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The Time to Prepare is NOW!
Governor Eric Holcomb has proclaimed March 10–16, 2024, as Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp. urges everyone in our community to be as prepared for severe weather as possible. Here are some important reminders.
March Madness Book Tournament!
RCES. Kindergarten students kicked off their March Madness book tournament Friday. There are 16 books total and each day they will read 2 and narrow it down to 8 then the final 4, 2 then we will have a book of the year.
We also have guest readers coming to help us read to the kindergarten.
Living History Museum!
RCES students put on a Living Indiana History Wax Museum Friday. Some of the featured Hoosiers included, Michael and Janet Jackson, Abe Lincoln, Ray Crowe and several Reggie Miller's. Other sports figures included Don Mattingly and Bob Griese
Ray Crowe Families:
We have had a few questions about the fun run. So we wanted to take a minute and answer any questions you may have.
Who: All students in our building will participate in the fun run regardless of if they receive any pledges or not.
When: March 19, 2024 *with a makeup day of March 21* Students will participate in the fun run during the school day. Each grade level will go out together at their designated time.
What: The fun run is an excellent time for us to promote a healthy lifestyle and a sense of community while raising funds for our school. Students collect pledges before the day of the race, by sending out their individual pledge website. Family and friends donate money electronically towards the student, and the student receives prizes for raising funds. Which is great because anyone anywhere in the world can donate towards your student, and you don’t have to worry about shipping a fundraiser product to them. They can simply support and encourage your child from wherever they are.
If you haven’t done so already, here is the link to register your child: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/raycrowe/addme
There are individual prizes, classroom prizes, grade level prizes, and a school-wide incentive!
On the day of the race, all students will get to participate, warm up with their grade level, race and run to an awesome playlist, and then cool down afterwards with a snack.
Laps around the track will be tallied and the class with the highest average laps will win the school trophy, extra recess, and a special treat!
Why: All funds raised from this event will go directly to our students and staff. It will help fund things like a book vending machine, staff appreciation week, snow cones on field day, student and staff appreciation events, and so much more.
Every little bit helps and no donation is too small. If every student in the school were to raise $35, we could raise $20,000 as a school!
Appreciation: Thank you so much to all of our families and friends for your generosity and for supporting the staff and students here at Ray Crowe. We are confident that with your help, we can reach our $15,000 goal!
CPCSC STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Sherry Pryor
4th Grade Teacher at RCES
Sherry Pryor has been teaching elementary school since 2010 and since 2013 at Clark-Pleasant Schools. She has been a teacher at Ray Crowe Elementary since it opened in 2021. The married mother of two daughters has a Bachelors in Psychology from IUPUI and has worked toward a Master’s in Education. One daughter is a senior at WCHS and the other attends Huntington University where she’s studying Education.
Mrs. Pryor is an English Language Arts, Reading and Writing teacher. She is also Co-Captain of the RCES Robotics Team and she works with “Girls Who Code''! “What I enjoy the most about being a teacher is that distinctive moment when a kid discovers that books can take them anywhere”, says Pryor. She says she loves the challenges that come with teaching, especially the technology focus and the fact that there are daily assessments built into the curriculum all of which are data driven.
Mrs. Pryor is a strong champion of diversity and inclusion and works daily to make all students feel included. She works a lot with the district's DEI Coordinator to help build strong cultural relationships so that there is a comfortable learning environment. She says she had a defining moment in her career when she had a student with cancer. She says since that time she has always tried to develop a sense of family in her classrooms.
The payback for being a teacher, says Pryor, is when she’s at a high school game or activity and one of her former students comes up and thanks her for sharing the love of reading with them.
Pryor has a constant goal of having at least three books going to satisfy her appetite for reading. As passionate as she is about reading, she’s just as passionate about teaching. In fact, she didn’t go back to school to become a teacher until after she’d had her children. She knew it was her “career calling”. Mrs. Pryor commends her principal for treating all staff with respect and playing to the strengths of each individual. Another fun fact about Mrs. Pryor is that she and her husband and daughters raise bees in their apiary and sell local honey.
Congratulations to Mrs. Sherry Pryor for being our CPCS Staff Spotlight!
Look at these fierce competitors! We are preparing for the Fun Run on March 18! Check your child's backpack for more information.
