Evans County Charter School System

Mrs. Strickland and Ms. Christman’s class used their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes to make gingerbread houses, Christmas trees, and Santa hats. #CES #ExcellenceLeadershipFamily

Students in Mrs. Lewis’ 5th grade math class made Christmas Trees to apply the concept of additive volume. This project encompassed all of the 4C’s - communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity. #CES #Excellence LeadershipFamily

Mrs. Cowart, Ms. Miyon and Mrs. Penny's class worked on fine motor skills and enjoyed a delicious Christmas cookie. Students had to spread their icing with a spoon and then they were allowed to pick Elf sparkles, Christmas magic dust or Rudolph's red sugar, to make it sparkle. #CES #ExcellenceLeadershipFamily

Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate our November Employees of the Month! Each month, staff members are nominated by peers for this honor, and we were thrilled to recognize these awesome TIGERS at our BOE work session and meeting this month! Please drop some Tiger 🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛 for the following members of our staff: CES- Savannah Ivey and Jeanne Croft CMS- Betty Smith and Gloria Reviere CHS- Christopher Oglesby and Keta McNeal

CES principal, Mrs. Julie Howard, shared Christmas Around CES during the ECCSS Board of Education (BOE) work session last week. Check out pics below from different students sharing some holiday cheer with our BOE!. Raelynn T, a kindergarten student at CES, shared how she used the 4Cs to trap a gingerbread man! Isablel M, a 4th grader at CES, and Ms. Laura Sappp, CES Art teacher, shared some recent creations from class. Three CES fifth graders, Zachery V, Gauge B, and Bristol B, shared some holiday writing! CES is committed to helping our students learn and use the 4Cs to make sure all of our students are college, career, life, and tomorrow ready! #CES #4Cs #CollegeCareerLifeTomorrowReady #ExcellenceLeadershipFamily

Evans County Charter School System appreciates the partnership that they have with Georgia Southern University! In November, Dr. Kania A. Greer (Coordinator of Center for STEM Education), Chestina Craig (GSU Biology Grad Student), and Michael Brenne (GSU Biology Grad Student) provided professional learning identifying characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates. They demonstrated how to dissect various specimens and classify them. The following educators participated in the professional learning and dissected specimens: Nick Hodgson (CHS), DeeDee Gordon (CHS), Amy Robinson (CHS), Casey Rogers (CES), Kelly LaSala (CES), Jennifer Lewis (CES), Aiyana Pearson (CES), and Samantha Keyfauver (ECCSS) Mrs. LaSala shared her knowledge with fifth graders. Students were able to investigate the dissected specimens to identify the biology and characteristics of vertebrates and invertebrates. #ActiveLearning #4Cs #RealWorldExperiences #CommunityPartnerships #CollegeandCareer

Red and Green Day at CMS...

Shout out to our November Employees of the Month! Thanks for all you do on behalf of our students and staff! You all help make ECCSS a GREAT place to work and learn! CES - Jeanne Croft/Savannah Ivey CMS - Gloria Reviere/Betty Smith CHS - Keta McNeal/Christopher Oglesby

In November, educators from Evans County Charter School System presented at the Making Science Matter conference at Coastal Pines Technical College. Kelsey Stephens (CMS), Stephanie Myers (CMS), and Samantha Keyfauver (ECCSS) presented on Project Based Learning. #PBL #4Cs

Claxton Elementary School recently sponsored a canned food drive to benefit the Evans County Food Bank. This service project aligned with the current mindset, "Live to Give". Students and staff donated to the cause and over 350 items were collected! Grade levels competed against one another to encourage the donation efforts. The following homeroom classes were recognized as collecting the most items in the grade level. They were rewarded with a extra-special recess. Kindergarten - Ms. Hendrix 1st - Mrs. Whitfield 2nd - Mrs. Hollingsworth 3rd - Mrs. Laird 4th - Ms. Mikell 5th - Mrs. LaSala Mrs. Cowart's PreK class was the school-wide winner! They donated the most items overall. In the spirit of giving, CES hopes that our donations will make a difference for others in our community.

Mrs. Liberatore's class got to visit Ms. McElveen's room for some Christmas cookie baking. The students had a great time and learned the secret to a great Christmas cookie. #activelearning

Mrs. Yurek's eighth-grade students worked in groups to perform a "Character Autopsy" of characters from the novel, A Long Walk to Water. Students made character evaluations based on their different abilities as they related to certain parts of the body. For example, for the "brain," one student reflected on the difficulty the character experienced due to his worrying thoughts about his family. #activelearning #creativity

CES 12 Days of Christmas Santa Hat Day

Please help ECCSS celebrate our awesome CMS Band. They performed their Christmas Concert Tuesday evening. In addition to sharing awesome selections, different members of our CMS Band introduced themselves, the selections, and shared a little bit about what they have learned before each song was performed. We loved seeing our musicians shine!

CEO Holly Durrence and Director Patrick Burkhalter represented The DEN at the Georgia College and Career Academy Network meeting in Liberty County. Thank you to our friends at the Technical College System of Georgia, the Charter System Foundation, and Liberty County Schools for providing today's training and opportunity to network. #TheDEN #CanoocheeEMC #TCSG #CharterSystemFoundation

Holiday hat day at CMS...

CMS students in 7th grade math used digital technology and the 4C's to create posters of inequality keywords to help decipher word problems. #4Cs

Our athletes had a fantastic time bowling at The Clubhouse in Statesboro for the Fall Special Olympics 2022. We have the BEST athletes at Claxton High School and Claxton Middle School!

The CMS/CHS Bands and Chorus performed their Christmas Concert for a full house on Tuesday, December 13. All three groups did an excellent job. We'll be posting more pictures from the event directly to the ECCSS Facebook page. #MerryChristmas #RealLifeApplication

Ms. Ikner's 6th grade ELA students participated in a student-led discussion based on the Harkness method. Each student posed a question and an answer in the discussion as it related to the three texts that were read. Students discussed the topics that presented in each of the articles and attempted to find the connection in them. #activelearning #studentleddiscussion