🎉📚 A huge THANK YOU to Kaylin Smith for helping us welcome everyone back with these beautiful banners! 💙✨ They added the perfect special touch to our school and helped make the start of a new year even brighter. We appreciate you! 🏫✏️
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🍩💚 A sweet start to the first day of school! A big THANK YOU to Regions Bank for treating us to delicious donuts this morning. We appreciate your kindness and support as we kick off a great new school year! 📚✏️✨
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🚗 Afternoon Car Rider Pickup Reminder 🚗
Please review the pickup map and help us keep dismissal safe and efficient:
🔹 Turn right off Highway 15 and stay to the right.
🔹 Form two lines—both lines will load on the bottom loop.
🔹 Stop by the awning for student loading.
🔹 Display your car rider tag on the rearview mirror with your child’s name clearly visible. Please leave it displayed until your child is loaded.
🔹 Remain in your vehicle. A staff member will bring your child to you.
🔹 Follow the loop and turn right when exiting onto Highway 15.
Thank you for being patient and following staff directions! ❤️💙
Please review the pickup map and help us keep dismissal safe and efficient:
🔹 Turn right off Highway 15 and stay to the right.
🔹 Form two lines—both lines will load on the bottom loop.
🔹 Stop by the awning for student loading.
🔹 Display your car rider tag on the rearview mirror with your child’s name clearly visible. Please leave it displayed until your child is loaded.
🔹 Remain in your vehicle. A staff member will bring your child to you.
🔹 Follow the loop and turn right when exiting onto Highway 15.
Thank you for being patient and following staff directions! ❤️💙
📢 Ackerman Elementary PreK Drop-Off Information
To help ensure a safe and smooth arrival tomorrow morning, please note the following:
🚶 Only parents of PreK students may park across the road at the church and walk their child to school.
🚪 Parents should drop off their PreK student at the double doors by the office. For the safety of all students, parents will not be allowed to enter the building.
🚌🚗 All other students in Kindergarten through 6th grade should arrive as bus riders or car riders.
Thank you for your cooperation as we work together to provide a safe and efficient start to our first day of school! ❤️💙🐴
To help ensure a safe and smooth arrival tomorrow morning, please note the following:
🚶 Only parents of PreK students may park across the road at the church and walk their child to school.
🚪 Parents should drop off their PreK student at the double doors by the office. For the safety of all students, parents will not be allowed to enter the building.
🚌🚗 All other students in Kindergarten through 6th grade should arrive as bus riders or car riders.
Thank you for your cooperation as we work together to provide a safe and efficient start to our first day of school! ❤️💙🐴
🚗 Morning Car Rider Arrival Reminder 🚗
Please review the map and procedures before morning drop-off:
🔹 Turn right off Highway 15 and stay to the right.
🔹 Remain in one line on the highway shoulder, then merge into two lines on campus.
🔹 Stop at the barrier until a staff member moves it at 7:20 a.m.
🔹 Have students unbuckled with their belongings ready. Students must wait for a staff member to open the door.
🔹 Follow the loop and turn right when exiting onto Highway 15.
⚠️ If no staff member is on duty after 7:40 a.m., please bring your child into the office and sign them in. Do not drop them off and leave.
Thank you for being patient, following staff directions, and helping us keep morning arrival safe and efficient! ❤️💙
Please review the map and procedures before morning drop-off:
🔹 Turn right off Highway 15 and stay to the right.
🔹 Remain in one line on the highway shoulder, then merge into two lines on campus.
🔹 Stop at the barrier until a staff member moves it at 7:20 a.m.
🔹 Have students unbuckled with their belongings ready. Students must wait for a staff member to open the door.
🔹 Follow the loop and turn right when exiting onto Highway 15.
⚠️ If no staff member is on duty after 7:40 a.m., please bring your child into the office and sign them in. Do not drop them off and leave.
Thank you for being patient, following staff directions, and helping us keep morning arrival safe and efficient! ❤️💙
📢 Ackerman Elementary PreK Drop-Off Information
To help ensure a safe and smooth arrival tomorrow morning, please note the following:
🚶 Only parents of PreK students may park across the road at the church and walk their child to school.
🚪 Parents should drop off their PreK student at the double doors by the office. For the safety of all students, parents will not be allowed to enter the building.
🚌🚗 All other students in Kindergarten through 6th grade should arrive as bus riders or car riders.
Thank you for your cooperation as we work together to provide a safe and efficient start to our first day of school! ❤️💙🐴
Don't forget your PE shoes!
