Summer school is only 2 weeks away! For students in grades 6-12, enrollment forms are in the high school office. Forms were also sent home with 6th grade students. Please see the attached information for course options (some have been updated to reflect appropriate grade levels). Students who are required to attend summer school for credit recovery still need to complete an enrollment form. Let me know if you have any questions! measet@crane.k12.mo.us
Thank you!
Tara Mease
Jr High & High School Principal
Tomorrow, Friday, May 10th, is our assemblies day for the Jr High and High School. We will start off the day with our awards assembly at 8:00 am followed by our Seniors' traditional "Decision Day" at approximately 10:00 to 10:30. Decision Day is an opportunity for our seniors to be recognized for what they will be doing after graduation, be it college, trade school, or joining the workforce. It is a great opportunity for our underclassmen to see the various options they have to consider! Parents are welcome to attend!
We had a great first day of Junior High Cheerleading Tryouts, with the help of a few of our high school cheerleaders!
Due to the possibility of weather getting bad, there will be NO tryouts tomorrow (Wednesday, May 7th)
We will resume on Thursday in the high school gym after school until 5:30! If you have any questions, please email Ms.Anderson!
Our home baseball game against Greenwood has been canceled. We have rescheduled a rain out game with Blue Eye. The game will be in Blue Eye on the turf. The start time is 5:00. We will play a varsity game only.
Well, it took all seven innings, but our Lady Pirates advance to the next round of Districts, beating the Billings Lady Wildcats 19-18!
They will play the Ash Grove Lady Pirates Monday at 5:00 PM in Purdy!
Like free stuff??? Give blood at the high school gym lobby on Tuesday 5/7 from 9-2!!!
Our Jr High and High School students of the month for April are Junior, Landyn Dickens, and 8th grader Addyson Custer! About Landyn, his teachers shared: This student has turned his educational journey around and now consistently strives hard for excellence in his toughest class. He also, especially back when we were working to pass the US Constitution test, is beneficially influential with his peers. He helped encourage quite a few to study and do their best on this difficult exam as well. He has shown a lot of personal and intellectual growth since his Freshman year. This growth includes working after school two days a week with Mr. Wecker to improve his Algebra skills so he can challenge himself with tougher classes next year. About Addyson, her teachers shared: 1) She is always cheerful and has a good attitude. She patiently helps her fellow students when she understands a concept that they do not. She's a great student! 2) Addyson is very kind, ambitious, and helpful. She often joins in class discussion and asks questions. She is always respectful to faculty and her peers. She is a wonderful student to have!
Thank you for being so great, Landyn and Addyson!
Tonight we had the opportunity to celebrate people who help make Crane R-III great at the Celebration of Schools! Congratulations to the following:
Board Members with 10+ years of service: Bruce Steele and Greg Vaught (not pictured)
Friend of Education: Nicole Wise for her dedication to helping orchestrate the Christmas Makeovers of over 130 elementary students!
Crane R-III Teacher of the Year; Mrs. Sonja Merritt.
Making Learning Come Alive: 7th-12th Grades: Mrs. Karen Faucett
The Lady Pirates had a great evening playing their last game of regular season against the Verona Wildcats. Varsity won 15-0 and JV won 8-0! Way to play, ladies!
Our VoTech students, who attend Gibson Technical Center every day, had a successful morning at their awards assembly in Reeds Spring. There's a reason we were recognized as the "Sending School of the Year" and these kids are it! They were recognized for various accomplishments from GPA and attendance to overall performance as well as winning competitions at the state level in their programs (great job Calen Faucett, Jeffery Bain, Brayden Faucett, Kailey Vaught, Jacie Foster, Brandon King, Coy Page, Natalie Hash, Bex Lambert, Wade Allivato, & Shane Cox). We had 8 of our Crane students inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (Jeffery Bain, Daven Cutbirth, Calen & Brayden Faucett, Jacie Foster, Natalie Hash, Coy Page and Caleb Hooper), 2 received "Distinguished Student" awards (Kaden McKnight & Daven Cutbirth), 2 received recognition for perfect attendance (Heather Willhite & Calen Faucett who has had perfect attendence for both of his years at Gibson), 2 recognized for their work in internship positions (Natalie Hash & Coy Page), and Jeffery Bain received a $400 scholarship from Gibson Tech! We are proud of all of you!
