Clark Elementary

Fast Track Thursday, July 25, 2024 from 6:00-7:30 Where: Clark-Pleasant Middle School, 1354 E. Worthsville Road, Greenwood, IN 46143 Criteria to register: Each child must attend Clark-Pleasant schools for the 2024-25 school year. Family is eligible for free/reduced lunch Family is experiencing financial hardship due to unforeseen circumstances (ie; loss of Income due to death of primary caregiver, divorce, natural disaster, sudden loss of employment.) To register, please visit the District Website Go to www.cpcsc.k12.in.us click on the “PARENT INFO & QUICKLINKS” Scroll down the bottom and select "Fast Track Info.” Complete the registration form for each student that will need supplies. If you do not have internet access at home, please call the Administration Building @ 317-535-7579 to register via phone. It is very important that you complete the online registration by June 1, 2024.

Mid-State Champs! Last night, our Unified Track and Field team won the Mid-State Conference championship hosted by Franklin! In only its second year of existence, our Unified team has grown to over 50 students, and truly is one of the best things that the IHSAA offers! Unified sports are a collaboration between the IHSAA and the Special Olympics that promotes servant leadership among student athletes while changing their lives as well as the lives of those with intellectual disabilities. I highly recommend that you make it a point to come to one of our home Unified Track meets (5/9 or 5/13) and support these student-athletes, you will be so glad you did!

"Administrative Professionals Day" Please join us in celebrating our amazing Administrative Staff. The school day would not be possible without these wonderful professionals.

Family Forum! Join us for an engaging and informative Family Forum designed to shed light on the critical issues of anxiety and depression affecting our youth today. Please note this is the same session that was held in November! This repeat session aims to empower parents, caregivers, and community members with the knowledge and tools to recognize the signs of anxiety and/or depression in young people. We look forward to welcoming you to this important conversation and working together to support the mental health and well-being of our youth. SIGN-UP HERE: https://forms.gle/rb6YRrFYugcEwNfv5

Clark Elementary PTO meeting tomorrow at 6:30pm in the cafeteria. Feel free to come and see what the PTO has accomplished this year and our future plans!

School Bus Driver Appreciation Day is Tuesday April 23! A HUGE Thank You to all of our Clark-Pleasant School Bus Drivers. Thanks for all you do that goes above and beyond on a daily basis.

This past Saturday...the community got to experience the Cultural Fair at the high school and CES had a great booth that had a lot of visitors where they got to learn all about our Clark Heritage and the many cultures and languages we have at CES.

CES Folk Dance Club students had the opportunity to travel to Mt. Vernon to show off their skills. CES had one of the largest student groups participating out of all of the schools who traveled there for the activity. Thank you to Ms. Arndt for teaching and coaching our students and to our parents who supported the program though travel and picking up students from multiple after school practices.

Former Clark Elementary Student works on NASA Project! Former Clark Elementary student, Morgan Hinderliter, daughter of Clark Elementary teacher Mariah Hinderliter, has a team competing in the NASA HERC competition in Huntsville Alabama today. “Being a woman and an engineer, competing in a famous NASA competition and a Clark Elementary kid, is pretty cool, " says Hinderliter. Morgan is a student at Trine University. “This is a part of Trine University’s Design Engineering Technology Senior Design project with the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC). Morgan says her crew has spent the entire year brainstorming, designing, planning, building, and testing a pedal-powered rover for the competition down in Huntsville. The team is spending two days in Alabama competing against other colleges from all across the world for the top spot!

The Clark-Pleasant School Board has been recognized by the Indiana School Boards Association with an exemplary governance award for 2023. The award is for demonstrating an outstanding commitment to professional learning and student success. The awards are based on certain criteria such as goal setting to elevate student achievement outcomes.

CES 4th graders put on an excellent spring program last night! Thank you to Ms. Arndt, and the 4th grade teachers, along with all of our students for the hard work everyone put in that made for such a great performance.

