"ABE" Visits BES!
An honest Hoosier spoke to students at BES about his life and legacy. 4th grade was visited by none other than “Abraham Lincoln” who gave a glimpse into history through storytelling.
A huge thanks to CPEF for providing the grant to fund this convocation.
Willy Wonka Visits PCES!
Last Thursday, "Willy Wonka", (Brandi Speight), visited 2nd graders in the gymnasium. Mrs. Speight has been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to 2nd graders and concluded the book recently. The PCES PTO purchased a Hershey's candy bars for every 2nd grade student that were then wrapped in a wrapper to look like it is a Willy Wonka candy bar, like in the book. The RA team passed these out to each 2nd grader. 6 of the bars will had a "golden ticket" placed inside for an extra prize.
The goal is always to drum up the excitement around books and reading and what better time than now approaching IREAD and all the standardized testing that our students take.
AMAZING day at the Pendleton Jazz Festival for Jazz Bands!! All 3 bands had great performances and enjoyed clinics from 3 renowned jazz educators. Congratulations to Bryce Oxendine, Austin Quick, Ian Schafstall, Jaiden Buskirk and Mason Simpson.
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
Science of Reading Award Finalist!
Congratulations to CPCSC Instructional Coach, Mrs. Kimberly Frahm. Mrs. Frahm was one of ten finalists for the Science of Reading Champion Award from The Reading League - Indiana. The mission of The Reading League - Indiana is to advance the awareness, understanding and use of evidence-based reading instruction across the state, by connecting all stakeholders and providing sound educational resources. Mrs. Frahm is an exemplar of this mission and a tremendous resource to the students, staff, and families of Clark-Pleasant. Well done, Mrs. Frahm!
Unified Track Meeting Tonight!!!
Save The Date!!!
For the CPCSC District Wide Travel Fair & Show! April 20th.
Which Will Win?
Will it be the KC Tailgater foot long cheese dog with hot cheetos....or will it be the 49ers Cali Burger with guac?
Whiteland Community High School students will decide the outcome, with their purchases, but the last we heard the KC Tailgater was in the lead. Students had some super fun Friday visiting the appropriately decorated cafeteria where the usual lunch fare was available but the two football themed items were hot sellers. Clark-Pleasant Food Services says the culinary competition is design to make it a fun lunch day for students and that seemed to be the outcome.
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
PCES Announces New Assistant Principal,
During Thursday's special board meeting the Clark-Pleasant school board approved the hiring of new Assistant Principal, Mrs. Penny Inskeep. She is a Whiteland High School grad and a former Assistant Principal. Welcome Principal Inskeep!
GLOBAL DAY OF PLAY!!!
Today is Global School Play Day, observed annually every first Wednesday in February. This day promotes the importance of unstructured, regular play for children. The campaign was started by a group of six educators in 2015.
Students at the Clark-Pleasant Early Leaning Center spent the morning going to different rooms to experience different things to play with such as paste and glitter, jumping on mini trampolines, constructing things out of blocks and other snap together toys. One of the favorite rooms was dancing to fun music with a bubble machine. Principal Kristin Parisi says it's hard to tell who enjoys this day more; the kids or the teachers.
4-1st Place FFA Winners Heading to State!!!
Tuesday 4 of our FFA members participated in the District FFA Proficiency Contest. This involves creating and showcasing a portfolio of skills learned through their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) work based program in agriculture. Congratulations are in order because all 4 of these members earned 1st Place in their category and will be advancing to the State Contest!
We also want to note, two of these young men are sophomores. It's rare that sophomores have enough hours and experience to win at the district level, so we are extremely proud of them!
Eli Taylor - 1st Place Beef Production
Ollie Taylor - 1st Place Vegetable Production
Cian Cribbs - 1st Place Agricultural Education
Jackson Brown - 1st Place Goat Production
The CPMS Band had a wonderful weekend at Solo and Ensemble with over 340 students participating and all earning Gold Ratings. We had a Group 1 Brass Quintet of 8th grade students that earned a gold rating and qualified for ISSMA STATE Solo and Ensemble in a few weeks. This is a HUGE accomplishment for Middle School students. These students are Molly Ambler (trumpet), Julia Meyer (horn), Olivia Romine (trumpet), Samuel Steele (tuba), and Owen Wheeler (trombone). We are so proud of all of our student's hard work in this event.
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.
Congratulations GCES robotics teams for placing 5th and 9th out of 40 teams at the Robotics Tournament!
Thank you CPCSC school counselors for all that you do for your students! So grateful for you all!
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ISSMA
Super proud of all the WCHS Band students that performed at ISSMA Solo and Ensemble contest this weekend in Avon! We had just under 100 wonderful performances given and the students have a LOT to be proud of! A special congratulations to the 24 soloists and 29 members of the 8 ensembles that qualified for State Solo and Ensemble!
Sectional Championship Tonight!
Our Girls basketball team will be playing for a sectional title tonight at 7:30, for the first time since 2007. We would LOVE to see a huge crowd in the Glenn Ray Gym as we battle Franklin.
Tickets can be purchased online: https://ihsaa.eventlink.com/Tickets?l=Whiteland+Community+High+School+%28Glenn+Ray+Gymnasium%29, or at the gate with cash/card...$7/person (under 5 are free)!
Please support the Lady Warriors, they deserve it!
Family Forum!
Register on our Facebook page.
Cards Teaching Kids!
The Pleasant Crossing kindergarten team is is feeling a lot of love thanks to a unique Valentines project they started. Teacher, Savannah Maxwell got the idea to do a social media post asking for people to send Valentines cards to her class and send they have. The large US and World Maps on the hallway walls indicate where the cards have been coming from. The goal is to get a card from all 50 states. They've even gotten cards from Iceland and South Korea. . Once students and their families got involved the cards have literally come from around the world.
Kindergarten teachers say the project has given them a chance to help students understand how the mail system works and they've been able to learn about other states and countries because of the colorful cards that have been flowing into their tiny mailbox in front of their classroom door.
