Evans County Charter School System

📚🎉 Get Ready for Read Across America Week at Claxton Schools! 🎉📚 Join us March 3rd-7th as we celebrate the joy of reading with a fun-filled Dr. Seuss-themed spirit week! 🎩🧦🍳🌎 📅 Here’s the lineup: 📖 Monday: The Cat in the Hat – Wear stripes and/or your favorite hat! 🎩 🧦 Tuesday: Fox in Socks – Wear your silliest socks! 🧦 💚 Wednesday: Green Eggs and Ham – Wear green! 💚 👩‍🚀 Thursday: Oh, the Places You’ll Go – Dress up as your future career! ✨ 🎭 Friday: Dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss character! Let’s make this week a fun and memorable celebration of reading! 📖💛 #ReadAcrossAmerica #ClaxtonSchools #DrSeussWeek #ReadingIsFun

💪✨ Multiplication Masters in the Making! ✨💪 Our Fourth Grade team has been working hard, and their dedication is paying off! These amazing students have mastered their 2s, 5s, and 10s multiplication facts, showing incredible perseverance and teamwork along the way. 🎉👏 We are so proud of their progress and can’t wait to see them tackle even bigger math challenges! Keep up the great work, fourth graders! 🔢✖️ #MultiplicationMasters #HardWorkPaysOff #FourthGradeMath #ProudTeachers

🎉🏆 Claxton High School is thrilled to announce our STAR Student & STAR Teacher! 🏆🎉 🌟 Congratulations to Aiden Emanuel, our 2024-2025 STAR Student, and Mrs. Susan Todd, our STAR Teacher! 🌟 To earn this prestigious honor, a senior must achieve the highest SAT score on a single test date and rank in the top 10% of their class based on GPA. Aiden has exceeded these high standards, demonstrating outstanding dedication and academic excellence! 📚✨ 💬 Mrs. Todd shares: "Aiden is proof that success is possible when faced with challenges. Her desire to excel has far exceeded any obstacle she has met. She is an inspiration to young people and adults." 💬 Aiden on selecting Mrs. Todd as her STAR Teacher: "Mrs. Todd was the first teacher to show me that my grades do not define me or determine my future. She has helped shape me into the person I am today." 👏 Join us in celebrating Aiden’s incredible achievement and the impactful mentorship of Mrs. Todd! 🎊🎓 🐯💛🖤 #CHSSTARStudent #CHSSTARTeacher #TigersBlackAndGold #AcademicExcellence #FutureLeader

Congratulations to Kamryn Carter and Gracelyn Deloach! These Claxton High School juniors are finalists in this year's Canoochee Washington Youth Tour competition! The writing these Tigers submitted in the first round of the competition has secured them a spot in the next round of competition-- live interviews! Good luck to these ladies as they participate next Monday in the final round of competition! #CelebrateOurStudents #CelebrateOurStaff #SchoolAndCommunityPartnerships #WeLoveOurTigerWriters

🏈 Spring Football Training is Here! 🏈 📢 Calling all future Claxton Middle School football players! Spring Training kicks off on March 3, 2025, and runs through the month of March, Monday through Thursday from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM in the CMS Weight Room. 🔥 Get ready for: ✅ Skill Development ✅ Weight Training ✅ Speed & Conditioning ✅ Position Development 📌 Hosted by Coach Allen 📌 Shorts & Tennis Shoes REQUIRED 📣 All students planning to play CMS football in the 2025-2026 season should attend! For more details, contact Coach Allen at 334-2844. Let’s put in the work! 💪🏾🏆 #CMSFootball #SpringTraining #FutureChampions

What career fields interest our high school students the most? This graphic shows our program enrollment at The DEN. In addition to their core academic courses, our high school students have a choice of 9 different career pathways. Think of a career pathway like choosing a major in college, but you can start in high school. - Career pathways are a series of courses focused on your career interests. -Career pathways help students connect learning to their choice(s) to be either enrolled in post-secondary education, enlisted in the military, and/or immediately employed in the workforce after graduation. -Career pathways act as roadmaps which guide students to the right classes and future options. - Career pathways build skills and knowledge for earning industry certifications, degrees, and career success. No matter our students' future plans, choosing a Career Pathway can help get them there. #CTAEWeek #TheDEN

🚀🥚 CMS Egg Drop Challenge 🥚 🚀 Mr. Sapp’s STEM students recently took on Operation Egg Drop, putting their knowledge of gravity, forces, and air resistance to the test! 💡💨 Students carefully designed and built protective structures, predicting which materials would best absorb the shock of impact. From parachutes to cushioned landings, creativity was in full force! A special thanks to the Claxton Fire Department for helping with this fun project! Did their eggs survive the drop? 🤔 Check out these future engineers in action! ⬇️📸 #STEM #EggDropChallenge #FutureEngineers #HandsOnLearning #CommunityHelpers

🏆🎉 Celebrating Strong Attendance at CES! 🎉🏆 We just wrapped up an exciting Attendance Celebration for our amazing Pre-K to 5th graders! Students with perfect attendance or only one absence from October 21st to December 20th were rewarded with delicious cookies, hot chocolate, and a fun snowman-building activity! ❄️☕⛄ Way to go, CES students—keep up the great attendance! #CESAttendanceHeroes #EveryDayCounts #CESCelebrates #PerfectAttendance

