📢Fast Fact Friday📢

Listen in to hear how the school board workshop went and what was discussed. More updates on the strategic planning process and MEA break.

https://youtube.com/shorts/LWA8mDAGF4A?feature=share

Have a great weekend!
24 minutes ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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Children's Literature class took a trip over to CRES to present a social-emotional learning lesson to students! The high school students taught others how to recognize and manage certain emotions, including: anger, sadness, anxiety, peacefulness, love, confidence, and kindness.

#RangerNation #Emotions #GoCIGo
1 day ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
three HS students sitting in front of students at CRES teaching them about emotions
students writing on yellow pieces of paper sitting at a table with a HS student
kindergarten students holding oaoerhears that they made with their HS children literature students and teacher
two HS school students helping two CRES students during their children's lit class
three HS students, one reading a book the other holding a puppet and the other waiting for their turn, reading to students at CRES
Kingergarten students sitting on the floor listening to a HS school male student talk to them about emotions
Kindergarten students sitting at their table with a teacher and a HS student helping them
two kindergarten students sitting at a table with a HS student
three HS students standing in front of a class at CRES for their Children's lit class
🥫❤️ Upcoming Kindergarten Food Drive! ❤️🥫

Our kindergarten classes are excited to host a Food Drive for the Cuyuna Range Food Shelf from November 2–13!

We invite our families and school community to help support local families in need by donating non-perishable food items during the drive. Every donation, big or small, can make a difference! 💕

Thank you for helping our kindergarteners learn the importance of kindness, generosity, and giving back to our community! 🥰

#RangerNation #GivingBack #GoCIGo
2 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Food drive starting november 2-13
🍎 Applesauce Fun in Preschool! 🍎

Ms. Anna’s preschoolers had a delicious hands-on learning experience! They helped make applesauce from start to finish—peeling, coring, and chopping the apples. And of course, the best part was getting to eat and enjoy their homemade applesauce! 😋🍏

What a fun way to learn, work together, and enjoy the fruits of their labor! ❤️
3 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
female preschooler peeling an apple
preschoolers at their table giving thumbs up
a Preschooler peeling an apple
preschoolers giving thumbs up for their applesauce
preschoolers sitting on a rug waiting for applesauce
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Owen Fort and Chloe Perpich, 7th Grade Art: 1-point perspective rooms
Kylee Wikelius, 11th grade, and Lexy Fish, 12th grade, Drawing: Mannequin Project
Arence Bock and Kendall Chamberlin, 7th Grade Art: Cartoon Project

Keep up the great work!
4 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
A male and a female art student with 1 point perspective drawings
two female students with mannequin drawings
two 7th grade students holding cartoon prjects: one of sponge bob the other of olaf

🏈💙 What a week! Homecoming 2026 was one for the books! 💛🏈

From dress-up days and school spirit to activities, memories, and plenty of fun, it was a great week of being a Ranger! And what better way to wrap it all up than with a FOOTBALL WIN! 🎉

Congratulations to our 2026 Homecoming King, Wyatt Holmes, and Queen, Alexis Godfrey! 👑💐

A big congratulations to all of our Homecoming candidates as well! We’re proud of everyone who helped make this week so much fun.

💙💛 Thanks for making Homecoming 2026 unforgettable, Ranger Nation! 💛💙

*Homecoming photo credit to Brenda Klippenes- Crosby-Ironton Courier

7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Mr. Syrstad and a male student matching wearing their Ranger sweatshirts
Mr. Cliff and Mr. Syrstad twinning in their Twins shirts
two male kindergarten students twinning in their Vikings jerseys
three male students wearing matching minecraft shirts
Mrs. Syrstad and Mrs. Thoennes twinning
kindergartners gathered and wearing maroon and white
2nd graders wearing all wearing white for their homecoming dress up day
kindergarteners dressed in orange
2026 homecoming court
2026 homecoming king and queen
📢Fast Fact Friday📢

Listen in to updates from the board meeting that was held earlier this week! Like...a new seasonal recreation property tax law that was approved by legislature.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pwQzmQn9V0o?feature=share
7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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Ms. Stangel’s second graders meet with Mrs. Stangel’s kindergarten students each Friday to read together! They spend a few minutes getting to know what type of books our partners enjoy!

#RangerNation #Collaboration #GoCIGo
8 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
4 female studnets , two filling out pieces of paper the other two watching
two females, one laying on the floor the other filling out the piece of paper
two females on the floor filling out a piece of paper together
a female and a male student at a table reading together
a second grade female and a female kindergartner reading together
two groups of two boys reading together
many groups of two sitting together and reading to each other
multiple 2nd graders and kindergartners meeting in the locker bay to read togehter
2nd graders and kindergartners reading together in the locker bay
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Ellis Katzenberger, 9th grade, 3D Art- Creature Pinch Pot

Halle Koschmeder, 10th grade and Adalynn Cox, 12th grade, Painting- Nature's Stoplight and Lego Spider-Man

Keep up the great work!!
9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
female studen holding a pinch pot of a dog
two female students holding paintings, one of spider man
Crosby-Ironton Transportation opened their gate and welcomed in our kindergarten classes for some lessons on bus safety! We are so thankful to have the opportunity to do this and have them in our backyard. 🚌

#RangerNation #BusSafety #GoCIGo
10 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
kindergartners walking through the bus garage
all kindergartners at the bus garage in front of a bus
Josh talking to kindergartners at the bus garage
bus driver showing kindergartners how to cross in front of the bus
bus driver showing kids how to exit the bus using the back emergency door
bus driver showing kindergartners the exit window
Bus garage owner, Josh, and kindergartners

📢Fast Fact Friday📢

It's homecoming and there's a lot happening this evening! It's school board recognition month, thank you to our school board members. Listen in to hear more!

https://youtu.be/D3i5ou7KYPI?si=zeaGgIYjjZ_L3mXu

Go-CI-Go!