JOHNSON COUNTY CHAMPIONS!!! Last night the Girls Track and Field team won the Johnson County Championship with a score of 157 points. This ended Center Grove's 20 year streak of winning this meet. There are too many outstanding performances to list them all, but here are the athletes/relays that won their respective events: Elnora Stevenson- 100 meter dash, 4 x 100 relay, long jump (new county record) Sydney Rodgers- 4 x 100 relay Marissa Kratowicz- 4 x 100 relay Emma Gill- 4 x 100 relay Tori Jackson- 800 meter run (new county record) Go Warriors!

CES students had a great experience today doing all of the activities provided by the Colts Big Blue Football Camp. Thank you to Mr. Sherry for all of his planning and to the Colts!

We are so proud of Hannah as she placed 5th out of the entire county in the Johnson County Spelling Bee. Way to go Hannah!

CPCSC is hiring!

Looking for something to do tomorrow evening? We would like to invite you to our Pre-ISSMA Concert tomorrow, April 17th at 7:00PM in the WCHS auditorium! This is a concert choir only performance. All of our choirs here at WCHS have been working hard to prepare for our annual adjudication at the Indiana State School Music Association events happening this month. This concert serves as an opportunity for our students to present a portion of their ISSMA performance for our home audience before competing. Please use the following link: https://wchschoirs.ludus.com/index.php or whitelandchoirs.com. All guests will need to purchase a ticket online. We cannot accept cash payment at the door or before so all tickets must be purchased before the start of the event via the websites linked above. It would mean so much to our program to have you in attendance tomorrow at 7:00PM!

5-YEARS IN A ROW!!! Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation Receives National Recognition for Music Education Support Distinction Awarded for Fifth Year in a Row! Whiteland, IN – April 9, 2024 – Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 25th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, CPCSC answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs. Responses were verified by school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. “I am super excited to announce that CPCSC is one of only 17 school districts in the State of Indiana named a NAMM "Best Communities for Music Education", stated Whiteland Band Director, Peter Sampson. “Congratulations to all of the music teachers, our amazing students, and of course our incredible school administration. This is definitely a recognition worth celebrating”, said Sampson. Research into music education continues to demonstrate educational/cognitive and social skill benefits for children who make music: After two years of music education, researchers found that participants showed more substantial improvements in how the brain processes speech and reading scores than their less-involved peers and that students who are involved in music are not only more likely to graduate high school but also to attend college as well. In addition, everyday listening skills are stronger in musically trained children than in those without music training. Significantly, listening skills are closely tied to the ability to: perceive speech in a noisy background, pay attention, and keep sounds in memory. Later in life, individuals who took music lessons as children show stronger neural processing of sound: young adults and even older adults who have not played an instrument for up to 50 years show enhanced neural processing compared to their peers. Not to mention, social benefits include conflict resolution, teamwork skills, and how to give and receive constructive criticism. # # # About The NAMM Foundation The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 15,000 global member companies and individual professionals worldwide. The foundation advances active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving, and public service programs. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.

Superintendent Coffees! You're invited to join the Superintendent for a discussion on Tuesday April 9, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the administration building.

Dear Clark-Pleasant Families, This is a final reminder that a total solar eclipse will take place, Monday, April 8, 2024. This eclipse will reach across 16 states but will be most prominent in Central Indiana, especially in Johnson County. Therefore like many nearby school districts, we are making plans for a live synchronous E-Learning Day on 04/08/2024. Learning will continue online, Monday and we hope it will be a great educational opportunity for our students to learn more about the solar system. For more information on the path and viewing times of the eclipse please click on the link below. We are making this decision out of an abundance of caution as the eclipse will take place in Indiana for over several hours. Additionally, we are being told by local emergency management officials that there will be a significant influx of visitors coming to Johnson County during this time period creating major concerns with transportation and traffic congestion. Thanks for your cooperation and we look forward to seeing students back in their classrooms on Tuesday. Sincerely, Dr. Timothy Edsell Superintendent Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation Where & When | 2024 Total Eclipse – NASA Solar System Exploration https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/.../apr-8-total/where-when/

Now Hiring!!! Clark-Pleasant is looking to fill some very special positions. If you're qualified and interested please scan the attached QR code to apply.