Students in Ms. Larson's CIS Practical Writing class had Mrs. Doyle as a guest speaker to help students navigate available scholarships and how to use SchooLinks to make the process easier. Students will be practicing writing scholarship applications in class and applying those skills when submitting official scholarship applications.
about 11 hours ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
students listening to Mrs. Doyle talk about scholarships and how to apply for them on school lnks
Mrs. Doyle pointing at the board showing students in practical writing how to apply for scholarships
🔻🔺3rd graders, in Mrs Roubinek's combo class, created interactive math posters and hung them in the media center to share with CRES students. The math posters include ways to check, discover, and measure, 6 triangles using 2 different types of tools. Let the learning begin!
about 23 hours ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
3rd graders sitting in the windows in the CRES media center underneath their posters of 6 different triangles an ways to reconize each of them
Congratulations to our Junior High Knowledge Bowl teams who placed at the Staples competition on January 22.
First place L-R: Gus Swaggert, Ryan Wlasiuk, Robert Strater, Oliver Younis, and Davin Fisher
Second place: Forest Fehn, Konnor Peterson, Ely Corbett, Aubree Babler, and Lucas Habighorst.
Fourth place: Easton Bock, Emma Hite, Halle Koschmeder, Hailey Miller, Amanda Wisely-Peterson.

Keep working hard!

#RangerNation #GoCIGo #KnowledgeBowl
2 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
1st place knowledge bowl team JH
2nd place JH knowledge bowl team
4th place JH knowledge bowl team
🚗💨 Speed in Action!
Our 8th grade Physical Science students in Mr. Forsberg’s class put their math and science skills to the test by calculating the speed of a toy wind-up car! Hands-on learning makes concepts move faster—and stick longer! 📏⏱️⚙️
3 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
two student measuring the speed of a wind up car, one on the car and ruler the other on the computer
two female students sitting on the floor one with the wind up toy car and the other measuring on the ruler and computer
two male students sitting on the floor, one working on the computer the other winding up a toy car and letting it go so they can measure the speed
a female student letting go of a yellow wide up car so she can measure the speed
a student using her computer and a ruler to measure the speed of a wind-up car

Get ready for Snow-Dayz Dress-up Week starting Monday, January 26-30! Both the high school and CRES dress-up days are listed.

#RangerNation #GoCIGo #Snowdayz

3 days ago, Devan Bartels
High school Sno-Dayz dress up week
CRES Sno dayz dress up week
Crosby-Ironton NHS is hosting a Book Drive starting Monday, January 26-30. Gently used or new items can be dropped off in the High School Office.
To learn more of what can be donated, see the flyer!
5 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Book drive set for January 26-30. Drop off at high school office and books or games will be given to CRES student to read and play.
Cuyuna Lanes, our local bowling alley, hosted CRES kindergarten students and our CRMC EMT crew along with area law enforcement for a morning of community connection and familiarity. Children enjoy getting to know the adults and bonding in a safe/fun setting!

Thank you, Cuyuna Lanes, for hosting this great crew!

#RangerNation #Community #GoCIGo
6 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Kindergartners bowling with law enforcement and EMT's from our local hospital
More photos of kindergartners bowling and coloring at Cuyuna Lanes
multiple photos of kindergartners bowling at Cuyuna Lanes along with EMT's and local law enforcement

All after school activities are cancelled for today, January 22. NO practices and no home or away contests.

Crosby-Ironton Schools will be closed Friday, January 23. No before or after school activities. We will host our youth events Saturday and Sunday as planned.

A make up day will be determined in the future, but probably Monday, April 6.

This is a school closure, not an e-learning day.

Stay safe and stay warm!

7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
We will be closed Friday, January 23
🚑🫀 Hands-on Learning in Health Class! 🫀🚑

A big thank you to the CRMC staff who visited our 5th graders to provide first aid, choking response, and CPR training during Health class!

Students gained valuable, life-saving skills through hands-on instruction and real-world learning. We appreciate our community partners for helping keep our students informed, prepared, and empowered! 💙
7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
5th grade students listening to CRMC staff talk about allergic reactions
5th graders standing around a CRMC staff member doing CPR on a baby
CRMC staff showing 5th graders how to help a choking baby
5th graders watching one of their peers practice CPR on Annie
5th grade students watching CRMC staff show them how to do CPR

Cadence Wynn, former C-I graduate, came and spoke to Mrs. Harris' two American Dream classes. She talked about the realities of college life. Cadence is attending University of South Dakota where she is pursuing a Business Degree. Cadence came and shared her insights with students on everything from applying for financial aid, to dorm life, to talking to professors.
Students also heard from Rustin Carlson who talked about becoming an electrician by attending school in Wadena and from Sam Coughlin.

Mrs. Harris received a CLEF grant to provide her guest speakers with a $50 gas card in appreciation for their time. Thank you CLEF!

