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.
2024 Summer School enrollment forms were sent home with PreK-4th grade students today. (5th grade students will get their forms tomorrow.) Included with this form is information about the theme each grade level will be doing. This will be a fun and educational summer experience!
There is a Special Board Meeting tonight, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 5 PM. The Board of Education will be selecting the bid for the gravel parking lot for the future Sports Complex. The agenda can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11C7SO8-HcQagfbaBLCt2Tic-v2x43PQn28vxAv5vgoo/edit?usp=sharing
The baseball Pirates hosted Hurley this evening. The Varsity won 10 - 7, and the JV won 2 - 1.
Congratulations!
Pirates' Jr High Baseball split in their games against Billings tonight. The A team won 12-2, and the B team lost 8-7.
Congratulations to our Jr. High Baseball team! They beat the Hurley Tigers tonight, 17-5.
Our High School Baseball Varsity boys beat Dadeville tonight 12-5, and JV ended in a tie game 4-4.
The first day of Volleymania was a success! Our “big Pirates” worked on teamwork and passing with our “little Pirates” today. The next two days we will be working on movement, passing, and serving.
