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

about 22 hours 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
1 day 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
2 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
2 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!
5 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
6 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
6 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!
7 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!
7 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
8 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.
8 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
It is Unified Special Olympics Basketball today! See the schedule and come cheer on the teams!

Good luck to everyone!
9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Unified special olympics basketball schedule
C-I Junior High Knowledge Bowl took top three at their first competition meet last Friday! Congratulations!

3rd place (l-r): Ely Corbett, Parker Cash, Ryan Wlasiuk, Oliver Younis, Robert Strater.

2nd place: Easton Bock, Amanda Wisley-Peterson, Halle Koschmeder, Hailey Miller

1st place: Gus Swaggert, Forest Fehn, Aubree Babler, Konner Peterson, Lucas Habighorst

#RangerNation #GoCIGo
9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
3rd place team at Friday's knowledge bowl competition made up of 8th graders
2nd place team at the knowledge bowl competition made up of 9th graders
1st place knowledge bowl team at Friday's competition
Entire juniro high knowledge bowl team, 7th-9th grade
Stop by the Ranger Mine on your way to wrestling and girls basketball to pick up your favorite flavor of Ranger Joe Coffee! Cost is $15/bag.

Grab your bag of coffee and cheer on our Rangers!!

*Limited stock of Highlander Grogg and Cinnamon

#GoCIGo #RangerJoe

9 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Ranger Joe available at Tuesdays wrestling and girls basketball game
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Vanessa Rickmeyer, 10th grade, Creative Crafts- Puzzle painting
Eli Fuller, 8th Grade Art- Sphere drawing

Keep up the great work!
10 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Female 10th grade student holding a painting of Snoopy putting colored christmas lights on his red dog house with a Christmas tree on top
Male 8th grade student holding his drawing a 3d sphere drawn and shaded in pencil
📢We are back with our Fast Fact Friday video!
Take a listen to Mr. Aulie as he gets you up-to-speed with what's happening on the school board.

https://youtu.be/gm3SyAumPlU
12 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Fast fact friday video
Justine Ellingson visited with fifteen of our 9-12th graders and provided information regarding the Lake Superior Helicopters and Ascent Aviation program. They partner with Lake Superior College, in Duluth, to offer a two-year, accelerated flight training program in both helicopters and airplanes.
13 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
15 9-12th graders listening to a visitor talk about helicopters and aviation that partner with Lake Superior College
Here is another round of our fall Athletes of the Week sponsored by C-I Sports Boosters. Today we recognize Lucy Lewandowski for volleyball and Alize Jacobson for mountain biking.

Congratulations!
14 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Fall athlete of the week for volleyball is Lucy Lewandowski
Fall athlete of the week of mountain biking is Aliza Jacobson
Congratulations to our Welder of the Week, Cayden Luebke!

He welded a Mig welding t and lap welds according to a blueprint.
15 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Welder of the Week in Ranger Made, Cayden Luebke
Before break in Mrs. Donley's 7th grade math class, students learned about fractals and patterns. With that knowledge, they created a 3D version of the Sierpinski Triangle as a Christmas Tree!
16 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
a female student holding a Serpinski triangle in her hand
two students making Serpinksi triangles sitting at a desk
A collection of Serpinksi triangles in red, green and white
Male student holding up a bunch of Serpinksi triangles that created a Christmas tree
4, 7th grade students building a large christmas tree out of Serpinksi triangles
a female and male student creating a christmas tree out of many Serpinski triangles