have to be the same.
Cancelled-Chess Meet @ Bucksport
December 10th
3pm-5pm
canceled due to
Bucksport scheduling conflict
Winter Sports Pictures
Will be Wednesday, December 18th:
MS gym at 245pm girls basketball teams. Then the MS art room for chess, then back to the MS gym for the boys pictures by 430.
Chess practice canceled this afternoon due to scheduling conflict. We may try to make up prior to the first meet in Bucksport on Dec. 10
Due to pending inclement weather, all Ellsworth Schools are closed today, Tuesday, December 3rd.
EEMS Basketball
Tryouts start on 11/12 girls 3pm-430pm boys 430pm-6pm. Here is a link to the schedule-https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zaowTxP1d1K0jE9Oq42PIuV_nwsgBOrdjOvII_EI9Ew/edit?usp=sharing
Parent night for winter sports November 20th 6-7
As the winter season is fast approaching, please be reminded that in the event of inclement weather on a Friday that results in the need to delay the start of school, the day will be a full-length student day and not an early dismissal PLC day.
October 23
No EEMS Soccer practices this afternoon
Second attempt:
Sorry for the first link not being correct: Here is the updated link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14YxPYtppbMzq6r3yDek5cs14WIFlUUlQK3PVhNG8Me0/edit?usp=sharing
Below is the link to Morning Announcements 10.18.19:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14YxPYtppbMzq6r3yDek5cs14WIFlUUlQK3PVhNG8Me0/edit?usp=sharing
Below is the link to today's morning announcements:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OtMzE1Ya8L5p-2l6HkqOHAsfo4phrjBGBe1swhlRPBw/edit?usp=sharing
The games with Cohen have been canceled for this Thursday Oct. 17-due to the impending storm. We still play them on Oct 21-boys home girls away. A/B Girls leave 145pm Game 3:00 pm
Coastal XC Meet Change:
The XC meet that was scheduled for this Thursday has been moved to tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct 16th-due to a very rainy forecast for Thursday!!!
The Boy's and Girl's A team Soccer game has been moved to Wilson field for this afternoon due to schedule change at the high school. 3pm start, Girls then Boys
Soccer Game @ Hermon Make-up
Girls and Boys
A Team Only G/B
Bus leave 1:30
Game 3:00 pm
Make up for 10/07
B Girls and B Boys soccer games cancelled vs Bucksport on Monday 10/7.
A Girls and A Boys soccer are still traveling to Hermon for their games. (G/B) 3pm start bus leaves at 1:30--hopefully the weather cooperates.
Soccer Practices are canceled this evening 10/01 due to weather. Cross Country practice is still on and will end at 4pm
Fall Sports Pictures
Today Fall Sports pictures will be taken after school by LifeTouch.
The picture day ID is LG109216X0
Updated Fall Soccer Schedule https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxPDdLlt2ctpUllsLXQwbVBzc3hsUGxDaHdLWmI4WW5BWTM0/view?usp=sharing
The test call has been triggered. We discovered that the caller ID for the call was from Little Rock, AR I am working with technical support to update the caller ID. Please contact the school office if you did not receive the call or would like to change or update contact information.
The test call has been triggered. We discovered that the caller ID for the call was from Little Rock, AR I am working with technical support to update the caller ID. Please contact the school office if you did not receive the call or would like to change or update contact information.
Reminder, ESD is testing the emergency notification system today at 12:30 pm. If you are not notified by voice call, text or email, please contact the front office of the school your child attends. Office staff will update student contact information.
Ellsworth School Department will test the Emergency Notification System Thursday at 12:30 pm. If you do not receive a notice, please notify the front office.
PK-4 Playground and Volunteer Training
We had to close the PK-4 playground this week and this coming week-end due to wasps. Please continue to check in for availability of the playground.
