"Growing to Greatness"

 

Crawford AuSable School District

1135 North Old U.S. 27
Grayling, MI 49738

Phone (989) 344-3500 - Fax (989) 348-6822
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Joe Powers, Superintendent
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Class B School ~ Lake Michigan Conference
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Welcome back to the 2008-09 school year. ~ The first day of school will be Tuesday, September 2.
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School closing and emergency information is available 24 hours a day by calling 344-3530.
For radio and TV stations, please
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Welcome to the 2007-08 Crawford AuSable School District Website!

  
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   At Crawford AuSable School District, our vision and passion are symbolized by our message of "Growing to Greatness!" The staff of the CASD is totally committed to helping all our students reach the greatest level of success possible for them. We believe that the students, the teachers and the parents must work together to reach that level.
   Our focus is student achievement, and we continue to make the necessary curricular and organizational changes to improve it. The entire district is now on a trimester system designed to increase student learning. Grayling High School has switched from an alternate-day block schedule to an every-day five-class trimester schedule. With the mandated State of Michigan high school curriculum, this change should improve student achievement.
   Our staff works continually and collaboratively to develop the best techniques and strategies to educate our children. One current initiative is the 6+1 Writing Traits (an analytical writing system developed for K-12 teachers and students to instruct and assess important components of skillful writing) because we want our students to learn to be effective communicators, which we know is essential to success.
   Our entire district is embracing writing as a means for developing higher order thinking skills as well as providing students with the invaluable life-long skill of effective written communication. Our elementary schools are completing the circle of the writing process with total incorporation of writers' workshops. Our young students continue to impress us with their unprecedented achievement levels.
   Our district uses computerized assessment through the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA). These assessments -- conducted in grades K-8 in the fall and spring -- are state-aligned computerized adaptive tests that accurately reflect the instructional level for each student and measure growth over time. They provide our teachers with tools to identify any achievement gaps of their students and then design individual instruction. We are using the data gained through the assessments to drive instruction in our classrooms.
   We at CASD value education in today's global society, and we want the entire community to value it too. The gift of a great education, which we strive to give to all our students, is a lifelong gift that that can never be taken away from them.
   Please visit our Website regularly to stay well informed about what we are doing in the CASD. If there is anything you would like to see included on these pages to help our students "grow to greatness," I invite you to e-mail me at the address below.

                                                          ~ Joe Powers,
                                                                    
Superintendent 

to e-mail the superintendent: jpowers@casdk12.net 

This page last updated August 18, 2008

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Mission Statement
The Crawford AuSable School District, in partnership with our community,
educates students in a safe, challenging, and supportive environment
to become successful citizens in a global society.

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CASD School Closings
School closing and emergency information is available 24 hours a day on the district school closing and emergency hotline, which can be reached by calling 344-3530.


The District uses the following television and radio stations
to inform parents of school closings, delays or unforeseen circumstances:

TV Stations

FOX TV

  TV 9 & 10

TV 7 & 4

  TV 29 & 8
 

Radio Stations

WQON (Gannon)
101.5 Oldies
98.5 WUPS
106 WKHQ
Classic Rock - The Bear
WTCM Radio
1-7.5 WCCW (Traverse City)
WKLT / WKLZ / WKPK / WBYC (Traverse City, Gaylord and Petoskey)
90.5  N. Christian Radio

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