Evans County Schools

Mrs. Shaul’s 3rd graders are thinking critically to add within 1,000. They are using multiple strategies, based on place value, to reach the sum.

Ms. Thigpen and Ms. Melissa’s PreK class enjoyed their friendship snack and visiting the library for storytime and book checkout.

Ms. Murphy and Mrs. Barrow’s kindergarten class worked on building their dream team with this weeks 7 Mindsets lesson.

All 8th grade students need to return their REACH Scholarship applications by Tuesday, Sept. 6th. Applications can be turned into the office, the media center, or given to the homeroom teacher.

Due to field conditions, there will be no CMS C-Team Softball game today, August 25th, in Jenkins Co. The CMS softball team will practice today at Tiger Town until 5:00 pm. Please contact Coach Floyd (jfloyd@evanscountyschools.org) if you have questions or need more information.

CES has spirit! Yes, we do! We've got EXTREME TIGER SPIRIT! How about you? CES will host an Extreme Tiger Spirit Day on the last Friday of each month. This celebration is to help our youngest Tigers develop TIGER PRIDE, and we are connecting these efforts to this month's 7 Mindsets theme: We are all connected! This Friday, August 26th, we want all of our CES students and staff to show that WE ARE ALL CONNECTED! Please come to school in your black and gold Extreme Tiger Spirit best! CES has plans to recognize and celebrate the students, staff, and grade levels who show the most Extreme Tiger Spirit! Go Tigers!

Do you LOVE to run? Do you LOVE runners? Please support CHS Tiger Cross Country, and join us for the Cruisin' in the Country Run on November 12th! This annual event is sponsored through a partnership between the Claxton-Evans County Chamber of Commerce and ECCSS. Participants will have the option to run an off-road, cross country 5K, a paved road 5K, or a paved road 10K! Early, discounted registration is open now-October 31st. You can register online at https://tinyurl.com/bdey69mt or visit https://tinyurl.com/5n78h3d5 to download a form to print and mail in. For more info and announcements about this annual event, please visit the www.facebook.com/cruisininthecountry FB page. You can also email info@claxtonevanschamber.com or call (912) 739-1391. #TigerXC #CommunityPartnerships #PeaceLoveRun

Please help Evans County Charter School System (ECCSS) celebrate and welcome these upcoming inductees into the Claxton High School (CHS) Hall of Fame! ECCSS is holding its 4th annual CHS Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, September 17th, at 10:00 AM, at the CMS/CHS cafetorium. Each year, ECCSS accepts nominations for the CHS Athletic Hall of Fame. This gives us a chance to recognize and celebrate the outstanding athletes, coaches, teams, and contributors who have helped build the Tiger Nation over the years. We have a deserving class of stellar Tigers we’re thrilled to welcome this year. We are excited to welcome the 2022 CHS Athletic Hall of Fame class: Athletes: John Henry Rogers ‘55, Melissa Sikes Yeomans ‘70, Lamar “Bootsy” Barnes ‘88, Stephen Brown ‘89 Coaches: Charles Nagle ‘68 Team: 1954 State Runner-Up Football Team

Please make plans to join CES for Title I and Treats on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 6:00 PM. All parents and stakeholders are invited to attend our Annual Title I meeting. We will meet in the CES Cafeteria, and we will have Bingo for Books and light refreshments following the meeting! We hope to see you there!

Mrs. Herrington and Mrs. Morris' Pre-K class created a friendship tree using their handprints this week. They also discussed all the ways to be a good friend to one another.

Check out students in Ms. LaSala's 5th grade science classes! Students flexed their 4C muscles to actively engage with a learning task connected to erosion! These 5th graders were communicating, collaborating, and critically thinking about real-life experiences related to erosion: roads washing out, rivers flooding, and fields washing away! #ActiveLearning #4CsIgniteEngagement #CES

Claxton Middle School and Claxton High School are offering Athletic Event Season Passes for students and adults for the 2022-2023 school year. Passes will be good for admission for one for all varsity and middle school CHS/CMS sports; pass does not include away games or playoff games. Pass must be presented at gate for admission. CHS student passes can be purchased at CHS from Ms. Robinson in Room B113 (WBL office); CMS student passes can be purchased at CMS from Ms. Durrence in the Media Center. We only have 100 adult passes available for purchase, so please see Ms. Reviere in the CHS/CMS office to buy your pass! If you have questions, please contact Mr. Cooper (rcooper@evanscountyschools.org). Go Tigers!

Mrs. Whitfield and Mrs. Bacon's class learned all about 'Maximizing Positive Relationships' with their classmates by creating a compliment circle and making friendship soup! 💕

ECCSS Public Tax Hearing #3 Agenda Thursday, August 25, 2022 6:00pm

Mrs. Hutcheson's kindergarten students loved choosing their special spot to read their book in the Media Center!

ECCSS Called Board Meeting Agenda Thursday, August 25, 2022 6:30pm

Students in Mrs. Nicoli's Art class have been working collaboratively to research a painting. They had to Communicate and Collaborate to get the information, use their Critical thinking skills to determine what was valuable and valid research, and use their Creativity to determine how they wanted to present the information to their classmates. This is a great example of how our students are using the 4Cs while participating in project based learning!

Ms. Thigpen and Ms. Melissa’s class enjoyed sidewalk chalk with SRO (School Resource Officer) Cason.

Please join ECCSS in celebrating another round of Welcome Wednesday! We're going coast-to-coast in this edition, welcoming teachers from kindergarten-12th grade! We want to make them all feel a warm Tiger WELCOME! Check out the Tiger graphic to get the scoop about what these folks are excited about for the 22-23 school year! Welcome to ECCSS! We're so glad you're here!

ECCSS will offer onsite COVID testing for students and staff. 📌When? Thursdays, beginning August 25th 8:15 (CMS/CHS); 10:00 (CES); 11:30 (The Academy) 📌What do I have to do so my child can be tested? Students must have a completed consent form (linked below) for an onsite COVID test. 📌Consent forms: https://tinyurl.com/5bttkwhj (English) https://tinyurl.com/4jeb5ap8 (Spanish) 📌Where can I find out more information? Please contact your child’s school nurse (contact info below) or visit https://www.evans.k12.ga.us/page/nurse for more information (scroll to the bottom). 📌CES- Marsha Fletcher, mfletcher@evanscountyschools.org, (912) 739-2714 📌CMS/CHS/The Academy- Kiley Hall, khall@evanscountyschools.org, (912) 730-3646