Evans County Schools

Teachers and staff at Claxton Middle School used their work day wisely by collaboratively planning communication and instructional methods to make Claxton Middle School an even more effective place for students to learn. We believe that there is always more room for improvement, so we hold ourselves to the same standard as we hold our students. We want to always focus on a growth mindset!

7th grade students in Mrs. Brown's classes have finished dissecting their owl pellets (owl vomit), and now they are reconstructing the skeleton of what they found. The learning process required the students to remove all the bones from the pellet, clean them, and determine what rodent or bird it was by reconstructing the skeleton. The students will write a scientific report of their findings. #4Cs #ProjectBasedLearning

Students in Ms. Smith's art classes have created some amazing art in honor of Black History Month. Please check out some of the samples below!

Our very own Firefighting pathway was featured as part of WTOC's "Skilled to Work" series! Thank you to Evans County Commissioners for providing this pathway that teaches our students skills and knowledge that they can use immediately upon graduation to work in this career field! Check out the video linked below! https://www.wtoc.com/2023/02/14/skilled-work-firefighter-program-claxton/ #TheDEN #communitypartnerships

Please help ECCSS recognize and celebrate Ms. Jacquie Neal! Ms. Neal is a teaching assistant at CES and was recently named and awarded the FDRESA Classified Educator Spotlight! You can see Ms. Neal in action in this video from FDRESA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56qv0PoLiZk Congrats, Ms. Neal! ECCSS is grateful for all you do on behalf of our students and staff!

CHS and Pinewood students participated in Rotary Speech competition yesterday! All participants did a great job! Huge congrats to CHS's Estrella Salas-Mendoza for her first-place finish and to Tiya Patel for her third-place finish! Estrella's speech focused on this year's theme: Imagine Rotary. Tiya's speech focused on the four-way test. Please help ECCSS congratulate Estrella and Tiya!

Another opportunity for our students! Jan Moore and Hal McCool talked to sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are interested in a career as an electrician. ACE Electric is offering a program in which students can work as summer apprentices (and possibly Work-Based Learning students), enroll in dual enrollment courses in electrical or manufacturing engineering technology, and become a journeyman electrician by the age of twenty or twenty one. Interested students should see Mrs. Tina Durrence. #TheDEN

Hello, CES Parents! 🐾 We are kicking off our Coca-Cola fundraiser today!! We have sent order forms home with each student, and the fundraiser will run until Thursday, March 9th. The class that sells the most cases will win a special pizza party! If you have any questions or concerns, please speak to Mrs. Anderson (ganderson@evanscountyschools.org). #ExcellenceLeadershipFamily

CMS students in Mrs. Nicoli's art classes are studying people who are important to Black History. Students are working collaboratively to research a person, create a piece of art to represent their findings, and present their findings to their classmates. #4Cs #ProjectBasedLearning

Reminder! This Friday, 2/17, is a holiday for students; Monday, 2/20 is a holiday for students and staff.

The following CHS students won the 11th-12th school-level rounds of our annual ECWC Writing Competition and have advanced to the community round of the competition!

The following CHS students won the 9th-10th school-level rounds of our annual ECWC Writing Competition and have advanced to the community round of the competition!

Congratulations to our CMS School-Level Wildlife Writing Competition finalists!

8th grade students in Mrs. Stephens's science classes are learning about solubility. Students spent today rotating through learning stations with different described scenarios to determine how many grams of a particular solvent would dissolve at certain temperatures. #4Cs #ProjectBasedLearning

Welcome home, Hannah Boggs (Class of 2022)! CHS is proud of you! Tanya Chisholm, Human Resource Director at the Georgia Ports Authority, and Hannah Boggs visited with all seniors today to tell them about the YES Training Program. This program is a competitive program that is open to all 2023 high school graduates who are 18 years old and hold a valid driver's license. The program will choose thirty individuals to train throughout the coming school year, pay these individuals, and strategically place them in positions throughout the ports. Boggs, a recent graduate of Claxton High School, is a YES Training Program participant and works as a jockey driver at the ports. Upon completion of the program this summer, she will receive a pay raise. Boggs encouraged students who want to go directly to work after graduation to apply for this opportunity. Interested seniors should see Ms. Channa Robinson. #TheDEN

Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Sapp's 1st graders are rocking their heart-shaped glasses for Valentines. #CES

We are looking for community members to come read a book of your choice to a class during Read Across America week. (Feb. 27 - March 3) The times are set every half hour. If you can spare 30 minutes or less to help us out, it would be greatly appreciated. Our students absolutely love this week, each year. They enjoy having special guest readers come and share a book and their time with them. You can simply call the school or email Jenny Price at: jprice@evanscountyschools.org Thank you in advance.

Every day is a good day to read a book! #CES #ReadingIsFun

What a wonderful gathering! Twenty-six members of the Bryan-Evans Retired Educators Association met today at Claxton High School. CEO Holly Durrence served as presenter and tour guide. Following the meeting and tour, the group enjoyed a delicious meal prepared by Culinary Arts. The Den would like to thank the retired teachers for making our day extra special! Not only did these individuals encourage us through their kind words and many smiles, they donated $451 to the Evans Region College and Career Academy. #TheDEN

Today was "Pitch Day" for our three remaining contestants in this year's FLEX Competition! Business and community members listened to the business pitches and provided participants feedback. This feedback will be used by the small business owners as they prepare for the final round in late March. Thank you to Jerry Benitez (Picho's), Chris Culbreth (Claxton Poultry), Suzanne Hallman (Georgia Southern University), and LeeAnne Robinson (Ogeechee Technical College) for sharing their time and expertise with our students! #TheDEN #FLEX