We love celebrating the special connections that make Cracker Trail Elementary such a strong community!
Our current CTE TRT, Mrs. Christi Gose, and her mom, School Board Member Mrs. Donna Howerton, recently completed their tiles for our “I Am pART of This Community” tile wall. What a meaningful reminder that the Mustang spirit runs deep—across generations! 🐎💫
Thank you both for being such an important part of our Cracker Trail family!
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #IAmpARTOfThisCommunity
The rest of the week is going to be filled with cold mornings for our Mustangs. 🥶
Please be sure your students come to school dressed in warm clothes to stay cozy during arrival and outdoor time. Just a reminder to please write your student's name in jackets, hoodies, hats, etc. If they leave it somewhere we want to get it back to them.
Thank you for helping keep our students warm! 💙🧥
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🥤✨ Welcome Boost! ✨🥤
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing Kindergarten team for hosting Dirty Soda Day for our staff last Friday! This fun (and delicious!) treat was the perfect pick-me-up and made everyone feel so welcomed and appreciated.
We are so grateful for your creativity, kindness, and team spirit. 💛
Thank you, Team Kindergarten!
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks # CTEDirtySodaFriday
We’re celebrating Literacy Week with our theme “Read, White, and Blue — Celebrating 250 Chapters of America!”
✨ Dress-Up Day Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27, 2026: Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Love fiction books? Wear BLUE 🔵
Prefer non-fiction? Wear RED 🔴
Whichever you choose, our Mustangs are showing their love for reading! 🐎📖
We can’t wait to see everyone’s red, white, and blue tomorrow!
💙🐎 Shoutout to Our Amazing Cafeteria Team! 🐎💙
A huge THANK YOU to the incredible cafeteria staff at Cracker Trail Elementary for preparing and serving our CCFP After-School Snacks each school day!
Your hard work, care, and dedication help keep our Mustangs fueled, happy, and ready to learn beyond the final bell. We see you, we appreciate you, and we are so grateful for everything you do for our students!
👏🍎 #CrackerTrailElementary #MustangPride #CCFP #ThankYouCafeteriaStaff #FuelingOurMustangs
📘 Yearbooks Are On Sale Now! 📘
Don’t miss out on this year’s memories! Yearbooks can only be purchased online at this time and are available now through April 2nd.
💲 Presale Price:
Now through March 13th - $20 each
💲 Regular Price:
Starting March 14th – $25 each
Order early and save! Once online sales close on April 2nd, cash sales will be accepted once book arrive in early May.
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We were excited to have our Superintendent create her tile for our I Am pART of This Community wall—another reminder that we’re all Mustangs, connected and proud!
Our Mustangs are proud to be part of a school district where everyone belongs and every student and individual matters. 🐎💙
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #CTETileWall #IAmpARTOfThisCommunity #SBHC
One of our Pre-K classrooms had a sweet time learning this week! After a group reading of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, students put their math skills to work by graphing M&M’s. This fun, hands-on activity helped our youngest Mustangs practice sorting, counting, and recognizing colors—all while having a great time learning together! 💙📊🍫
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #CTEPreK #CTEWhatDoYouSee
January 26–30, 2026
We’re excited to celebrate Literacy Week, Florida!
With a full week of fun, reading, and school spirit as we honor “Read, White, and Blue – Celebrating 250 Chapters of America.”
✨ Dress-Up Days:
Monday (1/26): Red, White & Blue
Wear patriotic colors or red, white, and blue!
Tuesday (1/27): Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Love fiction? Wear blue.
Prefer non-fiction? Wear red!
Wednesday (1/28): Readers on the Frontier
Break out your best western wear!
Thursday (1/29): Freedom to Read
Wear a dress-code appropriate shirt with writing on it.
Friday (1/30): Mustang Pride 🐎🖤💛
Wear a CTE shirt or black & gold!
📖 We also have lots of fun literacy activities planned, including AR tests, daily AR drawings, and favorites like Captain America and The Masked Reader!
Let’s read, dress up, and celebrate together all week long! 🎉📚
Tomorrow is Friday! It is going to be a cold morning for our Mustangs. 🥶
Please be sure your students come to school dressed in warm clothes to stay cozy during arrival and outdoor time. Just a reminder to please write your student's name in jackets, hoodies, hats, etc. If they leave it somewhere we want to get it back to them.
Thank you for helping keep our students warm! 💙🧥
We are sharing the dress code again as a reminder. Recently, some students have been arriving at school wearing Crocs, slides, or similar shoes. 🚫👡 These types of shoes are not safe for school activities. Recess 🛝, hallway movement 🚶♂️, and physical education 🏃♀️ require students to wear appropriate, secure footwear. 👟
Thank you for helping us keep our students safe! ❤️
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Just a quick reminder that Thursday morning will be colder than usual, and Friday morning will be verycold. 🥶
Please be sure your Mustangs come to school dressed in warm clothes to stay cozy during arrival and outdoor time.
Thank you for helping keep our students warm! 💙🧥
🎨✨ We’re so proud of our Specials Team! ✨🎨
Members of our incredible Specials Team have completed their tiles for the upcoming “I Am pART of This Community” tile wall. Each tile represents the creativity, care, and commitment they bring to Cracker Trail Elementary every day. We can’t wait for our community to see this meaningful display come together—because everyone here truly is pART of something special!
