The Jr. High Character Ed Class is sponsoring a hat and glove drive for a local homeless shelter. Donations will be accepted through December 12th. See the picture for more information.

Crab Orchard CUSD #3 is proud to announce the presentation of a donation to Operation Honor Guard. The faculty, students, and community raised $1100 for this very worthy cause. Pictured in the photo are the faculty organizers presenting a check to Mr. Tom Harness from Operation Honor Guard. L to R: Mrs. Killman, Ms. Doss, Mr. Harness, Ms. McDonald, and Mrs. Fisher.

FCCLA is collecting Pop Tabs again this year for the Springfield Illinois Ronald McDonald House. We will drop them off when we go to State Competition in April. The deadline to turn in pop tabs will be Wednesday, April 5th. We will do a class competition again this year. The class that collects the most by weight will win an ice cream party on a date that suits your schedule. Please put the name of the class you would like to donate to, on the bag. All donation may be turned into the high school office before April 5th.

Junior High Volleyball open gym will be Wednesday, December 14th from 3:00 - 5:00 pm with tryouts on Thursday, December 15th from 3:00 - 5:00 pm. Students must have a current physical and proof of insurance on file to tryout.

High School Homecoming Spirit Week Information:
MONDAY: Adam Sandler Day
TUESDAY: "Letter Day"
WEDNESDAY: 9th/10th - Baby Day and 11th/12th - Senior Citizen Day
THURSDAY: Bring anything but a backpack Day
FRIDAY: Orange, Black and White Day

FCA is sponsoring a Hat Day tomorrow, Tuesday, November 22nd. Students pay $1 to wear their hat. All Proceeds will go to the COHS Angel Tree Program. Donations will also be accepted.


CONGRATULATIONS to our FFA Agronomy team who got 2nd place out of 12 teams. Also congratulations our Varsity members who placed individually:
Cayleigh who placed 3rd, Raven who placed 6th and Anna who placed 10th. Also congratulations to our JV member Payton for placing 1st individually! We are so proud of all you've accomplished!!!
Here is the bracket for the High School Basketball Elverado Turkey Tourney. Our first game will be on Tuesday, November 22nd, at 6:30 pm against Elverado. Go Trojans!
The Jr. High Basketball game with Ewing that was scheduled for Tuesday, November 15th, has been CANCELED.

Thanksgiving Food Drive Information

Friendly reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, November 10th is a 1:30 pm dismissal. There will be no latchkey. Tomorrow, students may also pay $1 to wear a hat to raise money for Operation Honor Guard.
Friday, November 11th there is NO SCHOOL in observance of Veterans Day.


Friendly reminder...No School tomorrow, November 8th. Also, Wednesday and Thursday are Hat Day. Students may pay $1 to donate towards Operation Honor Guard.

CONGRATULATIONS to our High School high honor and honor roll students. We are so proud of how well you have all done and look forward to your continued success!


A HUGE thank you and words of appreciation go out to Williamson County Fire Protection District Station 3 for the custom Crab Orchard Trojan firefighter helmet. We are extremely appreciative and proud of the community we are a part of. Again...THANK YOU!
Crab Orchard CUSD 3...One Community, One School, One Family!



Congratulations to our High School Volleyball team for placing 3rd in the Herrin High School Volleyball Tournament today!!!

Congratulations to Adri, Harper, Fisher, & Bentley for earning Little GEC All-Conference Softball & Baseball honors!!


Crab Orchard Public Library District has some exciting events happening during the month of October and has other wonderful services available to the community.


Congratulations to our FFA Varsity and JV District Horse Judging Teams at SIU last week. Varsity placed 9th overall and JV placed 2nd. Ashton ranked 5th out of 400 students. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Crab Orchard's High School FFA participated in two contests at Cobden - Ag Sales and Job Interview. In Ag Sales, Varsity got 3rd and JV got 1st! In Job Interview, Ean got 2nd in JV! Way to go!!!
State Softball t-shirt ordering information. Orders MUST be made by midnight on 9/27/2022.

