Choctaw County School District

Charger Baseball News!! We welcome Coach Justin Flake, his wife Stephanie and son Parker to the Charger Family!

All athletes who have uniforms to turn in need to bring them to the front of the Ty Cobb building on Thursday, May 7th from 9-11. You must be seen by your coach in order to be marked off their uniform list. This includes junior high as well as high school athletes.

Letter jackets will be handed out on Monday, May 4th from 9-11. Anyone picking up their jacket needs to report to Coach Wood’s office in the Ty Cobb building.

If you have a student going to school at CCSD please take a minute to fill out our Family Digital Readiness Survey to help us better prepare for our students technology needs in the future. Thank you! https://forms.gle/GoqwCMuzUkuVem7E6

Tuesday, April 28: Writing Pre-K: What do you want to be when you grow up? Draw a picture and color it. Kindergarten: Sentence starter: When I grow up I want to be...Write the sentence starter then finish the sentence by writing what you want to be when you grow up. Be sure and illustrate your sentence with a pretty picture! 1st & 2nd Grade: Write about what you want to be when you grow-up, and send it into class dojo or to your teachers email. We would love to post them in the class story of Class DoJo. 3rd &4th Grade: PROMPT: What do you want to be when you grow up? Write about what you want to be when you group up. Make sure you explain to me why you chose that job. ALSO, include some facts about that job that you learned in the story you read yesterday. 5th & 6th Grade: Interview someone in your family about their job! Using these 5 questions, interview a family member about what he/she does at his/her job. Why did you decide to have a career in this profession? How long have you been working as a ______? What do you like best about your job? What is your least favorite part about your job? If you could change anything about your job what would it be and why?

WES Staff and Teachers wanted to send all WES Students a note. The picture quilt was a team effort. Thank you, Mrs.Talley for putting the picture quilt together. We are all learning new things and this was one of them! WES Although our school is empty our hearts remain full because you're our amazing wonderful students! We are here for you! Keep up the great work! We love and believe in each of our terrific awesome WES students! #WeirExcellenceShines

Ackerman Elementary School would like to provide some resources to parents to help with explaining Covid-19 to our students. If at any time you need additional resources, please feel free to call the school or email us at helpaes@choctawsd.ms. Talking to your child about Covid-19 - A short YouTube video - https://youtu.be/WhVad8ToCiU Social stories- These stories help teach harder information about different situations to students. Preview the books/videos to see which one best fits your family’s needs - https://sites.google.com/schoolsofwestfield.org/cub-learning-adventure/social-stories Stay safe and stay strong! #teamAES

Amplify is offering free science lessons and videos! The website has activities and lessons broken down by grade. Check out their website for some fun learning! #teamAES https://freeresources.amplify.com/amplify-science/

Reading Pre-K: Name different jobs people can have. Identify the beginning sounds of each job. Kindergarten: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soKRa6D90WQ - This is the link to the read aloud Career Day on YouTube. Listen to the story with an adult or friend and talk about the different jobs people can have. Talk about what you want to be when you grow up. 1st & 2nd grade: If you have Internet, search an occupation (job) that you would like to have when you grow up. Read about this job (on EPIC or watch a read aloud book on youtube) and list 5 important things this person does on their job. If you don’t have Internet access, ask a grown up about a job and list 5 important things that person does. 3rd and 4th grade: Log onto EPIC and search for a non-fiction book that is about what you would like to do when you grow up. For example: If I wanted to be a nurse when I grow up, then I would type “nurse” into the search bar on EPIC and select the “non-fiction” button. Then, select which book that you want to read! 5th & 6th Grade: Log into Epic! and search for books on what you would like to be when you grow up! There are tons of books to choose from! #WeirExcellenceShines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STGsMiTQUv0 WES Chapter 2 of "Ghost-town at Sundown" read by Sarah Vaughan with permission from Scholastic. Chapter 3 will be posted on Wednesday. Chapter 1 was posted last week on Monday. #WeirExcellenceShines

WES would like to spotlight our Kindergartners. We miss your sweet smiles and warm hugs. We are so proud of all your hard work this year. Keep working hard and know that we can't wait to see you. #WeirExcellenceShines

WES would like to spotlight our Kindergartners. We miss your sweet smiles and warm hugs. We are so proud of all your hard work this year. Keep working hard and know that we can't wait to see you. #WeirExcellenceShines

WES would like to spotlight our Kindergartners. We miss your sweet smiles and warm hugs. We are so proud of all your hard work this year. Keep working hard and know that we can't wait to see you. #WeirExcellenceShines

WES would like to spotlight our Kindergartners. We miss your sweet smiles and warm hugs. We are so proud of all your hard work this year. Keep working hard and know that we can't wait to see you. #WeirExcellenceShines

CCSD will restart the feeding program on Wednesday April 29th from 10:30am to 12:30pm at WES, FCE and CCHS! Drive through grab and go style as we did before! This institution is an equal opportunity provider!

Ackerman Elementary School Staff had some fun with rebus puzzles and a scavenger hunt this week! #teamAES

With permission from scholastic Mrs. Wise reads "Fancy Nancy, Fancy Day in Room 1a" by Jane O'Connor. Thank-you Mrs. Wise for reading! #weirexcellenceshines

With permission from Scholastic, Mrs. Emily Tuck is doing a read aloud of the book "The Day the Crayons Quit." The crayons aren't happy about how they're being used and write letters to Duncan. Duncan decides to make a special picture using them all so they feel appreciated and loved. https://youtu.be/8sLB4DQ3Qik What pictures have you been coloring while we're out of school? We'd love to see them! We miss you all! #teamAES

Parents, Ackerman Elementary School is including a link to some amazing resources for students in 1st grade. The resources can be used for other grades, but is specifically geared to 1st grade. Please look through the entire link as there are some really fun virtual things and parent resources toward the end. Please let us know if you have questions. #teamAES https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tDwQJ_1qfqE4IooA-mNwGu4E13V_MvOjAwY3Rw1iTtk/edit?usp=sharing

Just a reminder students can still earn AM and AR points toward their goal until May 1st. https://hosted191.renlearn.com/93485 This is not for a grade, but will help keep your skills sharp and increase your points in both reading and math.