Crestview

Families: Back to school is a good time to review the Student and Transportation Handbook. The current handbook, Board approved in July, is available at https://5il.co/2sevo. We appreciate your partnership and support in working to create a great school community.

Middle and High School families: All medications, prescription and over-the-counter, must be brought to the school nurse by a parent/guardian, and appropriate forms must be signed by their physician and parents before being administered at school. For more information, contact Nurse Makenna Bivens

It's back to school week and we can't wait to welcome everyone back! Reminder to families that school starts Monday for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 5 & 9 only. All other students start on Tuesday. It's gonna be a great week. Go Cougars!

While Jan Robertson is not new to Crestview, she is changing roles. Since many of our middle school families will meet her for the first time this fall, we want to take a moment to welcome her in this new capacity. Hi, I'm Jan Robertson, and I will be the new middle school secretary. I am so excited to be serving Crestview schools in this new role and I'm looking forward to getting to know the staff and students. The previous 2 years I worked in the cafeteria at the high school. I live in Ashland with my son, Nathan. Outside of school, I enjoy spending quality time with my son and I love to bake.

33. This is the number of drivers cited by the Ohio State Highway Patrol for passing a stopped Crestview bus during the last school year alone. Our bus drivers made 45 red-light violation reports last year, which, aided by camera footage, resulted in 33 citations. Protect our kids. #STOPmeansSTOP

Transportation Forms needed this weekend - To make sure every rider and route is properly scheduled, all families (bus riders or not) are asked to complete the Transportation Information form in FinalForms by this weekend. We may be unable to accommodate late requests in time for the first day of school. If you've already completed all of your forms for the new year, thank you, you're all good.

Don't forget to take advantage of Ohio's Sales Tax Holiday to pick up your back-to-school supplies! Visit our website for Preschool, Elementary, and Middle School supply lists. https://www.crestviewschools.net/article/1666052

Exciting news! The Rooms app has been updated this summer with some VERY long-awaited improvements. Most notable is the "My Notifications" feature that brings all your messages together in one place, tagged with the name of the course/team and child for which the message was sent. No more sifting through dozens of groups to find new communications. Is your child or family new to the district? Stay tuned for a Rooms invitation in early August!

We are back this summer with 3 local cross-country programs to collaborate for the “419 Running Youth Running Club”. Ashland, Crestview, and Mapleton will be working together to help spread a message that we (as runners) already know…Running is FUN!!! This year we will offer 1st through 6th graders the opportunity to learn and experience the sport of distance running by joining our Middle School and High School teams for an introductory experience. We will be meeting together with young runners during the summer at each of our locations. During all practices and race sessions, our coaches will be present and running with the kids to help them reach their goals while keeping them safe wherever they are. So many times we hear younger athletes say things like “I can’t run” or “Running isn’t fun!” We agree that many times running can be unpleasant or seem hard to do. When people train for other sports they run hard (when they are not used to doing it) and it really isn’t fun. Most athletes struggle to learn the pacing needed to run beyond ½ a mile when they first begin. We want to help elementary students have fun experiences with running that can lead to a true appreciation and enjoyment of the sport. Did I mention that we plan to have fun running?!?! We will also work on basic form, running, and dynamic stretching drills, and engage in light conditioning. This means this camp will help all runners for any sport! 419 Youth Running Club members will then be able to participate in fun runs at each host site’s invitationals, as well as get free entry into some great 5k/fun run events held locally. These events will be a great opportunity for our young runners to come together. Check the link for a listing of free events for our youth to participate in (subject to change so stay posted!) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VeJQJEoQrhy83V4ZRh074V2xyoYlmwTnArlJJJJzds0/edit

Be a part of building the future! We are currently accepting applications for the following positions: - Preschool Teacher - 4th Grade Teacher - Food Service - Bus Driver

So much fun to see so many of our 4-8th grade Running Club members out for the annual Road Apple 5K earlier this month.

In October 2023, our friends and neighbors at Ashland High School lost one of their own, Andre, to a fentanyl overdose. In this video, Andre's dad, Jeremy, talks about the surprisingly accessible pathways to addiction in our own community and the signs that he and Andre's mom missed along the way. Your awareness of the signs is an important step in protecting our kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1DchFpsCBs

All middle school activities for this afternoon are canceled. Details on rescheduling the dance will be announced at a later date.

Update: As of 9:50 AM, we have been notified that phone service has been restored. Thank you for your patience. Phone outage: We are experiencing a carrier-level phone outage this morning, 1/31/2024. At this time, we recommend emailing building secretaries if you need assistance. We will provide updates as soon as we have more information.

Tuesday 7th grade boys travel to Ashland Middle School for a scrimmage stay time 445. 8th grade boys are here with AMS and Shelby 430. Should be over around 630. MS girls practice will be at the Elementary for tomorrow.

Today is the last day to order girls and boys basketball spirit wear! https://crestviewgirlsbasketball2023.itemorder.com/shop/sale/

It was great to have such a showing of veterans on campus today for the Veterans Day parade. Thank you for your service!

7th and 8th graders interested in Wrestling ~Parent/guardian/athlete mandatory meeting will be Wednesday Nov 15th 5pm in the Middle School Assembly room. All information on practices, requirements, expectations will be given at that meeting. First practice will be November 20th 5-6:30pm at the Middle School.

Congratulations and best of luck to our state qualifiers, Leyna Gerich and Cooper Brockway, as they head to the state Cross Country meet this weekend! We're proud of you!

Our first official Cougar Challenge has started off this school year! The Middle School is selling Pepperoni Rollers! What a great way to help with Cougar Challenge Events throughout the year, Student Incentives, and a Student Council Playground Project. We will receive $1.25 for each Pepperoni Roller that is sold! Each Cougar Challenge group will earn points for each Pepperoni Roller too! Attached is an image that can be shared on social media for online sales and awareness. What a yummy way to give back to our very own Crestview Middle School! All orders and forms are due by November 6th to your child's Cougar Challenge Teacher! Order pick up will be in December. Online Orders: https://order.pepperonirollers.com/crestviewstudentcouncil23 We will need help with sorting the rollers and packaging orders with the delivery. If you would be willing to help or if you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Bays at bays.amy@crestviewmiddleschool.net. Thanks!