Cross County School District -

There is a box outside the main entrance door of the high school for AMI work drop off. You can send a picture of completed work to your child's teacher, leave the completed work for your bus driver during food delivery, or drop the work off in the tub at your convenience.

There is a box outside the front office door of the elementary for AMI work drop off. You can send a picture of completed work to your child's teacher, leave the completed work for your bus driver during food delivery, or drop the work off in the tub at your convenience.

Attention Elementary Parents

Any high school band students that do not have their instrument at home are encouraged to come to the the HS Band room this Thursday between 11am to 12pm to pick it up.

Attention seniors: Josten's will be here next Wednesday, April 8, 2020 to handout graduation supplies from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. This will be a drive-up and pick-up process in the high school parking lot. For balance inquiries, please call the high school office at 870-588-3337.

An update on this week's school closure, food service, school events, and AMI Days is available at this link or the district Facebook Page. https://www.crosscountyschools.com/article/210219?org=cross-county-school-district

High school students have been given additional AMI work for AMI Days 6-10. All AMI Work (Days 1-10) should be available on students' desktops. If your high school student does not have their AMI work, please inform the office so we can get them their work!

Please check the district website and Facebook page for a new update about the spread of COVID-19. https://www.crosscountyschools.com/article/206644?org=cross-county-school-district

The baseball game scheduled for today in Wynne has been canceled due to inclement weather.

In addition to our students, families, and staff, the safety of our alumni is also a top priority. Our school district is a member of the Delta College Attainment Network (DCAN) dedicated to supporting our students to and through college. As some colleges are choosing to close down campuses as a precaution against COVID-19, our DCAN Alumni Advisors are prepared to support our alumni with move-out, transportation, and any academic issues that may arise. If you or someone you know needs assistance navigating a college campus closure, please reach out asap to David Rhoades, DCAN College Persistence Manager at 870-714-0701.

Some of Ms. Armstrong’s 7th and 8th grade Science students competed in the You Be the Chemist Regional Challenge at Wynne. The 8th grade team placed 2nd overall and will create a video exploring the role of chemistry in their community for the national competition. Great job to all participants!

Recently, students from Cross County High School traveled to Jonesboro for the Daughter's of the American Revolution Essay Awards ceremony where ten students were awarded for their achievements of academic excellence in writing. Students in grade seven were asked to write as if they were a Pilgrim and how they would have changed their choices on land to better help the colonists to survive. The winners for this category are as follows: first place, Lainey wood; Caleb second place, Caleb Shirley; third place tie, Gunner Land, Hayleigh Wilson, Hank Bostick; honorable mention, Bella Bowles, Knoa Roberts. Ninth grade students were asked to write as a crew member and evaluate the choices of Christopher Columbus' first voyage. The winners for this category are as follows: first place, Conner McGee; third place, Grant McCommon; honorable mention, Alston Venzen. Our teachers, staff, and parents are all extremely proud of the accomplishments of these students and all those students from our school that participated in the contest. We truly have exceptional students at Cross County!

Announcing 2020-2021 Cheer tryouts and parent meeting

The Ag Mechanics class has been working hard learning theories, parts, and procedures. The class finally gets to disassemble and reassemble a two stroke engine. Who knows maybe one of these students will be a small gas engine specialist one day!

Congrats to Luke, Grant, Rebecca, and Taylor on being our most recent “Be Excellent” winners!!!

The CC Thunderbird pageant is fast-approaching, being held March 7, 2020 at 5 PM in the high school cafeteria. March 3rd is the last day to sign up. The entry fee is $30 with a $5 fee for additional categories. Forms can be found at the school and our website. Practice will be held March 2nd. If you have questions, contact Mary Sanders at the high school.

Help us congratulate CCHS’s Thunderbirds Against Drugs organization. Ready. Set. Record. is a contest for high school students to enter a 30 second video regarding tobacco prevention/awareness. Out of 137 submissions, judges picked 15 finalists. TAD members traveled to Little Rock to view the Finalists’ videos and discover which category everyone won. TAD’s video won first place in the intermediate category!! They did a phenomenal job! Go to https://youtu.be/_tcI1Xwz-QY to see their video.

CCSD Cheerleaders helped the Cherry Valley Food Pantry serve over 200 steaks and showcased auction items for the annual charity fundraiser Friday night.

Join us tomorrow night, February 11th, to celebrate our Senior Spring Athletes! Senior Recognition is at 5:30 and games start at 6:00! Please come out to cheer on your Senior TBirds! #classof2020 #thunderbirds

Help us congratulate the most recent food service employee of the month, Mrs. Deb Stevens! Thank you for everything you do for our students.