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

🎨🐾 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. 🥪✨

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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

🎉🤠 It’s *Rootin’ Tootin’ Tuesday* and we’ve got a friend in not one, but TWO of our amazing staff members! 🌟 Today we’re tipping our cowboy hats and celebrating these Toy Story–worthy heroes who always go “to infinity and beyond” for our students, Mrs. Anderson and Ms. Laura!🚀👢 #RootinTootinTuesday #YouveGotAFriendInUs
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Kindergarten enjoyed a special performance from Dr. Sarah Roberts & Dr. Elena Daughtery, lecturers & professors at UT Tyler School of Music! Thank you for bringing musical fun to our kindergarten students! 🎶🐾

Kona Ice Day & Grandfriends' Day coming up this week, cougars!

🌊🌍 Our students are diving deep into texts to explore the power of natural disasters! They’re comparing and contrasting tsunamis and earthquakes while sharpening their writing and critical thinking skills. 📚✍️ #FutureScientists #StudentWriters

College football kicks off today, but our principal got the first throw! 🏈🎯 Yesterday, staff lined up for a football toss through the hoop—bragging rights (and school spirit) on the line. Who needs ESPN when the real action is right here at Clarkston?

Our 4th and 5th graders brought the house down at their dance party! 🎉✨ With the new karaoke machine, they sang, laughed, and celebrated their hard work in style. 🎤💃🕺