Our school fun run is officially underway. Instructional flyers and prize sheets will be coming home today with every student.
Pledges can be collected now up until March 18. Simply register your child by clicking on this link, and adding them to our fundraiser website. https://app.99pledges.com/fund/raycrowe/addme
Each child will have their own pledge page to send out to family and friends to collect donations.
Check out or amazing prize list! With the top seller in the school being our VIP for the day and getting to ride to school on the Greenwood Fire Department’s fire truck or Camaro!
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at rcespto@cpcsc.k12.in.us
Happy pledging!
Grassy Creek Elementary is honored to host a fundraising campaign to benefit the Riley Heart Center at Riley Children's Health. Your gift helps support a multidisciplinary team of experienced pediatric specialists who manage complex heart care. https://bit.ly/3SYT86q
Don't forget the 24-25 RCES yearbook is on sale for a few more weeks, online orders only!
Kindergarten Registration is open for the 24-25 school year. Please go to our website www.cpcsc.k12.in.us and scroll down to click on the link for registration. Children must turn 5 years old by August 1, 2024 to be eligible to enroll.
All students, new and returning, need to submit a registration for the 2024-2025 school year. Even if your student is currently enrolled at a Clark-Pleasant school, an updated registration needs to be submitted for every student for every school year. The registration process contains essential questions and agreement statements that are required by state and federal agencies for schools and districts to ask all households, every school year. At a date to be announced later (likely in mid July), a process in ParentVUE will require ParentVUE users to complete an updated registration for the new school year before they can access any other modules in ParentVUE. Please be sure to have your updated registration submitted before that process locks in.
Please contact RCES office at 317-530-4018 with any additional questions.
It’s time to lace up your sneakers and get moving! Save the date for our first inaugural Fun Run on March 19th! 👟🏁
Every student will get to participate in this great event during the school day! Please be on the lookout next week for the registration paper and a list of AMAZING prizes!
Every student will get to register for their own pledge page that they can send virtually to friends and family members to collect donations. The top earner in the school will be VIP for the day and get to ride to school on The Greenwood Fire Department’s fire truck or their Camaro! 🚒🏎️
Be on the lookout for these flyers next week with all of the details on how to sign up and the complete prize list.
Thank you for all of you who entered the drawing for free family passes to the Candyland Prom this Saturday. We drew names yesterday!
We hope to see many Ray Crowe Families enjoying the events on Saturday. You can check out more details by visiting the Clark-Pleasant Education Foundation Facebook Page.
President's Day 2024!
Enjoy your extended weekend. We'll see you back in class on Tuesday.
Virtual Teacher Recruiting Coming Up!
We are now accepting applications from those wanting to teach in Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation for the 2024-2025 school year. If you have family members, friends, or colleagues interested in working for CPCSC, please send them this flyer.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffwrz4t62eG-K4fQn8pSar5fEC54MJUNqnUEWlYJHfGQas7Q/viewform
Honoring Heroes!
Experience Space Day for all ages
Saturday March 2
Unified Track Meeting Tonight!!!
LEGO League Robotics!!!
We will be hosting a Teacher/Coaches training for free for FIRST LEGO League Robotics at the Center Grove Innovation Center open to any 4th-8th grade teacher in Johnson County. Please see the attached flyer about the training.
Here are a few specific details about the training:
FLL Challenge Teacher/Coaches Training (4th-8th Grade)
When: March 14th, 9 am - 4 pm
Where: Center Grove Innovation Center (2797 TROJAN LANE, GREENWOOD, INDIANA, 46143)
Who: 4th-8th Grade teachers, assistants, or STEM Coaches
What: Come spend a day learning how to be a FIRST LEGO League Challenge Coach. Learn the basics of how to program and build a robot, develop problem solving skills, and learn what competition and judging will be like.
Details: Free Workshop with Professional Development Points offered to teachers. Lunch will be included. Being a teacher is not required.
Sign-up: https://forms.gle/r27UkcnFHv3euJpd9
Contact: Nicole Coulombe nmauntel@gmail.com or Rachel Miller rmiller@redalert1741.org
Save The Date!!!
For the CPCSC District Wide Travel Fair & Show! April 20th.
