Ray Truex

Hands-onlearning opportunities abound in the #CCMS #creativitylab! From lamps to furniture to crochet sweaters to homemade lacrosse sticks- it's happening here! Truely amazing to watch students problem solving their way to success! @DrRackleyCLSD

So proud of our #ccms community and its 14-year support of @fourdiamonds and our CCMS #miniTHON! Thanks to the student committee, staff, and @RodkeyReading for another great night #ftk !

Only a little over a month until @DrRackleyCLSD and I present at the PA Creativity Conference! Let's show and tell the story of our #CCMS #CreativityLab ! #PACreateCon

Great finish to the 2022-2023 Creativity Lab for trimester 3 classes! Pasta art, electrical wiring, an enormous mask, and ethereal painting were a few of the wins in the #ccms #creativitylab ! #stopeatingrawpasta #studentagency

Congratulations to all of our Four Diamonds graduates! We know there are great things in store for you! Be bold. Be courageous. Be strong. Be your best. 🎓💠 #FTK

How would a new 5-6 school look on CLSD's farm property? Creativity Lab students innovated a way to "do school" better, archetecturally designed a new building, engineered the land, and played the role of school-board members to evaluate proposals. #creativitylab #clsd2045

Favorite night of the school year- 14th #CCMS #miniTHON @fourdiamonds! Awesome night of fun, and $25,462.07 raised #FTK! Thanks to @RodkeyReading, students, and staff for your support! @MrBurtonCLSD @CCMS_PSP

Another action-packed day of #CCMS Diamond Dodgeball was won for the second straight year by the 7th grade Hard Targets team! Thanks to all who played and contributed to @fourdiamonds and the #CCMSminiTHON! @RodkeyReading #dodgeball #mrcruzmissles #dipdiveduckdodge

#THON2023 is underway- Tyler's 15th THON weekend since being diagnosed in 2008. Entering the BJC always evokes gratitude for the support @fourdiamonds gives to cancer families, and how Tyler has grown into a wonderful young man with THON's influence on his life! #letsgostate #PGM

Second trimester classes are off to an amazing start in the #CCMS #CreativityLab! From crochet projects to building computers to tables made of pallet wood to a welded deer head made from rebar, students are enjoying hands-on, self-directed learning opportunities! #studentagency

Between Halloween door decorating and two team-wide games of Clue for #FalconsScare today, students- and staff- have enjoyed this week's festivities! Kudos to these two astute sleuths for adding up the clues to pinpoint the villians!

So glad that today's #PennMedMDBR2022 Million Dollar Bike Ride was in-person through beautiful Philly scenery! An honor to ride for Iris and @CureGM1 Foundation. Please visit and consider donating to support GM1 research! #goodreasontoride #cyclephilly #nocleatsnoproblem

And just like that, 2022-2023 is in the books for the #CCMS #CreativityLab ! Excellent learning opportunities and #studentagency gave trimester 3's students the chance to learn some great skills. Let's do it again next year! Thanks @DrRackleyCCMS for your vision for this class!

Fantastic afternoon of @fourdiamonds Dodgeball at Cedar Crest Middle School to benefit the #CCMS #miniThon. 7th grade "Hard Targets" defeated 8th grade "Shrek's Castle" in the finals for the upset win. Thanks to those who played! #dodgeball #dodgeduckdipdivedodge #diamondsup!

As Tri 2 comes to a close, great projects abound! A battlebot, a custompaintjob on a skateboard, an acoustic-to - electric guitar conversion, and a beautiful quilt highlight a few of the fantatsic learning opportunities in the #CCMS #CreativityLab ! #staycreative #studentagency

Congrats to @THON, @PennStatePGM and #pset and for an amazing THON weekend! 13.7M earned #FTK, and another year of fantastic memories! Grateful for this community and the lifelong friendships made! #sparkendlesslight

It's good to be back home in the BJC for @THON 2022! PGM dancers Nathaniel, Aly, and Christi and PSET dancers Camryn, Julia, and Anna are off to a great start...46 #ftk ! Very excited for our 14th THON and Tyler's 9th year off treatment! #THON #wearepennstate #PGM #PSET

We Dance in 1 day! Our students are excited for an in-person @THON this year. This year, members of the THON community will once again take a stand together in the @JordanCenter! You can donate here! ow.ly/FcGC50HVLWo

Excellent, active day on the #CCMS #falconscare "Turning your Wheels" group. After each member worked on changing bike tubes- so that we can better service our fleet of PE bikes- some members had the chance to dig into the mysteries of a lawn-tractor engine. Hands on, messy fun!

Favorite part of my day is hearing the "Yes! It works!" exclamations by students engaged in problem solving. Today's outburst is courtesy of JD, who replaced the card reader in his Nintendo Switch and brought it back to life! Great job, JD! #CCMS #CreativityLab #ifixeditmyself