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Three local and area students have been named Kansas Governor’s Scholars.
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From the files of the August 11, 1988 edition of The Ellsworth Reporter.
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I remember this one time my husband and I attended the High School Achievement Banquet. We had attended this banquet year after year in support of other students because my husband was a high school math teacher, but this time was different, our oldest daughter was a senior.
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With social distancing requirements brought on by the coronavirus pandemic in mind, Ellsworth residents paused to observe the National Day of Prayer the morning of May 7 — albeit remotely via the Ellsworth Kiwanis Facebook page.
Read moreWill the Ellsworth Municipal Swimming Pool open as usual on Memorial Day Weekend? Will Cowtown Days dance down the streets of downtown as they have almost every year since anyone can remember?
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Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that closed Kansas schools for the final weeks of the 2020-21 academic year, districts scrambled to find ways to recognize seniors in creative ways. At the top, Wilson High School’s five graduates are celebrated with downtown yard signs at the end of main street. Below, are a few photos of seniors from the Ellsworth High School Class of 2020 that hang as banners from the fence at Ellsworth Elementary School. At far left is the cover of this year’s Independent-Reporter salute to graduates. You will find it in this week’s edition. Photos by Alan Rusch, Ellsworth County I-R.
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The administrative team of the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School District will have two new members starting Aug. 1. Both are veteran educators with a variety of experience that starts at the elementary level and continues through university.
Read moreKeith Haberer thinks Ellsworth County might have found a way to prolong the life of N-95 surgical masks in this time of short supplies.
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