Thank you to Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Jackson, Coach Clogston, and Mrs. Perez for sharing their fabulous work!
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #CTESpecials #CTEMedia #CTEComputerLab #CTEPE #ActionJackson
🐴 Mustang Pride Spotlight! 🐴
We’re so excited to celebrate Mrs.Carter’s class! Every student has officially completed their very own tile for our upcoming "I Am pART Of This Community" Tile Wall. 🎨✨
Their creativity, teamwork, and Mustang spirit truly shine through each design. We can’t wait to see these tiles become part of a beautiful, permanent display at our school!
Way to go, Mustangs! 💙🤍
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #MustangART #TileWallProject #CreativityInAction #ElementaryExcellence #IAmpARTOfThisCommunity #CTEMILab #CTE2ndGrade
🌟 CTE Herd of Honor! 🌟
🐎💛 Celebrating Our Mustangs 💛🐎
Cracker Trail Elementary is proud to recognize our newest Herd of Honor students! These outstanding Mustangs were selected for demonstrating the character trait of Honesty—making good choices, telling the truth, and doing the right thing even when it’s not easy.
They’ve shown integrity, responsibility, and strong character, helping build trust and respect throughout our school community. We are so proud of you!
🎉 Congratulations to our incredible Mustangs—keep leading by example! 🌟🐎
#CrackerTrailElementary #CTERocks #MustangPride #HerdOfHonor #honesty
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December - Honesty: Telling the truth.
Landon Dasilva
Saile Maldonado Marrero
Thomas Portilla
Jovanni Gaston
Layla Maloyed
Aric Hinson
Logan Yunck
Liam Adkins
Luka Kowalski League
Lylah Townsend
Hartley Langford
Kyla Mather
Ivan Garcia
Kyler Lewis
Jameson Carper
Oliver Cleveland
Takoda Dodson
Ezekiel Fernandez
Emmanuel DeLeon
Lucas McCullough
Alexa Figureredo Avila
London Humphrey
Franklin Fox
Emmitt Randall
Layton Prince
Edwin Gonzalez
Kaydence Hagan
Bobbi Clogston
Mathias Herrera Londono
Lily Sheffield
Jayden Selph
Caci Menzie
Asher Guerrero
Kaylee Phillips
Kyren Carlton
Jensen Ortiz
Da'Prince Paige
We loved welcoming a special mother–daughter team to Cracker Trail Elementary as they painted their tiles for our “I Am pART of This Community” Tile Wall!
Mrs. Vicki Pontius, Glades Electric Cooperative Board of Trustee member for the Lake Josephine area (District 8), joined her daughter, Mrs. Alexis Cooper—a proud Mustang alumna and parent—for this meaningful moment. Mrs. Cooper currently serves as an Education-Training Specialist with the Highlands County UF/IFAS office, assists with our school-based 4-H program, and provides incredible support to our grade levels in so many ways.
Thank you both for sharing your time, talents, and Mustang spirit. You are truly pART of our community! 💙
#CrackerTrailElementary #MustangPride #IAmPartOfThisCommunity #CommunityStrong #UFIFAS #4H #FamilyConnections
Our wonderful MI Lab extraordinaire, Mrs. Sebring, is preparing an exciting student display project and is in need of picture frames!
📏 Requested size: 24" x 30" or larger
🚫 Please remove glass before donating
📍 Drop-off location: CTE Front Office
If you have frames you’re willing to donate, we’d greatly appreciate your support in showcasing our students’ amazing work. Thank you for always supporting Cracker Trail Elementary! 💛🐎
We’re so excited to celebrate Mrs. Wolfhope’s class! Every student has officially completed their very own tile for our upcoming "I Am pART Of This Community" Tile Wall. 🎨✨
Their creativity, teamwork, and Mustang spirit truly shine through each design. We can’t wait to see these tiles become part of a beautiful, permanent display at our school!
Way to go, Mustangs! 💙🤍
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #MustangART #TileWallProject #CreativityInAction #ElementaryExcellence #IAmpARTOfThisCommunity #CTEMILab #CTE4thGrade
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing Cracker Trail Mustangs and families for continuing to support Snow Cone Days! Your generosity made the Gaga Ball pit project possible, and we loved sharing yesterday about those who helped lay the foundation.
Today, we’re excited to recognize the incredible Sebring High School NHS students who volunteered their time to help set the Gaga Ball pit back up. Many of these students are former Cracker Trail Mustangs, and it was so special to see them come back and give back to the school where their journey began. Students present were: Abner D., Keegan L., Jamareah W. and former Mustangs Hopelynn C. and Javony A. 💙
We are so proud of our Mustang family—past and present—for showing what teamwork, service, and school pride look like. Thank you for making Cracker Trail such a wonderful place to learn and grow! 🐎✨
#CTEMustangs #CTERocks #GagaForCTE #Volunteers
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Our Student Leadership Team wanted to help make the holidays a little brighter for some very special unsung heroes.
Our cafeteria and custodial staff are truly our silent achievers and hidden gems. They work hard every day to keep our school fed, clean, and running smoothly. Without them, our school simply couldn’t function.
This small token of appreciation came with big gratitude.
We appreciate you and all that you do! 💙🐎
