Evans County Schools

🎨✨ ECCSS Fine Arts Extravaganza Sneak Peek Alert! ✨🎨 Braxton Anderson, one of our talented Tiger senior artists, is hard at work on his stunning burnt wood piece, which will be part of the student-produced collection at this year's ECCSS Fine Arts Extravaganza on April 29, 2025, at 5:00 PM, at the CMS/CHS cafetorium! 🙌🎉 This masterpiece is just one of incredible creations that will be auctioned off. 🖌️🪵 But that's not all—the night will feature spectacular performances 🎶 by the CMS and CHS bands and chorus, showcasing the amazing talents of our Tiger musicians and vocalists. 🎤🎺🎻 You won't want to miss this unforgettable evening packed with creativity, music, and entertainment! 🎭🌟 Save the date, and come celebrate the brilliance of our Tigers! 🎷🎨 #ECCSSFineArtsExtravaganza #TheDEN

Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate these highlights from our BOE meeting this month! CES principal, Mrs. Julie Howard; CMS principal, Mrs. Angie Snyder, and CHS principal, Dr. Paul Mizell, recognized Employees of the Month! CES: Deborah Kirk and Brooke Hendrix CMS: Kaitlyn Wetherington and Kiley Hall CHS: Riviera Selph and Michelle Selestok #WeLoveOurTigers

CES Math Mania competitors celebrated their hard work with a sweet treat! 🍦🎉 A huge thank you to Dairy Queen for their generosity in providing a discount on the Blizzards for our students! We truly appreciate their support and commitment to our community. 💙👏 #MathMania #SweetSuccess #ThankYouDQ #CommunitySupport

🌮 Thank You, Pichos Taco Truck! 🌮 A huge thank you to Pichos Taco Truck for coming out and serving our staff a delicious meal at Claxton Elementary School! Your amazing food was the perfect treat for our Teacher Work Day! We also want to extend our gratitude to Kendra Sowell and the Sunshine Committee for making this special lunch possible! ❤️👏 #ThankYouPichos #TeacherAppreciation #CESStaff #SunshineCommittee

🎉✏️ Claxton Elementary School Celebrates Our Top 5 YGA Winners! ✏️🎉 We had an amazing time celebrating our Top 5 Young Georgia Authors (YGA) winners in each grade level! 🏆 These talented students were recognized for their outstanding writing skills and creativity. To honor their hard work, students participated in fun and engaging activities that brought writing, speaking, and communication to life! From charades to Scattergories, Secret Word, and shared storytelling using picture prompts, our young authors showcased their creativity in exciting ways. A huge congratulations to all of our winners! 🎊 Keep writing, keep creating, and keep sharing your amazing stories with the world! 📖✨ #ReadySetGrow

📢✨ Claxton High School 9th Graders at the 2025 Ogeechee Technical College Business Showcase! ✨📢 Our 9th-grade students had an amazing opportunity to attend the 2025 Ogeechee Technical College Business Showcase! 🎓🚀 They met with a variety of company representatives and got a firsthand look at what it’s like to work in different industries. 🏢💼 From hands-on activities to engaging conversations, our students gained valuable insights and real-world experience! 🛠️📊 We’re so proud of their enthusiasm and curiosity! 👏🎉 #ClaxtonHigh #FutureLeaders #BusinessShowcase2025 #LearningBeyondTheClassroom #CareerReady #OgeecheeTech #HandsOnExperience #BrightFutures #ProudTigers #TheDen 🐯📚💡

🎉👏 Celebrating Student Success! 👏🎉 Please join Ms. Toothman's 2nd-period math class in celebrating Dayon McClain for an amazing achievement! 📚✨ Dayon has mastered 100 new skills in iXL this school year! 🏆📊 Hard work and dedication truly pay off! Way to go, Dayon! You’ve also earned a positive parent contact—keep up the fantastic work! 🚀🙌 #MathExcellence #ProudMoment #KeepShining

📢🐯 Attention Claxton High School Seniors & Parents! 🖤💛 Do you have a senior this year? 🎓✨ Click the link below to check out the 2025 Mothers Club Scholarship Application! 💰📄 🔗 Apply here! Also, don’t forget to regularly visit the Scholarships page on the CHS website! We update it as new opportunities come in! 📚✅ Need help printing scholarship info? 🖨️ Stop by the CHS Media Center and see Ms. Layne Peacock! #ClaxtonHighSchool #CHSTigers #BlackAndGold #Senior2025 #ScholarshipOpportunities #FutureStartsNow

