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School. The school served 145 students in 2010-2011, from
grades kindergarten through sixth grade and hired seven full-time
teachers. During 2012-2013, the school increased its enrollment
to 186, had eight teachers, and added grade eight.
The virtual school,
Insight School of Oregon,
also became an
option in the school district in 2009 with 22 students from the
CCSD enrolled in 2010-2011. In January of 2013, the school had
164 students. In 2012, the District’s first virtual charter school,
Insight On-line Charter School,
was established and completed the
school year with 447 students.
Crook County Middle School
(CCMS), with Principal Stacy Smith
at the helm, serves students in grades six through eight. In 2011,
students at CCMS were the recipients of a grant from Google, Inc.
to act as a pilot site for the new Google Chrome Notebooks. In
2012, Google continued to provide support and technology to the
original grant.
CCMS, as well as all schools in the CCSD, has a wide area net-
work (WAN) through the
High Desert Education School District.
All
but the rural schools have access to wireless, high-speed internet.
All schools have one or more computer labs for student access,
and the district utilizes the school district website for student and
staff development and resources for the community.
Crook County High School
was completed in 1996, and serves
ninth through 12th grade students -- with Michelle Jonas as the
principal. The building for CCHS is a two-story, contemporary-style
design that boasts two gymnasiums, a 600-seat modern auditori-
um, two computer labs, and an atrium in the center of the build-
ing. In 2012, the cohort graduation rate, which is based on stu-
dents from the fall of their ninth grade year to the end of their
fourth year in high school — with a regular diploma in four years --
was 78.23 percent. Crook County High School was listed in 2012
as “outstanding” by the Department of Education in their rating.
Pioneer Alternative High School
serves students in grades nine
through 12. The school has two full-time instructors, and Michelle
Jonas is the principal. Pioneer High School offers programs in
diploma completion, general education development (GED), and
credit recovery. Pioneer High School also offers students a regular
high school diploma that is specific to PHS.
Two-Way Immersion Program
was initiated in Crook County
Schools in 2010, a distinctive form of dual-language education in
which native English speakers and native speakers of another lan-
guage are integrated for academic content instruction through
The entrance at Cecil Sly Elementary School.
Crook County School
District administration
CROOK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
471 N.E. Ochoco Plaza Drive
Prineville, OR 97754
Phone:
541-447-5664
Website:
District Superintendent
Duane Yecha
Phone:
541-416-9962
E-mail:
Human Resource Manager, Executive Assistant
to the
Superintendent and CCSD School Board
Jan Martin
Phone:
541-416-9963
E-mail:
Human Resource Director,
High Desert ESD/CCSD Human Resource Director
Jayel Hayden
Phone:
541-693-5685
E-mail:
Director of Curriculum and Special Programs
Stacy Smith
Phone:
541-416-9970
E-mail:
Business Manager
Anna Logan
Phone:
541-693-7575
E-mail:
Technology Supervisor
Bruce Hahn
Phone:
541-447-5666
Email:
Transportation Supervisor
Cathy Hudspeth
(Until June 2013)
Phone:
541-447-7789
Email:
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