Here are a couple clips of Crescent Elementary School students and staff members giving a final goodbye as the school year ended on Thursday, May 25, 2023. The final day at Crescent was bittersweet, as the Council Bluffs Board of Education voted to close the school in a March meeting earlier this year. Here are clips of fifth-graders getting a send off to middle school and students and staff sharing goodbyes before heading out.
Crescent Elementary School Administrative Assistant Geana Krajicek gives students hugs as they leave the school for the last time on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
ABOVE: Crescent Elementary School Principal Devin Schoening, right, high fives first-grader Jane Zordell, left, and her twin sister, Vera, at right, as students exit the school for the last time on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Crescent Elementary School student Mark Fisher and his fifth grade classmates get a send off to middle school from younger students as they leave the school for the last time on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Thursday was the last day of classes for the Council Bluffs Community School District this school year, but Crescent Elementary’s doors won’t be opening next fall after the Council Bluffs Board of Education voted to close the school on March 28.
LEFT: Crescent Elementary School fifth grade teacher Betsy Hayes, left, pushes kindergartener Hudson Kaufman on the school swing set during an end-of-the-year field day on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Crescent Elementary School first-graders Scarlett Kofoed, left, and Charlie Koob pose for a photo in front of the school following the final bell of the year on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Crescent Elementary School student Brock Markell and his fifth grade classmates get a send off to middle school from younger students as they leave the school for the last time on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