🎉🎨📝 We are grateful to our friends at ECCSS for hosting our annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration Competition! 🇪🇸🎊 This year, students participated in two exciting divisions: ✨ Division I: Art & Writing ✨ Division II: Writing A huge thank you to our K-12 enrichment & fine arts students, teachers, instructional coaches, and admin for their dedication! We are also grateful to the families, community members, and ECCSS staff for supporting our talented artists and writers! 💛👏 🏆 HHC Art & Writing Competition Winners (K-2) 🏆 🥇 Kamden Kirkland (2nd) – Baseball 🥈 Diana Vargas (2nd) – Ronaldo 🥉 Chrismeily Makeila Bellegarde Familia (2nd) – The Goat Ronaldo 🏆 Division I: Art & Writing (3-5) 🏆 🥇 Amyiah Bacon (4th) – Art Concentric Circle Art Gabriel Orozco 🥈 Dhristi Patel (4th) – Art Concentric Circle Art Gabriel Orozco 🥉 Bradley Daniels (4th) – Art Concentric Circle Art Gabriel Orozco 🏆 Division II: Writing (3-5) 🏆 🥇 Caitlynn Ikuta (5th) – Jennifer Pareja 🥈 Dhristi Patel (4th) – What is my favorite part of Bachata? 🥉 Ava Palmer (5th) – Christiano Ronaldo 👏 Congratulations to all our winners and participants! 🎉 Your creativity and passion shine bright! ✨ #HispanicHeritageMonth #CreativeMinds #CHSArtistsAndWriters #ThankYouECCSS

📚✨ CMS Book Blast Was a Huge Success! ✨📚 Our students had a blast earning books for their home libraries and winning some awesome prizes! Nothing beats the joy of seeing kids excited about reading. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event special! 📖🎉 #CMSBookBlast #ReadingRocks #BooksForAll

📢 You're Invited! 🎉 Join us for the CHS School Governance Team Meeting 🏫✨ 📅 Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 🕔 Time: 5:00 PM 📍 Location: CHS/CMS PLT Room This meeting is open to all stakeholders—not just governance team members! Your voice matters! 🗣️💡 📄 Agenda available on the CHS website (https://www.evans.k12.ga.us/page/claxton-high-school-c)🌐 #CHSSchoolGovernance #CommunityEngagement #YourVoiceMatters #JoinUs #EducationMatters #CHSSGT🎓📚

✨📚 Syllable Superstars in Action! 📚✨ Mrs. Kirk's ELA students took their vocabulary skills to the next level by creating unfamiliar multisyllabic words using syllable chunks! 🤩🔤 Before tackling their next reading passage, these brilliant minds put their knowledge of word parts, patterns, and syllables into practice. This engaging activity aligns perfectly with Georgia standards, boosting comprehension and vocabulary mastery! 🌟📖 Way to go, students! Keep building those decoding skills! 🚀 #ClaxtonReaders #VocabularyBuilders #GeorgiaStandards #LearningInAction #ReadySetGrow

💛🐅🖤 Check out our Tigers at The Academy, working in a small group with Mrs. Ray, one of our middle school teachers ! 💛🐅🖤 #TheAcademy #GrowingMindsBuildingFutures

🎉🎨📝 We are thankful to our friends at ECCSS for hosting our annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration Competition! 🇪🇸🎊 This year, to encourage more participation, students competed in two divisions: ✨ Division I: Art & Writing ✨ Division II: Writing A huge thank you to our K-12 enrichment & fine arts students, teachers, instructional coaches, and admin for their dedication! We are also grateful to the families, community members, and ECCSS staff for supporting our talented artists and writers! 💛👏 🏆 CHS Winners 🏆 🎨 Division I: Art & Writing 🥇 Miya Herrington (10th) – The Harsh Reality Behind Hispanic Textile Design (Teacher: Robin Smith) 🥈 Connor Baldwin (12th) – The Rosary - Hispanic Culture (Teacher: Robin Smith) 🥉 Patsi Yacuta-Cabrera (12th) – A Light Orange Sky (Teacher: Robin Smith) 📝 Division II: Writing 🥇 November Sapp (12th) – Run with It (Teacher: Becky Francis) 🥈 Ryallen Hodgson (12th) – At the Edge of the Well of the Itzaes (Teacher: Becky Francis) 🥉 Natalie Wiater (11th) – Recipe for Hispanic Heritage Month (Teachers: Becky Francis & Robin Smith) 👏 Congratulations to all our winners and participants! 🎉 Your creativity and passion shine bright! ✨ #HispanicHeritageMonth #CHSArtistsAndWriters #ThankYouECCSS #CreativeMinds

