March 12, 2026
Orchestra The Patriot League Orchestra Festival was hosted by El Dorado Middle School at the Performing Arts Center on Feb. 25, 2026. The EMS seventh/eighth grade orchestra ear...
March 10, 2026
El Dorado Middle School eighth grade students participated in a Future Now Finance event on Mar. 10, 2026. This finance simulation provides students with a hands-on experience in...
March 9, 2026
By Tom Simmons We are proud to announce that Azalea Perez-Cupp and Bryson Young have both earned 1st Place at the District Level in the Elks Americanism Essay Contest! This ye...
February 26, 2026
The El Dorado Middle School girls wrestling team competed at the Patriot League tournament in Augusta on Feb. 23, 2026. Overall, the team placed fifth with 103.5 points. Individu...
February 17, 2026
El Dorado Middle School hosted guest speaker Ben Tracy, founder of Safe Social Network, on Feb. 13, 2026. Tracy is a nationally recognized speaker on online safety, social media a...
February 6, 2026
Students at El Dorado Middle School recently learned skills that could help save a life. On Feb. 4, 2026, Stuart Funk from Butler County Emergency Medical Services visited Project...
February 3, 2026
El Dorado Public Schools was featured as a 2026 Best Managed Kansas School District in the national Business View Magazine. Visit their website to read the full article.
January 30, 2026
The 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year (KTOY) team visited USD 490 on Jan. 29, 2026, to learn more about our district programs and USD 490’s 2026 KTOY nominees Jamie Ball and Anna Ar...
January 29, 2026
Several USD 490 students will have artwork featured in the 32nd annual Butler County Student Art Show for grades K-8 at the Coutts Museum of Art Feb. 7 – Mar. 20, 2026. There are...
January 22, 2026
By Garry Sigle, KANAAE Executive Director Ms. Brittan Jost, middle school history instructor at El Dorado Middle School, USD 490, El Dorado, was recently awarded the $500 Doug ...
January 14, 2026
The El Dorado Middle School orchestra is being joined by Kansas State University Music Education Major Katelyn Valdez this quarter. Valdez is a student teaching intern working on ...
December 17, 2025
The El Dorado Middle School wrestling team placed third at the Patriot League meet in Circle on Dec. 13, 2025. There were several individual placers: Aiden Hughey (141)- first...
November 4, 2025
El Dorado Middle School science students dove into a frightfully fascinating investigation the week of Halloween — dissecting sheep brains! As part of Medical Detectives, students...
October 27, 2025
Students in Mrs. Gwinn's seventh grade science class stepped into the role of forensic scientists as they performed pickle autopsies on Oct. 23, 2025. This fun and hands-on inves...