Ray Crowe Elementary

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.

Clark-Pleasant Schools Plan for Solar Eclipse Dear Clark-Pleasant Families, We would like to make you aware that a total solar eclipse will take place 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. 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 congestion. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to your respective school building administrators. Sincerely, Dr. Timothy Edsell Superintendent Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation

Tomorrow is your last day to turn in Candy Grams! They will ​be delivered next Friday, February ​16.

Thank you CPCSC school counselors for all that you do for your students! So grateful for you all! @YOUR_CPCSC @YOUR_WCHS @YOUR_CPMS @YOUR_PCES @YOUR_BES @YOUR_WES @YOUR_GCES @YOUR_CES

Our RCES Robotics Team had their 2nd competition on Saturday. We had one team finish in the top 10. Congratulations to Miss Brown, Mrs. Pryor, and the Robotics Team.

Clark-Pleasant Early Learning Center is excited to host our annual registration event this Thursday and Friday. We would love to be the school that you pick for your preschool or pre-k child! If you have a child that will be 3 by 8/1/24, please read the attached flier for information about our programs and about our registration event!