🎉🏆👏 Congratulations, Miya Herrington! 👏🏆🎉 The Claxton Tigers 🖤💛 are proud to celebrate Miya Herrington for placing 8th at the state competition in Atlanta for FBLA in Public Speaking! 🎤📢 Way to represent, Miya! Keep shining! ⭐💪 #ClaxtonTigers 🖤💛 #FBLA #PublicSpeaking #StateCompetition #ProudMoment #GreatJobMiya 🎉

🎉🎨📝 Thank You, ECCSS! 🇪🇸🎊 We are incredibly thankful to ECCSS for hosting this year’s Annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration Competition! To encourage even greater participation, students competed in two exciting divisions this year: ✨ Division I: Art & Writing ✨ Division II: Writing A huge shoutout to our amazing K-12 enrichment & fine arts students, teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators for their creativity and dedication! 🌟 We’re also deeply grateful to the families, community members, and ECCSS staff for their support in celebrating our talented artists and writers! 💛👏 🏆Congratulations to the Top Three in the Art and Writing Competition (Grades 6-8): 1st Place: Jakzenny Sosa-Martinez (Grade 7) – Gloria Estefan | Teacher: Johnson/Grimes 2nd Place: Harmony Ryce (Grade 7) – Francisco Goya | Teacher: Johnson 3rd Place: Halibel Gonzalez (Grade 8) – Frida Kahlo | Teacher: Johnson 🏆 Congratulations to the top three in the Writing Competition (Grades 6-8): 1st Place: Conner Harrison (Grade 7) – Sonia Sotomayor | Teacher: Maruri/Grimes 2nd Place: Nancy Perez Ramirez (Grade 8) – Mariachi | Teacher: Francis 3rd Place: Madalyn Jackson (Grade 7) – Desi Arnaz, Pioneer of Change | Teacher: Grimes

☀️💛 February's Sunshine Basket Recipient! 💛☀️ This month's Sunshine Basket from Mrs. Kelly's 2nd-grade class was awarded to Miss Holland! 🎉✨ The students chose her because she makes Tiger Time so much fun and they truly appreciate everything she does for second grade. Miss Holland has been a ray of sunshine to our CES family this year, and we are so grateful for her! 🌟💙 #CESFamily #SunshineBasket #ThankYouMissHolland #ReadySetGrow

🏀🏈⚽ FREE SPORTS PHYSICALS for Student Athletes! ⚾🎾🏐 📣 Claxton Middle & High Schools are offering FREE physicals for current 5th-11th grade student-athletes! Don't miss out! 💪🔥 📅 May 13-14 @ CMS/CHS ✅ Current 8th-11th grade students → May 13 🏫 CHS Multipurpose Room ⏰ 8:00 AM - Until ✅ Current 5th-7th grade students → May 14 🏫 CMS Gym ⏰ 8:15 AM - 11:30 AM 📌 IMPORTANT: ✔️ Physical packet with parent signature REQUIRED! 📝 ✔️ Packets available in CES, CMS & CHS offices 📄 ❌ NO participation without a valid physical! 🚫 🏃‍♂️ 📢 Spread the word! Tag a student-athlete! 📲 #FreePhysicals #StudentAthletes #CMS #CHS #StayInTheGame #GoTigers 🖤💛

Best wishes to these FBLA members who competed yesterday and today at the State FBLA Convention in Atlanta! Results will be announced later today. Let's go to Nationals, Tigers! #TheDEN

CHS Soccer Update for matches Friday, March 14, 2025 at Toombs. Girls match begins at 6PM, and the Boys match will follow.