Class of 2024 Families - The countdown is on and we have a list of key dates to keep in mind for your Senior as we near graduation and the end of the school year. If you have any questions, please contact us at 563-245-1751.
Students put themselves into Phillips shoes to understand the character from the novel THE CAY by Theodore Taylor, and the difficulties Phillip faces after becomingblind from an accident. Students participated in an event found in the novel about learning to weave sleeping mats from palm fronds.
This week has been overwhelmingly high with absences related to illness. We have seen the following diagnoses: Influenza A, Influenza B, Strep throat, stomach flu, Conjunctivitis (pink eye). Below are the statistics for the last few days related to illness.
How can everyone help?
Encourage hand washing; make sure your children are getting adequate rest, fluids and nutrition; teach your children to cover their coughs and sneezes and monitor closely for symptoms related to illness. If your child is displaying symptoms of illness, please keep them home.
Per our school policy, please keep your children home from school for 24 hours after any episode of vomiting, diarrhea or fever (100 F or higher). Your children can return once that symptom and fever has been resolved for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication.
Aside from meeting our school policy guidelines, your children should be able to participate comfortably and be close to their baseline. An extra day of rest after meeting guidelines is best if possible.
For more information about Influenza symptoms, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm and for more information regarding exclusion criteria, visit: https://hhs.iowa.gov/media/2819/download?inline=
Thank you for your help in trying to keep our students healthy,
Sincerely,
Nurse Meghan
Over the last couple of weeks, Coach Downs has had a special guest helping out in his PE Classes. Chief Seitz (or better known as Officer Seitz) is a specially trained, certified Defensive Tactics Instructor. Everyone wants to feel safe, and they deserve to be safe. It’s human nature to underestimate ourselves on this topic and unfortunately, that usually results in avoidance. With the concepts and techniques learned in this class, students were shown they could recognize and are very capable of protecting themselves - regardless of what they thought they were capable of before. “You’re far more capable than you give yourself credit for and by the end of this, they outperformed what they thought they could do. That instills confidence and that’s what we want, self-empowerment.”
Officer Seitz says, “We exist to assist our public in their safety and I don’t think that should start and stop just when we’re there. I’m interested in protecting the most valuable asset a community has, OUR KIDS. We can and should educate the public we serve on how to identify situations and give them tools to more safely escape a situation before we (police) get there, I feel that’s critical and a great use of our time.”
Students in these classes were instructed to better recognize common contributing factors involved in potentially dangerous situations and then given tools to safely respond. This included helping de-escalate a building issue in a safe manner, as well as avoid active, ongoing potential risks. In the event those things are not possible, they received instruction on some simple, but effective physical techniques as their last option, giving them the ability to escape.
Officer Seitz followed up with, “Really it’s about mental preparation and mitigating mental and physical damage from a dangerous event and instilling confidence and assisting our community members in our shared interests in their safety, whether we’re there or not. If I could put one of our officers in each student’s pocket, I would, but we can’t. So, we need to help them until we get there.”
"80% of success is showing up!" - Attendance Works
Consistently attending school is important for a student's continued growth. In January the kindergarten class had a 97.32% attendance rate and the 7th graders had an attendance rate of 95.53%. They celebrated with a fun picture and bragging rights for the month! Keep up the great work. We are happy to have you here!
Congratulations to the Central Boys Basketball Team and to Isaac Loan and Jake Hertrampf on your UIC Nominations. Way to go Warriors!
The date for Central's 2024 Homecoming has been set!
National FFA Week brings all sorts of things, but today, we happened to have a cute, little farmer and her animals roaming the halls of Central.
The Iowa Army National Guard visited Central today to show how to launch a cannon. They talked about all the algebra and physics involved. What a fun way to educate!!!
We are seeing a growing number of drivers making U-turns in front of the school each day. For the safety of our students, we want to remind you when dropping off and/or picking up students, there should be no one making any U-turns on the street in front of the school. Please take the extra steps to help keep the safety of our kids a priority. We appreciate your help!
Good luck Central Community FFA tonight at NE Sub-District Leadership Development Events at Delhi!
Congratulations to these Worthy Warriors for the week! Worthy Warriors are selected each week kindergarten through fifth grade. Students chosen have gone above and beyond in showing our Caring, Commitment, and Safety expectations. Keep up the great work...and GO WARRIORS!
The 3/4 & 5/6 girls basketball teams celebrated successful seasons with a family practice and pizza party. Thank you to the girls and family's for their dedication to basketball. The future looks bright for Central Girls Basketball.
Central Community FFA is gearing up to compete at Delhi in the NE Sub-District Leadership Development Events on Tuesday, February 20th! The Conduct of Meetings team had the opportunity for a "dress rehearsal" by presenting to the school board before their meeting!
Our 5th and 6th grade honor band members had a fantastic weekend getting to perform with students from different schools. The 1st year ensemble was made up of 120 kids from around 50 different schools! The day flew by and ended with the students getting the opportunity to perform in Prairie High School's amazing facilities. We are so excited that our students are able to have these performing opportunities!
Central has an IMMEDIATE OPENING for a Paraprofessional! This position would be a great opportunity for someone looking to work the same hours as your school-aged children or grandchildren. For more information, please contact the business office at 563-245-1751.
Large group speech All-State Festival was amazing! Gracie Cummer and Mrs. Stevenson went to Ames and spent the day at Iowa State watching the best of the best in speech. It was a great day!
Congratulations to the Central Girls Basketball Team on finishing 13-3 in the Upper Iowa Conference. Special Shout-Out to Ashlyn Scherf, Grace Kuehl, Brylee Erickson, Gracie Cummer and Makayla Erickson for your UIC Nominations. Way to go Warriors!
Upcoming Warrior Events for the Week!
The kindergarteners and first graders had lots of fun on their field trip to Decorah on Thursday to see the play Tomas and the Library Lady.
