Evans County Charter School System

⏰📅⏰Don’t forget to SPRING FORWARD, Tigers!⏰📅⏰ Daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 9, at 2:00AM. Don't forget to "spring" your clock ahead one hour tonight!

🎉 Evans County Night at the Ghost Pirates Hockey Game! 🎉 🏒 Date & Time: Sunday, April 13th at 3:00 PM 📍 Location: Enmarket Arena Exciting news—Evans County Schools are taking over the Ghost Pirates game! This event was previously just for Claxton Elementary, but now ALL Evans County Schools are invited to join the fun. It’s the last Sunday of Spring Break, making it the perfect way to wrap up the break with family, friends, and school spirit! 🌟 🎟️ Get Your Tickets Here: https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Claxtonelementary27 🏆 Bonus: If you buy your ticket through this link, you’ll get to join us on the ice for a big group photo after the game! 📸 ⚠️ Don't forget! Everyone participating in the on-ice photo must sign the online waiver: https://echlqiseo.formstack.com/forms/ghost_pirates_waiver Expect thrilling game action, delicious arena snacks, and an unforgettable night of hockey and school spirit! 🎶🎊 So bring your school colors, loudest cheers, and best hockey energy, and let’s make some noise for the Ghost Pirates! ⚡️🏒 See you there! 📣 #EvansCountySchools #GhostPirates #HockeyNight #SpringBreakFinale

🖤🎉💛The staff at The Academy enjoyed a lunch on Thursday to celebrate Social Worker Week. Becky Morgan is so much more than a social worker/teacher for Evans County School System and since retiring last year, she has continued to pour into our Tigers and advocates to help make our community a better place, one person at a time! We are thankful for what you do every day!🌟 🖤🎉💛 #SocialWorkerWeek #TheAcademy #GrowingMindsBuildingFutures

📚✨ Read Across America – Days 4 & 5 Guest Readers! ✨📚 Claxton Elementary School wrapped up Read Across America Week with more incredible guest readers who shared their love of books with our students! A huge thank you to these amazing individuals and organizations for taking the time to make this event special: 📖 Olivia Shaul – Instructional Coach 📖 Evans County Health Clinic 📖 Blair Saylor – Assistant Principal 📖 Lisa Seamands – Retired CES Teacher 📖 Kristin Horton – CES Bookkeeper 📖 Elizabeth Gillespie – Retired Educator 📖 Dr. Kristi Vandenburg – Assistant Superintendent 📖 Angie Snyder – CMS Principal 📖 Tanita McDowell – School Improvement Specialist 📖 Bailey Gainous – Rehoboth Missionary Baptist Church 📖 CHS Flag Football Team 📖 CMS Beta Club 📖 Coca-Cola Bottling Company 📖 Deborah Albury – Admin Assistant at The Academy 📖 Sabrina Wright – Evans County Public Librarian 📖 Tammy Horton – Community Member 📖 Alexis Shepherd – Former CES Teacher 📖 Emily Beasley – Evans Memorial Hospital 📖 Lauren Rustin – Admin Assistant at The Academy & CES Parent 📖 Pastor Mike Lyons – Claxton First Church 📖 Hadden Waters – Pageant Queen 📖 Handley Kate Lewis – Pageant Queen 📖 Jillian Harvey – Pageant Queen 📖 Senator Billy Hickman – Representative, District 4 This week, we were thrilled to welcome 90 guest readers, some reading multiple times, bringing our students a total of 120 read-aloud opportunities! Our community truly showed up to share their love of books and inspire a passion for reading. 📖💙 In the spirit of Read Across America, we also had an amazing dress-up week, and we absolutely loved seeing all the creativity from our students and staff! Thank you to everyone who participated and made this week extra special. The support from our community members has been incredible, and we are so grateful! ❤️📚 Thank you all for making Read Across America a memorable and inspiring experience for our students! #ReadAcrossAmerica #ClaxtonElementary #GuestReaders #LoveForReading #DressUpWeekFun #CommunitySupport #ReadySetGrow

