Central CSD

Homecoming week is almost upon us! Below is a reminder of the events for next week and the dress up days!

Rohrk Cutchlow, a 1993 graduate of Central Community High School, is Assistant Athletics Director for Athletic Performance & Sports Science at the University of Missouri. He currently directs the athletic performance and sports science needs of 400 student-athletes. Cutchlow has held similar positions at the University of Memphis, the University of Tulsa, Illinois State University, Iowa State University, and the Chicago Cubs AAA affiliate. In these capacities, he has worked with many current and former athletes competing in the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, and the Olympics. Cutchlow earned a Master of Education degree from Iowa State University in 2001 and his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Memphis where he was a student-athlete. Additionally, after college Cutchlow played two seasons of minor league baseball. Cutchlow and his family reside in Columbia, Missouri. Please help us in honoring our 2022 Hall of Fame inductee, Rohrk Cutchlow!

Rick was a 1967 graduate from Central Community Schools. While in high school Rick was very involved in many different activities. Rick was his senior class president, a member of the national honor society and student council, and was his class's homecoming king! Rick was also involved in football and wrestling. Rick was a three year letter winner in football where he earned many accolades such as first team all conference and received an honorable mention from the Des Moines Register. In wrestling Rick was a four year letter winner. During his junior season, Rick helped lead his team to a conference wrestling title. Individually that season he was the heavyweight conference champ and was the runner up at sectionals. In his senior season Rick helped lead his team to another conference title and an undefeated record in their dual meets! This team even managed shutouts in three of those meets! Individually in his senior season Rick finished with a record of 27-2. He placed first at conference and sectional meets, and was the runner up at the state meet! Rick is the only Central student to have made it to the state finals in wrestling! Following high school Rick attended the University of Northern Iowa. After graduation he taught general, life and earth science in Waterloo and Oelwein. In 1976, Rick received his masters in communications media. He taught photography and video classes for a year before finishing his career at Arrowhead AEA and Prairie Lakes AEA in their Media Division. Rick’s wife was also a University of Northern Iowa graduate, who had a career as a school speech pathologist. Together they have two children, Kris and Ryan. Kris is a school occupational therapist and Ryan is an Assistant City Manager. Please help me in welcoming our Grand Marshal, Mr. Rick Maehl, on his 55th anniversary of making it to the state finals!

Central Cross Country Invitational-9/15/2022 JH Combined Race 4:30 High School Girls 5:00 High School Boys. 5:30 1 Mile Fun Run 6:00 Parking will be in the Golf Course, FSA, and Clayton County Building lots and will be $5 per car. If you cannot make the meet, jump on the Central Facebook page and watch the live stream drone footage. Good luck, Warriors!

The past few years we have put a heavy emphasis on building stronger relationships at Central. Our next step in doing so is to tell you a little about ourselves! Each week you will see posts highlighting a team member. Feel free to comment to tell us what we have in common! Say hello to Mrs. Klingman!

Central Perk Grand Opening for the 2022-2023 school year!

If you can not make the volleyball game, tune into The Blue Devilcast this evening to cheer on the Warriors from home! https://scorestream.com/game/west-central-vs-central-elkader-4186109

Make sure to join us for our homecoming festivities next week!

Here is your 2022 Homecoming Court!

Clayton County Assessor, Andy Loan, visited #ClaytonCountyBEST today to meet with students about a project to promote local housing development through Clayton County Development Group.

Clayton County BEST is looking for business partners to work with Juniors and Seniors to solve real world problems. If your business or organization has a project that could use a young adult's help, please contact Ann Gritzner by email (agritzner@central.k12.ia.us) or phone (563-245-1750). Please contact us even if you just want more information or want help brainstorming a project for students to work on. Students have a wide variety of skills and interests. We want to connect students with community member to increase their career readiness and higher order thinking skills, while making connections within the surrounding communities. This is a great opportunity to form a relationship with the future workforce of Clayton County.

Central parents- the Iowa College Aid Network (ICAN) is a great resource for your students grades 9 through 12. Next week ICAN will be having several presentations about college planning which will include presentation specific to the Class of 2023 through the Class of 2026. Presentations also address Financial Fitness, College Access, Secondary Pathways, Preparing Teenagers for College, and Why Take the ACT test. For Seniors there are five presentations on Creating Your FAFSA ID. This presentation will help you and your senior create your FAFSA ID before the FAFSA opens on October 1. The link below will take you to the ICAN website. You will need to register for each presentation you want to participate in. If you have any questions, please contact the school counselor, Mrs. Angela Bergan. Fall Kick off to College Planning-https://iowacollegeaid.gov/OnTrack?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

The past few years we have put a heavy emphasis on building stronger relationships at Central. Our next step in doing so is to tell you a little about ourselves! Each week you will see posts highlighting a team member. Feel free to comment to tell us what we have in common! Say hello to Mrs. Patenaude!

Dig into your closets and get your outfits ready for homecoming week!

Picture forms were sent home with students today. If you need an extra copy, one can be picked up at either office. Please call 245-1751 with any questions.

The Central Fine Arts Booster Club has been supporting Central's fine arts programs for 68 years! To continue this tradition, parents are invited to attend the first meeting on Monday, September 12 at 6:30pm in the band/chorus room. Currently only 4 families are actively involved with the Booster Club and more are needed. Please attend the first meeting to learn how to support our students in band, chorus, art, speech, and drama. Contact Jen Wilwert (tjsbwilwert@gmail.com) with any questions.

The past few years we have put a heavy emphasis on building stronger relationships at Central. Our next step in doing so is to tell you a little about ourselves! Each week you will see posts highlighting a team member. Feel free to comment to tell us what we have in common! Say Hello to Mrs. Burke!

The varsity volleyball team will go to Starmont on Thursday for a triangular match. Central will play at 5:00 & 6:00 PM.

One last chance! Central Homecoming Week + Powder Puff Shirts Shirts can be ordered using this link www.rivalsinc.com/centralwarriors through September 6th or by stopping by either school office to pick up a paper order form tday. Shirts will be distributed to students on September 20th. Please call 245-1750 with any questions.

The Central Cross Country team runs at the Guttenberg Golf course today. Races times are as follows: JH - 4:30 HS Girls - 5:00 HS Boys - 5:30 The JH & JV Football teams will be at home with JH starting at 4:15 vs. Clarksville and the JV will follow vs. Cascade. Go Warriors!