Central CSD

This weekend is your last chance to read "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss on the Elkader Downtown Story Walk. Our next story will be debuting next week. Look for "Josh and the WooWoo" by David Bedford and Daniel Howarth coming April 4th. If you have already participated in the Elkader Story Walk please sign our guest book to let us know . The Story Walk begins at the Elkader Public Library. Thank you! https://forms.gle/S5X21rEZZ7dUG7SS8 #ClaytonCountyBEST

Tonight's Boys Track & Field Meet at Waukon has been cancelled due to the forecasted weather.

Central will be using Monday, April 10th as a weather make up day from February. Fingers crossed we won't be having any bad weather!

Do you know a Central Graduate that is worthy of a Hall of Fame Nomination? If so, please consider taking a few moments to complete the nomination form. Nominations for the 2023 Central Hall of Famer will close TOMORROW - March 31, 2023. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqifY_adTKxxo6hrtnzBM_MKhCfsprtsVBDLtNRHAUItMK1A/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0jTZWZ7C7z-JUcsDIgAv8WRGM92QEwj1PavEE5pNJB9HJtSH4xoJm4Pkc

REMINDER: The Student Council is hosting a food drive for the Clayton County Food Shelf and NEEDS your help. Food collection started March 28th and will continue thru April 6th. Preschool - 6th grade classrooms will be competing to see who can bring in the most donated items! Our goal is to beat the 1,013 pounds that we were able to donate last year! If you are able, please consider donating toiletries or non-perishable items to this event!

The elementary students are enjoying a "sneak peek" of Sponge Bob, The Musical this afternoon and loving it! Make sure you make plans to see this fun show this weekend! Showtimes: Friday, March 31 at 7:30 Saturday, April 1 at 7:30 Sunday, April 2 at 2:00

Central Community FFA has nine seniors graduating this year! Enjoy an FFA senior spotlight of Daniel Royer!

Today, the Central Community Scholarship Foundation committee interviewed 16 applicants for the Tappan Scholarship. Sue Stott, Sara Hertrampf, and John Finley took time out of their schedules to spend the entire day here at Central. We want to thank them for their support and dedication to our students. We also want to thank the two 6th graders, Zoey and Aubry who made lunch for the committee in the Central Maker Space.

Art therapy with Karen Misseldine was an amazing way to start our Monday morning this week. Her calming presence and positive perspective was very refreshing in art fundamentals. The students broke out of their comfort zones a bit and did an exercise with her in the form of creating art through observation of a blank piece of paper; capturing and relating their feelings and emotions.

The Madagascar Hissing cockroaches are back.... Mrs. Bergan's 6th grade science class has been 'invade' by many hissing cockroaches. We got them out today to 'play' and observe. We have 5 babies, 1 'toddler' and over 20 adults if any parents want to come 'play' and observe.

Ask your elementary students about Coach Sloth! Coach Sloth is an Iowa native who played college and arena football, played a football player in 5 movies and is now a children's author. Coach Sloth's presentation was about the writing process, the importance of reading and the value of hard work. His books and presentation also have an anti-bullying message. If you have not already ordered any books by this amazing author, check your email or send your student to the elementary office for an order form! Thank you, Coach Sloth, for your time and perspective!

More fun in Mrs. Bergan's class as students developed mazes to try to code and guide the sphero's through for their STEM activity last Friday.

Mrs. Bergan's 6th grade class finished up the chemical and physical reactions unit with demonstrating a physical reaction by make ice-cream in a bag.

Art fundamentals’ students took a ‘stab’ at woodcarving this week for “Workshop Wednesday”. We enjoyed having Bob Griffith and Rick Bartels here to help demonstrate the skilled craftsmanship needed to create a wooden 🦉. Both are very talented in this area and brought some of their own pieces along to showcase just that.

Mrs. Zittergruen's kindergarten class earned a special reward yesterday - blanket forts in the classroom! The elementary classes can earn fun rewards by getting 5 class tickets. Some examples of Mrs. Zittergruen's class tickets include working hard for substitute teachers, being patient listeners, and getting right to work after lunch. Ask your students what kinds of things are earning their class a class ticket!

During today’s advisory period, students worked through a team building exercise, holding a fashion show in the auditorium. Using only newspapers and tape, the students had to work quickly, with very limited time to dress their models and send them onstage. From the noise coming from outside the auditorium, sounds like it was not only a successful event, but enjoyed by many! And the winner is… MAXWELL! Congratulations!!!

🚨 ‘BIG’ talent alert!! Senior, Lexi Loan spent majority of her first semester independent art class diligently working away on this larger-than-life, charcoal masterpiece. She took posed, reference photos of herself and compiled them together in a drawing to represent the “seven deadly sins”, in a self-portrait fashion. If you get the chance, stop by the display case at the school, to view first-hand, all the intricate details in this work of art. 😡🤤😴🤗😘🤨🤑

PBIS - “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” is an assembly that many schools use to promote safety, encourage behavior expectations and acknowledge achievements. Yesterday, Central held this month’s PBIS 7-12 Assembly in the auditorium, recognizing the recent achievements within the junior high and high school and the students were even given a sneak peek at the upcoming musical. Keep up the great work, Central!

The Student Council is hosting a food drive for the Clayton County Food Shelf from March 28th - April 6th. Preschool - 6th grade classrooms will be competing to see who can bring in the most donated items! Our goal is to beat the 1,013 pounds that we were able to donate last year! If you are able, please consider donating toiletries or non-perishable items to this event!

Music in Our Schools Month continues and today we celebrate, "A Day at the Theatre"! Tomorrow is "Central Music Spirit Day" ~ A great day to break out your Central Gear!