CCSD news: District schools open their 2024-25 school years

CHURCHILL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Students and staff gathered in the gym on the morning of Aug. 15 to officially kick off the 2024-25 school year.

The fall sports teams were announced and introduced to the school. The CCHS cheer team also performed and led the school in the fight song. In addition, students who received perfect attendance, and students who made the honor roll for the Spring 2024 semester were also recognized and awarded certificates for their achievements – 32 students had perfect attendance, and 211 students had a 3.5 GPA or higher.

“This was really something to see. Just to actually get a visual of how many of our students are academically performing was incredible,” Principal Tim Spencer said. “Great things are happening here at CCHS. It is time to level up, My admin team and staff are ready, and so are the students. This is going to be the best year yet - I feel it.”

CHURCHILL COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Aug. 14, the administrative team had the opportunity to welcome all the students by independent grade level to our initial assembly of the school year. This gave us the chance to introduce ourselves, discuss school policies and procedures, explain the academic goals for the year, share all the positivity occurring in the school, and begin to build student relationships.

Students are excited about this coming school year, and we look forward to seeing the growth and gains that will occur. Fostering environments centered around academic growth and social-emotional support is paramount to our administrative leadership priorities this year.

The assembly was a great success in allowing the administrative team to talk a little bit about themselves, how they got into education, and what support they would provide for the staff, students, and families for the upcoming school year.

— Principal Victor Schoenfeldt

NUMA

On the first morning of school, each Numa class took a tour and stopped at six different SOAR stations to review the school-wide standard operating procedures (SOPs). Then at the end of the week, students participated in Show Your Class Assemblies. Numa's theme this year is "Stay Classy.”

During the first week of school, each class worked together to decide how they planned to "Show Their Class" this year. At the assembly, each grade level showed the school their presentations.

“Students talked about following our SOAR motto, being kind, having teamwork, and some classes even put together skits to show how to follow our SOAR procedures,” counselor Noreen Swenson said.

These assemblies played into the work students have been doing in class this first week.

“This was a great week for all students to learn our school SOAR expectations and ask questions for clarification. It was a great start and both students and staff are excited to begin our new school year,” Swenson added

E.C. BEST

Second-grade students in Kari Lister’s class have taken the first week of school to get to know one another better.

On the first day of school, they all got to know each other with playdough. Students all had to make something that represented things they liked or something about themselves. Lister also sent home a letter to families asking them to write a note to her about their child.

“I am a firm believer in keeping a strong and open line of communication between home and school and my parents/guardians know their child better than anyone else in the world, so I really wanted to hear what they had to say about their child,” Lister said.

In addition, students also got to bring in a bag about them to school on Friday. The bag had four to six things inside that they got to share with their classmates to teach them a little more about who they are.

“Not only does this help us get to know each other better, but it also helps,” she said.

“Students build relationships with classmates. It can be scary to start a new year, at a new school, but now I feel like my students are ready to tackle the new year because they are already so bonded.”

LAHONTAN

On the first day of school, first-grade students in Julieann Chappell's class took a safari around the school.

They were on the lookout for animals as they learned where the office, library, and bathrooms were. Chappell feels this is a fun and exciting way to remind returning students where everything is at in the school and to teach new students where everything is.