Our fall sports season has come and gone, but we wanted to recognize our Athletes of the Week for our fall season. Today we recognize congratulate, Georgi Toftness and Ezra Jacobson, in Mountain Biking!

Athlete of the Week is sponsored by C-I Sports Boosters. Athletes receive a t-shirt and recognition in their sport.

#RangerNation #GoCIGo
about 8 hours ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Georgi Toftness AOTW Mtn biking
Ezra Jacosbson AOTW in Mtn biking
It's Fast Fact Friday, Monday Edition!

https://youtube.com/shorts/X63H4YPwBmg?feature=share
1 day ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Fast fact friday...Monday Edition!
Link Leaders became teachers in advisory, delivering an interactive lesson on screen time and digital wellbeing to each of the 7th grader advisory classes.
4 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Link Leader in front of a 7th grade advisory class, one male is raising their hand
❄️ Winter Break Reminder ❄️

Winter Break will run from December 22 through January 2. We hope all of our students, staff, and families enjoy a safe, restful, and joyful break. Classes will resume on January 5th. Happy Holidays! 🎄✨
4 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Winter Break from December 22 through January 2. School resumes January 5th
Our SALT students spent time volunteering at Community Table, serving others and giving back just before the holidays. ❤️ Their willingness to help and support our community truly reflects the spirit of the season. We’re proud of their kindness and service!
4 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
6 SALT members volunteering at the Community Table in Crosby
This past weekend, CRES hosted the 2nd annual Lego League Tournament. The theme of the season was Unearthed. Every element of the tournament revolved around archaeology. Five teams competed to earn awards in the following categories: Champions Award, Engineering Award, Innovative Award, Core Values Award, and Promising Talent Award. Teams explained their robot design, described their code, used their robots to complete missions on the missions board, and presented solutions to problems revolving around the topic of archaeology. Everyone had a great time! We even caught a jump for joy in the photos as teams were excited about how their robot was performing the missions!

#RangerNation #LegoLeague #GoCIGo
5 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
two lego league teams competing against one another, red team vs rangers
The Rangers lego members holding their awards at lego league tournament
5 lego team members 4 in shirts that say CRES Stars and one in a blue polo
two male lego members one with a Lego Masters shirt on holding their lego creation
Three female lego league members wearing green shirts called the Chill Dills holding their lego creations
4 male lego team members in red shirts holding their lego creations
three male lego league team members holding their lego creations with Rangers shirts on
Two Lego league teams compteting at CRES. One team wearing green the other wearing red

Each month, Miranda, a Dietician from CRMC, visits our kindergarteners to teach them all about healthy eating and simple, fun cooking activities they can try at home! 🥕🍎 The students love learning how food helps their bodies grow and stay strong—plus it’s always a tasty, hands-on experience.

5 days ago, Devan Bartels
Kindergarten students sitting on the floow posting with goodies and the dietician from CRMC
two kindergarteners making yummy healthy treats in class
two male kindergarteners using pretzels and other food items in a baggie to make a snack
female student putting colored m&ms into a baggie
male and a female student putting animal crackers, pretzels and m&ms into a baggie for a snack
male kindergarten student holding a graham cracker with pretzels stuck to it
multiple kindergarten students sitting at a table making yummy treats
5 kindergartners sitting at a table making treats
5 kindergartners making reindeer out of a graham crackers frosting and pretzels

📢 Lost and Found📢
Please look through the Lost and Found, at the high school, before the end of the day Friday. Items will be donated the first week back from winter break if not claimed.

6 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Lost and found at high school
Our third graders put their teamwork skills to the test by building a Christmas tree out of cups! 🎄 Using only string and a rubber band, students worked together to problem-solve, communicate, and support one another. Great collaboration and teamwork all around!

#RangerNation #GoCIGo #collaboration
6 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
5 third graders sitting on the floor working together using a string to stack styrofoam cups to build a christmas tree using only a string
4 female 3rd graders unstacking a stack of styrofoam cups with only a string in order to build a christmas tree
two males and 2 females using only a string and working togeth to build a christmas tree out of cups
group of male 3rd graders working together to build a christmas tree using cups and string
third grade students working together at their desks building a Christmas tree with styrofoam cups using only string
4 males students working together a desk to unstack cups with a string to build a christmas tree
Looking for something fun to do tonight? Come on down and check out Ranger Wrestling and Girls Basketball in action! 🏀🤼‍♂️

While you’re here, stop by the Ranger Mine and pick up the perfect stocking stuffer — Ranger Joe Coffee will be available for purchase. Great sports, great school spirit, and great coffee… all in one night! ☕🎄
7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Ranger Joe Coffee inside of christmas stockings handing on a fireplace mantle letting people know Ranger Joe will be available for purchase tonight
Mrs. Otterstad’s Baking & Pastry class has been busy learning about challah bread! 🍞

Challah is a traditional Jewish bread, most often enjoyed on the Sabbath and holidays. It’s known for its soft, slightly sweet texture and beautiful braided shape, which symbolizes unity and togetherness. Students mixed, braided, and baked their own loaves while learning about the cultural significance behind this special bread.

