The weather looks good for Tuesday and Wednesday! Elementary Summer School Students will be going to the pool twice this week. Detailed information about the pool trips can be found in the attached pictures (the dates are wrong - we are doing what we can). Mrs. Blair will send out a text reminder on Monday evening.
By popular request, we've extended yearbook orders for just one more week! Order your 2024-2025 yearbook by June 16th! [https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/craneelementaryandhighschool] This will be our final order deadline for the 2024-2025 book. With your purchase, you'll gain access to all the photos and videos our student staff captured throughout the year.
We can't wait for you to see all the hard work we put into our page designs and student photography; can you guess our theme based on the preview cover and pages? We had a blast creating this year's book, and we sincerely appreciate your continued support! Please email Ms. Knight [knighta@crane.k12.mo.us] if you have any questions about orders.
Ms. Blevins' Kindergarten summer school class went on a dino-mite alphabet egg hunt adventure—with some awesome help from Mrs. Lawson’s 5th graders! 🦕🥚
Mrs. Mease needs new sponsors for Project Prom. Crane Project Prom is an outside organization/non-profit, separate from the school, that organizes the Project Prom event for Crane students every year. It involves considerable fundraising but is an amazing, all night event that ensures our students have a safe, drug and alcohol free after prom party. If you are interested in taking on this task or would like more information, contact Mrs. Mease at measet@crane.k12.mo.us or you may text or call her cell.
Join Our Elementary Team at Crane R-III!!
Apply online at https://crane.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=204
We're on the lookout for a dedicated teacher to join our 3rd or 4th grade team!
What We Offer:
-A four-day school week (Tuesday-Friday)
-Crane Elementary serves students from PreK-6th grade
- K-3rd: Three teachers per grade with 15-17 students in each class
- 4th-6th: Two teachers per grade with 18-24 students in each class
- iReady Math and Reading Curriculum
- And much more!
If you are passionate about education, we want to hear from you!
To keep the learning going, even as the school year wound down, Mrs. Merritt's 2nd grade class partnered with Mrs. Lawson's 3-year-old preschool class for a special reading activity. This collaborative experience allowed students from both age groups to learn from one another. The second graders practiced their reading skills and developed confidence as leaders, while the preschoolers learned the joy of storytelling and language. It was a meaningful and enriching experience for all!
Boys & Girls Club would like us to communicate to parents that their summer hours end at 6:00 pm, not 7:00 pm each day. Your child(ren) will need to be picked up at the church every evening by 6:00 pm. Thank you!
Yearbook sales end on June 5th. Order yours by next Friday; we sell out of our extra copies every year! [ https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/craneelementaryandhighschool ]. Orders are easy to place online through Wagner, and books will be distributed at Open House in August! All the photos we took throughout the year are available digitally with your yearbook purchase. Questions? Contact (knighta@crane.k12.mo.us)
Elementary grade cards were sent home with students the last day of school and have been sent via email for the 2024-2025 school year. Class placements for 2025-2026 will not be set until a later date due to changes in staff. We will notify parents/guardians via email and social media (Facebook/Crane School app) once placements are sent out. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer!
Elementary Summer School parents, our elementary students will NOT be going to the pool tomorrow because of cooler temperatures.
Crane R-III is once again offering one section of full-day three-year-old preschool for the 2025-2026 school year. Eligible students have to turn three by August 1, 2025. Spots are very limited and there will be a waitlist. If you are interested in your three-year-old child attending full-day preschool at Crane Elementary, please complete the Google Form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDqs3eYqZCQgiM_9A4yPxV-mx-sdSREW8u1PKWb8c_nuhZmw/viewform?usp=sharing
Summer School starts tomorrow (5/27). Here is some information for our Elementary Summer School students.
Today marked the final day of the school year for the Crane Pirate Staff, and we kicked things off with a heartfelt celebration for four amazing retirees. A huge congratulations to Mrs. Leslie Henry, Mrs. Michelle Malcom, Mr. Phil McKinley, and Mr. Donnie White on their well-earned retirement!
Mrs. Henry has dedicated 29.5 years to education, and we were lucky to have her with us for the last two years as our Elementary Counselor. Mrs. Malcom has been a steady and supportive presence at Crane, serving as a paraprofessional for an incredible 25 years. Mr. McKinley has spent 34 years teaching high school English with 27 of those right here at Crane, shaping the lives of countless students. And Mr. White has been behind the wheel for the past 10 years, safely getting our Pirates to and from school every day.
The dedication, heart, and impact these four have had on our school community will be felt for many years to come. Be sure to check out the photo of Mr. McKinley with current Crane R-III staff who had the unique honor of being his students back in high school! It is proof of just how far an educator's influence reaches.
Not pictured: Donnie White
Congratulations Crane Graduates! The High School Graduation video is ready for viewing and downloading. There are three separate videos to avoid overwhelming the server. If one video does not work, please use another link within the folder. The videos may still get overwhelmed with access/download attempts, so please be patient; it usually takes Google about 24 hours to reset the view count. Copy this URL into your browser's address bar to access the HS Graduation Video: [ https://shorturl.at/vd07M ]
Happy last day of school! Please don’t forget to order a 2024-2025 Yearbook; sales end on June 5th! [ https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/craneelementaryandhighschool ]. We can continue providing photography and improving our work with your support! All the photos we took throughout the year are available digitally with your yearbook purchase. Questions? Contact (knighta@crane.k12.mo.us)
Reminder for the Crane Elementary end of year awards assemblies tomorrow!
All Jr High and High School students, whether they are enrolled in any summer school classes or not, need to turn If their chromebooks, with case and charger, to their Pirate Time teachers. With that in mind, we want to let parents and students know how that will work for those students who are taking any online classes (Health or Personal Finance) for summer school. Those students need to come in any time next week to pick up a chromebook for their summer school classes. Initial login, contact, and progress for Health and Personal Finance needs to be made before Friday, May 30th. Contact the high school office if you have any further questions or your child has difficulty getting started on those classes next week!
Thank you,
~Mrs. Mease
6th grade students in Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Lamberson's classes have been working on researching an animal and creating it out of boxes! They created presentations after their research was complete, then got to building! They had to measure to find length, width and height, and then find the surface area and volume of their animal! Then they got to paint and decorate it before finally getting to present them! Great job 6th grade!
5th grade students in Mrs. Johnson's class created their own board games that reviewed math topics that were learned throughout the year! They did an awesome job with these, and got SO creative! They then got to rotate and play each other's games! Great work this year, 5th grade!
As the school year comes to a close, Mrs. Custer has implemented daily themes to keep students engaged with various activities that reflect their learning throughout the year. On Tuesday and Wednesday, students participated in "Camp Read-A-Lot," where their desks were transformed into tents. They engaged in activities focused on retelling, sequencing, vocabulary, and more, all centered around the book "A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee," while also reviewing telling time and money concepts.
On Thursday, the theme was popcorn. Students worked on fact family popcorn buckets, tackled addition puzzles, conducted taste tests, and learned interesting facts about popcorn from "The Popcorn Book" by Tomie de Paola. For instance, did you know that Americans consume over 500,000,000 pounds of popcorn annually? To wrap up the day, students enjoyed a movie while munching on popcorn and all the essentials for a perfect movie experience.
Next week marks the final week of school, and more exciting activities await in Mrs. Custer's class.
