Central Seniors and Senior Families - The countdown is on! Here are some important dates to keep in mind as we look to celebrate many times throughout the month of May.
Monday night the Central Torch Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 5 new members. These inductees are recognized for their scholarship, character, service and leadership. The students are Tate Berns, Keaton Klingman, Keeley Curran, Gavin Holst, and Savannah Orr. The speaker for the night was Danielle Shea. Mrs. Shea has volunteered many hours to groups and organizations here in Elkader to make "Elkader a better place for all of us to live". Danielle provided a very inspiring message to the students about the importance of volunteering and how it positively impacts the community we live in.
Central 5th/6th grade students selected for honor choir had an amazing performance in Oelwein last night. Such a fun group!
Central will be hosting a baseball game in Elkader for the first time since 2010!
Mark your calendars now and make plans to join us for some War Eagle Baseball!
A fun morning was had by all fundamental art students last week with our special guest. Local artist, Sara Davis was gracious enough to share her time, talents, and tools with us to create ceramic dishes with unique impressions. There is so much beauty in the organic, perfect imperfections of her artwork.
Testimonial Tuesday - From time to time, we receive parent testimonials who have recently been provided or experienced outstanding guidance and support from our staff. Promoting positive experiences is something we feel should be not only focused on but shared with others. This was shared with administration last week following a great night for two of our Central teachers. If you have recently had an experience that you feel is worth noting, please email administration and share what positive impact has been made on your student/family.
For the second year in a row, Central has earned the Carrie Chapman Catt Award that is given to schools with 90% or more of seniors registering to vote. Each year, Central Social Studies Teacher, Mark Wiley works with his American Government class to help students that are 17 years or older complete the steps to become registered voters. The students in government work both semesters and are assigned to classmates to connect with and help fill out the necessary paperwork, along with submitting a pledge to vote via the Secretary of State’s website. Thank you, Mr. Wiley, for your time and dedication to making this happen!
Central is so grateful for all of your donations and pledges to make our annual Spell-a-Thon a success! Thank you!
Please continue to turn in any donation or pledge money if you have not done so already.
Keaton Klingman and Logan Gates traveled to Kirkwood Community college today for a welding competition involving around 6 different school districts and Keaton came out on top, so he's bringing home a brand new Miller welder! This is the 2nd year in a row a Central student has won the competition! Congratulations Keaton!
Next FFA Meeting - April 24th!
Tomorrow is the day! If you haven't got your tickets yet, what are you waiting for? This is a great opportunity to help raise money for the Central Community Scholarship Foundation too! Thank you to GEAR Elkader for your support in bringing this event to our community!
Ashley Wineland spoke to the 7-12 students about her journey from being a teenager in high school to becoming a professional in her field of music. She also performed her original song, “I’m Gonna Ride”, as she promoted tomorrow’s Central Community Scholarship Foundation concert fundraiser at the Volga City Opera House. Tickets still available!
On Tuesday, April 18th, Central’s Ag Teacher, Meghan Bond received the Honorary Iowa FFA Degree. This “Honorary Membership” comes as a nomination by Mrs. Bond’s colleagues in agricultural education. This is a distinguished award eligible to farmers, school superintendents, principals, members of boards of education, chapter advisors, teachers, staff members in agricultural education, business people and others who are helping to advance Agricultural Education and the FFA and who have rendered outstanding service.
Please help us Congratulate Mrs. Bond on this outstanding achievement and thank her for all she contributes to FFA and our students at Central!
Fourth graders always enjoy a visit from Faith! This month she talked to them about Earth Day.
The Central LEAD class collected non perishable food items from Friday's Lock In and delivered these to the Clayton County Food Shelf today.
Check out these makeovers our 9th grade students gave staff members today! The 9th graders were victorious in our penny war fundraiser for the Clayton County Food Shelf last week, and as a result gave these wonderful makeovers to some of their teachers today! Thank you to all who helped fundraise and volunteered for a makeover today!
Quintin visited the kindergarten classes today to talk about composting. Student got to see the lunchroom compost at three different stages of the breakdown process and learned more about what happens to our lunch leftovers. Thanks Quintin for a great lesson and your commitment to the compost team. #ClaytonCountyBEST
Don't forget that this Friday is Hat Day! For a donation of at least $1.00 you can wear your hat all school day!
To celebrate Earth Day coming up on April 22, the 10-12 grade helped Clayton County Conservation make some improvements to the Motor Mill and Osborne pond areas. Students removed invasive species like honeysuckle and crown vetch from prairie areas and removed stumps along trails. It was a great day to be outside and make a difference in the public lands in Clayton County. Thank you to Clayton County Conservation and Kenny Slocum for partnering with #ClaytonCountyBEST and helping us organize the event. Also thank you to Central Senior Brandy Tieden for her hard work to make it all happen yesterday.
The 7th and 8th grade students also participated in some outdoor activities on Tuesday. They included fishing, an Earth Day Scavenger Hunt and litter clean up. Again, thank you to Central Senior Brandy Tieden for her hard work to make it all happen yesterday and Mr. Mork and Mr.Ledbeter for lending a hand.
Central Seniors attended Reality Check in Prairie du Chien today! Reality Check is a financial literacy simulation intended to give students the experience of navigating their potential future reality.
Can you spot the Central alum in the photo?
