Wednesday, November 14th was Crazy Hair Day at Cridersville. Many teachers and students did crazy things to their hair before coming to school. Some of the teachers got a little crazy themselves after school and someone was there to catch it all.

All of the 4th grade classes took a field trip to the Neil Armstrong Museum. They spent the day learning about space and the history of man made trips to the moon. Mrs. Katterheinrich's class was the last of the three classes to go to the museum. You will see what Mrs. K would look like as an astronaut, her class and some of her students reaching for the stars.

I had to get some video of this sign on the corner of Dearbaugh and Auglaize in Wapak. Again, thank you voters!!

Thank You!

Thank you to those of you who supported the bond issue last Tuesday!! The bond issue passed and our district will receive $31.6 million from the state to renovate and rebuild our district's schools. We had a float in Monday's Halloween parade and waited anxiously Tuesday evening for the results. On Wednesday, a kindergarten student, Bret, came to school with a simple but very clear message: Thank You, Voters!

Parents, teachers, fellow readers....

What if Cridersville Elementary earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our school? Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

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Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Cridersville Elementary as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

Rodeo Day, Harvest Parties and Halloween Parade

Yes, readers, it has been some time. PTO members have been busy helping out with Rodeo Day, which was held on Friday, October 19, the Harvest Parties, which were held on Friday, October 26 and the Cridersville Halloween Parade which was on Monday, October 29. Whew! Here are some photos from each event as well as a video or two. I will have to see what I've got and go from there.

For the parade, the PTO and staff of Cridersville entered two floats. The first was themed Reach for the Stars, which is our school theme this year. The other float was for B.E.S.T., Building Excellent Schools Today. This year we had about 33 students, 20 parents and 16 staff, as well as members of Singsation and district administration walk in the parade. The PTO would like to thank everyone who joined us in the parade, donated candy or time for the floats. The PTO would also like to thank the parents who donated their trailers for us to use.

Enjoy the photos and videos!!