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

Our teachers turned lunchtime into game time with the Shake It Off challenge—6 sticky notes, 0 hesitation, and a whole lot of laughter! 🎶😂 #TeacherLife #ShakeItOff

See you Wednesday @Open House! PTA will have spirit gear orders ready for pick up at this event! Missed the order window at the beginning of the year? PTA will have ONE LAST opportunity to order ONLY at Open House! Afterwards, swing by Cane's Chicken on the loop and help raise funds for our PE classes!

Always a great day when it starts with UT Tyler Baseball! Thank you to these guys for starting their day with us! 🐾🦅❤️

Cougar Nation: Please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection.
https://tylerisd.edurooms.com/engage/clarkston-elementary-school/newsletters/cougar-connection-september-12-2025
Have a great weekend!

Infinity Achievers! 🚀🎉 We ❤️ celebrating the growth and effort our students make! Way to go, 3rd & 4th grade! 🐾

We are excited to host all of our families at Open House next week! Please make plans to join us!! PTA will have spirit gear orders ready for pick up at this event!

🎨🐾 Our 3rd graders explored grid drawing through Animal Expressionism in Art! 🖌️ They used grids to carefully sketch animals and practiced adding expression and personality to their work. From bold outlines to creative details, their drawings show just how much focus and imagination they put in. 🌟 We are so proud of their effort—our school is filled with amazing masterpieces! 🖼️✨ 💬 Drop your favorite animal emoji to celebrate their hard work! 🐘🦉🐳

🤠✨ It’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Tuesday, and we’re celebrating Ms. Browning and Ms. Houston—two *Toy Story*-worthy stars who remind us there’s always a friend (and teammate) in them! 🌟🐾
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Our Cougars are reading on Beanstack and we have been awarded the Igniter Award for creating a reading culture at Clarkston. Your student can read at home and school to earn points for rewards.📚📚

Ms. Graves' crew rocked counting backwards from 20 & even identified numbers on the number line. Great job mathematicians! 🔢🧠👏

🔬🏗️ In STEM class, our Cougars are showing how teamwork really stacks up! The cup stacking challenge has them building towers, problem-solving, and stacking up smiles along the way. 🐾👏

📚🏠🧱 Mrs. Utz’s pre-K crew is busy learning through play—whether it’s whipping up fun in the home station, building big ideas with blocks, or diving into stories in the library station! Every corner of the classroom sparks imagination, creativity, and growth. 🌟

💙🐾 Today was extra special—our Cougars got to share lunch with their amazing Grandfriends! Smiles, stories, and hugs filled the cafeteria as generations came together to celebrate the heart of our school family. 🥪✨

Cougar Nation: Please use the link below to access the weekly Cougar Connection.
https://tylerisd.edurooms.com/engage/clarkston-elementary-school/newsletters/cougar-connection-september-5-2025
Have a great weekend!

🎨✏️ Mrs. Utz’s pre-K artists are bringing the ABC’s to life—starting with the letter A! Their watercolor masterpieces prove that “A” is not just for apple…it’s also for amazing art! 🍎✨

🐾 Our 3rd & 4th graders are putting in the pup-work with grid draw puppies in expressionist art! 🎨 So proud of these talented Cougar artists showing off their creativity! 🐶✨

Mrs. Daniell's Pre-K class is working hard to master their letters during reading stations through hands-on activities! 🧠 💪 📖

Congratulations to our August teacher, paraprofessional, and students of the month! 🎉🐾 Teacher: Monica Mercer Paraprofessional: Audrey Durham PK: Selah Simon K: Charlotte Garcia 1st: Emily Aguilar 3rd: Kellton Oliver 4th: Alayna Rundell 5th: Talia Steele

📚✏️ 1st Grade Mathematicians at Work! ✏️📚 Our 1st graders started building their very own Math Notebooks 🧮✨ These special notebooks will help them grow into problem solvers and math thinkers all year long! Here’s what they did: 👉 🖍️ Decorated and personalized their covers 👉 🔢 Created their first math pages together 👉 📝 Practiced writing math vocabulary 👉 🎉 Showed pride in organizing their learning 💡 These math notebooks will be a place to keep strategies, practice skills, and show off all the amazing math thinking happening in their classroom! 🌟 #1stGradeMath #MathNotebooks #YoungMathematicians #LearningIsFun

🎉🔬 4th Grade Science Fun Alert! 🔬🎉 They played a game called “What’s the Matter?” – a science twist on the classic Headbandz game! 🧠✨ Students had to guess their mystery word using physical properties like: 👉 🔹 Color 👉 🔹 Texture 👉 🔹 Shape 👉 🔹 State of Matter 🙌 The classroom was filled with excitement, teamwork, and lots of “aha!” moments as students reviewed and reinforced their knowledge of physical properties in a fun, hands-on way. 💡 Science + Games = Learning that sticks! 🌟 #4thGradeScience #WhatsTheMatter #PhysicalProperties #ScienceIsFun