On Saturday, February 15, Miss Anvoots (CPMS Choir) and Mrs. Bowling (GCES Music) hosted an event called Circle the State with Song at CPMS. We had over 380 kids signed up to participate at our festival including kids from our Clark-Pleasant Middle School Choirs and all six of our elementary school choirs! Many other area schools joined us as well in making beautiful and meaningful music.
County Road Closure Announcement!
Closure of Tracy Road (CR 600 North) TO ALL TRAFFIC approximately 100 feet east of CR 75 West, near Town of
New Whiteland
When: Beginning Monday, March 3rd. The Road is anticipated to be open to traffic Friday, March 7th, weather permitting.
Who: Johnson County Highway Department
Why: Emergency repair of field drainage tile under Tracy Road, which has caused a large sinkhole under the pavement
Detour: The Road will be closed to all traffic. Traffic may utilize the following signed detours during the closure:
- Eastbound traffic detour is north of Tracy Road, along CR 75 West, Worthsville Road, and US 31
- Westbound traffic detour is south of Tracy Road, along Sawmill Road, Whiteland Road, and Honey Creek Road
A giant shout-out goes to the BES staff members who volunteered time and donations to the Jerry Lasiter scholarship and played in the CPEF volleyball tournament last Saturday!!
The BES robotics team competed in the New Pal Vex IQ competition on Saturday! The teams did an amazing job and placed 26th and 41st! The teams collaborated so well with other teams and learned many things! We are so proud of them!
Due to inclement weather, Clark-Pleasant Schools will have a 2-Hour Delay today, Thursday, February 20, 2025.
**Parent-Teacher Conferences This Week!**
Clark-Pleasant will be hosting Parent-Teacher Conferences this week, following the same format as in the fall. Conferences will take place in the evening, and please note that FRIDAY will be an early release day for students. For specific times, please refer to the graphics provided. Please sign up for an appointment through your child's school.
Second grade IREAD family night! BES second grade students and their families worked together on different activities to help students prepare for the IREAD assessment in March.
Whiteland Youth Soccer 2025!
Third grade students at Break-O-Day began their Mileage Club today! Students can walk or run laps at recess and scan their badge to keep track of their laps. Running laps earns tokens and awards and our students were so excited to get started that they ran a total of 23 miles on the first day! Thank you, Clark Pleasant Education Foundation, for providing the grant that helped us purchase the materials needed to motivate our students to get moving at recess!
Living History!
As part of their Indiana History curriculum, fourth-grade students at Break-O-Day Elementary participated in a simulated wax museum on Wednesday. They dressed up as notable figures from Indiana’s history, including Larry Bird, Greg Kinnear, Jenna Fischer, Oscar Robertson, Madame C.J. Walker, President Benjamin Harrison, and Colonel Sanders.
100 days of school! On Tuesday, kindergarten and 1st grade students celebrated the 100th day of school!
Come grow with us!
For the 2025-2026 school year, we are excited to announce Clark-Pleasant's 3rd full-day Pre-K location. Whiteland Elementary added a full-day Pre-K class!
Other full-day Pre-K locations include Pleasant Crossing Elementary and our CPELC main campus, which also educates three and four year olds.
Save the Date for our 25-26 CPELC registration events.
More information to come!
Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences!
Our Clark-Pleasant Music Teachers and students were well represented at the Indiana Music Educators Association Conference in Ft. Wayne this past weekend. We had CPCSC students in the Indiana Junior All State Band, the IMEA Honor Choir (elementary and middle school), All State Choir, and the IMEA Honor Band. This is a huge accomplishment for our students. In addition, Paige Lundy (Ray Crowe) and Emily Arndt (Clark) presented sessions at the conference, Pete Sampson (WCHS) ran a Jazz Reading Session, Kendall Anvoots (CPMS) and David Phebus (Whiteland Elementary) chaperoned the honor choir, and Katy Briel (CPMS) coordinated the Junior All State Band and Abby Ellinger (CPMS) chaperoned.
Recognize Excellence!
Two CPCSC staff members were recognized for their outstanding work, during Monday's board meeting. Desirae Bockelman, a certified staff member and Lisa Stidham a classified staff member were both highlighted as part of the Recognize Excellence program.
New K-5 Reading Curriculum Selection Process!
Clark-Pleasant is in the process of selecting a new reading curriculum for grades K-5. Parents and community members are invited to attend a vendor preview session alongside our staff to provide input on our final two options.
WHEN: Thursday, January 30, 2025
TIME: 5:15-7:30 PM
WHERE: Clark-Pleasant Administration Building, 50 Center Street, Whiteland
RSVP: bit.ly/Reading_25 or scan the QR Code below
Dear Clark-Pleasant Community Families,
Due to the current winter weather conditions, Clark-Pleasant Community Schools has made the decision to do a 2-hour early dismissal from school today, Friday, January 10th.
Please refer to the infographic posted here and on ParentSquare that shows the early dismissal times for our buildings.
All after-school practices, games, events, and Honey Grove etc. are cancelled.
Thank you for your patience, understanding, and flexibility as we try to make decisions in the interest of safety for our students and staff.
Sincerely,
Clark-Pleasant Community Schools
A great way to return from an extended winter break is the spelling bee! Today 20 classroom finalists in 3rd-5th grade competed in a school wide spelling bee. Our winner, 5th grade student Kai Kelly will represent Break-O-Day at the Johnson County spelling bee next week. Congratulations to all students who participated great job!
Clark-Pleasant Schools will have a Synchronous (LIVE) eLearning Day on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 due to the lingering impact of our winter weather.
Clark-Pleasant Schools will have a Synchronous (LIVE) eLearning Day on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 due to the lingering impact of our winter weather.
