We would like to thank each of you who came out to celebrate Black History by joining us for our Black History Program. Our students and teachers did an amazing job! Special thanks to Dr. Prince for being our Guest Speaker! #AmazingtotheCore @TCSBoardofEd

Happy Thanksgiving from one of our First Grade Classes! Special thanks to our Bookroom Reader and @tuscaloosareads. Each month, a community member will read a book to students then provide them with a copy of the book to add to their home library!

Alabama Literacy Association fall 2024 Conference has been so energizing and inspiring! Always learning, to impact the learning of children at CES!

So glad to meet Wiley Blevins at the ALA fall conference! His works have greatly impacted my views on phonics instruction. His newest, how to scaffold whole group phonics is a winner too!

Every Friday is a good Friday at Central Elementary! Big thanks to officer Norwood with TPD, for arranging for the traffic division to greet students as they arrived at school today! Mrs. Duncan's Pre-K ❤️ @TuscaloosaPD @CentralESChamps @TCSBoardofEd

Team Central supporting our Pre-K initiative at the Tuscaloosa Mayor’s Cup 5K #AmazingtotheCore

Bookworm at @CentralESChamps with Mrs. Maxey from @thehousetuscal1! To learn more about the amazing books and literacy resources these students receive each month, visit our website at https://t.co/j1veXYpXUh!

CES team at UCS U-Prep partnership learning high leverage educational approaches . Sharing our reflections on session 1, goal setting! Now, on to session 2, making classes learner centered through personalized learning! @CentralESChamps @TCSBoardofEd

CES, fired up about the Bookworm partnership, bringing books monthly to the homes of our Pre-K and K students. Thanks Officer Ratcliff, reading to Mrs. Bryant's class! @Tuscaloosareads doing great things at CES! @TCSBoardofEd @tuscaloosapd @CentralESChamps

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Honoring @CentralESChamps principal Dr. Jerry Collins! Thank you for your leadership and vision for the students and staff of Central Elementary!! We hope your day is great!! @MikeDaria @tidecam @scottpmn @NAESP #ThankAPrincipal

Our Birthday Books Celebration was held today for students that have a birthday in the month of July or August. The students were able to choose a book, get a cookie, and a bookmark from The House Tuscaloosa. Thanks so much to @thehousetuscal1 We appreciate you!

CES is so excited about the start of Reading Allies! The volunteers are motivating second and third grade students to get on fire about reading! @1DocJay7 @CentralESChamps @tidecam @MikeDaria @TerriCeleste1

Join me on Thursday, August 31 at 6:30PM. Let’s spread a love for LITERACY ⭐️

Our CES team was so excited to present at Mega! 3 Spotlight schools statewide were invited, based on increases in 2nd & 3rd grade ACAP sufficiency scores! LETRS, collaboration, coaching, and support are key! @1DocJay7 @MikeDaria @TCSBoardofEd @Alabama_Reading @tidecam

CES Summer Safari Learning rocks! 3rd grade jot notes, critical thinking, vocab. development, and student discourse! @5thgradeChamp @ezigbo_ @TCSBoardofEd @1DocJay7 @tidecam

Happy Principal’s Day to our awesome leader! Thank you for your hard work and dedication everyday. We appreciate you! @1DocJay7

"We made gains in year one." "To other school leaders. . .I’d say just jump in 100 percent and do it yourself first." -Dr. Jerry Collins, Central Elementary School in Tuscaloosa, AL 🔗 https://t.co/p3kH3qbDlI

CES 2nd grade team teaching using paragraph frames to scaffold vocabulary and paragraph writing! A SoR LETRS strategy for assisting students to learn to craft a well-structured paragraph. @CentralESChamps @1DocJay7 @Alabama_Reading @TCSBoardofEd