Evans County Schools

📚🐄🍇 Monday's Special Guest: Nancy Murray Reads to K-2! 🥜🍑 Nancy Murray captivated our K-2 students with tales of Georgia's rich bounty, from onions to peanuts, blueberries, cotton, beef, and chicken! 🌱 Through interdisciplinary activities, students dived into measuring cows and calves 🐮, estimating their daily water intake 💧, and even enjoyed a story followed by a memorable meet-and-greet with a calf. 📖➕🐄 An immersive learning experience that brought the pages of their books to life! #ReadySetGrow

🚌💨 Ready to take the wheel? 🚦🚌 ECCSS is offering a FREE bus driver training class! If you're interested in applying to take the class, please click the link and complete the Google Form! https://forms.gle/o9a3bLQaGAiYZ52i8 If you have questions or need information, please contact Mr. Kameron White: Email: kwhite@evanscountyschools.org Phone: (912) 739-3547 (Ext 1261)

Reminder! The Academy will host a Literacy Night for 4th-8th grade students and families this week! Join The Academy for some pizza, door prizes, games, and literacy fun! What - Literacy Night (grades 4-8) Where - The Academy When - March 21, 2024, at 6:30-7:30 PM

Mark your calendar (if you haven't already) Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony Saturday, May 18, 2024 8:00AM Tiger Town Stadium

CHS Athletic Updates: The away Track Meet scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Bryan County, has been canceled. The next Track Meet will be at Tiger Town on Thursday, March 21, 2024, beginning at 4PM. The home baseball game scheduled for Friday, March 22, 2024, has been moved to Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 4PM. #BlackAndGold #TigerPride

Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate these highlights from our ECCSS Board of Education (BOE) work session and meeting this month! Our top finishers from CES in the Math Mania competition and our top finishers from the PK-12 MLK Writing and Oratorical Competition were recognized! Math Mania Top Finishers: 1st place- Brantley Strickland 1st place- Jesus Reyes Tepetate 2nd place- Caitlynn Ikuta 2nd place- Angel Mendez-Cerro 3rd place- Yazmine Gonzalez MLK Top Finishers: Pre-K: 1st place-Ms. Tanesha Herrington and Ms. Debbie Morris’ class 2nd place-Ms. Amari Hagan and Ms. Clara Eason’s class 3rd place- Ms. Jodi Cowart, Ms. Christin Sapp, and Ms. Amber Rustin's class K-2 1st place-Ames Tucker 2nd place-Evelyn Cere 3rd place-Amina Robinson 3-5 1st place-Jalecia Cummings 2nd place-LaMarra Hines 3rd place-Yazmine Gonzalez 6-8 1st place-Braylon Ball 2nd place-Jaylie Bass 3rd place-Emily Stephens 9-12 1st place-Tiya Patel 2nd place-Yamil Romero-Binuelo 3rd place-Lizzie Crawford We are proud of these Tiger mathletes and writers, and we appreciate our staff, families, and community for supporting these AMAZING TIGERS! #CelebrateOurStudents #WeLoveOurTigerMathletes #WeLoveOurTigerWriters

CMS would like to invite all parents to a GMAS and MAP Information Session, this Wednesday, March 20th, from 3:45-4:30 PM, in the CMS media center.

📢Parents and families, an important message that included information about ECCSS spring assessments was shared in principal updates through Kinvo this weekend! 📢 📚💡Please click the link below for important parent/family calendar reminders and resources for GMAS and other spring assessments!📚💡 https://5il.co/2giny Take a peek at staff from The Academy collaborating during a teacher inservice to review their GMAS procedures!

