Evans County Schools

🎄 The Academy is spreading Christmas cheer this season with some festive fun! 🎅✨ Our amazing Administrative Assistant, Debbie Albury, and Principal, Mark Stroud, worked with students to make delicious cookies, treats, and beautiful ornaments, bringing warmth and joy to our Tiger community. It's all about creating lasting memories and celebrating the spirit of togetherness. Wishing all of our Tiger students and families a merry and bright holiday season! 🌟🍪🎁 #TheAcademy #SpreadTheCheer #HolidayJoy

🎄✨ Claxton Elementary Celebrates the 12 Days of Christmas! ✨🎄 Claxton Elementary has been filled with holiday cheer as we’ve enjoyed the 12 Days of Christmas! From festive activities to joyful moments, it’s been a season full of smiles and holiday spirit. 🎅🎁 From all of us at Claxton Elementary, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎶❤️ May your holidays be filled with happiness and love! 📚🎄 #ClaxtonChristmas #HolidayJoy #CESFamily #ReadySetGrow

❄️ Exciting News for Claxton Elementary Families! ❄️ We are thrilled to announce that all Pre K-5th grade students have received two new books to enjoy over winter break! 🎉 One of the books comes with a family activity guide to make reading even more fun and engaging. Plus, we've included a special video recording of the book in the attached link, so your child can follow along as they read! We encourage all students to dive into these books, explore new adventures, and keep their reading skills sharp over the break. 📖✨ Let's make this winter break a season of learning and discovery! 👉 https://tinyurl.com/CESwinterbooks

🎉🌟 December Spotlight Students at CMS! 🌟🎉 This month, we’re celebrating outstanding students chosen by their grade-level teachers! Each day, we shine the spotlight on students who exemplify hard work, kindness, and dedication. This past week, we recognized the following students: Monday: 📚 6th - Jace Eason 📚 7th - Leanna DeLoach 📚 8th - Arieonna McKinnon Tuesday: 📚 6th - Brissa Patricio 📚 7th - Aniyah Slater 📚 8th - Landon Crosby Wednesday: 📚 6th - Ah'jahnae Lawson 📚 7th - Angel Hurtado Miguel 📚 8th - Antonny Poroj Arroyo Thursday: 📚 6th - Karlee Wilson 📚 7th - Ana Ruth Gomez Lopez 📚 8th - Eden Smith Friday: 📚 6th - Jabrea’ Aikens 📚 7th - Kyree Calhoun 📚 8th - Garrett Todd 👏💛🖤 Let’s celebrate these incredible students for their achievements and positive impact on CMS! #CMSProud #SpotlightStudents #ShiningBright

Cuteness overload! Santa's little helpers in pre-k fueled up for holiday fun! #CESPreK #ReadySetGrow #WeLoveOurTigers

🎉🏆 Record-Breaking Achievement Alert! 🏆🎉 From Ms. Lacey Toothman's class... 📚✏️ 🎯 On 12/17/24, DeAhna made CMS history by mastering an all-time record 17 iXL skills in a single day! 🙌💡 👉 5 new skills mastered in class 🏫 👉 12 additional skills mastered at home 🏠 👏 As a result, DeAhna earned: 🎟️ 8 iXL store tickets 🎄 17 special '10 Days of Christmas' prize drawing tickets Your hard work and dedication are inspiring, DeAhna! 🌟 Let’s hear it for this amazing accomplishment! 🥳🎉 #CMSProud #iXLMastery #HardWorkPaysOff #10DaysOfChristmas

📖 Ms. Brown worked with a small group of middle school Tigers to review and model how to determine the most important information while they are reading. Students then read and made notes about important information they encountered while reading. 📖#GrowingMindsBuildingFutures #TheAcademy

🏈🐅 Claxton High School Tigers Are Roaring with Pride! 🐅🏈 Congratulations to our incredible athletes for being named to the All-Region Football Team! 🙌💪 #TigerPride 🎖️ 1st Team All-Region 🏃‍♂️ Jontarrius Calhoun - RB 🎯 Dallas Hill - QB 🎖️ 2nd Team All-Region 🔥 Ezra Davis 🔥 Junior Waller 👏 Honorable Mention ⚡ Kordai Small ⚡ CJ Bell ⚡ Dereon Brewton Your hard work and dedication have made Claxton proud! 🖤💛 Let’s celebrate these Tigers! 🎉🐾 Thank you to CHS teacher Glenn Lewis and CHS alumnus Aaron Harrison (Cannon Productions on Facebook or email- ahcannonproductions@gmail.com) for use of their photos. #ClaxtonTigers #BlackAndGold #AllRegionTeam #TigerStrong 🏆

🏀 From Homecoming Princess to 1,000 Points in One Week! 🏀 Please help ECCSS show some BIG Tiger 💛🖤 to CHS Lady Tiger, Jayda Jordan! You may remember last week we announced Jayda as the Homecoming Princess for CHS! This week, Jayda, only a junior at CHS, poured in her 1,000th point in the Lady Tiger victory over SEB! This is the first time since the 2013-2014 season that a Lady Tiger has reached this milestone in her JUNIOR year! Congrats, Jayda! You make the Tiger Nation proud! A big shoutout to the entire Lady Tiger team for this victory last night and for working together to make all of our Tigers SHINE! Let's keep this momentum going! #LadyTigerBasketball #1,000PointClub #WeLoveOurTigers

