The USD 490 Board of Education approved the hiring of Anita Arnold as the incoming Blackmore Elementary Principal during their regular board meeting on April 8, 2024. Arnold earn...
Blackmore third grade student Natalie Walker has been selected as one of the Youth Art Month (YAM) featured artists for her oil painting of Max the dog. Her art will be featured o...
USD 490 elementary and middle school students will have art exhibited at the Coutts Museum of Art’s 30 th Annual Butler County K-8 Student Art Show from Feb. 10 through Mar. 23, ...
Each year, students compete against their classmates to be named the school spelling bee champion and earn the right to represent their school at the Butler County Spelling Bee. ...
USD 490 classrooms received over $50,000 from the HF Sinclair Tim Underwood Memorial Golf Tournament fundraiser. The tournament raised over $265,000 for local non-profits and awar...
Last school year, local artist and alumni Jim Clements visited USD 490 elementary schools to demonstrate painting portraits with oil paint. This year, Clements is returning to eac...
USD 490 fifth grade students received Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) completion certificates during a ceremony on December 14. El Dorado City Police Chief Mike Holto...
Blackmore encourages families to participate in a One Book, One School activity each year. This year’s book was Little Owl Rescue by Rachel Delahaye. The main character in the b...
USD 490 announced El Dorado Middle School Science Teacher Dawn Rush as the 2023 Secondary District Teacher of the Year and Blackmore Kindergarten Teacher Jessica Denner as the 202...
Staff and volunteers turned the school grounds behind Blackmore Elementary into a Pumpkin Patch full of fun learning opportunities for students on October 18. Classes took turns ...
It’s been great having students back in school this week! As expected, the start of school means more traffic on roads and sidewalks, so we want to share some reminders to help ou...
This year’s school COVID protocols were approved during the USD 490 Board of Education meeting on August 14, 2023. There were no changes from last year to the exposure guidelines....
Have you ever wondered what a school principal does at work before the teachers and students come back? Well, here’s a peek behind the curtain.
There is a lot of planning that...
El Dorado, Kan. – USD 490 announced today that all three elementary schools have been recognized as 2022-23 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished Schools. They are three of ...
Blackmore fourth and fifth grade students attended a career fair on April 28 to learn more about potential future employment opportunities in the El Dorado area. Several local bus...
El Dorado Public Schools USD 490 is now enrolling for the 2023-2024 school year.
There have been a couple of changes to how the enrollment process will work for the upcoming ...
During the 2022-2023 school year, USD 490 teachers mentored seven student teachers as they completed their student teaching practicums in elementary education, physical education,...
USD 490 will be hosting a Kindergarten Kickoff (formerly Kindergarten Round-Up) on April 27 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. at each elementary school.
This FREE event is for families wit...
Registration is now open for USD 490's exclusive summer camp Explore
490! The program will run June 5 - 29, 2023 each Monday - Thursday from
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Grandvie...
Approximately 55 USD 490 elementary students have been selected to have their art featured at the 2023 Butler County Student Art Show at the Coutts Museum of Art in El Dorado from...