The home baseball game with Spokane has been moved to Spokane. The start time is 5:00.
The Lady Pirates beat Spokane Owls in the semifinals 14-13, but fell short to Southwest in the quarterfinal game in the SWCL Tournament, 5-7. Next stop, Class I Districts, where the Lady Pirates will play Friday against Billings in Purdy. Let's go, Pirates!
The JH Baseball Team took 3rd place in SWCL tournament win over Spokane 11-1. They lost to Blue Eye in semifinals 10-3.
Our High School Trap Team shot at the Missouri State Trap Shoot and did well!
Roland Baker 70/100; Sawyer Baker 95/100; Hunter Campbell 78/100; Natalie Hash 91/100; Madyson Pippin 83/100
Final placements should be posted later today.
Prom 2024 was "Starry Night" fun! The junior class worked hard to pay for the event by selling ice cream, working concessions, and volunteering at SDC. Thanks to the whole community for helping put money in our account!
The young ladies on the Prom Committee (Lorene Mease, Savannah McKinley, Drew Chisam, Makayla Kerr, Nicole McDowell, Hunter Cleveland, Abbi Wells, Alyssa Keller, Leah Boulton, Sayd Vaught, & Lily Woodward) worked hard to make all the selections and choices that turned a blank canvas into an elegant, starry space.
Thank you so much to Chad Vaught and Eric East for bouncing around on ladders to hang our "stars". Mr. Mullins did the same to get them down. Thanks also to Chad for transporting all the balloons we blew up on Friday. We blew up over a 1000.
Kara McKnight, Cara McKinley, Braylon Merritt, Sonja Merritt, and Marcy Larimore helped the prom committee decorate in the morning, and Beth Funcannon, Melody and Jeremy Mullins, Karen Faucett, Joe and Jenni Brown, Tara Mease, and Kylie and Eric Shoenberger helped us chaperone the event. They also helped us clear away the decor in an hour (it was aerobic cleaning), after prom.
The seniors voted for David Murray and Anna Giacobazzi to be our King and Queen, and both seemed super surprised!
Lastly, Ms. Knight spent the whole day and a half before the event helping us blow up balloons, decorating the portrait backgrounds, and taking portraits during the event. She also spent countless hours making sure the Prom slideshow was amazing...and it was! Now, all we need to do next year is make a prom for our upcoming seniors that feels as successful. The Crane community is awesome, so I'm sure we can!
Today we announced Mrs. Sonja Merritt as the Teacher of the Year for Crane R-III! She was honored at the Table Rock Lake Chamber of Commerce Luncheon today as well! Congratulations, Mrs. Merritt, you make us proud!
Summer School forms for students who are currently in grades 6 through 11 are available in the high school office and have been given to the 6th grade teachers as well. In addition to credit recovery for those students required to attend summer school, we also have some fun classes for our students to choose from as well as classes such as PE, Health, and Personal Finance. Any classes taken by students who will be in high school next year will be for credits toward graduation.
The HS track meet in Fair Grove today has been canceled.
The baseball game at New Covenant today has been canceled.
Greetings Pirates!
Prom photos have been posted to the junior and senior Google Classrooms. Also, as we head into the end of the 2023-2024 school year, I wanted to share a preview of some of the incredible work our yearbook students have made for this year's theme [Our Adventure Book]. I also want to remind everyone that, while we can't share all our event pictures throughout the year as that is the primary value of the yearbook, every book comes packed with QR codes that you can scan to access all the photos, videos, slideshows, and more we captured throughout the school year.
Don't miss out on these memories for years to come, and make sure you order your yearbook before the deadline! Yearbook orders are open until June 2024. All yearbook orders are conducted online as our publisher does not accept cash or check payments.
Please view the attached photo[s] for details and/or visit our online yearbook store at [https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/craneelementaryandhighschool].
Questions and assistance with yearbook ordering may be directed to Wagner Portrait Group. Their customer service request form [https://www.wagnerportraitgroup.com/csform] is the easiest way to get in touch, but they also have a customer service phone number [314.567.5900]. Any other questions may be directed to the yearbook advisor, Ms. Knight, at knighta@crane.k12.mo.us.
