open house

Tomorrow night is Cridersville Elementary Open House. The PTO would like to recognize and thank the 68, yes, 68 parents who turned in the Three for Me promise. We began this volunteer program last year and it had a great turn out then. I am so happy to see so many of our parents promise to give three hours to their children this school year. Parental involvement is critical to student success.

Thank you, parents!!

on the inside

Once in a while, the staff is granted the honor of being able to tour the new school building while it is still under construction. This afternoon, the staff took one tour and members of the PTO followed in another tour. Below are some photos from the amazing adventure...

Below you will see the lunch room. The windows in the cafeteria face north and bring a lot of sunshine to the room. It will be a welcome change to the sometimes crowded stage that now is the place our students eat lunch.

This is a look down the south hallway, looking east to west.

The gentleman from Gilbane who conducted our tour is explaining the purpose behind the slanted ceilings...the large windows allow for light to come into the classrooms which then will be reflected by the slanted ceiling, allowing for sunlight to be utilized in each classroom.

Below is a peek at what will be the media center. The windows face west and look out at Otterbein. Mrs. Jackson will have more room so she can fill it with even more wonderful books for you to read!

A look at our gymnasium and stage is below. Mrs. Black thinks she has a great gym now, wait until you attend your physical education classes in THIS gym!

The staff and members of the Cridersville PTO would like to thank Gilbane for sharing their time with us. We appreciate the job you are doing for our new schools buildings!

Keep up the great work.

first day of school!

The first day of school always brings something entertaining to Cridersville School. Today we had guest visitors of Respect, Responsibility and Raven Recycle. All staff and students were given 3D glasses, too. You can see that our principal, Mr. Tester, jumped right into the fun by wearing his glasses.

Respect, below, talked about what it means to be respectful not only of ourselves, but of our belongings as well as those things that belong to others. Respect talked about taking our words with us everyday. She emphasized how important it is to use the words, Excuse me, please. Before you know it, it will be habit and then we won't even have to think about it!

Responsibility talked about being a star student and what responsibility really means. She talked about being responsible for our things...our library books, our homework, our school supplies, and our manners. Responsibility stressed that school is our job and we must take it seriously.

Finally, Raven Recycle, below, talked about the recycling that is done at Cridersville School. When we recycle, we are being both respectful and responsible. We need to take care of our planet and our surroundings.






The first day of school also brings all students and staff outside to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.