Please help us stay safe by sending students in their tennis shoes on PE days!
Please help us stay safe by sending students in their tennis shoes on PE days!
Shout out to Forget Me Not for getting us Open House ready! 🚌✏️
Drop your Open House photos for K, 2nd, 4th, 6th, and Dempsey! 📸❤️💙
We can't wait to see PreK, 1st, 3rd, 5th, and Lipsey tomorrow!!! ❤️💙❤️
The 6th grade teachers will be selling two colors of theirs tshirts during Open House tomorrow! Bring cash or check!
A huge thank you to the Junior Auxiliary of Choctaw County for brightening our sidewalks with colorful chalk messages! We loved arriving to such encouraging and cheerful words. We appreciate you helping us start the school year with smiles! ❤️💙🌈✏️
TODAY IS THE DAY!! Help us get to 💯!
**Don't forget your proofs!
80% of our returning students have completed registration! HELP US GET TO 💯!!
Stop by the office Monday, July 27, between 8 and 12 to complete registration and pick up your child's homeroom teacher!
*Don't forget your proofs!
If you missed Early Registration, please stop by on Wednesday from 8 to 2 to register.
ALL students need two updated proofs of residency.
ALL students need two updated proofs of residency.
Missed Early Registration?
We will have a Registration Day on Wednesday, July 22nd from 8-2.
Once all documents have been completed, students may learn their homeroom teacher.
Already registered? Drop a ❤️💙 in the comments!
We will have a Registration Day on Wednesday, July 22nd from 8-2.
Once all documents have been completed, students may learn their homeroom teacher.
Already registered? Drop a ❤️💙 in the comments!
AES Early Registration Dates
July 13 9-5
July 14 10-2
July 15 2-6
*ALL students must complete a registration packet and provide two updated proofs of residency.
Homeroom teacher information will be given once all documentation is completed.
July 13 9-5
July 14 10-2
July 15 2-6
*ALL students must complete a registration packet and provide two updated proofs of residency.
Homeroom teacher information will be given once all documentation is completed.
School lunches will not automatically be free for the 2026-27 school year. Please complete a lunch application on myschoolapps.com. Lunch applications determine whether or not your child qualifies for a free or reduced lunch price.
**We will have computers available during registration if you would like to complete the online application at AES.
FAQ:
Q: Didn't we just fill out a lunch application in March?
A: Yes. You will still have to fill one out for the 2026-27 school year.
Q: Do we have to fill one out if my child brings his/her lunch?
A: Yes. Even if a student does not use school meals, the application data helps our district secure Title I funding and other state educational resources.
**We will have computers available during registration if you would like to complete the online application at AES.
FAQ:
Q: Didn't we just fill out a lunch application in March?
A: Yes. You will still have to fill one out for the 2026-27 school year.
Q: Do we have to fill one out if my child brings his/her lunch?
A: Yes. Even if a student does not use school meals, the application data helps our district secure Title I funding and other state educational resources.
All students will need to fill out a lunch application for the 26-27 school year. This will determine if a student will be free, able to eat at a reduced price, or have full price meals for the upcoming school year.
Outstanding Administrator
CCSD’s Incoming Superintendent Glen Blaine received the 25-26 Outstanding Administrator Award from Miss. State Univ. The ceremony was held at MS Christian Univ. where several educators from around the state were honored in different educational areas.
Ackerman Elementary Open House for the 2026-2027 School Year will be August 4 and 5 from 3:30 to 5:30.
August 4 is for Kindergarten, 2nd grade, 4th grade, 6th grade, and Mrs. Dempsey's class.
August 5 is for PreK, 3rd grade, 5th grade, and Mrs. Lipsey's class.
All registration documentation (along with 2 proofs of residency) must be complete before visiting the teacher.
*This will be the only time that parents can meet their child's teachers before school starts on August 7. On the first day of school, parents will need to drop students off in the car rider line or students will need to ride a bus to school. Parents will not be allowed to walk students in.
August 4 is for Kindergarten, 2nd grade, 4th grade, 6th grade, and Mrs. Dempsey's class.
August 5 is for PreK, 3rd grade, 5th grade, and Mrs. Lipsey's class.
All registration documentation (along with 2 proofs of residency) must be complete before visiting the teacher.
*This will be the only time that parents can meet their child's teachers before school starts on August 7. On the first day of school, parents will need to drop students off in the car rider line or students will need to ride a bus to school. Parents will not be allowed to walk students in.
2026-2027 Choctaw County School District Calendar
