CRSD school board members recognized the Cossatot River Elementary Chess Team as the most recent Cossatot River Pride award recipients. This is the first year CRSD has had an elementary team, but our students have had a lot of success in tournaments.
Chess tournaments consist of 60 or more students from multiple schools competing against one another. During these tournaments, most of our students placed in the top 10. In fact, Wyatt Roper placed first at the Caddo Hills Invitational, while Kaitlyn Dosch, Jase Richardson, and Paxton Boyd all placed third. Additionally, Brody Ward tied for 2nd place at the DMESC tournament.
Chess teaches strategy, concentration, patience, and executive functioning. It requires students to think about two or three moves in advance. Most of our students have never played chess prior to this school year which shows their persistence and perseverance. Although our CRES Chess team has performed incredibly well during tournaments, their sportsmanship and behavior deserve the true spotlight. Whether they win or lose, they're quick to shake hands and offer a "good luck/good game" to their opponents. These students represent themselves, their parents, teachers, and CRSD in a way that showcases Cossatot River Pride.
Our 3rd/4th grade team:
Xander Broyles
Kaitlyn Dosch
Jase Richardson
Wyatt Roper
Rafael Salgado
Brody Ward
Our 5th/6th grade team:
Adelyn Barton
Paxton Boyd
Joseph Dosch
Kason Parmer
Alex Sherrouse
Falynn Ward
The coach is Bethany Brantley. Our team is looking forward to upcoming tournaments in March and April.
We want to recognize our Umpire High School Counselor, Diane Richardson. Happy Counselor Week!
We want to recognize our Umpire Elementary Counselor, Karla Bray. Happy Counselor week.
Here is a little fun humor to celebrate a great Friday at CRSD! Everyone have a great weekend.
Umpire High School students attended the Spring District IV FBLA Conference in Arkadelphia at Henderson State University. They each competed in different events. Selena Garcia placed 3rd in Marketing which qualifies her to compete at the State level in April.
Students in attendance were Melissa Salinas, Cindy Salinas, Yahir Garcia and Selena Garcia
Kindergarten participating in the Child Safety Matters program at CRPS.
Umpire Elementary and High School Archery teams will practice Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Both groups will practice in preparation for the Saturday meet at Delight. Paperwork was sent home regarding the Archery meet and departure time. Please have this paperwork returned to Brandon Smith on Thursday.
Join us at CRHS on Friday for SENIOR NIGHT!
Bobby Manning's bus route that runs east of Cove will not run today due to high water on his route. The bus was not able to proceed through areas that have flooded. Students who miss because of his route cancellation today will be excused. Other buses may be late as they navigate carefully through other areas that may be affected. Thank you for your understanding.
CRSD Reminder: All campuses will dismiss at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, February 9 to accommodate hosting the Jr. High District Tournament.
Umpire Seniors were recognized on January 23rd at the last Umpire home BB game. These seniors have been an integral part of Umpire Athletics during their years at Umpire. We congratulate these Seniors, Yahir Garcia, Cindy and Melissa Salinas, Briceyda Avilez, and Charles (Chip) Dubois.
Coach Phoebe Pinson was also recognized between games. Coach Pinson stepped up and led the Junior Girls and Boys Basketball team through an exciting season. Coach Pinson will also lead Umpire Track teams this spring. Thank you, Coach Phoebe Pinson.
Umpire Elementary Student of the Month. We are very proud of you all.
Adaline Hunter, Amy Garcia, Caroline Trantham, Luz Garcia, Trenton Sands, Marcos Tavera and Jake Bell.
Reminder! We need all sign-up forms for JR high football by this Thursday, February 9. This is for current 6th - 8th graders for next year's JR high team at CRHS. We will need a count by Thursday to order uniforms. If we do not receive a minimum number of forms, we will look at an offseason next year and try again to field a team the following year. Our numbers are looking good, but we want to issue a final reminder to get all the forms we can to make an order. You can submit forms to the office or you can email Coach Barrett at dakota.barrett@cossatot.us. Our volleyball coach, Preston Pope, will be on staff this summer. Our current athletic staff are in the process of making supplies orders for volleyball next year. Click the link below to access the Jr. high football sign-up form or contact your school office if you need a paper copy sent home.
JR High Football Sign Up Form
https://bit.ly/3XzXimt
Congratulations to Lisa Jordan and Kimberly Sullivan for winning the staff perfect attendance award for December! They each received a $200 Visa gift card. We will feature more winners throughout the rest of the year!
Dress up days for senior week!
Hello! All CRSD campuses will dismiss at 2:00 p.m. this Thursday, February 9. Remember forms to sign up for Jr. high football are due today. Access the link below to see what else is happening at CRSD this week:
https://bit.ly/3Y50CX3
Finnley Martin is a first grade student at Cossatot River Primary School. He was chosen to represent his class as the Character Student for the word Respect and was selected as the school-wide Star Student for the month of January. Finnley is very sweet and always willing to help others. At home, he loves to jump on his brother's trampoline. His favorite color is red and his favorite subject in school is math. When he grows up he wants to be an astronaut.
Cossatot River Primary School is proud to announce its "Character Kids of the Month" for January. The word of the month was "Respect." The January Star Students are: (pictured front row from left to right) Nicholas Watkins, Leilani Gonzalez, Landon Olalde, Mason Parker, Finnley Martin, Maeliegh Goodner (back row) Braxdon Bailey, Mason Davis, Gabriel Martinez, Emma Hulliberger, Maggie Davis
CRHS FCCLA students are selling chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day! They will deliver to all 3 campuses on February 14th. Please get orders in by February 10th. $12 for 1/2 dozen and $20 for dozen. See your favorite FCCLA member or Ms. Hoyle to order!
Given all the recent rescheduling of CRHS basketball games because of weather, we want to provide a summary of the changes in one concise location so everyone knows when the games are. See below for details:
Saturday, February 4, Jr. high district tournament, 8 games starting at 10 a.m.
Monday, February 6, make up games with Cedarville, Srs. only starting at 5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7, at Two Rivers, Srs. only starting at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 9, Jr. high district semis, starting at 4:00 p.m.
Friday, February 10, Srs. only starting at 6:00 p.m., Sr. night activities between the games.
Saturday, February 11, Jr. high district tournament finals, starting at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, make up games with Charleston, Srs. only starting immediately after Jr. high finals, approximate time is 4:00 p.m.
We realize there are conflicts with some of the dates we have rescheduled. We unfortunately do not have any other options. Our athletic director and coaches have spent considerable time this week communicating with other schools to ensure everything is rescheduled. Photos of the boys and girls Jr. high district tournament brackets are attached. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
