Central Lee Community School District

Tonight is our home volleyball opener! We will start at 5:30 p.m. with the F/S game. Our hawks volleyball team is playing Notre Dame. Come out and support our girls! Please note: This game is being hosted in our new gym. Not all details of the high school renovation/additions are complete but it's ready for activities! Please pardon our dust in a few areas! A full open house will be scheduled once all areas are at 100% completion. #Proud2bCL

Several Central Lee FFA students participated in a joint activity with the Fort Madison FFA chapter. (L-R) Mya Lampe, Makayla Morrison, Makayla Howard, Bella Graham-Thomas, Abbie Strunk, and Kodi Moeller. The groups assisted with The Farm and Home Supply open house which included a barbecue, a tractor show, a car show, petting zoo and a dunk tank. #CTEworksforCL

Happy Labor Day! Today is a time to celebrate the contributions and achievements of American workers. There is no school today. We’ll see you tomorrow!

Dustin Newberry exhibited his beef steer at the Iowa State Fair recently. The project is part of Dustin’s Supervised Agricultural Experience program(SAE) in entrepreneurship. The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) is a student-led, instructor-supervised, work- based learning experience that results in measurable outcomes within a predefined, agreed upon set of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Technical Standards and Career Ready Practices aligned to a Career Plan of study. #CTEworksforCL

The Central Lee Agriculture department purchased a 4400 Torchmate plasma cutter recently with the assistance of several local entities and some school funding. Pictured [left(L-R)] Adrienne Britt-FFA treasurer, Madalyn Wiegand-3rd Vice-President, Travis Meisgeier, Financial Services officer, Farm Credit Services, and Landon Rudd-FFA Sentinel. (right side L-R) Mya Lampe-Reporter, Jason Liechty, Insurance Officer—Farm Credit, Maddie Wellman-Chapter President, Trey Wellman-Vice-president, Makayla Morrison-Secretary, and Sara Short, Financial Services Officer-Farm Credit. Farm Credit Services made a significant donation for this modern technology for student learning. We sincerely thank them for their contribution to this project. #CTEworksforCL

Tonight's football game is at 7pm vs. Cardinal. It will NOT be streamed. We continue to have issues with the NFHS camera system. We are discontinuing it as it is creating too many issues for our fans. We hope to find a new solution in the near future. Fans can still listen to the game on RadioKeokuk.com. Go Hawks!

Colby Bredemeyer(back) of the Central Lee Agricultural Education department shows off his Supervised Agricultural Experience project of small animal entrepreneurship. Colby Trone(front) is a student at Western Illinois University and is performing an early field based experience as part of her curriculum in Agricultural Education. The Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) is a student-led, instructor-supervised, work- based learning experience that results in measurable outcomes within a predefined, agreed upon set of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Technical Standards and Career Ready Practices aligned to a Career Plan of study. #CTEworksforCL

September is College Savings Month! It’s never too early to begin planning for your child’s college education. Check out some tips for getting started: https://studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/saving-early.pdf

Substitute Teachers Needed!

Central Lee HOCO 21 is right around the corner! Support the Junior Class with the purchase of a homecoming shirt. Contact the HS office with questions. Order forms: https://5il.co/y3na, for youth sizes- https://5il.co/y3n8, and available in the K8 & HS offices. #Proud2bCL

August/September Menus

Central Lee football kicks off their season tonight at Van Buren. Kick off is at 7pm. Come out and support Hawk football! #Proud2bCL

On September 15 at 6 pm, we will host our first booster club meeting of the year. All parents with athletes in grades 7-12 are encouraged to attend.

Today is the first day of school for all students! We are so excited to see everyone in our buildings again. Here’s to another great school year of learning, growth and opportunity!

Middle School practice is set to begin on August 23rd for Volleyball, Cross Country, and Football.

We are excited to welcome Central Lee students back tomorrow evening for our "Back to School" open house. Our open house will be from 4:30-6:30 at the PK-8. 9th grade orientation will be at 6pm at the high school. Central Lee CSD does not require masks but they are highly encouraged for individuals who are not fully vaccinated. If you or someone in your house has tested positive for COVID-19 recently, please do NOT attend. We will make arrangements with you to prepare you for our first day. Lastly, areas of the high school are still under construction. Please pardon our dust as we prepare for the first day. Also, please do not go into any unauthorized areas.

Eliza Bangert has been inducted into our Fine Arts Hall of Fame! A 2001 graduate, Bangert was an all-state musician and SEIBA Honor Band musician in high school. She participated in concert band, marching band, choir, show choir, Spanish club and yearbook staff. Now residing in Chicago with her husband, Bangert is in high demand throughout the Midwest as an orchestral player and chamber musician. She has played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic and Chicago Opera Theater. She has also shared the stage with artists like Andrea Boccelli, Ben Folds and The Who. Bangert also serves as orchestra librarian for the Grant Park Symphony and AWR Music. She has prepared sheet music for tours by Weird Al Yankovic, Mannheim Steamroller and the music of Final Fantasy. We’re thrilled to honor this talented musician as part of our Hall of Fame Class of 2021!

We are excited to induct Daryl Coffin into our Fine Arts Hall of Fame in 2021! Mr. Coffin served as a music teacher in Central Lee from 1990 to 2010. During that time, he taught chorus, show choir, and concert, jazz, and marching bands for students in grades 6-8. He also led flag auxiliary and gave countless instrumental lessons. Mr. Coffin’s middle school students earned more than 100 Division I ratings and first-place finishes combined. In 1996, he was nominated for Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and his middle school band was selected as a featured group at the Iowa Music Educators Association conference. Mr. Coffin and his wife, Patricia, raised four children and have 18 grandchildren. They live in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Please join us in congratulating him for this well-deserved honor!

A graduate of the class of 1967, Ernie Schiller has been inducted into the Central Lee Academic Hall of Fame! Schiller received a bachelor’s degree in science teaching from Iowa State University, beginning his career in Farmington, Iowa. He then returned to Central Lee to teach biology, advanced biology, botany and research science. Schiller was named Iowa Teacher of the Year in 2004. Upon his retirement, he served two terms on the Lee County Board of Supervisors. He founded the Rebuild Nepal Education Foundation, an organization dedicated to help those in the most remote mountainous villages of Nepal. We are excited to honor Ernie Schiller and his many accomplishments and service to the Central Lee community!

The CL golf outing for Sunday, August 15 is full! If you are unsure if you are signed up, please contact Tina Cale or Wes McGraw. We look forward to seeing golfers on Sunday at 10a.m. at Green Acres Golf Course!