🎉✨ 100 Days Smarter at CES! ✨🎉 Mrs. Herrington and Ms. Courtney’s classes celebrated 100 Days of School with fun and engaging activities! Students dressed up as 100-year-olds, painted 100 dots, built with 100 cups, and counted 100 items. They also enjoyed a Community Helper Parade and even mailed Valentine cards to family members! What a fun way to celebrate learning and growth! 💯🎓 #100DaysSmarter #CESCelebrates #LearningIsFun #100thDayOfSchool #ReadySetGrow

🩸 Give the Gift of Life! 🩸 Shepeard Community Blood Center will be at CHS on Monday, March 3rd from 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM for a blood drive! 🏥❤️ 📍 Location: Healthcare Science classroom 🆔 Photo ID required 🎉 Open to the community! ✅ Must be at least 16 years old to donate 📄 Parental consent required for 16-year-olds (Forms available from Mrs. Welch) 📅 Schedule your donation time with Mrs. Welch Let’s show our Claxton Tigers spirit! 🖤💛 Donate & make a difference! #CHSBloodDrive #DonateLife #GiveBloodSaveLives #ClaxtonTigers 🐯💛🖤

ECCSS Public Hearing-Property Tax Hearing #1 Thursday, February 20, 2025 12:00pm District Office Board Room

Don't forget 📢✨ CHS Beta Club Presents: Say Yes to the Prom Dress! ✨👗 Join us for our 2nd annual Say Yes to the Prom Dress event on Wednesday, February 19 & Thursday, February 20 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in Mrs. Lane's classroom (B103)! 👗 Dresses 👠 Shoes 💍 Jewelry & more will be available for students to find the perfect look for our Feathers and Bow Tie Fascination Prom on March 22, 2025! 💛🖤 If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Lane at llane@evanscountyschools.org #SayYesToThePromDress #CHSBetaClub #PromReady #FeathersAndBowTies #BlackAndGold #Tigers

Please see the following press release regarding a change in leadership in CHS football. We thank Coach Hill for his service to Tiger students, staff, families, and our community! More info: https://tinyurl.com/24nhhjm3

More Major Music Moments This past weekend, Sophomore Lane Lajun and CHS Choral Director Maurice Burney spent the weekend in Athens preparing for All State Choir performances. Rehearsal was scheduled throughout the day on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The event culminated with a public performance on Saturday at 5:30 PM. Congratulations, Lane, for being selected for this honor! CHS and The DEN are proud of you! #TheDEN #musicmemories

🌞💧 From Questions to Understanding: Investigating the Water Cycle! 💧🌞 Students in Mrs. Myers’s 6th grade Earth Science class took on the role of scientists as they planned and carried out their own investigations to explore how the Sun’s energy drives the water cycle! ☀️➡️🌫️➡️🌧️ Each group developed a research question—such as “How does sunlight affect the rate of evaporation?”—and formed a hypothesis based on their understanding of the water cycle. They identified variables, selected materials, and designed fair tests to collect and analyze data. With the opportunity to request additional materials (as long as they could explain how it would strengthen their experiment), students learned the importance of careful planning and scientific reasoning. At the start of the investigation, one student asked, “Why do we need to know about the water cycle?” 🤔 But after conducting their experiment, the same student had a powerful realization: ✨ “Wow, we really do need to protect what water we have since we have so little for our use.” 💙🌎 Moments like this remind us why hands-on science matters! Another student shared, “I wanna thank you for your help today with my science project—I really enjoyed doing it with you.” 🥹🙌 This experience not only helped students model key water cycle processes like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, transpiration, infiltration, groundwater movement, and runoff but also build real-world connections to the importance of Earth's resources. Science isn’t just about learning—it’s about discovery, understanding, and inspiring action! 🚀🔬 #HandsOnLearning #WaterCycle #ScienceMatters #FutureScientists #ProtectOurWater #InquiryBasedLearning #RealWorldConnections #6thGradeScience

🌞 Celebrating Mrs. Katina Fordham! 🌞 Join us in recognizing Mrs. Katina Fordham, the January recipient, of the Sunshine Basket from Mrs. Kelly’s 2nd-grade class! As an incredible TA, she steps in wherever needed, and her students adore her. You’ll hear her name called all day as they look to her for guidance, support, and encouragement. She has a special place in their hearts, and we are so lucky to have her at CES! 💛 #ReadySetGrow

Catch a glimpse of Mr. Floyd and one of our middle school Tigers at The Academy working on math skills! #GrowingMindsBuildingFutures #TheAcademy

More Momentous Music News Last Friday, Senior Saxophonist Latayvion Quinn traveled to Savannah to take part in the 11/12 District Honor Jazz Band. The invited students under the direction of guest clinician Dr. David Carter from Coastal Carolina University had just one day to prepare three jazz charts for a 6 PM performance at the Savannah Arts Academy. Congratulations, Tay! You make CHS and The DEN proud! #musicmoments #TheDEN

Congratulations, Colton Emanuel, Mario Garcia, and Lane Lujan! These three high school students participated in District Honor Band on Friday, February 7th! Their hard work, dedication, and passion for music earned them this incredible opportunity to perform alongside some of the best young musicians in the region. Way to represent Claxton High School and The DEN! #DistrictHonorBand #MusicExcellence #ProudMoment #HardWorkPaysOff #TheDEN

Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate these highlights from our BOE meeting this month! CES principal, Mrs. Julie Howard; CMS principal, Mrs. Angie Snyder, and CHS principal, Dr. Paul Mizell, recognized Employees of the Month! CES: Trina Brewton and Jill Lyons CMS: Ginger Durrence and Lacey Toothman CHS: Keta McNeal and Jennifer Price #WeLoveOurTigers