Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp.

 Fine Arts Grant Winner Ruby Butler is this year's winner of our Fine Arts Grant. Her grant encompasses all grade levels and all students in the district. Her grant is for the Second Annual District Literacy Contest, and this year's theme is "Inspiring Women." Grades Pre-K- 2nd Grade will participate in a Women's History Coloring Contest where the top 3 district winners will receive a ribbon and a prize. Grades 3-12 will have a Poetry Contest. 1st-3rd place winners are selected from each division (Division 1 3rd-5th grade, Division 2 Grades 6-8, and Division 3 Grades 9-12). Winners will receive a Certificate of Achievement and a prize. There will be one Editor's Choice Award. There is also a Traveling Trophy for the school with the most submissions.

CPCSC Recognize Excellence; During Monday nights school board meeting, HR Director, Dr. John Schilawski recognize d our top four (4) Clark-Pleasant employees who have received multiple nominations for "Recognize Excellence" to date. Each employee was awarded free Indianapolis Zoo passes and a Certificate of Recognition. The employees are, Dana Camp - Whiteland Elementary School Jaida Fishback - Pleasant Crossing Elementary School Ky Groover - Pleasant Crossing Elementary School Amelia Woolery - Pleasant Crossing Elementary School1. Congratulations!

Don't forget, the FAFSA needs to be submitted by April 15th! Thursday, April 11th 6p-7p Finalizing the FAFSA for Seniors/Parents at WCHS (LGI) Presentation for families regarding the steps they need to take to finalize their financial aid plan to maximize FREE money and minimize debt. We will discuss the Student Aid Report (SAR), review FAFSA errors, the verification process, how to review state grant edit issues on ScholarTrack portal, loan options and how to compare financial aid awards. 4p-6p INvestEd will be available for two hours before the 6:00 pm meeting to help parents submit the FAFSA and to answer any last minute questions.

Recognition of Whiteland FFA - State Champion Title During Monday evening's school board meeting, Superintendent, Dr. Timothy Edsell recognized our Whiteland FFA for bringing home a State Champion Title! Under the direction of FFA Advisors, Hannah Goeb & Katie Ott, our Whiteland FFA had two teams compete in the “State FFA Milk Quality & Products Competition” at Purdue University. One of those teams brought home the State Champion title! That team included Leorah Morris, Lillian Nick, Jack Kelsay, & Brody Polesel. These students will now represent WCHS and Indiana at the National contest in October at the National FFA Convention! Congratulations!

Whiteland Choirs & Bands have HUGE weekend! Here are the results! Friday at Pike High School and Franklin Central High School; Shades of Blue and Jazz Band One both performed in the top groups of the State for ISSMA Vocal and Instrumental Jazz. Shades of Blue won BEST SOPRANO SECTION for vocal jazz! 🏆 Saturday at Sheridan High School; Expressions took GRAND CHAMPIONS of Univoiced Division with Best Vocals and Best Visuals AND Best Show Design!!! 🏆 Rhythm Masters took GRAND CHAMPIONS of Mixed Division with Best Vocals and Best Visuals AND Best Show Sets!!! 🏆 White Noise took BEST BAND!!! 🏆 Whiteland Choirs CLEAN SWEEPS with the top 2 places in overall Finals!!! 🧹🏆 We couldn’t have asked for a better ending to our season! The kids brought their best for the last competition! These Grand Champion show choir shows will be performed one final time this upcoming Tuesday, March 19th in the WCHS Auditorium at 7:00pm for our Headliner Showcase Event! If you would like to purchase tickets, visit whitelandchoirs.com ! All CPCSC Staff have a discount code for a free ticket. Thank you for your continued support of our wonderful students!

2 WCHS Students Win Presidential Scholarship! Eashan Shelly & Jonathon McCoy have been recognized by Franklin College for winning their Presidential Scholarship. The award is $40,000 in addition to the other scholarships they received. Congratulations to Eashan & Jonathon.

The WCHS Radio/TV program took 9 students to the Indiana Assoc. of School Broadcasters Awards. WBSN got honorable mention in “Social Media” and Jayden Collins took 2nd place in “Football & Basketball Play-By-Play” He was the only broadcaster in the state to finish top 2 in both.

“Ray Crowe” State Historical Marker Dedicated in Whiteland! A new Indiana state historical marker commemorating esteemed basketball coach, educator, and politician Ray Crowe was unveiled in the town of Whiteland Friday. The text follows for the state marker entitled “Ray Crowe, 1915-2003”: Trailblazing basketball coach Ray Crowe of Johnson County excelled at multiple sports at Whiteland High School and Indiana Central College in the 1930s before beginning a career in education. In 1950, he became head basketball coach at Indianapolis’s all-Black Crispus Attucks High School. Crowe led Attucks to the state finals four times, winning titles in 1955 and ’56. Crowe’s emphasis on good sportsmanship and fast-paced, aggressive play helped Attucks become the first all-Black team to win the state championship and challenged pervasive racism. He served as athletic director at Attucks from 1957-1967. As a member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1967-1975), Crowe worked to make education more equitable and accessible. The new state historical marker examines Crowe’s lasting impact on Indiana basketball. Crowe grew up on a Johnson County farm and was a multi-sport athlete at Whiteland High School before enrolling at Indianapolis Central College (now the University of Indianapolis). He became a coach, teacher, athletic director, Republican State Representative, director of Indy Parks and Recreation, and Indianapolis City-County Council member. In 1968, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the sport. Crowe led Indianapolis’s Crispus Attucks High School to consecutive state basketball titles in 1955 and 1956, becoming Indiana’s first all-Black team to win the state championship. The Indiana High School Athletic Association had prohibited all-Black and Catholic schools from participating in the tournament until 1942. Oscar Robertson has said that the success of Crowe’s Attucks teams helped racial relations in Indianapolis and eased integration of the public schools. “When I met Ray Crowe, I could tell immediately he was a special person”, says CPCSC School Board member, and former Whiteland Athletic Director, “Butch” Zike. “We renamed our top athletic award after Ray because of his impeccable character and leadership. He just did things the right way”, stated Zike. Clark-Pleasant Superintendent Timothy Edsell shared similar thoughts on Crowe’s contributions. “You’re not in Johnson County very long before hearing about Ray Crowe. When you read about his history of growing up on a farm here, leading the charge for racial equality through basketball, education, state government and Indianapolis politics, it’s an unprecedented story to say the least,” says Edsell. This is the first state historical marker in the town of Whiteland and the seventh to be installed in Johnson County.

