Central Lee Community School District

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The Central Lee Music Boosters Krispy Kreme fundraiser pick up is this Friday, January 10th from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm in the PK-8 Multi-purpose Room. Thank you for supporting our K-12 music programming.

Welcome back! We’re super excited to kick off the first day of school in 2025. Have a wonderful day! 🏫📚#Proud2bCL

🎟 Attention Fans! 🎟 Burlington will be operating a cashless gate for the Varsity Girls Basketball game tonight at 6:30! Here's what you need to know: ✅ Purchase Tickets Online: Scan the QR code or click the link below to get your tickets. https://tinyurl.com/25z923yj 🍿 Concession Stand: Both cash and card are accepted at the concession stand.

A commemorative brick is a meaningful way to honor a loved one’s memory and celebrate their legacy. Your support will also help the Central Lee community for generations to come. Who would you like to remember with a lasting tribute? Personalize a brick for someone special: bit.ly/CLBricks

This season, give a gift that will have a lasting impact—support our sports complex renovation project! 🎁 Whether you’re shopping for a personalized brick for a loved one, exploring sponsorship opportunities, or making a donation in honor of someone special, your contribution will help future generations of student-athletes succeed. To order a personalized brick online, visit bit.ly/CLBricks. Happy holidays to our Central Lee community! ✨

Last month, Central Lee Middle School hosted a highly successful food drive for all 5th through 8th grade students. Together, they collected an impressive total of 2,786 food items and $280! The 7th and 8th grade SOAR members had the special privilege of delivering these donations. Students chose to divide the contributions evenly, donating half to the Fort Madison Food Pantry and the other half to the Keokuk Salvation Army, spreading kindness across the community. A heartfelt thank you to all the students who participated by collecting, donating, sorting, and packing the food items. Your hard work truly embodies what it means to be part of Central Lee. Way to go, Hawks!

Students will be dismissed at 12:00pm today. ⏰ There will be no school from December 23 through January 3. Have a wonderful Winter Break, everyone! ❄️#Proud2bCL

REMINDER: Central Lee will dismiss students at 12:00pm on Friday, December 20 to kick off Winter Break! ⛄#Proud2bCL

Help build the future of Central Lee athletics by becoming a sponsor! There are several sponsorship levels for our sports complex renovation project: 👉MVP ($15,000) 👉All-Star ($10,000) 👉Major League ($2,500) 👉Grand Slam ($750) In addition to helping fund this important project, your sponsorship dollars also include “Donor Wall” recognition and other benefits. For a digital brochure with full details, visit bit.ly/CLBBSBRenovation. We appreciate your support and dedication to setting our student-athletes up for success now and in the future. Let’s go, Hawks! 👏

Our third-grade students took a festive journey through history, studying Christmas in Iowa in social studies and celebrating with a special gingerbread event, a holiday tradition in Germany. This fun activity combined hands-on creativity with cultural learning. It was a great way to explore holiday customs while sharing the joy of the season! 🎄✨

Central Lee FFA participates in Wreath’s Across America!! Wreath’s Across America is a wonderful non-profit organization that was established in 2007 by a wreath producer named Morrill Worcester. Its purpose is to teach the next generation the value of freedom, and to honor those who have served by laying wreaths on the gravesites of the many men and women who have served this country. The Central Lee FFA Chapter is part of the thousand nationwide that help keep this precious tradition going by volunteering each year during the holiday season. They certainly showed their gratitude by placing nearly 2,000 wreaths this year in remembrance of our fallen heroes at the National Cemetery in Keokuk, Iowa! Picture front(Left to Right): Ivy Smith, Macie Doty, Audrey Sturdivant, Evelyn Adkins, Rachel Buch, Aubrey Weber, Avery Peterson, Taylor Jones and Jayden Mueller. 2nd row Owen Swan, Issa Rooney, Jalyn Hawk, Sydnie Larson, Nora Lampe, Connor Boyd and Kaden Swan. Back row, Mr. Tom Boeck Ag-Ed Instructor/FFA Advisor, Ward Fraise, Peter Seyb, Caden Weber, Andrew Underwood, Will Ferris, Korben Moeller, Colton Taft, Mr. Noah Altenhofen Ag-Ed Instructor/FFA Advisor.

We’re excited to share that the Safe@Home Training at Central Lee's Hawk’s Place was a fantastic success! Students in 4th through 6th grade walked away with valuable knowledge, practical tools, and a heightened sense of safety and independence. Here’s what they achieved during the session: ✅ Certificates of Completion to celebrate their hard work ✅ A helpful booklet packed with tips on handling emergencies, making effective 9-1-1 calls, and more ✅ Strategies for creating a family code phrase—a clever way to signal the need for help discreetly ✅ Safety practices for navigating the internet—an essential skill in today’s digital world It was wonderful to see our students actively participating, asking insightful questions, and gaining confidence in their ability to handle various scenarios. Parents, thank you for supporting this initiative and for reinforcing these lessons at home.

Join us in transforming our baseball/softball complex into a top-tier facility for our students and community! Our current challenges include: ⚾Inadequate seating ⚾Outdated fencing ⚾Poor visibility ⚾Poorly positioned scoreboards ⚾Fields positioned too closely together ⚾No handicap accessibility ⚾Baseball infield needs resurfacing With your help, we can address these issues and make improvements to enhance safety, functionality, and the overall experience. There are many ways to contribute to this important project, including purchasing a personalized brick, choosing a sponsorship level, or making a tax-deductible donation to the Central Lee Foundation. For more information or to make a donation, please contact Scott Fogarty at 319-331-2449 or scottjfogarty@gmail.com.

Central Lee will be on a two hour delay on Monday, December 16, 2024 due to heavy fog. There will be no AM Preschool, AM Hawks Place, or AM Activities.

Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade Winter Concert begins at 6:00pm on Monday, December 16. We hope to see you there! ❄️🎵 #Proud2bCL

Central Lee schools have earned impressive ratings on the 2024 School Performance Profiles overall, but there were a few areas where we really shined.✨ The Central Lee High School scores in “Post-Secondary Readiness” soared above state averages, with 95.65% of students earning college credit through concurrent enrollment and 72.46% of students participating in Work-Based Learning programs. At the middle school level, the percentage of chronic absenteeism was significantly lower than the state average. Academic performance thrived—especially in science, where CLMS students earned an impressive 84.09% proficiency rate! Congratulations to our entire community on these outstanding accomplishments! 👏

Tonight’s Varsity Girls Basketball game at Centerville has been canceled. 🏀

Kindergartners at Central Lee Elementary have been being so kind to one another that it made the Grinch's heart grow three times bigger! He came and surprised students today during their Grinch Day parties. Some students didn't take their eye off of him! He may have even taken a few phone calls for Mrs. Fuger. He was very excited to see our scoreboard showing how we SHINE BRIGHT TOGETHER!

Unfortunately, due to manufacturing issues, the CL Music Boosters Krispy Kreme fundraiser delivery has been postponed to a later date. We are working to finalize the new pickup date and expect to share that information by early next week. Thank you for your understanding, support, and patience!