Crane R-III School District

Yesterday, Mindy Honey, the Executive Director of the Silver Dollar City Foundation, presented a check to Crane R-III. We extend our heartfelt thanks to Care for Kids for the invaluable support they provide to our district! Their assistance allows us to address the needs of our students promptly, helping to remove potential barriers to learning and ensuring students can thrive. We are without a doubt, community blessed!

Check out your students PE days to make sure they have tennis shoes.

Reminder- Boys & Girls Club is now open. In order for child(ren) to attend, parents MUST call the school and give approval. Please call ASAP if your child is attending.

This morning, Crane R-III's 2024 Educator of the Year was the GRAND MARSHAL in our community's annual Broiler Festival parade. Mrs. Merritt is an amazing teacher, wife, mom, and friend, and she loves her Crane community. She certainly is GRAND!

Greetings and happy Broiler Fest! Top Deck Gaming Club is hosting a series of cornhole tournaments on Saturday. We will be across the metal bridge in the park. Please see the attached flyer for more information. We have several openings for the masterclass tournament left. If your interested, even if you don't usually do tournaments, please come out and play. This serves as a fundraiser for the club, but the tournaments could be a day of fun for the entire family. Looking forward to your support.

Project Prom is running a $1000.00, 50/50 raffle down at the Broiler Festival, but you can reserve your number through the Crane High School Project Prom Facebook page as well and pay via Venmo to Crane Project Prom at https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3917763848439770323! Each number/square is $20, and the winner will get $1000!!! We also have the t-shirts pictured here for $15.00 a piece. Come see us at the Broiler Festival across from the pageant stage and right next to the ice cream booth!

We would like to thank all of the families who turned in completed Free and Reduced Meal applications. We had over 150 applications turned in representing a large percentage of our students. Each family who turned in an application, had their name entered into the drawing for the "Broiler Festival Family Fun Package". Congratulations to Karissa Gray!

Greetings all! This is my last call for a second round of yearbook orders for 2023/2024. If you missed your chance to order a yearbook last year and you would like to purchase one, send me an email (knighta@crane.k12.mo.us) and let me know. I will be placing the order next Tuesday afterschool, and this will be the last chance to purchase and order a copy of last year's book. Yearbooks are $45. Once we receive the books, I will email you to let you know they are ready. We will only send this second order of books home once we have your payment. Thank you all for supporting our program, and please keep an eye out for our 2024/2025 yearbook announcements!

Attention parents or guardians who pick up their jr. high and high school children in the gravel lot at the end of the jr high hallway in the afternoons: I realize there has been a safety issue when trying to exit the gravel lot from its east driveway as you cannot see past the elementary parent pick up line if student drivers are coming toward you; similar to the issue parents and students are having when pulling out onto HWY 413. To help make our end of day traffic safer, the gravel lot driveway closest to 413 is for ENTERING ONLY. The gravel lot driveway closest to the high school parking lot is for EXITING ONLY. See the attached pictures for clarity. This applies to all people entering and exiting this gravel lot which includes parents picking up and parents of students who are in football practice. You may contact Mrs. Mease at measet@crane.k12.mo.us with any questions, comments, or concerns regarding this matter. Thank you! ~Mrs. Mease

Thank you for working with us! At 7:49, there was no line! We appreciate everyone for their patience and cooperation in having students ready to get out of the car and our SRO, Officer Nolan, for directing traffic! We are hopeful our afternoon pick-ups will be just as smooth and safe while we continue to work out the kinks!

We apologize for the late notice, but we are trying to create plans for safety. To help alleviate the morning drop off congestion at the elementary, we need parents of 3rd through 6th grade students who eat breakfast at school to drop their child(ren) at the high school entrance. 3rd through 6th grade breakfast eaters will be added to the Jr High & High School drop off. Please refer to the diagram on social media to see how the flow of traffic moves through the high school lot. We are working on a plan for afternoon pickup lines and congestion as well. Thank you for your patience! Happy first week of school!

If your student is needing an immunization, Cox Mobile will be at Crane Friday September 6th. Please call Nurse Sydney if you need a consent sent home. Letters have been sent home if your student is due for an immunization. Immunizations must be up to date or exemption form filled out in order for students to attend school. Thank you!

Morning drop-off at the elementary has some minor changes starting tomorrow (Thursday) morning! The lane between Rapid Roberts and the school will be closed (noted on map). All vehicles need to enter from the front entrance. Thank you again for everyone's patience!

Rooms in our Crane R-III App is not yet working. We are hoping to resolve this issue quickly as it is our best line of communication. If you are needing to contact your child's teacher, please do so by email. We will send out a message when Rooms is working. Thank you!

Day one is down, and it was a great one! Thank you for patience. -If your child needs to eat breakfast, please have them here at 7:25. -Uncooked Ramen Noodles and Mac and Cheese take too long to heat up and cool down to be eaten during lunch time. Please send these items already prepared so that they can be heated up for less than a minute. -All elementary student drop offs are to take place at the front of the school. This includes Preschool and Kindergarten. We will see you all tomorrow!

👀The following is important information about our Elementary Drop Off and Pick Up procedures at the front of our Elementary: Please follow the →ARROWS→ and Cs... this route is for all Elementary students being dropped off in the AM and Preschoolers being picked up in the PM. Students in grades K-6th can be picked up in the PM in our Parent Pick Up Line around back. Please watch this video about our Drop Off Procedures. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hSg2FM_kLfuFnn3vqEKMmLJ_ZpSz81x1/view?usp=sharing Here is the link to our Pick Up Procedures. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1prS9YAlCwteTevNoEHTa-DrcTU3Usxix/view?usp=sharing Please know that traffic will be heavy around our building, and car lines will be congested the first few days. *Parents of PRESCHOOLERS and KINDERGARTENERS may walk their child into the building on the first day only.* WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW! 🍎🏫

This photo showcases our incredible staff, ready to make this school year the best one yet! As we head into the final weekend of summer, we hope all our families enjoy a smooth transition back into their routines. We can’t wait to see our students bright and early Tuesday morning, ready to start a fantastic year together!

If you're looking or some Pirate Baseball gear (some items would work well for softball too), look no further! Shop the wide variety here: https://tinyurl.com/suj2z4ur There are tshirts, long sleeve shirts, tank tops, shorts, sweats, backpacks, caps, socks, cleats, and more!

Attention VoTech students and parents! Students attending Table Rock Career Center (formerly Gibson Tech), WILL be attending VoTech on Tuesday, August 20th. Every day, VoTech students must be on the VoTech bus at the library entrance by 7:50 am. On the first day of school, however, they will meet in the library for a short meeting before loading the bus. Don't be late!

If you or your 7th through 12th grade student has not brought in their paperwork, chromebook insurance fee, or turned their chromebook in to the high school office, we will be in the office until 4:00 today. Thank you!