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.
16 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!
16 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
16 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

17 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!
17 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
20 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.
20 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!
21 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.
22 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!
23 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
Students in Mrs. Syrstad's Children’s Literature class read Dr. Seuss’ “Oh The Thinks You Can Think!” They created their own imaginary characters out of playdough. They had to present on aspects of the character such as its diet, its likes/dislikes, its habitat, etc.
24 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Children's literature class of Mrs. Syrstad's

Congratulations to our fall, Cross County, Athletes of the Week, sponsored by C-I Sports Boosters! Shown here are Justin Reisz, Maddie Lacerte, and Peter Bartels.

#RangerNation #GoCIGo

27 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Justin Reisz fall athlete of the week for cross country
Maddie Lacerte Athlete of the Week for Cross Country in the fall
Peter Bartels fall athlete of the week for cross country
🎉✨ Happy New Year from Crosby-Ironton School District! ✨🎉

As we welcome the new year, we wish our students, staff, and families a year filled with health, happiness, and success. Thank you for being such an important part of our Ranger Nation.

Here’s to new beginnings and a great year ahead! 💙💛
28 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Happy New Year 2026!
Students in Mrs. Roubinek's combo class worked hard and had fun learning about Christmas through gift giving crafts, researching other cultures, and celebrating together!
30 days ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
combo class busy working on research projects about how other cultures spend the holidays
combo class sitting nicely in front of the tree at CRES
combo class at CRES sitting at thier desks workiong on art projects before the holidays
☃️✨Holiday Dress-Up Week at both our schools was a huge success! So many staff and students got into the holiday spirit and it showed. Thank you to everyone for participating in the fun!🎄
about 1 month ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
photo collage of students and staff from both schools dressed in their holiday attire...this has character day and preschool white out
students in pj's , dressed as reindeer and a Hoo,
students dressed in blue, one as a character Mary, the holiday door decorating winners and two students and a staff member as elves
students and staff dressed as reindeer, ugly sweaters, and all in white
studetns weraing festive fuzzy socks, holiday pj's and dressed like chritmas character
students from both schools dressed in holiday attire like reindeer, snowmen, and a wreath
Students and staff dressed in christmas pajamas from the High school and cres
’Twas the day before break, when all through the halls,
The students were stirring, backpacks packed and ready to fall.
Excitement was buzzing, smiles everywhere,
Two weeks of rest and fun filled the air.

From classrooms to buses, good cheer was in sight,
We hope your holiday was merry and bright! ❄️🎄

about 1 month ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
An inflatable santa standing with two female studnets
three female students sitting in the cafeteria wearing holiday attire
inflatable santa greeting more students as they enter CRES on the last day before break
an inflatable santa greeting CRES students as they enter school
three female students having lunch one wearing a grinch sweater, one with a santa hat that says NICE and the other with a santa headband on
9 students having lunch dressed in holiday dresses and hoiday shirts and pants ready for winter break
7 female students sitting at the lunch table eating lunch dressed for the holidays
Take a peek at our Artists of the Week!

Breanna Kinkaid, 9th grade, Painting- Starry Night Rendition
Kaydence Venne, 9th grade, 3D- Creature Container
Astrid McDonald and Greta Lang, 7th Grade Art- Skull Box, Vase Drawing
Gus Swaggert and Aubree Babler, 8th Grade Art- Still Life Drawing

Keep up the great work!
about 1 month ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
female 9th grader holding her painting of the rendition of Starry Night
female 9th grader holding a clay turtle creature container
two female 8th grade students holding their skull, box and vase drawing from 7th grade
Male studetn and a female student holding their still life drawing from 8th grade
📢CRES PTO sponsored Ranger BINGO on last Friday afternoon. All CRES students played BINGO and winners got to pick out great prizes!
Thank you to our amazing, dedicated parent group! 🤩
about 1 month ago, Devan Bartels
CRES students picking up their BINGO cards and prizes for Ranger BINGO sponsored by PTO
PTO volunteers and students near one of the prize tables in the cafeteria during Ranger BINGO
🎄✨ Happy Holidays! ✨🎄

We wish our students, staff, and families a joyful holiday season filled with warmth, rest, and special moments with loved ones. Thank you for being such a supportive and caring community throughout the year.

Enjoy the break, stay safe, and we look forward to seeing everyone in the new year! ❄️💙
about 1 month ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Happy holidays from Crosby-Ironton Public Schools
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 1 month ago, Crosby-Ironton Schools
Georgi Toftness AOTW Mtn biking
Ezra Jacosbson AOTW in Mtn biking