🎉🏆 Congratulations to our Young Georgia Authors (YGA) Winners! 🏆🎉 Our ECCSS students competed against 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏7 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 First District RESA (FDRESA) 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬, and we are excited about their performance! We had four students from ECCSS who earned special FDRESA YGA recognition, and we are proud of each and every writer! Claxton Elementary School proudly celebrates the achievements of our talented Tigers! 📖 👏 Please help us send some extra congrats to Maverick Waters (Kindergarten, Mrs. Jill Lyons' class)! Maverick placed 3rd in his grade-level of the FDRESA YGA competition! 🎊📚 We are so proud of you, Maverick!🐯💛🖤 #YoungGeorgiaAuthors #ReadySetGrow #WeLoveOurTigerWriters

🎓🐯 Attention Class of 2025!!!! 🐯🎓 Cap and gown delivery is happening Monday, March 10 during lunch! 🎉🎓 If you haven’t ordered yours yet, there’s still time! ⏳ Order now at 👉 www.gradnow.com Let’s get ready to celebrate in black and gold! 🖤💛 #ClassOf2025 #GradSeason #CapAndGown #ClaxtonHighTigers

ECCSS Regular Board Meeting Monday, March 10, 2025 6:00pm District Office Board Room

🎉🏆 Congratulations to our Young Georgia Authors (YGA) Winners! 🏆🎉 Our ECCSS students competed against 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏7 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 First District RESA (FDRESA) 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬, and we are excited about their performance! We had four students from ECCSS who earned special FDRESA YGA recognition, and we are proud of each and every writer! Claxton High School proudly celebrates the achievements of our talented students! 🎓✨ 📖 Braylon Ball (9th grade, Mrs. Jennifer Price's class) and Brittany Robbins (11th grade, Mrs. Kassidee Walker's class) WON their grade-level YGA competitions for the entire First District RESA! Both Braylon and Brittany's entries will advance to the STATE YGA competition!!! Congrats, Braylon and Brittany, and we wish you all the best in the next round of the competition!🏅👏 Additionally, A'terra Rodgers (10th grade, Ms. Meagan Hedden's class) placed 3rd in her grade-level of the FDRESA YGA competition! 🎊📚 We are so proud of these outstanding Tigers! 🐯💛🖤 Keep shining and making CHS proud! ✨ #YoungGeorgiaAuthors #CHSTigers #BlackAndGold #TigerPride #CHSSuccess

🎉 Celebrating Our Math Superstars! 🎉 Big congratulations to Caitlynn, Yazmine, and Jayson for graduating from MathFactLab! 🏆🎉 And an extra shoutout to Yazmine for also excelling in Happy Numbers! 🎯👏 We are so proud of their hard work and dedication—way to go, kids! Keep up the amazing work! 💪🎉 #MathChampions #HardWorkPaysOff #ProudMoment #CES

🎶 TIGER TUNES ARE IN THE AIR! 🎶 Last week, our Claxton Middle and Claxton High bands brought musical magic to the air with their spring concerts! This special event included an impressive opening percussion performance from middle and high school musicians! A huge thank you to our amazing students and their dedicated directors for a musical night to remember! Also, thanks so much to the families, students, staff, and other Tiger fans who came to support our musicians!🙌🎺🥁 #TheDEN #TigerBand #WeLoveOurTigers #WeLoveOurFamilies

📚✨ Smiles, Stories, and Stacks of Books! ✨📚 The CMS Book Fair has been a huge hit so far! 🎉 From exploring new adventures between the pages to sharing favorite stories with friends, our students are naving a blast diving into the world of books. 📖💡 Seeing the excitement on their faces as they discover new favorites is what Read Across America Week is all about—sparking a lifelong love for reading! ❤️📚 #CMSReads #BookFairMagic #ReadAcrossAmerica

📚✨ Read Across America - Day 3 Guest Readers! ✨📚 Claxton Elementary School is celebrating Read Across America in a big way, and today's guest readers brought stories to life for our students! A huge thank you to these incredible individuals for sharing their time and love for reading: 📖 Dr. Bobby Costlow – Assistant Superintendent 📖 Heather Horton – CHS Student 📖 Dr. Ansley Rogers- GSU Professor 📖 Ella Massey – Miss CHS 📖 Olivia Shaul – CES Instructional Coach 📖 Ezra Davis – Mr. CHS 📖 Tracey Bardak – SPED Coordinator 📖 Macy Fennell – CES Parent & Admin Assistant 📖 Adres Alatorre – Owner of Promised Vision Ballroom 📖 Elizabeth Gillespie – Local Author 📖 Blair Saylor – CES Assistant Principal 📖 Eric Bluestein – CES Assistant Principal 📖 Paul Phillips – CES Parent 📖 Jordan Hendrix – CES Parent We are so grateful for their dedication to inspiring young readers and making this event special! Thank you for helping us foster a love of books and learning at CES! 📚❤️ #ReadAcrossAmerica #ClaxtonElementary #GuestReaders #LoveForReading #ReadySetGrow

