Evans County Schools

🚀 Georgia Reads & Read-A-Thon Kickoff! 📚🍕 We kicked off our Georgia Reads event on Monday, October 21st, by watching Malcolm Mitchell’s Georgia Reads presentation, and it also marked the launch of our Read-A-Thon! 🎉 The Read-A-Thon runs from October 21st to November 22nd! 🏫 During independent reading time, class read-alouds, or media center sessions, teachers can log minutes for their whole class easily. Parents can also log minutes at home by creating an account for their child. 🏆 At the end of the month, the class with the most minutes in each grade will win an off-campus lunch! Plus, the top reader in each class will receive a free personal pizza courtesy of Domino's! 🍕📖 💰 Students who raise money will earn 15% to spend in Read-A-Thon’s online store. Please activate your child's reader page here: https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/323832303335. It only takes a minute and is a great way to support your child's reading journey! A big thank you to our community sponsors, Claxton Cold Storage and Ogeechee Heating and Air, for their generous donations! 🙌 Let’s get reading, Claxton Elementary! 🎉📚 #ReadAThon #ReadySetGrow #GeorgiaReads #ReadWithMalcolm

📚✨ Support Literacy and Our Community! ✨📚 To our Claxton Elementary School families, We’re thrilled about our Read-A-Thon fundraiser and have an amazing opportunity for local businesses to get involved! If you own, manage, or know of a business that wants to support our school, consider becoming a Read-A-Thon sponsor. Businesses will gain exposure to thousands of supporters, all while helping us promote literacy! 🎉 There are limited digital and printed sponsorship spots available, including an exclusive Literacy Champion spot! Don’t wait—reserve your sponsorship today by visiting: https://www.read-a-thon.com/ads/options/63340 Thank you for your continued support! 🙏 And a special shoutout to Claxton Cold Storage and Ogeechee Heating and Air for their generous donations! ❤️ #ReadAThon #ReadySetGrow

Just a reminder! CES has an AWESOME Ag Day planned for our students this Friday! We are excited to help our youngest Tigers learn about the hard work of farmers and the importance of agriculture in our world! Also, we wanted to remind our folks that Ag Day will impact CAR DISMISSAL on Friday. Please click the link below for more information! https://tinyurl.com/4267bm22

🎉🐯🎶 Shoutout to all the CHS Tigers who earned A's and B's, had 90%+ attendance, AND showed terrific behavior! They were invited to an awesome block party with FREE drinks & dessert, games, music, and the opportunity to purchase lunch from Picho's Food Truck! 🥤🍰🍴🚌 Thank you to Picho's for bringing their food truck and serving our students. It was a great time! Let’s keep up the hard work and keep shining in black and gold! 🖤💛 #CHSTigers #BlockPartyVibes #AllAsAndBs #TerrificTigers #PichosFoodTruck #KeepUpTheGreatWork #BlackAndGoldPride 🐅💫

📚 Check out our students from The Academy on a recent field trip to the Claxton-Evans County Library! 📚 During Literacy Month, Mrs. Brown, one of our teachers at The Academy, helped our Tigers explore the Public Library and dig into more reading. 🖤🐯💛 📚 Special thanks to Mrs. Sabrina Wright for welcoming our Tigers! 📚 #TheAcademy #GrowingMindsBuildingFutures

👮‍♀️🚓 Career Spotlight: Law Enforcement! 🚓👮‍♀️ Students in Ms. Calhoun's Career Awareness class are diving into careers in Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security! Today, Officer Cason stopped by to share her experiences and answer questions about her role in law enforcement. Such an exciting and informative day for our future public safety professionals! 💼👩‍⚖️ #ReadySetGrow

📢📢Don't forget! It's almost time for our annual Red Ribbon Week celebration!📢📢 ECCSS will celebrate Red Ribbon Week (RRW) the week of October 28-November 1. We invite all ECCSS students, staff, families, and friends in the community to participate in our RRW dress-up days (see list and graphic below) to show their commitment to living life drug-free! Students, please be sure to follow ECCSS Spirit and Dress-Up Day Guidelines (https://tinyurl.com/5c9tbee2) as you are preparing for dress-up days! We can't wait to see all the creative ways that our Tigers and friends show their commitment to being drug free! 🗓️Monday, October 28---Red Out: Wear as much red as possible or dress as a 'red' character (Spiderman, Dash, Red Power Ranger, etc.). 🗓️Tuesday, October 29---T-Bird Tuesday: Dress in 50's attire (blue jeans, white t-shirt, slicked back hair, poodle skirt, etc.). 🗓️Wednesday, October 30---Whimsical Wednesday: Dress as a fantastical and whimsical character (movies such as Alice in Wonderland, Willy Wonka, Shrek, etc.). 🗓️Thursday, October 31---Favorite Character Day: Dress as a favorite character to show that you are committed to being drug-free! 🗓️Friday, November 1---Future Forward Friday: Dress as a character from a futuristic or sci-fi movie (Star Wars, The Jetsons, Back to the Future, etc.).

