Central Lee Community School District

CLHS 2022 Yearbooks have arrived. There are a few extras still unclaimed. The cost is $75 per book. Please contact the HS office to purchase your copy today.

November is Native American Heritage Month, and we’re excited to learn about and celebrate Native Americans’ cultural contributions and history with our students this month. We invite our entire community to join us!

Central Lee Middle School will be honoring our Veterans on Friday, November 11, 2022. Lunch will be served at NOON, with an assembly to follow at 1:00. If you are a veteran or know a veteran who would like to attend, please contact Chris Galle at the PK-8 building by phone at 319-835-9510 or email. cgalle@centrallee.org

November is National Scholarship Month! This annual campaign draws attention to the ways in which scholarships and grants can help students and their families afford the cost of college and reduce their student loan burden. Seniors can start their search here: https://www.centrallee.org/page/scholarship-info

October was a busy month for Hawk Place packed with Halloween fun along with some learning. The younger students enjoyed a career parade through the Montrose Care Center dressed in their "career" choices. As our monthly RAK (Random Act of Kindness) Hawk Place gifted the residents with bags of Halloween candy for giving out on Halloween. This was a good lesson of the enjoyment of giving to others and not always receiving. Iowa State Extension again brought some STEM activities to the students and the older kids enjoyed pumpkin carving at the Elliott Test Kitchen. Ending the month, the students were excited to accept an invitation to trick or treat at River Hills Village in costumes for the residents' enjoyment with the added bonus of some treats and a surprise "scare" from a gorilla hiding behind a curtain. Thank you to all for having us.

Seniors and Juniors in the Central Lee Music Department had the chance to visit Iowa Wesleyan College on October 26th. Fifteen students took advantage of the trip and toured the campus, talked with an admissions counselor, the athlete director, music department faculty and students while participating in one of the concert choir rehearsals with director Blair Buffington. This was a chance for the students to visit a local university and to learn the process for admission to post-secondary education.

It’s National First Responders Day! In honor of our community’s first responders, we encourage all of Central Lee to thank our firefighters, police officers and paramedics who sacrifice so much to keep us safe. We’re grateful for your service!

Join us tonight at Central Lee High School for Trick or Treating and the Haunted Trail from 6:30 to 9:00pm! 🎃 Trick or Treating will be from 6:30 to 7:00pm, with the Haunted Trail to follow. Thanks to the HS Art Department for sponsoring this event!

In Central Lee, we are proud of the amazing culture that has been built by our incredible teachers, staff, and administrators. This has led to our district being named to the Iowa Top Workplaces List three times in the past four years! Once again, we want to thank the people behind Central Lee for making this happen. We appreciate all you do for our students, families, and community! https://topworkplaces.com/publication/desmoinesregister/central-lee-csd/

The Middle School Halloween Dance is tonight from 5:30 to 7:30pm! We always love seeing how our students put their creativity to use at this time of year. We hope to see you there! 👻

Mya Lampe is preparing for a career after high school. This senior has taken numerous college courses and agriculture courses while at Central Lee. She has displayed her leadership in agriculture as an officer in FFA. Now she is taking the next steps to put those skills to work at Donnellson Elevator. As she explores a career in agriculture she is gaining hands on experience in the field. Along with employability skills, she has learned about grain marketing, commodity contracts, general accounting, and various other skills she can use in the future. #CTEworksforCL

On October 12th, sixteen CLHS choir members represented our district at the Culver-Stockton College Honor Choir under the direction of Scotty Allison. Students had the opportunity to learn new music, participate in sectionals lead by the college professors and perform an afternoon concert. Representing CLHS was: Bo Herdrich, Jacob Vollmer, Keating Fuger, Grant Anderson, Shane Barnhardt, Alan Bollin, Emily Barnhardt, Audrey Hand, Carly Waldorf, Bethany Peck, Olivia Tennant, Gabby Maynes, Lillian Rozario, MacKenzie Gerber, Lillyan Azbill, and Abigail Hand.

Do you have cans and bottles around that need to be recycled? The CL music department is sponsoring a can/bottle collection on Saturday, October 29th from 9:00-Noon (no glass please). Can and bottles need to be for carbonated drinks and redeemable in the state of Iowa. Please see the attached flyer for drop-off locations.

The Central Lee Music Department would like to invite the community to attend the upcoming Winter Season Concerts.

This year’s Red Ribbon Week theme is “Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free.” We encourage Central Lee students and their families to discuss the dangers of drug use and pledge to do their part to keep our community free of drugs. Take the pledge today: https://www.redribbon.org/pledge

Good luck to our football team as they travel to Monticello for the first round of playoffs! All tickets must be purchased online at https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/.

REMINDER: Students will be dismissed at 12pm today, and there is no school on Monday. This is also the last day of the 1st quarter! #Proud2bCL

Several Central Lee FFA Greenhand’s(1st year FFA members) participated in a Greenhand Fire-up event held at Clear Creek Amana Schools recently. The group participated in break out groups with topics in leadership, teamwork, growing as an individual, and meeting State FFA officers and district FFA officers. Front(L-R) Taylor Jones, Jayden Mueller, Audrey Sturdivant, Lily Thomas, Charlee Clay, Lily Smith. 2nd row Avery Peterson, Addison Newberry, Jodee Boone, Cody Kitzman, Sophie Hocker, Makayla Mertens. 3rd row Aubrey Weber, Riley Gregory, Layla Gonterman, Nic Wiegand, Colton Taft, Peter Serb, Riley Salter-Rickman, 4th row Frankie Jenkins, Mylan Lowenberg, John Wilson, Caleb Larson, Kadence Burnett, Nathan Newberry, back row(L-R) Brody Moeller, Owen Swan, Ward Fraise, Blake Loges, Dylan Rankin, Korbin Wilson, Kaleigh Coleman, and Sara Breitenstein. #CTEworksforCL

Our middle school students leave today for their trip to Washington, DC! We hope they have a fantastic experience and look forward to welcoming them home on Monday.

Good luck to the Central Lee Cross Country Team as they travel to Pella Christian for the State Qualifying Meet! Cost to attend is $5 per vehicle and the meet is located at the Pella Sports Park (393 Baseline Dr, Pella, IA 50219).