📚✨ Coach Lanier's U.S. History classes are diving into WWII! 🌎⚔️ Students are working in groups to explore 5 major battles and key events of the war. 🏆💭 Guided questions help them analyze the significance of each event, and soon, they'll be teaching their classmates what they've learned! 🏫📖 Proud of our #ClaxtonHighSchool Tigers! 🐯💛🖤 #WWII #HistoryInTheMaking #StudentLedLearning #TigerPride

CHS Baseball Schedule Update- The baseball game originally scheduled for Friday, March 7, 2025 in Darien has been changed to Thursday, March 6, 2025 in Darien at 6PM. #BaseballUpdate #TigerPride #CHSTigers

It's National School Breakfast Week and Read Across America Week. Dr. Seuss's Birthday Cake will be served Thursday! Breakfast and lunch menus can be found by going here: https://www.evans.k12.ga.us/dining View, download, and print monthly menus by scrolling to the bottom of the page.

ECCSS Board of Education Work Session Thursday, March 6, 2025 6:30pm District Office Board Room

ECCSS Board of Education Public Hearing: Property Tax Hearing #3 Thursday, March 6, 2025 6:00pm District Office Board Room

🐯🖤💛 CHS Small Business Expo – Come Support Our Student Entrepreneurs! 💛🖤🐯 📢 Claxton High School invites YOU to join us for the CHS Small Business Expo! Come see the creativity and hard work of our student entrepreneurs as they showcase their businesses. 📅 Friday, March 7, 2025 ⏰ 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 📍 CHS Cafetorium 🎉 Open to the Community! Let’s show our TIGER PRIDE and support the next generation of business leaders! 🐅💼✨ #CHSSmallBusinessExpo #SupportYoungEntrepreneurs #TigerPride #BlackAndGold #ClaxtonHS #ShopSmall #TheDEN

📚✨ Read Across America - Day 2 at Claxton Elementary! ✨📚 We had another fantastic day celebrating the joy of reading at Claxton Elementary! A huge THANK YOU to our incredible guest readers who took the time to share their love of books with our students: 📖 Will Esters – PAGE Representative 📖 Tammy Horton – Community Member 📖 Kristy Mock – Family Services Coordinator 📖 Fran Tanner – Work-Based Learning Coordinator 📖 Tasha Grantham – CES Counselor 📖 Maci Eason – Pageant Queen 📖 Dr. Marty Waters – Superintendent 📖 Katina Fordham – CES Parent & Teacher Assistant 📖 CHS Beta Club Students Our students were engaged, inspired, and excited to continue their reading adventures! 📖💙 Thank you again to our wonderful guests for making this day so special. Stay tuned for more Read Across America fun! #ReadAcrossAmerica #ClaxtonElementary #ReadingMatters 📚🎉

✨ Celebrating Black History Month at Claxton Elementary! ✨ Our Black History Month program was a beautiful tribute to the rich history, culture, and contributions of African Americans. We were inspired by the powerful speeches from our MLK Writing Winner, captivated by an amazing skit from our Drama Club students, and enlightened by an informational lesson from Ms. Patricia Milton. The energy soared with a fantastic dance performance from our 5th Grade Dance Team, and we wrapped up the event by celebrating creativity and cultural expression! 🎨🎭🎶 🏆 Door Decorating Contest Winner: Ms. Bailey McDaniel 👗 Best Attire: Ms. Lawanda Hendrix A huge thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this event special. Let’s continue to learn, celebrate, and honor Black history every day! ❤️🖤💚 #BlackHistoryMonth #ClaxtonElementary #HonoringOurHistory #ReadySetGrow