Clarkston Elementary School - One team, one goal; ensuring success for all.

🏕️🔥 Mrs. Craft’s classroom turned into a campsite for an unforgettable room transformation! Students learned all about 🏞️ Yosemite National Park and the importance of 🔥 fire safety before relaxing with yummy s’mores and camping fun. What a fun way to learn and make memories together! 🍫⛺🌲

One of our favorite CES traditions ❤️🎓 After graduation, our 5th graders sign the giant CES letters, leaving behind a little piece of themselves before heading off to middle school. Years later, when they return for their senior walk, they get to see their names still written there from their 5th grade year. 🖊️✨ A special reminder that once you’re part of CES, you’ll always be part of our family. 💙 Once a Cougar, always a Cougar. 🐾

3rd grade ending the year with some fun & creativity!

Thank you to Parry's Pizza for loving on our staff & providing lunch for our staff! 🍕

Today was “X” for X-change in Kindergarten! ✍🏽📸 Students celebrated Autograph Day by “x-changing” autographs with classmates as they signed class pictures and shared sweet memories together. Such a fun and special way to celebrate an amazing year! ❤️

Last Leader in Me Clubs for the year! 🎉

Our favorite field trip of the year in 4th grade! Shoutout to our 4th team & 4th families for helping make this trip to The Boulders a huge success! ❤️🐾

When our Cougars are with us at school, we are all family. ❤️ Last week, 4th grade celebrated the family they have formed in their classrooms with a family dinner. Classes shared their happy, funny, and best memories for the year while teachers served and read personalized shout outs to their kids. What a great way to celebrate the year together! 🐾

🎉 Mrs. Graves’ kindergarten class celebrated their amazing end-of-year assessment growth with Sonic M&M Blasts! 🍦✨ These students worked so hard all year long, and we are so proud of the progress they made! 💙📚 Way to go, kindergarten! 🎓👏

Today was “W” for Western Day! 🤠🌵 Kindergarten students enjoyed a STEM lesson with Mrs. Smith and created handprint cactus crafts inspired by There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Cactus 🎨📚

5th grade had a blast at our annual cookout! A huge thank you to Clarkston PTA & our 5th grade parents for setting up, serving, providing refreshments, and supporting our 5th graders in a day of celebration! 🐾🎉

Clarkston's got talent! What a great talent show! 🐾🎉

Yesterday was “U” for USA in our ABC Countdown! 🇺🇸⭐🦅 Pre-K and Kindergarten classes visited the STEM Lab with Mrs. Smith and took on a fun Flagpole STEM Challenge! 🚩🏗️ Working in teams 🤝, students used red, white, and blue Play-Doh ❤️🤍💙, toothpicks, and a flag to build the tallest freestanding flagpole they could create. We loved seeing their creativity 🎨, teamwork 👏, and problem-solving skills 💡 in action. What a fun way to celebrate “U” Day!

🚓🚒🍕💐 CAREER DAY AT CLARKSTON ELEMENTARY WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS! 💐🍕🚒🚓 Today our students didn’t just learn about careers… they EXPERIENCED them hands-on! From climbing inside emergency vehicles 🚑🚔 to making pizza dough 🍕, exploring giant trucks 🚛, learning about money management 💰, behavior therapy, content creation 🎥, graphic design 🎨, landscaping 🌿, law ⚖️, and so much more — our students were fully immersed in real-world learning! A HUGE thank you to our incredible presenters and community members who poured into our students today: 🐄 Sabrina Pringle with Chick-fil-A 🍕 Parry’s Pizza 💐 Erin Wilson with Diamond W Floral 🚒 Tyler Fire Department 🚑 UT Health EMS Ambulance 🏦 Southside Bank 🚛 Quikrete Ready Mix Concrete Truck 🚛 Fritcher’s Dump Truck 🚔 Tyler Police Department 🚓 Smith County Sheriff’s Precincts 1, 3, & 4 👮‍♀️ April Molina with Tyler PD 🌿 Alden Utz with Excel Pools & Landscaping 🤝 Nick Zavala with Mentoring Alliance 💻 Marc De La Garza for Network Administration 🎨 Karen Shackelford for Graphic Design 📱 Cornelius Shackelford for Content Creation & Money Management 🥋 Professor Rock from Rock Double Five Jujutsu 🧠 Alicia Jamison – Paraprofessional for Behaviors 🧩 Sequoia Jordan, RBT & Rory Herterich, BCBA – Behavior Therapy 🇺🇸 Gerald Newton – Retired Veteran 🔋 Jon Mercer – Battery Manager ⚖️ Attorney Ross 👮 Chief Pinkerton and the Smith County Constable crew Our students touched, explored, created, questioned, investigated, climbed, observed, and learned in ways that can’t be replicated in a textbook. They explored SWAT vehicles, fire trucks, ambulances, police units, dump trucks, and concrete mixers while hearing firsthand stories from the people who serve our community every single day. The excitement on our students’ faces said it all. 💙 Career Day at Clarkston is about planting seeds for future dreams, showing students what’s possible, and connecting learning to the real world. Today was a powerful reminder that our community shows up BIG for kids — and we are so thankful. #ClarkstonElementary #CareerDay #HandsOnLearning #FutureReady #CommunityStrong #TylerTX #StudentEngagement #RealWorldLearning #ThankYouCommunity #CareerExploration

Clarkston takes on Career Day! 👮‍♂️👷‍♂️🧑‍🍳👨‍💼👨‍🚒👨‍⚖️👨‍💻🐾 Thank you to all of our parents & community members who volunteered your time to provide this amazing experience for our Cougars!

Cougar Nation: please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection!
4.5 days left in the 2025-2026 school year!
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Have a great weekend!

🛒💰 Mrs. Busby’s kindergarten class went “shopping” yesterday using the “money” they earned from the growth they made on their end-of-year assessments! Students worked hard all year and were rewarded based on the points they grew. Mrs. Busby says, "Yesterday, students went shopping based on the points they grew by… and let’s just say they cleaned house! 🛒 👏 We are so proud of their hard work, determination, and growth this year. They earned every bit of it!"

Take a look at these awesome creations from 4th grade! They did an amazing job with their Innovation Nation projects! A huge thank you to the Tyler ISD Foundation for helping to bring this experience to our kids & our 4th grade team for bringing the idea to life! 🎨🧠📝

What a cool experience for our 3rd-5th grades! UT Tyler School of Medicine brought their Mobile STEM Lab to campus & our kids were engaged in hands on learning & fun! We are so grateful for our partners at UT Tyler!

Today was “T” for Tie Dye in our ABC Countdown! 🌈🧦 Mrs. Busby’s Kindergarten class had so much fun tie dyeing socks and creating their own colorful designs. It was a bright, messy, and exciting day of creativity! 🎨