CROSSETT SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Choice forms are due back to the Crossett Schools Administration Office by May 1!

We have wonderful paraprofessionals who go above and beyond for our students each day! Thank you for all you do! We are proud to have you in our district!

3rd 9 Weeks Report Cards are being sent home with students today.

Q-Lite's Spotlight on CSD's efforts to prepare students for college and careers today @ 8 a.m. The O.W.L. program at CHS will be featured.

Tech Savvy ParentIng workshop tonight at 6 pm at CHS.

CMS student Trinity Foster has been selected to attend the Scripps National Spelling Bee! See the link for the full story! https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/crossett-middle-school-student-selected-to-compete-at-scripps-national-spelling-bee/1886968718

Crossett School District invites you to join us for "Tech Savvy", a parenting workshop, at the CHS Auditorium on Monday, April 1st at 6 p.m. Speaker Brian Housmann will be discussing internet safety, social media, cyber bullying and more. You will leave the event with a working knowledge of these issues our students face daily and ways to safeguard your home and child.

You are invited to attend a celebration for the OWL Program at the CHS Cafeteria on April 23rd from 5:30-7 p.m.!

We congratulate the following staff members for being selected as the Classified Employee of the Year for 2018-2019. The staff members are Lynette Gonzalez from Crossett Learning Center, Mandy McElroy from Crossett Elementary School, Christy Rice from Crossett Middle School, Teresa Barnes from Crossett High School, Georgetta Waters from the Administration Building and Bobby Hale from Maintenance and Transportation. There will be a reception to honor these employees May 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the Administration Building, 219 Main Street. Family, friends and the community are invited to attend.

We would like to congratulate the Teachers of the Year for 2018-2019 for each school in our District. The teachers are Briana Rodgers from Crossett Learning Center, Rosalynn Avery from Crossett Elementary School, Chuck Hollis from Crossett Middle School and Nick Adams from Crossett High School. There will be a reception to honor these teachers on May 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the Administration Building, 219 Main Street. Family, friends and the community are invited to attend.

Spotlight on CSD tomorrow morning at 8 am on Q-Lite radio. The CHS welding program through UAM CTC will be featured.

Congratulations to CHS Seniors Bryce Sanders, Jaylon Brown, Shamar Hodges and Timberly Moore for being recognized as Jr. Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Crossett!

CSD presents a Tech Savvy Parenting workshop on navigating and setting boundaries in your child's digital life with Brian Housman, Monday, April 1, 2019 at 6 p.m. in the new CHS auditorium.

Choice is Powerful! Apply now to become a Crossett Eagle! Parents of students not residing within the boundaries of Crossett School District, who would like for their children to attend the Crossett Schools in 2019-2020, under Arkansas Public School Choice Act, can obtain a formal application online at www.crossettschools.org under the District Forms link or from the Administration Building located at 219 Main Street, Crossett. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2019. For questions concerning School Choice, please call 870-364-3112.

On March 14th from 5:30-7:30 pm, we'll be hosting our first-ever Picnic with the Arts at the public library. Our goal is to celebrate the fine arts in our school district and community. All students, Pk-12, and their families are invited. We're collaborating with our fellow music and art teachers to represent each school. The event will feature a student art exhibition, choir and band performances, local artist performances, folk dancing, and outdoor games. We are excited to share our students' talents with the community! Follow think link to the event page on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/937800623088603/

From CMS Engineering Eagles: Wow! What a day!! 2019 State Championship is in the books! It was a very emotional day and things didn’t always run smoothly...two teams had issues with parts breaking on their robots, but thanks to a suggestion from a team from another school, they were able to fix the issues and make it to the finals! My other team had a disappointing match up that caused them to drop in the rankings for finals match up...BUT with all of the disappointments today, we had some really great moments! All three teams scored their highest skills scores of the season! 6th grade and 7th grade were chosen for interviews with the judges for their Engineering Notebook! 5th grade team...let me just say that if there was a most improved award, this team would get it!! They went from scoring single digits at their first competition this season to scoring in the mid 20s today! Out of 121 teams in Arkansas, 5th grade is 24th, 6th grade is 16th and 7th grade is 5th in Skills!! In teamwork, out of the 38 teams that competed in the State Championship, 5th grade finished 16th, 6th grade finished 10th, and 7th grade finished 4th!! And how about these WORLD Skills standings: out of 3,074 teams, 5th grade is 879, 6th grade is 605, and 7th grade is 133!! All of those standings are impressive!! To say that I am proud of all of them would be an understatement! With all of this said, we did not come home empty handed! My 7th grade team won the Design Award and they will advance to the World Championship in Louisville, KY!!! I am so excited for them! Their Engineering Notebook and original robot design are AMAZING!! Now we prepare for Nationals in Council Bluffs, Iowa for all three teams April 1-3 and then on to Worlds for 7th grade April 28-30!! Congratulations to these teams! Way to go!

It is our hope that over the next several weeks CSD can share with our community, through Wednesday morning interviews with Dennis Maxwell on Q-Lite radio, our belief that the power of education is a pathway to a great quality of life. The many employees of CSD are dedicating their lives to inspire the next generation of students through the power of an education that provides them with the skills necessary to successfully transition to a post-secondary education or the workforce. Listen to Q-Lite each Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Thursday mornings on KAGH.

Listen to Spotlight on CSD on Q-Lite at 8 am today to hear from Kristi Clanton, CTE teacher at CHS.

Pre-K and Kindergarten registration for the 2019-20 school year will begin on March 26th at Crossett Learning Center, 305 Oak Street, Crossett. Children must be three-years-old by August 1, 2019 in order to attend Pre-K, and five-years-old by August 1, 2019 in order to attend kindergarten. Registration packets are now available in the front office of CLC.

Congratulations to CMS student Trinity Foster for placing 4th in the State Spelling Bee! We are very proud of you, Trinity! Way to go!