Great job to our bakers for combining culinary skills with cultural learning!
7 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
two female students giving two thumbs up for their loaf of challah bread on the cutting board
male student giving a thumb up for his loaf of challah bread on a sheet of parchment paper
two males and two females who are giving thumbs up for their loaf of Challah bread that they made
one male and one female student who is giving thumbs up to the loaf of Challah bread on the cutting board in front of them
🌟 Joy Squad Visit! 🌟

Last Friday, the Joy Squad appeared at CRES, spreading smiles, gratitude, and plenty of cheer! Staff were treated to fresh coffee and delicious donuts — a simple gesture that brightened everyone’s morning.

Thank you to our Joy Squad for bringing the positivity and making our school community feel appreciated! ☕🍩💛
8 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Joy Squad, two female staff members, posing behind donuts and coffee that they provided for staff at CRES
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Vanessa Rickmeyer, 10th grade, Creative Crafts- Cat Tessellation
Halle Koschmeder, 9th grade, 3D Art- Face Mug

Keep up the great work!
8 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
female student holding a cat tessellation drawing with blue, yellow, brown, orange and gray cats
Female student holding a skull , 3D face mug that she made in 3D art class
🎄✨ Holiday Dress-Up Week is Almost Here! ✨🎄

Both CRES and the High School are gearing up for a festive week of fun from December 15–19! 🎅🦌❄️

Check out the flyers below for each building’s themed dress-up days, and join us in spreading holiday cheer all week long. CRES is the first flyer listed. ❤️💚

We can’t wait to see everyone’s spirit and creativity! 🎁✨
11 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
CRES holiday dress up days 2025
High School holiday dress-up days
📢We are back today with a 'Fast Fact Friday' video.🎥
Take a listen and find out what's happening at C-I Schools this weekend.

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

11 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
fast fact friday video logo
Students in Mrs. Syrstad's Children’s Lit class took lesser-known Brothers Grimm fairytales and rewrote them to be appropriate for an audience of children. Students had to justify their changes and explain how their changes are more developmentally appropriate for a younger audience.
Students then presented them to the class.
11 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
The King's Son who Feared Nothing by Tyler VanValkenburg a title page to a rewrite of a story
The second page to the rewrite about a prince who had been sheltered his whole life
3rd page about the prince's adventure and meeting a giant
4th page of the rewrite in which the Giant was going to threaten the prince but the prince turned it around and threatened the giant
The story doesn't end here but this is how the prince's ring spoke to him and found the princess
Title page of a rewrite called the Girl and the Wizard by Rachel, Isabelle, Jordan and Oliviah
page two of the rewrite about an old man and his family who lived in the woods and didn't have any money. Suddenly a wizard appreared and said he can help him
page 3 of rewrite in which years went by and the wizard came back to claim the old man's daughter and the old man says no you can't have her and the wizard wants her hair instead for a beard so he cut it
The old man and the daughter stood there for a while in shock. He told her to leave so the wizard couldn't hurt her anymore. He gave her a compass and sent her on her way
The daughter run until the sun went down and found herself in a garden with an apple tree. She ate til she was full, and slept against the apple tree. Early in the morning a King from the castle found the girl under the tree. THis is the end of the story but a quick synopsis of the 5 pages here.
🍰Our culinary students have been busy baking up something amazing! 🍰This week, two kitchen groups took on a full scratch-cake challenge — from researching recipes to costing ingredients to creating every layer by hand.

👩‍🍳 Kitchen 1:
Olivia Essman, Taya Hiltbrunner, Tyler Vanvalkenburg, and Grey Colwell
✨ Made a strawberry cake

👨‍🍳 Kitchen 2:
Zachary Hoyt, Justin Reisz, Jayda Neumann, Avah Stroschein, and Jayda Windorski
✨ Made a butter pecan cake

Students crafted their cakes, fillings, frostings, and coatings completely from scratch — and the results looked incredible! Great job to both teams for their hard work and creativity! 🎉👏
12 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
a mix of female and male student posing in their kitchen behind their strawberry cake they made in culinary class
A mix of 5 female and male student in culinary class posing behind their butter pecan cake they made
strawberry layered cake with strawberries and vanilla cookies that a culinary group made
Butter pecan cake made by culinary students
Congratulations to our Welder of the Week, Tyler Crawley, for his Mig and 7018 combo weldment!
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Male student his mig weldmet as Welder of the Week!
Superintendent Aulie sits down with Ms. Brammer and Ms. VanGrootheest, choir and band directors at the high school in his latest podcast.

Take a listen…https://open.spotify.com/episode/4djXORevfKfgEWkVHMFJTz?si=yXScPyPoRXCSsmAy6Bcjww
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Podcast visual that says now playing
A big thank you to Clow Stamping for keeping our welding program supplied with steel! Your support makes hands-on learning possible, and our students are excited to put it to use in their upcoming projects. 💥👨‍🏭

We appreciate your partnership in helping our students build real-world skills! 💙🛠️

#RangerNation #Community #GoCIGo
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
students in Ranger Made and welding classes unloading donated steel sheets from Clow Stamping