14 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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🍎🍏 Our littlest Rangers had the SWEETEST start to ECFE! 🍏🍎

Last night was all things APPLE as we kicked off our first night of ECFE! Our little learners and their grown-ups painted, played, sang, snacked, read, and got those wiggles out together. ❤️ We had so much fun learning, connecting, and making memories—and we’re already counting down to next week! 🍎✨


What is ECFE?

Early Childhood Family Education is a special time for parents/caregivers and children birth through Kindergarten to learn, play, and grow together! Each class includes fun, hands-on activities that support early childhood development, socialization, and—most importantly—connection between children and their grown-ups. 💕 ECFE is here to support and empower families while helping create positive environments where little ones can learn and thrive.


📚 Mondays | 5:00–6:30 PM

🍎 It’s not too late to join us! We’d LOVE to welcome more little Rangers and their families to our ECFE family!

✨ Register at ci.k12.mn.us

📧 Contact Early Childhood Coordinator, Kristine Booth, at kbooth@ci.k12.mn.us

📞 (218) 545-8717


Come play, connect, learn, and grow with us! 💛

We can’t wait to see you next Monday!
15 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
photo of the fall sensory bin in ECFE
ECFE white board welcome!
toy set up in the ECFE room
another table set up for ECFE night with apple crafts
student and guardian at ECFE night painting
a table at ECFE that has paints, halved apples and popsicle sticks
set up with name tags for ECFE night
Kindergartners learned about community helpers at Super One! They ended their tour with popsicles. Thank you to all who welcomed us at the store!

Thanks to CPD Steve Ringhand for teaching us how to cross the road safely!

#RangerNation #Community #GOCIGO
16 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
kindergartners and super one staff in front of the store
kindergartners in the deli kitchen at Super One
Kindergartners in the produce section at Super One
Kindergartners in the meat department at Super One
Super One manager with kindergartners in the dairy isle at SUper One
Kindergarteners sitting outside of Super One eating popsicles
kinders walking on the curb back to CRES from SUper One
Mrs. Bendson's 2nd graders practiced their skip counting up to 1,000! Students worked in small groups to sort their numbers in the correct order.

#MathIsFun #GoCIGo
16 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
two males and one female 2nd sitting on the floor sorting numbers
two females and one male sorting numbers
three 2nd graders sitting on the floor sorting through numbers
5- 2nd graders sitting on a smiley face run sorting numbers
two 2nd graders sitting on the floor sorting numbers
Today's Homecoming Coronation will be live streamed on our YouTube channel. You can find the event by clicking the link, https://youtube.com/live/Soo9N8umR-I?feature=share. Coronation starts around now!

Congratulations to all of the 2026 Homecoming Candidates!
17 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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Mrs. Hampl's 3rd grade class was wrapping up their morning meeting when wings began to emerge! 🦋They had noted the dark color and transparency of the chrysalis 30 minutes prior. Most exciting & welcomed blurt ever was …”It’s hatching!” The class went silent and the watched…until fully emerged. By 2:30, they could tell it was time to let her go! (She was named Cupcake by a group of kids).

They released her out the south door to give her a head start on her journey to Mexico! A truly beautiful experience!

Thank you to Isaac Fuller and family for brining this experience to Mrs. Hampl's classroom on the first day of school. They had been observing the chrysalis each day. 🦋
17 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
multiple students watching the butterfly emerge from the cocoon
5 students watching a butterfly emerge from it's cocoon
4 students sitting around a butterfly net watching it emerge
students watching a butterfly emerge from it's cocoon
Students looking through a butterfly net watching it emerge
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Emma Hite, 10th grade, and Tanali Santi, 9th grade, Drawing- Still Life
Greta Lang, 8th grade, Art- Still Life

Keep up the great work!
18 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
two female students with pencil drawings of an animal skull and pottery
8th grade female student holding a still life drawing
Listen in to our newest school board member, Kelly Schaefer, as she takes some time to sit down with Superintendent Aulie during our latest podcast.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/08Xmks3ZOZNExEV4JPmnHW
18 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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🎉 Homecoming Week starts MONDAY 9/21! 🎉

It’s time to show your Ranger spirit! 💙💛

CRES & High School students: Get ready for a week of fun Homecoming Dress-Up Days starting Monday! 👏

Check out the themes, get creative, and let’s make it a great week to be a Ranger! 🐾

#RangerNation #Homecoming2026 #GoCIGo
20 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
CRES dress up days
High school dress up days
📢Friday Fast Fact Video📢

Here is a quick update from Superintendent Aulie on what went on at the school board work session and our new visitor management system.

https://youtube.com/shorts/y7PSQ7PxLNY?feature=share
21 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
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