Please Note: Our 1st Volunteer training-Tuesday Sept 10th. 430-530 in the MS Library
EEMS optional pre-season cross-country practices Tues. and Thurs. Aug. 27 and 29 from 4:30-5:30PM at EHS on the lawn in front and is open to all 5th-8th graders. Bring a water bottle to each practice. Regular season practices start Sept 4th-2:45-4PM beginning and ending at EEMS.
Revised 2019 Soccer Schedule available here: websitehttps://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/443874/2019_Soccer_Schedule.pdf
Boys Soccer to have two scheduled "kick arounds" at EEMS near the baseball field, Tuesday and Thursday of next week, August 20 and 22, from 4-5:30
The City of Ellsworth, with help from the Hancock County Technical Center Multimedia Design students, will be broadcasting the 2019 Ellsworth High School Graduation Ceremony. Watch LIVE Friday, June 14th, at 7PM on the City of Ellsworth's Youtube Channel, City of Ellsworth's Facebook Page or Spectrum Cable channels 1302 / 1303. Congratulations to the Class of 2019!
YouTube Channel (Look for the "City of Ellsworth, Maine - Local Government Channel" Live Video)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAoSufogSQbl5N5AtUIid4Q
Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/ellsworthme/
School Budget Validation Referendum
Please Remember to Vote Today
We remind you that the 2019-20 ESD budget has been approved unanimously by the Ellsworth School Board on May 14, 2019 and unanimously by the City Council on May 20, 2018. We would like to remind you that the final step in the budget approval process, the Budget Validation Referendum, is scheduled for today, Tuesday June 11, 2019. Polls are open until 8:00 p.m. We encourage all of you to exercise your civic right and responsibility and vote.
EEMS Tuesday the 21st A games vs Bucksport time change:
Start time is now 430pm
EEMS Track meet rescheduled for Tuesday the 21st.
5/7 Baseball and Softball games postponed due to weather.
REMINDER: Thursday, April 11th Softball Parent Meeting at 4:15 pm.
REMINDER: Wednesday, April 10 Baseball Parent Meeting.
Due to pending inclement weather there is no school today, Monday April 8th.
All Adult Education Classes for this evening have been cancelled, Wednesday, April 3rd.
All afterschool activities have been cancelled for today, Wednesday, April 3rd.
REMINDER: Community Presentation on Suicide Prevention and Response tonight at EEMS at 6:00 pm
No School for Ellsworth students tomorrow, March 15th due to teacher workshop day.
Teacher Workshop tomorrow, March 15th. There is no school for students.
Due to pending inclement weather there is no school today, Monday, March 4th.
Schedule for the District 6 Vocal Jazz Festival hosted at Ellsworth High School on March 1st. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZVhXqylLiEaxgRryP-IbtcHSwZw0YJju/view?usp=sharing
Due to pending inclement weather there is no school on Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Two Hour Delay - Wednesday, January 30
All Afterschool Activities are Cancelled Today, Wednesday, January 9th
There will be a 2 hour delay, today, Tuesday, November 27th
Emergency test call has been triggered.
Emergency Test Call on Wednesday, October 10th at 4:00 pm.
SAVE THIS DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, 24TH IS THE FIRST VOLUNTEER TRAINING. 5:30 PM (ROOM TBA) VOLUNTEERS HAVE TO HAVE THE TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
Grades 1-4 Open House will be held on Wednesday, September 19 from 4:30 to 5:30. Hope to see you all there.
The Fall sport schedule is linked below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k-o7Kx0Jb5rfp1PCwL7afTXXrPK7KN_20ebl-FCfUkM/edit?usp=sharing
Middle School Open House will be taking place on Monday 9/10/18. The schedule for Open House is as follows:
5th 5:30 Cafeteria, 6-6:30 Classroom
6th 5:30 Classroom, 6-6:30 Cafeteria
7th 6:30 Cafeteria, 7:00-7:30 Classroom
8th 6:30 Classroom, 7:00-7:30 Cafeteria
Grades K-1 Lunch Menu
http://5il.co/4nyr