On Thursdays, tickets are drawn from student incentive buckets in the morning and students participate in their chosen incentive activity throughout the day. These 3rd grade students photographed enjoyed reading aloud to a 2nd grade class and creative library time with friends.
The annual Cherokee County Livestock Show has kicked off another year of excitement. Seeing the kids so excited and ready to show off all of their hard work makes the late nights and early mornings all worth it. We are so proud of their hard work! We wish our Rusk Elementary School students the very best outcome! We can't wait to hear all about it!
We love your face! ❤️
Don't forget tomorrow is picture day!
RES held its traditional Friday Morning Meeting to celebrate students’ weekly efforts with shout-outs and book tokens. In addition, we honored students who received 3rd Quarter academic excellence, citizenship awards and recognized UIL participants. It’s was a fun celebration! 🎉
🪙 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 🪙
The East Texas Sheltering Arms Coalition visited with students at the latest Fellowship of Christian Students meeting. The guest speakers shared that the mission of the organization was for form coalition to bring an end to homelessness of East Texas veterans. Their vision is to partner with other organizations, and coalition of like-minded individuals, that will serve our community by striving to end homelessness in East Texas. ➜ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞! 💰
https://shelteringarmscoalition.com/
Please mark your calendars for upcoming RES Lifetouch Spring Photos!
College Day at Rusk Elementary is a day when everyone on campus comes together to acknowledge a broader focus on the opportunity every student has to go to a university, a junior college or a trade school.
Field day is always the perfect opportunity for Coach Hoffman to showcase the PE program and allow students to showcase their skills. RES 2nd & 3rd grade students enjoyed a cooperative day that focused on student participation and teamwork.
Friday was the famed Field Day, a day where the students and teachers of RES gather on the playground for a rowdy and festive school-wide competition. Everyone had a blast! Mrs. Blackmon’s & Mrs. Sunday’s classes were pumped to claim the trophy as the classes earning the most points. 🎉
A HUGE 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 goes out to Brandie Garner of Texas Farm Bureau. This local business generously donated the 2023 Field Day t-shirts for each student and staff member at Rusk Elementary School. Students wore their colorful shirts with great pride at Field Day and will wear them again in May for Water Day.
2nd graders went beyond the ordinary last week while visiting The Center for Earth and Space Science Education. The TJC planetarium allowed an immersive learning environment: a full-dome video experience, interactive displays, exhibits, and classroom play spaces for visiting students. The teachers also enjoy the opportunity to really connect with their students outside their classrooms
This quarter's Campus Leadership Book aims to discover all the simple yet fantastical things one can make out of a box.
If you give a child a box, who can tell what will happen next? 📦 It may become a library or a sailboat, a palace or a race car. It could just as easily set the scene for a fairy tale or a wild expedition. The most wonderful thing is its seemingly endless capacity for magical adventure, a feature imaginatively captured in textured, cardboard-esque art by Chris Sheban and rhythmically celebrated in Jane Yolen’s poetic tribute to the humble box.
We look forward to seeing how each classroom interprets this text and how they bring the words to life and demonstrate their creativity.
Please remember to bring water bottles to school each day!
Please mark your calendars for upcoming RES Spring Photos!
Spring Break is almost here!
Kona Ice will be on campus on Friday, March 10th!
Every year, spring break is highly anticipated by students and teachers. Please mark your calendar for an entire week of no school from March 13th-17th. Visit our news page or online calendar to keep up with the latest goings on or follow us on social media.
Rusk ISD parents/guardians please check your email. A survey has been sent out to provide feedback for our 2023-2024 school year calendar.
During our February School Board Meeting I requested the District investigate the possibility of adopting a 4 day school week instructional calendar for the 2023-2024 academic year. We are examining a number of different districts currently using the 4 day calendar and trying to gather as much relevant information as possible regarding the decision. We understand it is difficult to provide an absolute answer without addressing some of the challenges associated with this calendar and be assured the District is not using the survey results to determine if we move forward. This initial survey is to determine what interest our stakeholders have in the possibility of a 4 day week. Once we have more strategies in place we will provide other opportunities to share your thoughts. When you have the chance please respond to the survey. We sent this same survey to our staff and will be allowing secondary students to participate in the very near future.
Thank You,
Grey Burton, Superintendent
On Mondays we sport our college colors to encourage students to begin thinking about their future, whether it be going to college, attending a trade school, joining the armed forces, or going directly into the workforce. There is not just one path to success!