Isn’t it wonderful that there is a healthcare clinic located on the campus of Claxton Elementary School? East Georgia Healthcare Center is based at CES and is a wonderful place for senior Coral Tello to gain real-world experience in her future career! After graduation, Coral plans to attend college with the goal of entering a nursing program. Her position at East Georgia Healthcare Center has been the perfect fit for her future plans. Coral has been an integral member of their team, and the experience has reinforced her passion for the healthcare field. CHS is proudly cheering you on, Coral! #TheDEN #BlackAndGoldBuildingSuccess #TigersOnTheMove

Congratulations to 7th grader Klaresa Chastain and 8th grader Allisson Martinez. Their Young Georgia Author titles earned them Honorable Mention in the First District RESA Region. Klaresa wrote "Echoes of Heartsong," and Allisson wrote "The Overflowing Feelings." Congratulations to both of you! #RoarANDSoar

Exciting news! Mr. Mondesir was chosen by Mrs. Kelly's 2nd graders for the February Sunshine Basket! 🌞 His dedication to our ESOL students and inclusiveness of every student have made him an invaluable asset. He's made a huge impact with his support in our In Tandem lessons and for our English Learners. The 2nd graders were thrilled to present him with the basket, showing their appreciation for all the amazing work he does! 👏 #ReadySetGrow

Please see this request from our community! Evans County needs community input for its Joint Comprehensive Plan. Community members are invited to complete the survey linked below to share their input! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S95WFNB #SchoolAndCommunityConnections

As part of 7 Mindsets, CMS students are encouraged to be a part of their community and to be helpful to others. Autumn Castle, CMS 6th grader, has stepped up to do just that! She is asking for her classmates, as well as our community to donate to a great cause: our local foster families. If you would like to donate diapers and other needed items to this great cause, please bring items to the office at CMS/CHS, or send with your child to school. See attached flyer for a list of needed items.

Class of 2024 Families- Monday, March 18, caps and gowns will be delivered during both lunches. CHS underclassmen students and parents, Monday, March 18, is also the final in-school order day for class rings and letterman jackets for this school year. Representatives from Herff Jones will be on campus during both CHS lunches. For more information about what items are available, check out www.gradnow.com. #BlackAndGold #Traditions

Ecoplastic America, a tier one supplier for Hyundai, visited CHS and The DEN to share career opportunities with seniors interested in manufacturing. The Hyundai bumper maker will be located just twelve miles north of Claxton on Highway 301. Initial hiring will begin in May and continue until the plant opens in October. Anyone who missed this opportunity and has an interest in this type of work should see Holly Durrence for details. #TheDEN

There's still lots of March fun planned at the Claxton-Evans County Public Library! You can get a sneak peek of the awesome literacy events planned for Tigers of all ages in the images below. Please visit the links below to learn more about all our local public library has planned for our community! https://strl.info/locations/program_calendar.php #PublicLibraryAdventures #CommunityAndSchoolConnections

Congratulations to 6th grader Emilyn Keyfauver who has mastered 100 skills in iXL!!!! She has made exactly one year of math progress since she began working in the iXL program just 7 short months ago! Way to go, Emilyn! We are proud of your progress! #RoarANDSoar

Congratulations to JaLen Day (12th grade) and Colin Thornton (10th grade) for placing 3rd in the First District RESA Young Georgia Authors Writing Competition for their grade levels. #TigerPride #BlackAndGoldBuildingSuccess

You are cordially invited to attend the Final Round of CHS FLEX. Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:00PM CMS/CHS Cafetorium Come see who wins the CHS FLEX Competition and advances to the Georgia FLEX Competition. Our finalists are Morning Cosmos, Rosas Eternas by Morelia, and Sugar N' Spice. #TigerPride #BlackAndGoldBuildingSuccess #TigersOnTheMove #TheDEN

Claxton High Baseball would like to thank everyone for their support of our raffle. The drawings were held Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at our home baseball games. Congratulations to the following winners: 1. Gabby Morales- Mike's Meat $25 gift certificate 2. Scooter Hall- Official Claxton Baseball hat, Tigers Dri-Fit shirt, and autographed by the team baseball bat 3. Hendrix Fence Company- Academy Sports $100 gift card 4. Hendrix Fence Company- Publix $100 gift card 5. Wayne Bradley- Quality Tire two oil changes, two tire rotations, and two alignments 6. Trey Dixon- Wood Pellet Grill with smoker from Tractor Supply We appreciate our sponsors- Academy Sports, Claxton Tractor Supply, Mike's Meats, Publix, and Quality Tire for their contributions and support. #OurSponsorsAreAwesome #BlackAndGold #TigerPride