Cossatot River School District

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered to work the volleyball concession stand this year! Your time and effort are so appreciated—our program couldn’t do it without you! 🩶🦅🏐

Congratulations to CRHS 8th graders Chloe Sherrouse and Ali Avila for earning chairs in the Region 3 All Region Honor Choir. Over 1000 students from schools in south Arkansas competed in this competition and we are so proud of all our students who sang beautifully and spent their Saturday working hard.

Chloe made 39th chair in Soprano 2 and Ali made 13th chair in Soprano 2. They will be performing in a formal concert on Friday, November 7 at First Baptist Church of Hot Springs. Congratulations!

The Wildcats would like to offer a big thanks to the Umpire and Athens Volunteer Fire Departments for topping off Fire Prevention Week with a student favorite: fire truck tours!

The end of the first 9 weeks is here, but the Wildcat basketball season is just beginning! Come out to the Blue and White game on Friday at 5. You can sponsor a wildcat athlete for a free throw shoot-athon too! You'll pledge an amount for each free throw they make out of 10. For example, if you pledge one dollar for each shot made and the athlete makes all 10 shots, you'll pay $10.
We hope to see you then!

📸 Attention CRES 📸

Join us at CRHS on Tuesday, October 14, as we honor our volleyball, football, and cross country seniors! Senior night recognition will begin just after the junior girls volleyball games. We hope to see you there!

Click the link below to view CRHS announcements for this week!

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🍁Mark your calendars! Our Fall Festival is next week! 🍂

Basketball season is just around the corner! A big thanks to Connor McCormick for creating these easy-to-read schedules!

Congratulations to the CRHS Junior Boys Cross Country Team and Coach Maria Burks on their success today at the district meet. The team finished 2nd overall in class 1A-4A! The following placed in top 15th and got medals: Alex 7th Joshua 8th Kevin 11th Jesus 14th Go Eagles!👟🦅

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Our 5th & 6th graders at Umpire are combining math and technology while practicing their fact fluency with SoftSeven and their wireless key pads!

**Attention CRES**

🌟 Congratulations to our CRES September Star Students! 🌟 These amazing students were recognized for showing what it means to be RESPECTFUL every day—through their words, actions, and positive attitudes. We are so proud of their great example! 👏 🩶🖤 Top Picture Back Row (L-R): Maddy Wise, Kaylyn McIntyre, Bentley Burk, Ximena Olvera, and Isabella Martinez Front Row (L-R): Riggs Johnson, Sophia Roberts, Mia Glasgow, and Kota Reel Bottom Picture Back Row (L-R): Sebastian Delgado, Jaxson Knop,Samantha Herring, and Emma Craig Front Row (L-R): Adeline Strother, Salomon Ethridge, Alan Martinez, and Montse Gomez Not Pictured: Andrew Goethals, Rebecca Goethals, and Takoda Dixon

World MCT8-AHDS Day October 8, 2025 World MCT8-AHDS DayWorld MCT8-AHDS Day is an annual awareness day observed on October 8. It was created to educate the public about MCT8 deficiency, also known as Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS), an ultra-rare genetic disorder that affects cognition, mobility, and general health. The MCT8 (SLC16A2) gene encodes monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), a protein that transports thyroid hormones into the brain. These hormones are crucial for brain development in utero and during early childhood. A lack of thyroid hormones has been linked to intellectual disability, speech difficulties, and motor impairments. In patients with mutations in the MCT8 gene, the blood-brain barrier does not recognize the defective protein. Consequently, the T3 thyroid hormone cannot cross the barrier and accumulates in the blood. This means the brain does not receive enough thyroid hormones for development. High levels of T3 in the blood can also cause life-threatening complications. A genetic disorder caused by MCT8 gene mutations is known as MCT8 deficiency or Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). The syndrome was named after William Allan, Nash Herndon, and Florence Dudley, who discovered it in 1944. However, it took another sixty years to connect the symptoms to mutations in the MCT8 gene. AHDS is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern, meaning males are affected much more frequently than females since they have only one X chromosome. Females with one affected chromosome have the other to compensate for it. The prevalence of AHDS is unknown because it is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose. In 2016, an estimated 320 cases were reported worldwide. Carter was diagnosed with AHDS nine years ago, after a long six-year journey to find answers. At the time, doctors knew of only two boys in the state of Arkansas with the condition — and Carter was one of them. Today, we are proud to join Carter’s family and others around the world in recognizing World MCT8-AHDS Day and raising awareness for this rare genetic disorder. Our staff wore shirts featuring Carter’s picture to show our support and to help spread awareness for AHDS.

CRHS EAST students present a cybersecurity presentation to the Cossatot River Senior Center.

CRHS Child Growth and Development students with their 5 lbs. "flour" babies.

Cossatot River School District will hold its Annual Report to the Public Meeting on Thursday, October 9, at 5:00 p.m. in the Cossatot River High School Library.



El Distrito de Cossatot River tendra su reporte anual en una junta al publico el jueves, octubre 9, a las 5:00 p.m. en la Biblioteca de la secundaria de Cossatot River.