Central Lee Community School District

19 Central Lee freshmen recently traveled to the Washington DC area where they visited a variety of places including Gettysburg Memorial Battlefield, the US Naval Academy, Mount Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery as well as the presidential and war memorials.

Several members of the Central Lee FFA toured the world renowned “Fair Oaks” Farms while enroute to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Front Row L-R) Genni Newton, Madalyn Wiegand, Maddie Wellman, Addy Britt, Sydney Jones, (Second Row L-R) Collin Congdon, Emma Harvey, Everlee Harvey, Makayla Howard, Aidan Boyer and (Back Row L-R) Karlie Pohren, Mya Lampe, Maddox Doty, Christian Young, Landan Rudd, Olivia Tennant, Payton Stevens, Josie Newton, Sidney Gruntmeir, Makayla Morrison #CTEworksforCL

The Central Lee Sports Boosters will be having a meeting on November 10th at 6pm in the High School Commons. All parents with student athletes in grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend.

Several members of the Central Lee FFA visited with Joe Ertl(front center) recently. Ertl is the King of the scale model toy manufacturers. The Ertl Company was founded by his father, Fred ERTL when Joe Ertl was ten years old. Ertl's father, on strike from a Dubuque foundry, manufactured toys in his basement and sold them to implement dealers who gave them away as promotional items. The business grew in Dyersville from 1945 to 1967 when it was sold to Victor Comptometer Corporation. Three years later, Joe Ertl, tired of the bureaucracy of a large corporation left and started Dyersville Die Casting. The FFA group had a personal Q and A with Mr. Ertl and the students were gifted with an autographed book authored by Ertl. (front row from left to right, sitting, Maddie Wellman, Madalyn Wiegand, Joe Ertl, Adrienne Britt, Sydney Jones)(middle row left to right, Makayla Morrison, Genni Newton, Emma Harvey, Collin Congdon, Everlee Harvey, Sidney Gruntmeir, MaKayla Howard, Olivia Tennant, Karlie Pohren). (Back row left to right, Mr. Tom Boeck, Mya Lampe, Mr. Noah Altenhofen, Aidan Boyer, Maddox Doty, Landon Rudd, Josie Newton, Christian Young, Payton Stevens.) #CTEworksforCL

Aaron Countryman, Insurance Agent and Financial Planner, came to Kyle Van Ausdall's Winning the Money Game classes last week to work with his students. He works with them to establish what type of investor that they are and to discuss the pitfalls of starting to save late vs. the benefits of starting early. Aaron spends time talking with the students about investing and investing for retirement and leaving that nest egg alone in order that compound interest can work to their full advantage. He always invites them to meet with him privately in order that students may ask him specific questions in order that they can start to win their own money game. Aaron was recently presented a Service to Business Award by the IBEA (Iowa Business Educator’s Association) at their annual fall conference for his commitment to help educate students in Financial Literacy at Central Lee. #Proud2bCL #CTEworksforCL

November is Scholarship Month! Seniors, now is a good time to search and fill out applications for scholarships to help support your higher education. Check out some local scholarships to start your search: https://www.centrallee.org/page/scholarship-info

We are hosting an open house for community members who have not seen our facility improvements. It will be on Monday, November 8 from 5pm-6:30pm. We have a JH basketball game happening that evening so it will be a night with numerous things taking place. If you are coming for the open house, you will not be charged admission for the game. The high school and PK-8 will be available. School leadership will be available at both sites to answer any questions for community members.

As we start the new quarter, we are reviewing our Hawk's Place enrollment and are making plans for the coming weeks. Mrs. Lightfoot is notifying those on our waiting list as openings become available. If you originally signed up for the 2nd quarter, let her know if you are still interested and we will get your student on the enrollment list. If you did not sign up originally but are now interested, please reach out to her and we will see what days you are wanting and what the numbers are for each day. For those that signed up for the whole year we are planning on enjoying your student using the schedule from the first quarter unless she hears otherwise. Thank you!

Hawk's Place after school program enjoyed learning combined with food last week through community partners, ISU Extension and Elliot Test Kitchen. The younger students enjoyed the ISU Extension program's "Cooking with Kids" while students in grades 4, 5 and 6 visited Elliot Test Kitchen. They enjoyed making and eating burritos along with a math lesson game. We appreciate our community partners giving their time for our after school program students.

CLHS's Parent Advisory Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 10 from 5:15 to 6:15 pm in the HS music room. All parents are welcome to attend. The agenda topics are as listed.

We’re celebrating Career Development Month here in Central Lee! This month has a special meaning in our school community, as we are committed to ensuring our students are prepared for the career and college opportunities of the future. In fact, our Career and College Readiness framework is a part of students’ academic journey during all four years of high school. Learn more: https://www.centrallee.org/page/career-college-readiness

Congratulations to Central Lee High Shool's September Students of the Month! Pictured Left to Right: Maren Doty - Freshman, Zach Manwill - Sophomore, Emily Barnhardt - Junior, Maddox Doty - Senior.

Hello Central Lee families! Our movie fundraiser for the speech team is still scheduled for 7:30, just in a different location. We will be moving the movie into the NEW HS gym, since the FB field is extremely wet. Please feel free to still bring blankets but NO lawn chairs! We will have chairs out and the bleachers will be rolled out. See you all tomorrow!

Central Lee Middle School students will be hosting a Veterans Day Luncheon on November 12 at noon in the K-8 gym. Please spread the word!

Lee County Conservation invited our 7th grade students to study mussel ecology. Mrs. Crozier coordinated this learning experience. The program is designed to correlate to the 7th grade science standards related to organisms in ecosystems.

Central Lee Elementary Little Hawks Preschoolers paraded happily through the building dressed as their favorite character. We are thankful for our superhero team of preschool teachers and associates who help our youngest students grow.

Students enrolled in Hawk's Place after school program at Central Lee are enjoying a community partnership with ISU Extension weekly. Pictured here the kids are enjoying the snack they prepared in the Cooking with Kids program while the following week they enjoyed STEM activities. We are grateful for our community partnerships and the opportunities given to the students.

Basketball season is coming up! Player/Parent Meetings will be held next Thursday, November 4th. Girls will meet in the cafeteria/commons area at 3:45pm. Boys will meet in Coach Hayes’s classroom at 5:30pm.

The Central Lee Ag Education/FFA conducted a “Farm Strong” night at a home football game recently. The group performed the activity in conjunction with Lee County Farm Bureau. Attendees played trivia games related to farming and agriculture and received prizes. The event was used to draw attention to the strong values and hard work in agriculture. Left front 2 participants- Center(L-R) Adrienne Britt, Bella Gaham-Thomas, Makayla Howard. (back) Gavin Polhans and Lucas Wenke. FFA officers delivered the game ball to the referees at the start of the game. #CTEworksforCL

Future elementary teacher, Ellie Herdrich, is applying what she has learned from her concurrent enrollment classes at the elementary. As a senior at Central Lee, Ellie is taking several concurrent enrollment classes through SCC in the area of elementary education. She is getting a head start on college, and she is able to make real life connections through the Career and College Readiness Program. The capstone experience she is participating in is the work-based learning in the third grade at the elementary. #CTEworksforCL