The educational mission of Crescent Public Schools is to educate students and enhance positive character within a safe, nurturing environment while encouraging life-long learning, productivity, responsibility, success and citizenship. The Crescent School District covers roughly 100 square miles of west-central Logan County. Pre-K through 12th grade student enrollment is about 600. The staff consists of about 50 certified faculty and 20 support personnel. The Crescent School District is recognized for its progressive application of today's technology for instruction in the regular public school classroom. Teachers in all grades, and students in grades 6 through 12, have their own MacBook computer and classes consist of both face-to-face and online student-teacher interactions. Classes with the best of both types of student-teacher interactions are known as blended classes. Curriculum delivery and assignment scheduling for our "blended" high school and middle school classes are done with , a password-protected Class Management System (CMS). We strongly believe that technology makes teachers more important than ever! Good teaching practices are still good teaching practices, even in a "digital" learning environment! Computers don't teach students − teachers teach students! Community Historical Background: Originally settled in Oklahoma Territory during the Land Run of 1889, Crescent is located at the intersection of State Highways 74 and 74C, fourteen miles northwest of Guthrie, the county seat of Logan County − Oklahoma's first county. A post office was established on February 21, 1890 and Crescent was incorporated in 1893. The 1900 census counted 139 citizens, which grew to 903 by 1910 and 1,301 by 1940. The first district school meeting in Crescent was in the log house of Mr. and Mrs. I.W. Culp on January 20, 1890. The school cost 50 cents a month for each of the ten students attending. The first teacher was Mr. J.T. Pfrimmer. In 1901, a bond issue was passed to fund the building of a two-room school house. A two story building was built to house both elementary and high school grades in 1905. The first Crescent High School Graduate was Glenn J. Homan, in 1912. The high school moved into its own building in 1924. In 1934, Ralph E. Godfrey started donkey basketball as a fund-raising business. During the peak years in the 1950s and 1960, as many as ten teams toured North America, generating goodwill for Godfey and Crescent. Hubert Eugene "Geese" Ausbie was born in Crescent on April 25, 1938, the youngest son of Bishop and Nancy Ausbie. One of the most popular and recognizable Harlem Globetrotters ever, "Geese" Ausbie thrilled audiences with his talent and effervescent personality around the world for 24 years. He served as the "Clown Prince" for the Globetrotters from 1961 to 1985. In 1961, Ausbie attended the Globetrotters training camp in Chicago, where the competition included more than 500 players from around the country. He turned down a pro baseball contract with the Chicago Cubs to pursue a career with the Globetrotters. The former Philander Smith College standout finished his college career as the nation's third leading scorer behind Elgin Baylor and Oscar Robertson. Ausbie was honored with the Harlem Globetrotters "Legends" Ring on March 6, 1994. The Crescent High School Gym is named in Ausbie's honor. Crescent is home to the Frontier Country Museum and Historical Center. Crescent Alumni Association