Cottonwood-Oak Creek Schools

Good morning MVP families... we will be without coverage for the Wild Burro PM run. We WILL have Wild Burro for this morning, but please find alternate means of transportation for your students for the afternoon to get home. Our apologies for this major inconvenience. Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director.

Falcon Announcement! Red Ribbon Week is next week, and we are having a spirit week! -Halloween costumes must follow the dress code. #RedRibbonWeek #DrugFree #FalconsFinest

Way to go, DBB B team volleyball players! Last night's win against Camp Verde was the perfect way to end a fantastic season. Congratulations on a job well done! #FalconsFinest

Congratulations to Cottonwood Community School's 21st Century Community Learning Centers After-School Program for being awarded runner-up in the Out of School Time Professional Award! The CCS team was recognized by the Arizona Department of Education at the AZ CASE Conference on Saturday for the amazing, innovative work happening after school. Thank you to the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District for your incredible dedication to our students and their futures! #COCSD #21stcentury

Oak Creek School's annual Halloween Carnival and Haunted House will be on October 30th from 5-7 pm! Hand stamps are $5 ea. for unlimited Halloween fun! The Haunted House is $1 #COCSD

Fall Festival at Bent River Ranch. October 26th. Hay rides, face painting, food truck and pumpkins!

CCS 7th graders had a blast designing their Halloween shirts for the October Halloween spirit day. Thank you Ms. Bray and Mrs. Tufte for getting our Lobos in the Halloween spirit! #COCSD #CCS #Halloween

CCS students at the October Character Awards assembly. Students were honored for their achievements in the classroom. Also pictured are the students of the month for the 21st CCLC after-school clubs and our middle school athletes of the month. #COCSD #CCS #CCLC

CCS Los Lobos Mariachi performs at the October school board meeting. Los Lobos Mariachi consists of 12 5th-8th grade students and is sponsored by Mr. Cody Altringer. #COCSD #CCS

DDB Volleyball celebrated its last home game by honoring its 8th-grade players. We wish them the best of luck in their future Volleyball adventures! #DDB #FalconsFinest

This past weekend, some of our drivers and staff attended the 75th Annual AAPT Fall Conference. 3 of our people were awarded for excellence! Debbie Wheaton, Years of Service. Katherine Spendlove, Special Transportation Person. And Sherry Kelley, AAPT Board Appreciation. Congratulations to all three of you! Our department and district are especially proud of you!

Come out for some fun Halloween events sponsored by the City of Cottonwood! #COCSD #cityofcottonwood #halloween

Good afternoon all, We had an unexpected fire drill today at CCS. Students were working in the Science lab at CCS and doing a science experiment. Some solution spilled and splashed into a nearby outlet causing smoke in the classroom. The classroom was evacuated which led to a school-wide fire alarm initiated. All students were evacuated to the field. The fire department came immediately and assessed the situation. Students have now returned to the classroom to finish their day. Maintenance and Facilities are addressing the problem. #CCS #COCSD # CottonwoodFD

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Good afternoon CES families... It is with regret that I inform you the Torro route will be suspended until further notice, as of Mon Oct 21st. Our Transportation Department has lost 3 drivers in the last month and we cannot continue supporting this route with the amount of drivers we have. We will pick up the AM for tomorrow, Thurs 10/10 as planned, but there is still no PM route for tomorrow. For those who have become dependent upon this route service, we do apologize. It is only out of necessity that we do this. Hopefully, upon hiring more drivers, we can bring back the Torro route sometime later this school year.

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Hello MVP Families... Tomorrow, 10/9 we will not have the Cactus Mouse PM route running as we will be short drivers. The AM route will still run to get to school, but please find alternate means of travel for your student to get home after school. We apologize for this major inconvenience but thank you for your patience and understanding. - Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director

Hello Verde Tech Families... Tomorrow and Thurs, 10/9 and 10/10 will not have the Torro PM route running as we will be short drivers. The AM route will still run so they can get to school, but please find other means of transportation to get home after school. We apologize for this major inconvenience but thank you for your patience and understanding.

Hey DDB Families, we are selling snow cones this Friday!

Hello DDB families... Diamondback route will run 15-20min later as the sub driver for this route will be driving another route before it. We appreciate your patience with this. Thank you - Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director