Crane R-III School District

Students had more work to add to our refrigerator space this week. We have some great writing going on in the Elementary! Oaklynn and Liliana wrote facts about cheetahs, organizing their writing with a topic sentence, facts, and a closing sentence. Ava, Caspen, and MJ wrote an opinion piece, with supporting sentences explaining why they liked a dragon or unicorn better. Ms. Swearingen had nine super spellers this week. Way to do your best!

The Crane High School Academic Team placed 2nd in the Greater Ozarks Conference Academic Team Tournament this evening! We are proud of their achievements this season!

Here is some exciting news from our Crane Library. Stone County Libraries have partnered with Wonderworks Museum to celebrate National Library Week. Between April 6th and April 12th, anyone who signs up for a library card, for the first time, will receive a free ticket to Wonderworks Branson!

The Lady Pirate Softball team played the Forsyth Lady Panthers tonight. The Varsity team came up short in their game and the JV won their game. We appreciate Forsyth for hosting us last minute so we could play on their turf field.

Our Junior High Lady Pirates played their last home volleyball game vs New Covenant Academy. The final scores were: B Team: 6-25 L 15-25 L C Team: 16-25 L A Team: 22-25 L 12-25 L

Our Crane Elementary team will have a new 1st grade teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. Welcome Ms. McGlothlin! You can read more information about her on the graphic below. (Mrs. Custer will be joining our 3rd grade team, replacing Ms.Jensen, who is retiring from teaching.)

A huge congratulations to the Crane Golf Team for their impressive performance at our tournament yesterday at Hidden Valley! Special shoutout to Wyatt Mullins for finishing 2nd out of 44 players—an INCREDIBLE achievement! Great job to all our players, and thank you to everyone for your support!

Click the link below for your April updates from the Jr High and High School! https://secure.smore.com/n/eta07

The Crane Lady Pirate Jr. High Volleyball Team played the Galena Lady Bears tonight. They won all sets and got it done quickly! Way to go, ladies! B Team 25:13 25:16 A Team 25:21 25:7

Our JH Lady Pirates Volleyball team battled today in the GOC Tournament. They had some injuries, but still came in 3rd place in the GOC Conference. Way to work hard, ladies!

The Lady Pirates Softball Team had a double header today in Mansfield! They pushed through the rain and came out with two wins! Way to stick with it ladies! Game 1 vs Mansfield - 16-0 Game 2 vs Dora - 14-4

Our fridge space is getting full because our Crane Elementary students did some more really great work this week! 2nd grade started this week off strong with many students scoring 4s on their math assessments and their spelling tests. Adlie scored an 11/11 on her telling time quiz, answering all questions independently. Kindergarten has been working on writing complete sentences independently. Cami wrote two sentences about chips. Alaina, Harper, Malakai, and Jace wrote their opinion of why math is the best. 1st grade wrote facts about polar bears, organizing their reports by writing a topic sentence, facts, and then a closing sentence. Sola and Sadie did just that, with sentences that follow the conventions of writing. Jax earned a 113% on his Three Branches of Government test- the highest percentage earned in all of 4th grade! Riley added his five paragraph essay about farming (something he knows a lot about) to our work space. This is the second time Joseph's work has been displayed on our fridge. This time, for scoring a 4 on his measurement math quiz. Reed scored a 100% on his point of view quiz, recognizing key words to help identify who was "telling" each of the stories. Annabeth earned a 100% on her angles, points, line segments, and rays quiz. When it comes to angles, she is acute-ly aware! Curtis, Kenson, and Paisley were the last students to add their work to the space. They wrote facts about African Elephants in a well organized paragraph. Keep up the great work!

We love it when our students get creative, so when Jr High English teacher Mrs. Moore's students made the most of their creative projects after their essays about countries of their choice, we had to share. Mrs. Moore chose the following projects to share: Sophie made a traditional festival mask from Papua New Guinea (modeled by Whitney), and Maverick got the class to play tug of war which is a Scottish tradition.

The Crane Golf team had a strong start to the season, competing in our first tournament of the year at Island Green. It was an excellent opportunity for our players to showcase their skills, focus, and commitment to the game. Our team demonstrated remarkable teamwork and perseverance, and we are proud of their efforts throughout the day. As we look ahead to the rest of the season, we remain focused on continuing to improve and building on this solid foundation.

Tonight is the night! It's going to be a great time! Come out for Bingo and support Crane Project Prom. Game prizes include Dickerson Park Zoo tickets, Alamo Drafthouse tickets, gift cards for multiple restaurants and stores, and various other gift baskets, candles, and goodies. There will also be a cash door prize at the end of the night. Tacos for dinner and a dessert auction sweeten the deal. Doors open a little before 6:00 at the high school entrance then to the cafeteria. More information on the flyer pictured.

Here in the Elementary, we cleared off the Refrigerator Work space from 3rd Quarter to create space for 4th Quarter work. We had students working hard this week. This is Jimmy's second time adding his work to our refrigerator. He aced his Conversions Test, answering and labeling all of his work correctly. Brodie scored a 45/50 on his Rock Cycle Station Lab. His work is proudly displayed closest to the top of the fridge space. Hadleigh, Oakley, Brently, Silver, and Barret, from Ms. Ginter's class, did a great job of researching a famous Missourian and following the writing process to create their reports. We had some kindergarteners add work to the fridge: Sofia, Eli, Sawyer, Ryder, and Eden from Mrs. Simmons' class and Aubree and Everly from Mrs. Zheng's class. These students are really showing what they know about how letters and sounds make words and words make sentences. Some of those students were giving their opinions about zebras and lions, while others were writing about things they liked. Keep up the great work!

It was a great season opener for the Crane Lady Pirates Softball team! Both Varsity and Junior Varsity pulled out wins against the Hollister Lady Tigers! Varsity 20-1 JV 7-6

It has been a great day for Crane JAG! While the majority of our High School JAG students were out on an educational trip to Prime Trucking today, Hunter Cleveland and Waylon Mease stayed behind to be filmed and interviewed for a short film Missouri JAG is putting together with the help of a professional production company, White Rose LLC out of Idaho. The purpose of the film will be to share the impact of JAG with those who make the program financially possible and with other schools who are hoping to build a JAG program. Former Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson, a passionate advocate for Missouri JAG, spent the morning with us as well, behind the scenes of the filming. While this was enough to make it a great day for Crane JAG, the cherry on top was finding out that Shantra Tucker, the Executive Director of Missouri JAG and Holly Harmon, the Southwest Regional Program Manager have made a way FOR US TO CONTINUE OUR JAG PROGRAM AT CRANE! After hearing what Hunter and Waylon had to say about how impactful JAG has been for them and so many other students, we are even more grateful for the support of those who advocate behind the scenes, and a big thank you to Mrs. Kylee Williams for all you do for our students!

CSCO is excited to host the 2nd Annual Mid States Wrestling event, featuring our own Pirate Alumni, Colton Vaught, in the Crane High School Gym on April 12, 2025 at 7 PM! Student tickets can be purchased in Central Office at school for $10 each. Other tickets can be purchased at SunFest Grocery Store here in Crane, or purchased online. See picture for details!

Here is the Elementary 4th Quarter School Scoop to help keep you in the loop! https://secure.smore.com/n/46cwr0