May 10, 2024
 Explore 490 is a summer academic enrichment camp offered exclusively to current USD 490 students identified as at-risk who are in grades K-5. Students will rotate between classroo...

May 7, 2024
 Blackmore Elementary has received the 2023-2024 Capturing Kids’ Hearts National Showcase Schools® award (www.ckh.org ). This distinction directly reflects the unwavering dedicatio...

May 6, 2024
 El Dorado Public Schools USD 490 announced today that all three USD 490 elementary schools have been recognized as a 2023-24 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) Distinguished School. This...

April 30, 2024
 Two fourth grade and one second grade class at Blackmore learned how to make nature prints from Dr. Lori Santos on April 30, 2024.  Dr. Santos works at Wichita State University an...

April 9, 2024
 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...

March 5, 2024
 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...

February 6, 2024
 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, ...
January 18, 2024
 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.  ...

January 17, 2024
 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...

January 8, 2024
 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...

December 14, 2023
 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...

December 11, 2023
 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...
November 6, 2023
 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...

October 18, 2023
 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 ...
August 18, 2023
 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...
August 15, 2023
 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....

August 4, 2023
 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...

July 31, 2023
  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 ...

April 28, 2023
 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...

April 12, 2023
 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 ...
