🌸✨ A Sweet Celebration at Cottonwood Community School! ✨🌸
Today, our Kindergarten students hosted a heartwarming Mother's Day Tea to honor the amazing moms and mother-figures in their lives! 💐💖
From carefully crafted cards and handmade gifts to sweet songs and shared smiles, the room was filled with love, laughter, and lots of happy tears. 💕 Our little learners poured their hearts into preparing for this special event, and their joy was absolutely contagious!
A huge THANK YOU to our incredible kindergarten teachers and staff who made this event so meaningful, and to all the wonderful mothers who joined us—you are appreciated more than words can say. 🫖🍓🌷
Here’s to the love, patience, and strength that moms bring every day. Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Cottonwood Community School! 🌼
#MothersDayTea #CottonwoodCommunitySchool #KindergartenLove #ThankYouMoms #FamilyFirst
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to our amazing preschool staff and Student Support Services team at Cottonwood Education Services! We're so grateful for everything you do!
Mark your calendars—Field Day at MVP is happening on Tuesday, May 20th!
Students will enjoy a full day of fun, including outdoor games, a water slide, dunk tank, slip 'n slide, arts and crafts, music, popcorn, Otter Pops, and so much more!
To make this exciting day a success, we need VOLUNTEERS!
If you’re interested in helping and have completed your volunteer application and obtained your IVP fingerprint clearance card, please reach out to Ms. Young at mvppta@gmail.com or contact the front office for more information.
Thank you for supporting our students and making Field Day a day to remember!
Big thanks to Emily Holly and the RISE Resource Center for treating Verde Tech High School staff to some seriously tasty drinks from Christie's Caffeination Station for Teacher Appreciation Week! We appreciate you, too!
🎉🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 2025 🍎🎉
This week, we proudly celebrate the heart and soul of Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District—our incredible teachers!
From the first bell to the last wave goodbye, our educators inspire, support, and empower students every single day. Whether it’s helping a student master a tough concept, lending a listening ear, or sparking curiosity that lasts a lifetime, our teachers go above and beyond in countless ways.
💐 To every teacher in COCSD:
THANK YOU for your passion, dedication, and love for learning.
You make a lasting difference in the lives of our students, and we’re so grateful for all you do.
Let’s show our teachers how much we appreciate them! Drop a thank-you comment below, share a memory, or tag a teacher who’s made an impact in your life. 👇💬
#ThankATeacher #COCSDStrong #TeacherAppreciationWeek #WeLoveOurTeachers
Our Cottonwood-Oak Creek Schools app keeps getting better and better! Parents/guardians who have already created an account can now access new app features like Messages and Class Streams via web and in the app. Another round of invites have been sent!
Download for Android https://aptg.co/JZhC0r
Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/bZfqHr
Good morning MVP families... due to last minute driver shortage, we will be picking up the students who ride Wild Burro today approx 20 min earlier. If you are meeting them at their bus stop, please make the adjustment to meet them there 20 min sooner. If you do not want your child to ride the bus earlier, then please pick them up at regular release time. Call MVP office for any changes needing to be notified. We appreciate your understanding in this matter. - Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director
🎉 Let’s Finish the School Year Strong, COCSD Families! 🎉
As we enter the final month of school, we want to take a moment to celebrate all the excitement this time of year brings! From field trips and field days to end-of-year celebrations and promotions, May is packed with opportunities for joy, growth, and unforgettable memories.
Let’s encourage our students to embrace every moment—try something new, participate fully, and finish the year on a high note. Families, your support makes all the difference. Thank you for being such an essential part of our school community!
💪 Let’s finish the year strong—together!
🎓 #COCSDProud #FinishStrong #COCSDFamilies
Please join us!
We are incredibly proud to announce that 8 of our outstanding students earned trade certificates today from Yavapai College! Their hard work and dedication to their futures is truly inspiring — way to go, VTHS scholars! 👏🔧🎓
Also, a special shoutout to COCSD's very own Accounting and Benefits Technician, Kalista Baze, who just earned her Associate of Arts degree ! Way to go, Kalista! 💼📚✨
#VTHS #YavapaiCollege
MVP high school Algebra I students not only got to learn Python coding fundamenals from ASU guest instructor, Dr. C, he brought bagels, too! Thanks, @FirelineScinec and @WPCareySchoolofBusiness!
