The camp that the jr high coach is holding will be available for kids entering 3rd grade and up. Below is his post from last week with any information you may need.
🏈 Football is Back at Crane! 🏈
Football Camp:
📅 August 11–14 (Monday–Thursday)
🕔 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
👕 Dress: Blue shorts, white T-shirt, white socks, and football cleats (no pads yet).
Come out and join us for a fun week as we kick off our first Junior High football season! If you’re on the fence about playing, attend camp and see what it's all about—you’ll get a great feel for the team, coaches, and game.
Official Team Practice Begins:
📅 Monday, August 18
🕓 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Monday–Friday)
⏰ Wednesdays will end early at 5:30 PM
Season Info:
🏆 We’ll play a full 6-game schedule starting in September, running through mid-October.
📅 The official game schedule will be released soon!
Important Notes:
New Equipment & Uniforms: All players will be outfitted with brand-new gear, including Guardian helmet covers and rib pads for skill players.
Player Safety: We’re using teaching methods focused on safety and proper technique.
Eligibility: Even if you’re ineligible due to grades, you’re still welcome to practice and be a part of the team.
Student Managers Needed: We’re looking for a couple of student managers to help with water, equipment, and game-day duties.
📞 Contact Coach Hutton if you haven’t signed up yet:
📱 816-550-0513
📧 huttonc@crane.k12.mo.us
Let’s bring football back to Crane in a big way.
Be a part of something special. Go Pirates!
Let’s run it back,
Coach Hutton
Any students who still have school-issued chromebooks from summer school or from the regular school year needs to turn them in to the high school office this week. I will be in the office every day from 8:00 to 4:00. Today, Tuesday, June 24th, however, I will be out for a meeting from 10:15 to 2:30.
Thank you!
~Mrs. Mease
Here are some of the highlights from our 2025 Elementary Summer School term. Lots of learning and fun took place!
That's a wrap! Have a great rest of the summer!
We are looking forward to the 2025-2026 school year!
Kindergarten Summer School Trip to Itty Bitty City!
It's a great place for littles to use their big imaginations! They had a blast🥰
The Jr High Gym will be closed from Wednesday, June 25th through Monday July 7th as we have the floors refinished. No one will be able to use the gym during that time.
🏈 Football is Back at Crane! 🏈
Football Camp:
📅 August 11–14 (Monday–Thursday)
🕔 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
👕 Dress: Blue shorts, white T-shirt, white socks, and football cleats (no pads yet).
Come out and join us for a fun week as we kick off our first Junior High football season! If you’re on the fence about playing, attend camp and see what it's all about—you’ll get a great feel for the team, coaches, and game.
Official Team Practice Begins:
📅 Monday, August 18
🕓 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Monday–Friday)
⏰ Wednesdays will end early at 5:30 PM
Season Info:
🏆 We’ll play a full 6-game schedule starting in September, running through mid-October.
📅 The official game schedule will be released soon!
Important Notes:
New Equipment & Uniforms: All players will be outfitted with brand-new gear, including Guardian helmet covers and rib pads for skill players.
Player Safety: We’re using teaching methods focused on safety and proper technique.
Eligibility: Even if you’re ineligible due to grades, you’re still welcome to practice and be a part of the team.
Student Managers Needed: We’re looking for a couple of student managers to help with water, equipment, and game-day duties.
📞 Contact Coach Hutton if you haven’t signed up yet:
📱 816-550-0513
📧 huttonc@crane.k12.mo.us
Let’s bring football back to Crane in a big way.
Be a part of something special. Go Pirates!
Let’s run it back,
Coach Hutton
2025-2026 3 year old program update! For those who submitted their child's information for the 3 year old program, please be watching the mail this week for the status of your child's enrollment. As stated before, there are very limited spots in this program so many are placed on the waiting list.
Class of 2025 graduates, your diplomas are ready in the high school office. They can be picked up today, Friday, June 13th until 4:00 or Tuesday through Friday next week between 7:00 and 4:00. Any diplomas left after Friday, June 20th will have to be picked up in August.
The deadline to register for the Stone County School Readiness Fair is July 25, 2025. Register at www.sscfpd.org This event provides backpacks, haircuts, school supplies, shoes, socks, underwear, and more for students! See the attached flyer for more information on the August 8th event.
It's the final weekend to order a 2024-2025 yearbook ! The online store will officially close Monday night! [https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/craneelementaryandhighschool]
We will have a pick-up table for book orders at Open House in August. Thank you to everyone who purchased; your support allows us to keep our books at an affordable price! Please email Ms. Knight [knighta@crane.k12.mo.us] if you have any questions.
Once again, our community has come together in an incredible way to help pay off unpaid lunch accounts! We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Ladies of Hilltop Church, who generously chose to donate the proceeds from their recent garage sale to support this cause. Your kindness will make a real difference for those families! Thank you!
Two of our very own Pirates took 1st place in the State Fishing Tournament this weekend on Stockton Lake. Congratulations to Kale Scott and CJ Conrad. They received $163,000 in scholarships. What a great accomplishment!!
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)