#RangerNation #CIAlum #GoCIGo

8 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
previous student Cadence Wynn talking to Mrs. Harris's classes
💙 Paraprofessional Appreciation Week | January 19–23 💙

This week, we proudly thank and honor our incredible paraprofessionals who make a difference in our schools every single day. Our paras support students, partner with teachers, and help create welcoming, successful learning environments for all.

We are so grateful for your dedication, patience, and care. Thank you for everything you do to support our students and school community! 👏✨

#ParaprofessionalAppreciationWeek #ThankYouParas #SchoolHeroes #Grateful
8 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Paraprofessional Week 2025-26
Physics students took data in order to calculate the percent energy lost while sledding down a hill. Turns out it's not very efficient, but it sure was fun!

#RangerNation #PhysicsIsFun #GoCIGo
9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
4 female students all piled on one sled going sledding at physics class
6 male students on two different sleds making a train going sledding down a hill
male student in a blue coat sledding on a green sled on his stomach in physics class
Male student laying on his stomach sledding down a hill in physics class
female student sledding down a hill on her stomach from Physics class
two males sledding down a hill for Physics class
🏀🎉 Special Olympics Basketball Success! 🎉🏀

What an incredible day of competition and sportsmanship! Our A Division team took 1st place at the Special Olympics Basketball Competition and will advance to the Unified State “A Division” Tournament at the Target Center on Tuesday, February 10th!

A huge thank you to the participating schools for making the day so special: Foley, Menahga, Pequot Lakes, Pierz, and Pillager.

We are also grateful to our dedicated officials: Casey Kannel, Tom Mount, Tyler Hendrickson, Tyler Scull, Mark Hoge, and John Hoge for keeping the games running smoothly.

And a special thank you to our photographers for capturing the excitement: Brenda Booth (C-I Courier) and Hannah Wesner.

Congratulations to our athletes—we’re so proud of you! 💙💛 #SpecialOlympics #UnifiedSports #RangerPride #GoCIGo
9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Unified partners and special olympics competing during a their basketball tournament that got them to go to State
multiple photos of our unified partners and special olympics basketball competition
Fast Fact Friday! https://youtube.com/shorts/E7xbuZlrewU?feature=share

Friendly reminder...there is no school for students on Monday, January 19. It is a professional development day for our staff.

Enjoy the weekend!
12 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Fast fact friday
Mrs. Roubinek's combo class was busy transferring their research on body systems onto their posters! These will be hung at CRES so they can share what they've learned!

#RangerNation #GoCIGo
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
a hallway lined with students laying on big white sheets of paper as their classmates trace them
two male students tracing another male student who is laying on a big sheet of white paper
male and female students tracing each other for their how the body works chapter
Take a listen to Superintendent Aulie's Podcast as he sits down with Mrs. Molly Schenk. She discusses her roles which include student support and monitoring attendance. She talks about how the District handles attendance procedures and interventions for students!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xxH4YkjnVzclhw6wqQSCE
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Podcast now available
📚✨ Learning Comes Full Circle! ✨📚

Students in Mrs. Syrstad’s Children’s Literature class put their creativity into action by selecting a Dr. Seuss book and designing a grade-appropriate activity for their assigned CRES classroom. Last Thursday, they traveled over to CRES to share their stories and lessons with small groups of students—bringing reading to life and inspiring a love of learning! 💚📖

What a fun and meaningful way to connect classrooms and grow future educators!
14 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
high school students sitting at separate tables reading to CRES  preschool students Dr. Suess books
Congratulations to our Welder of the Week, Steven Roubinek!

He welded a Mig, 7018, and 6011 combo weld.

Keep up the great work!
14 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Welder of the Week, Steven Roubinek
Seventh graders harvested their hydroponically grown lettuce crops in Life Science and got to eat the "fruits" of their labors.

#RangerNation #GoCIGo #LifeScience #eatwhatyougrow
15 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
three female 7th graders talking a bite of the lettuce they grew in life science class. There are four full plates of lettuce
student taking a big bite out of the lettuce that was grown in life science
Students Mrs. Syrstad's JH Creative Writing class came up with imaginary characters. They had to hand-draw these characters; then, they had AI bring them to life. Finally, students had to write an essay explaining aspects of their character such as diet, habitat, movement, etc.
15 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
handdrawn creative rat like creature with one human-like foot and the other looking like a blob with sharp front teeth
AI version that brought to life the rat-like creative creature with three legs and a chefs hat
hand-drawn creative looking spider for English class
AI brought to the life the hand drawn creative spider from English class
creative hand drawn rabbit type creature from english class
AI version that brough to life the creative hand drawn creation with green yarn hair and rabbit like feet with a fuzzy body
hand drawn creative creature from english class with 4 blue arms and 2 yellow legs and two buck teeth
AI version that brough to life the creative drawn creature with 4 blue arms, two yellow legs and 2 buck teeth