Zip It! 6th graders, in Mrs. Evans' Science class, at CPMS are studying the Engineering Design Process. As part of this unit the students got to make Zipline Racers and race them in class against classmates. Hands-on is always the best way for kids to learn.

A headed to STATE Parade was held at WCHS Friday afternoon to celebrate both Jazz Band One and Shades of Blue's trip to ISSMA Jazz State Finals. Again...TONIGHT: Jazz Band One @ Pike H.S. - 9:54 PM Performance Time Shades of Blue @ Franklin Central HS - 8:10 PM Performance Time THANKS for your continued support of our talented students!!

DANCING, DIALOGUE AND SINGING! The curtain goes up at 6 o'clock tonight at Break-O-Day Elementary where 5th graders will put on their musical; "Twice Upon A Time", A Modern Princess Tale. There is no charge for Break-O-Day Families however donations are being accepted to help with the cost of producing the musical.

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie. ~ piday.org

Congratulations to Kerman and Jasmine! Two of our Spanish Honor Society members were chosen to have their pieces published on Albricias. Kerman Sarao and Jasmine Shergill both submitted art work. The March 2024 Issue's theme was "La música." The Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica (SHH) publishes the student journal Albricias which contains essays, poetry, and short articles as well as photography and artwork created by student members of the SHH. Albricias is distributed in print to student contributors and their chapter sponsors and is permanently archived in electronic form on the AATSP website. Cash awards are presented to award-winning student contributions to the journal. Here is the link to the March 2024 Issue - https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.aatsp.org/resource/resmgr/albricias/final_pdfs/Albricias_Mar_2024_Web.pdf

Headliner Showcase!!! YOU ARE INVITED to the Whiteland Choirs Show Choir Headliner Showcase on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00PM in the Whiteland Community High School auditorium! Our three show choirs Iridescence, Expressions, Rhythm Masters, student band White Noise and tech crew at WCHS have had an incredibly successful season this year and our Headliner Showcase event is our way to recognize their accomplishments and celebrate our students and supporters' hard work. Please use the following link to purchase your ticket: https://wchschoirs.ludus.com/index.php. All guests will need to purchase a ticket online before the start of the event as we cannot accept cash payment at the door. Come celebrate with us what has been one of the best WCHS show choir seasons to date this upcoming Tuesday the 19th at 7:00PM! If you have any questions about your ticket or the event please contact evanderveen@cpcsc.k12.in.us directly for assistance.

SCHOOL ZONE COMING TO U.S. 31 IN WHITELAND! The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to implement a new school zone along US 31 near Whiteland Road beginning on/after Tuesday March 12, 2024. A total of 6 school zone flashing signals will be installed along U.S. 31, as well as 2 advance school zone warning signs. The school zone speed limit will be 35 mph, while school zone signals are flashing.

Read Across America Week It was an absolute pleasure it was to take the time with students and share some of my favorite reading characters! Last week, I dressed as some of my favorites and read the stories these characters stemmed from and OH, the JOY it brought to me to see the smiling faces in our students!!!! This is what makes my job here at PCES such a true blessing! PLEASE take the time to read with your child. What they can learn from the storylines and characters in a book is so powerful! Sometimes they can connect with the characters and understand what they are going through in a story in a more empathetic way than a real life scenario. A book can open the door to imagination and emotions for your child and allow them the opportunity to connect with others in certain circumstances, themselves, community members, schoolmates, authority figures, you as a caregiver or parent, or their own emotions and can allow GREAT communication to happen. 😊 Most of these photos below were posted on our Pleasant Crossing Facebook page throughout last week, however, if you are not on social media, here are some photos to enjoy and see what a fantastic time we had. The bright pink tickets in students hands are tickets that were handed out through the week to students who were doing some FABULOUS reading and were rewarded. These tickets are worth 5 Warrior Way tickets and were only handed out last week during Read Across America week. Congratulations to those students who were awarded one!

This weekend, Whiteland Show Choirs traveled to Brownsburg for the Bulldog Spectacular Show Choir Competition and had awesome performances all around! Emma Copes as Solo Competition GRAND CHAMPION 🏆 (Out of 33 competitors!) Rhythm Masters: - Overall First Runner-Up in Mixed Division! - Best Costumes Expressions: - Best Costumes in Univoiced Division!

Statewide Tornado Drill At about 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, NWS will issue a test tornado warning alert, which will be shared through most notification systems, including the statewide Emergency Alert System (EAS). A good time to practice your tornado safety plan.

College Road Trip! College counselors, at WCHS took 50 students to the College Fair at UIndy, Monday evening. Over 90 colleges were represented.

March marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the challenges faced by individuals with developmental disabilities. At CPCSC, we embrace this opportunity to promote understanding and inclusion. The Warrior Way, mantra; Be Respectful. Be Responsible. Be Safe, reflects our commitment to creating a supportive environment where all students, regardless of ability, feel valued and empowered to thrive. Through education, advocacy, and acceptance, we strive to build a community that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for every individual to reach their full potential.