#VerdeTech #Tuneni #NSF #STEM #COCSD
Good afternoon OCS families... due to lack of personnel, we will NOT be having the Big Horn Sheep route running tomorrow morning. We WILL have someone to run the afternoon route. But please find alternate means of transportation for your students to get to school. I do apologize for this major inconvenience, but appreciate your patience and understanding. - Daniel Maldonado, Transportation Director
Good evening DDB families... haven't had to do this in a while, but we will be cancelling the PM run of Mtn Lion route tomorrow, April 30th due to lack of personnel. Please make sure your students will have alternate means to get home tomorrow if they ride that bus. AM route will still run tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience this causes, but thank you for your patience.
📣 Reminder for Cottonwood-Oak Creek Families! 📣
This Friday, May 2nd, is a Teacher In-Service Day — there will be NO SCHOOL for students.
We hope you take this opportunity to enjoy some family time and experience all the fun at the Verde Valley Fair happening this weekend! 🎡🎟️
Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing our students back on Monday!
#COCSD #FamilyTime #VerdeValleyFair
Our Cottonwood-Oak Creek Schools app keeps getting better and better! Parents/guardians who have already created an account can now access new app features like Messages and Class Streams via web and in the app. A 2nd round of invites have been sent!
Download for Android https://aptg.co/JZhC0r
Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/bZfqHr
There’s a mysterious box truck camped out in the courtyard at Verde Tech.
We’re not sure whether to be excited or concerned.
All we know is: Monday, it’s getting unloaded...
and if you hear clucking, just know — it’s all part of the plan. 🚛
#VerdeTech #OperationTurkeyTrot
🌱 Today at Verde Tech High School, we had the pleasure of hosting 8th grade students from CCS, DDB, MVP, and OCS for 8th Grade Day! 🎉 Students explored our campus, met future teachers and classmates, and enjoyed a fun and educational visit to Bent River Farm. We can’t wait to see some of these faces again next year!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our 21st Century After School Club Showcase at CCS last night! 💫
It was amazing to see so many faces in one place — reconnecting with familiar folks and meeting new ones too!
The support of our educators and families is truly the heart of what makes this program thrive. We’re so grateful for everything you do! 💙
A huge shoutout to CCS's PTO for their donation to our prize fund — your support means so much to us and our students! 🙌🎉
Until next time!
📞🎉 Happy National Telephone Day! 🎉📞
Today we celebrate one of the most important inventions in human history — the telephone! In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the very first phone call, famously saying to his assistant, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." That moment sparked a communication revolution that continues to evolve to this day.
From those early hand-cranked telephones to rotary dials, cordless phones, and today's smartphones that fit powerful computers into our pockets — telephone technology has come a LONG way! 📱✨ We've moved from simple voice communication to video chats, text messages, and instant global connections.
Here are some fun ways you can celebrate National Telephone Day:
📞 Call a loved one you haven't spoken to in a while — just to say hello!
📸 Post a photo of your favorite vintage or modern phone.
🔍 Learn more about Alexander Graham Bell and the history of the telephone.
☎️ Challenge yourself to use a rotary phone if you can find one!
💬 Share a story about the most important or memorable phone call you've ever made.
🧹 Give your smartphone a little TLC — clean your screen, update your apps, and clear out old messages.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the amazing journey from Bell’s first call to the world of communication we live in today. 💬🌍
#NationalTelephoneDay #ThankYouMrBell #FromRotaryToSmartphones
🌞 Get Ready for a Summer Full of Girl Scout Fun! 🌞
Keep the adventure going all summer long with our Girl Scout Summer Activity Kits—perfect for curious, creative minds in grades K–3! 💚
📬 For just $45, you’ll receive:
📦 Three Summer Activity Kits delivered right to your mailbox—filled with hands-on activities in STEM, art, outdoors, self-care, and more
🎉 Girl Scout membership through September 2026
🎈 Access to local Girl Scout events, activities, and nearby troops—stay connected and make new friends!
🛒 Ordering is easy! Just scan the barcode on the flyer to sign up and get started.
Let’s make this summer one to remember! 🌻✨
#GirlScouts #SummerAdventure #STEMforGirls #GirlScoutSummer #HandsOnFun