📸✨ Capture Your Memories in the 2024-2025 CMS Yearbook! ✨📖 Don’t miss out on preserving this year’s special moments with the Claxton Middle School Yearbook! 🎉 🖌️ Customize Your 2 Free Pages! Add photos from your computer, Facebook, Instagram, Google Drive, and more! Plus, answer fun memory questions to make your yearbook truly unique. These 2 custom pages are FREE and printed only in your book. Want extra pages? Each additional 2 pages is just $1.99. 📅 Order Details: 💲 Price: $22.20* 📆 Deadline: April 1st 🌐 Create Custom Pages: 1️⃣ Visit: www.treering.com/validate 2️⃣ Enter our school’s passcode: 1017216763774562 📱 Or, Use the QR code on the attached flyer. Let’s make this year unforgettable! ✨💛

🎅🎄 Santa’s Book Giveaway at Claxton Elementary! 🎄🎅 This week, Santa and his elves made a special stop in the Claxton Elementary media center to spread some holiday cheer! 📚✨ Every child in the school had the chance to pick out a free book to take home and enjoy over the holidays. 🎁📖 Thank you, Santa and his helpers, for making this a magical day for our students and encouraging the love of reading! ❤️🎄 #BooksWithSanta #HolidayJoy #ClaxtonReads #ReadySetGrow

🎄✨ A Magical Night of Fine Arts at Claxton Elementary! ✨🎄 On Tuesday night, December 17th, Claxton Elementary School came alive with the sounds of the season during our annual Fine Arts Night! 🎶🎤 From our talented kindergarteners to 5th graders, and a stunning performance by the school chorus, students filled the evening with joyful Christmas songs that truly captured the holiday spirit. 🎅🎼 A special thank you to our amazing music teacher, Ms. Hannah Bowers, for all her hard work teaching and working with these students and putting this wonderful event together! ❤️👏 Thank you to our students, staff, and families for making this night so special! 🎄🎶 #ClaxtonFineArts #HolidayCheer #TalentedTigers #ReadySetGrow

CANCELLATION NOTICE- The CHS basketball games at BA scheduled for Saturday, December 21, 2024 have been cancelled. When the games are rescheduled, we will post that information. Thank you for your support of CHS Athletics. #TigerPride #BlackAndGold

🐄✨ Learning About Dairy at Claxton Elementary! ✨🐄 Over the past five weeks, our students in Ms. Stuart’s agriculture class have been learning all about where dairy comes from. Last Friday, our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders had an amazing opportunity to experience the Mobile Dairy Classroom! They got to watch a live demonstration of a cow being milked 🐄 and learned how milk goes from the farm to the table. It was an exciting, hands-on experience that brought their lessons to life! Great job, Ms. Stuart, for organizing such a fun and educational event for our students! 🌟 #HandsOnLearning #DairyEducation #ClaxtonElementary #ReadySetGrow

📢 Important Announcement: ACCESS Testing 🗓 Testing Dates: January 8th - February 28th To ensure students have the best opportunity to succeed, we kindly ask families to avoid checking students out early during this time. Every test session is crucial for measuring growth and progress! Thank you for your support in helping our students shine! 🌟 #ACCESSTesting #StudentSuccess #SupportOurStudents

🎉📚🎯 CMS Students are CRUSHING their MAP testing goals! 🎯📚🎉 👏✨ They're working hard, achieving big, and still earning those sweet rewards from the Whoop Whoop Cart! 🛒🍬🍫 🎈💪 Keep up the amazing work! 💪🎈 We’re so proud of every single one of you! 🌟🙌 📢🎁 #CMSProud #MAPGoals #WhoopWhoopCart

✨🌌 Reaching for the Stars in 2nd Grade! 🌌✨ Ms. Holland and Mrs. Amber’s second-grade class had a blast creating constellations using toothpicks and clay while learning about the stars in the sky! 🌟 Their creativity is shining just as bright as the constellations they studied. 🌠 Way to go, future astronomers! 🚀💫 #STEMinAction #ElementaryExplorers #LearningIsFun

🌟 Studying Smarter, Not Harder! 📚✨ Last week, during our CMS Coffee with the Counselor session, we were honored to welcome Ms. McDowell, Evans County Continuous Improvement Specialist, as our special guest! She led an insightful session, sharing 13 essential study tips for middle school students and their parents. 📝 These tips focused on setting students up for success, including: ✅ Creating a quiet study space ✅ Developing an effective study system ✅ Using planners to stay organized ✅ Estimating how long assignments will take ✅ Breaking big projects into smaller, manageable steps ✅ Communicating regularly with teachers 📒 Students also reviewed the valuable resources available in the back of their planners, making it a hands-on session to boost organization and productivity! #StudySmart #MiddleSchoolSuccess #TipsForSuccess #StudentOrganization #ParentInvolvement #ContinuousImprovement

📚✨ Kindergarteners Enjoy Special Storytime at the Public Library! ✨📚 Mrs. Emily Cere’s kindergarten class had a wonderful time at the Evans County Public Library, where Rotary’s District Governor, Todd Freeseman, from Savannah, read "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell" to the students. 🎄📖 After the reading, former Superintendent Joy Collins gave the students pencils and mini Etch-A-Sketch-like toys, and Librarian Sabrina Wright led them on a tour of the library. ✏️🎁📚 Thank you to everyone who made this such a memorable experience for our students! 🌟👏 #LiteracyMatters #CommunitySupport #ClaxtonElementary #ReadySetGrow

Look who stopped by--CHS alumnus Jalen Day (Class of 2024)! Day took the time to visit with faculty and friends during his holiday break from the United States Navy. We are proud of this Tiger and thank him for his service to our country!