On October 9th, members of the Claxton High School FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) Chapter attended the Georgia FCCLA Fall Leadership Rally at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA. Students had the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills, connect with peers, and gain insights into FCCLA’s mission of promoting personal growth and leadership through Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) education. #TigersMakingMoves #TigerPride #FCCLA #TheDEN

🎉🏆 CHS students and staff lined the parking lot to send off our Lady Tigers Softball Team as they head to the Sweet Sixteen in Schley County! 🖤💛 Let's show them all the love and support! Safe travels and bring home that WIN! 💪🥎 #CHSLadyTigers #SweetSixteenBound #BlackAndGoldPride #GoTigers #CHSStrong

💛🖤Show Your Tiger Pride! 🖤💛 Love our Tigers? Need a new tumbler? The CHS Cross Country teams have you covered! Support the team and grab some awesome Tiger swag. Click the link below to order your new Tiger cup today! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ https://www.customink.com/fundraising/claxton-cross-country-fundraiser-claxton-tigers-5792 #TigerPride #CHSCrossCountry #GoTigers

🎭💙 October is National Bullying Awareness Month! 💙🎭 Our 2nd grade students had a special treat—a puppet show all about bullying! They loved interacting with the puppets and sharing what they learned. A huge thank you to Lorie Summers from Mental Health America of Georgia for using her amazing educational puppetry program to help promote wellness for our children. Let's continue spreading kindness and awareness! 🌟🤝 #BullyingAwareness

💛🖤🚌This week is School Bus Driver Appreciation and National School Bus Safety Week!💛🖤🚌 Every day, our dedicated Tiger bus drivers ensure our students travel safely to and from school. To show our Tiger drivers some extra gratitude for all they do to show great care for our students, ECCSS treated our transportation team to breakfast this AM! Please help ECCSS show some BIG Tiger 💛🖤and extra appreciation to our Tiger bus drivers! #ThankYouBusDrivers #TigerTransportationTeam #BusDriverAppreciation #WeLoveOurTigers

Over fall break, our CHS Lady Tigers entered the 2024 state softball tournament as the #4 seed. After a tough loss to Wheeler County in Game 1, they roared back to win Game 2, 12-9. In a nail-biting Game 3, they overcame a 1-9 deficit to win 12-11 in extra innings! 🎉 Please join us in sending HUGE congrats to our Lady Tigers as they advance to the Sweet 16! Next up: Schley County on October 22. Let’s go, Lady Tigers! 🐯💪 #LadyTigerSoftball #Sweet16Bound #HistoricWin #NeverGiveUp

Celebrating Our Tigers! Recently, some of the Migrant Education Program (MEP) students from CMS and CHS attended a Migrant College Experience Day at the University of Georgia. MEP is designed to help students focus on academics, graduation, and post-high school options available. Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate all of our Tigers who participated!

JUST A REMINDER...Teen Maze Community Night will be TOMORROW, October 22nd, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the CMS gym. Teen Maze helps youth understand the choices and consequences they may encounter making their way through adolescence. Community officials, including local law enforcement, emergency responders, and other volunteers will be on-site to help our youth navigate the Teen Maze experience. CMS would like to invite everyone to join us for the Teen Maze Community Event. The first 150 people will receive a meal, and door prizes will be given out. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Sabrina Mincey (smincey@evanscountyschools.org) or Kristy Mock (evanscountyfc@gmail.com) for more information.

The Claxton High School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club traveled to Perry, Georgia on October 10 to attend the 2024 Fall Motivational Rally. Georgia’s annual Fall Motivational Rally was a way to kick start enthusiasm for an action-packed FBLA season. Students attended a motivational general session with other FBLA clubs from around the state of Georgia, competed in open events testing, and enjoyed the Georgia National Fair. The CHS FBLA looks forward to competing in the first round of state competition in Athens, Georgia on November 19, 2024. #TigersMakingMoves #FBLA #TheDEN

📝✍️Happy National Day on Writing, Tiger Nation!✍️📝 For over 15 years, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has set aside October 20 as National Day on Writing, a time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the role writing plays in our lives. In the images below, you can see some of our previous Tiger and community ideas about why we write, what writing means to us, what we love about writing, and more! If you haven't had a chance to respond this year, please complete the Google Form below and share some writing nuggets with our Tigers! We appreciate everyone who has responded so far, and we will share those responses later this week! https://forms.gle/TCheboYXRZQvYHAE9 #NationalDayOnWriting #WhyIWrite

💛🖤A huge THANK YOU to our staff, students, and families for engaging in our first round of parent-family-teacher conferences!💛🖤 Collaboration helps our Tigers grow, and it helps us build a stronger, more connected school community! #WeLoveOurTigers #WeLoveOurTigerFamilies #StudentStaffFamilyPartnerships #ParentFamilyTeacherConferences

Class of 2025, it's not too late to order your cap and gown and other memorabilia. Visit www.gradnow.com for more information. #ClassOf2025 #GetGraduationReady #TigerPride

Claxton Elementary Agriculture Day 🚜🌾 🗓️ October 25th Claxton Elementary School is excited to celebrate Agriculture Day, a special event for our students to learn about the hard work of farmers and the importance of agriculture in our world. While this event is designed exclusively for and open to our CES students, we will be sure to share pics of Ag Day fun with our entire school community and families! What Your Child Can Expect: 🌱 Farm Equipment Tours: Get up close and personal with the crops and animals that make agriculture thrive. Discover the science and technology behind modern farming practices. 🍅 Fresh Produce: Enjoy fresh, locally grown produce. 🤠 Live Demonstrations: Watch skilled farmers showcase their expertise in plowing, planting, and harvesting. 🍔 Food Samples: Savor delicious farm-to-table dishes. 🎨 Kids Zone: Fun and educational activities, including interactive exhibits and petting zoos. 🤝 Community Engagement: Connect with individuals and organizations passionate about supporting our local farmers. We're so excited for our youngest Tigers to learn more about the hardworking people who provide our food. Students are encouraged to dress as farmers to fully embrace the agriculture experience! 🌾🚜 #CES #ReadySetGrow