Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor FFA members who, through their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers. FFA members may enter their project in 46 of the different award areas. Members fill out an extensive application which is submitted for judging. The judging for the awards took place on February 27th at the FFA Enrichment Center in . . .
On Thursday, Feb. 25, CR-B sophomores Laura Anthofer, Landon James, and Ellie Reiling competed in district individual speech competition for the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA). Anthofer and Reiling competed in the poetry category and James participated in public address. Anthofer's selections included three poems -- "Spreading my Wings," "Learning to Swim," and "My Prison," which were . . .
CR-B's Book of the Year is coming home on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Families can begin reading tonight. It is up to families whether they want to catch up from our snow day yesterday and read 2 days tonight- or push an extra day back to this weekend. Please try to have read through Chapter 10 by March 1. The CR-B Book of the Year website can be found under the Parents and Staff tab- or here: Book . . .
Preschool sign-up for the 2021-2022 school year. Students must be four by September 15th. To sign-up a student, please contact Stacy Muench at stacy.muench@crbcrusaders.org .
Coon Rapids-Bayard has developed a system when school cancels in-person learning due to inclement weather; CR-B will be implementing a remote-learning snow day when advanced notice for the potential snow day is communicated. Based on the data received from Crusader families in a recent survey, this option was the most preferred choice of nearly 70% of families. We will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of our . . .
CR-B Book of the Year Program Heads Into the Night See this link for letter home to families This school year Coon Rapids-Bayard School District will again be participating in an all-school reading adventure called CR-B’s Book of the Year. Every family with a PreK-5th grade student will have a copy of the book The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions by Tracey Hecht and will read it . . .
CR-B Music is looking for old black cotton t-shirts that can be torn up for musical costumes. If you have any old black cotton t-shirts that no longer work for you (T-shirts with writing, print etc. is acceptable), we would be happy to use them in making costumes. They can be dropped off at the school or contact Mrs. Fiscus for pick up. Thank you.
ATTENTION CR-B SENIORS: Your senior photo, baby/toddler photo, and special message are due to the CR-B publications staff by this Monday, February 1, for inclusion in the 2021 yearbook. Late submissions will not be accepted. Please check your email for instructions on how to submit this information. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Kenkel for help. Thank you!
see instructions here