Central Lee Community School District

Come out tomorrow evening and get a sneak peek of 21-22 Central Lee Hawk Football! Concessions will be sold and free-will gate donations will be accepted. All proceeds will help Central Lee football purchase new training equipment. Go Hawks!

Sports physicals for any 7th-12th grader will be available during the 21-22 school year registration on Monday, August 2. More details to follow. All athletes must have an annual physical to participate in school athletics. Don't miss this opportunity!

Several Central Lee FFA members assisted with Farmer Bill’s Barn and the Lee County Farm Bureau recently as part of kids day at the Lee County Fair. (top pic) Brooklyn Jones (middle pic) Landon Crank and (bottom) Makayla Morrison(L) and Mya Lampe. All shared the message of the importance of agriculture to the many kids which participated. They emphasized the many byproducts of agricultural commodities. #CTEworksforCL

Don't forget! Open interviews for Teaching Associate positions will be held Wednesday, July 14th, from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the District Board Office. If you have questions, or are interested in applying but unable to attend at that time, please contact ebritton@centrallee.org.

Tonight's district baseball game- Monday, July 12, verses Davis County at 7 pm has been moved to Pekin High School. Remember, tickets must be purchased online from the IHSAA website: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets

Tonight's district baseball game has been postponed until Monday, July 12 due to weather. Monday's game will still be at Davis County at 7pm. Remember, tickets must be purchased online from the IHSAA website: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets

Avree Tweedy(R), of the Central Lee FFA exhibited the Grand Champion market lamb at the 2021 Lee County Fair. Her lamb entrepreneurship enterprise is part of her Supervised Agricultural Experience program(SAEP). Students in agricultural education are taught important animal science concepts and practice those classroom experiences into their SAE projects. (left) Trenten Tweedy. #CTEworksforCL

A large number of Central Lee Agricultural Education/FFA students exhibit at the Lee County Fair. Sidney Gruntmeir(L) and Brianna Gruntmeir(R) exhibited their poultry projects at the fair. Students in Ag-Ed/FFA conduct Supervised Agricultural Experience projects where they take classroom knowledge and implement that learning and bring "real life" experiences to their SAE projects. #CTEworksforCL

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The Central Lee FFA has been escorting Lee County Fair Queen candidates for decades. Escorts for the 2021 Queen event were (L-R) Trey Wellman, Blake Moeller, Mason Schau, and Riley Stuecker. All are very active in the Ag-Ed/FFA program and hold leadership positions in the FFA. #CTEworksforCL

Message from Davis County regarding Saturday's District Quarterfinal baseball game: Saturday, July 10th Davis County will be hosting the first round of the Class 2A District 12 baseball tournament. Pekin and Cardinal will be playing at 5:00 and Davis County vs Central Lee will follow at 7:00. The IHSAA will be using Hometown Ticketing. Davis County will not be allowing cash sales at the gate, all tickets must be purchased through Hometown Ticketing. Tickets are $6. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, July 7th. Fans can go to the ticket page on the IHSAA website to purchase tickets. Here is the link: https://www.iahsaa.org/tickets/ You MUST have a ticket to be scanned when entering through the gate. You can print tickets or have them on your phone. ALL FANS WILL NEED A TICKET! NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE GATE! If there are any issues with the purchase of tickets fans can call HomeTown Ticketing at 866-HTT-4TIX.

Central Lee will hold open interviews for teaching associates on Wednesday, July 14! We’re searching for professionals to serve in associate roles for grades PreK-12. Associates receive competitive wages and are full-time employees. They work directly with students on a daily basis, assisting with matters like ensuring student safety and wellbeing, providing one-on-one support and helping teachers implement lesson plans. The interviews will take place from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the District Board Office, located at 2642 Highway 218 in Donnellson. Interested candidates should bring a copy of their resume with them to the event. We look forward to meeting with prospective candidates on July 14!

Central Lee Elementary will have a new after-school program this fall! Hawk’s Place will provide after-school academic support, physical activities and enrichment opportunities to students in grades K-6. We plan to make the program free for the next two school years, leveraging federal CARES Act funding to provide the service. We will actively seek additional funding for programming beyond the 2022-23 school year. We will develop and share more details over the next three weeks, while also hiring personnel to support Hawk’s Place. The after-school coordinator position is posted to the public, with the application window closing Friday, July 9. Individuals interested in employment with Hawk’s Place should contact Heather Fuger at 319-835-9510 or hfuger@centrallee.org.

The Pilot Grove Savings Bank has been instrumental in supporting Agricultural Education and FFA at Central Lee High School. Recently they donated $1000 to the purchase of a plasma cutting table. The new technology will enhance career and technology education at Central Lee. Students at Central Lee experience essential classroom knowledge and use that knowledge to practice "hands on" activities similar to what they would experience in industry. (L-R) front row Makayla Morrison...Secretary, Trey Wellman...Vice-President, Maddie Wellman...President, Mya Lampe...Reporter, Matthew Morrison, Senior Vice President PGSB, Madalyn Wiegand...3rd Vice-President (back) Mr. Noah Altenhofen...FFA Advisor, Landon Rudd...Sentinel, Everlee Harvey...2nd Vice-President. #CTEworksforCL

Wishing our entire Central Lee community a happy and safe 4th of July! #Proud2bCL

Congratulations Halo Arrowood on signing today with Ellsworth Community College to play softball for next season! Central Lee is proud of you!

Our cheerleaders are working hard this summer to prepare for next year! This past week, they participated in a yoga workout provided by Crossed Paw Yoga. Thank you to Anna Westermeyer for facilitating this for our cheerleaders. Additionally, our cheer team will be holding a 5k at this year's Watermelon Festival in Montrose. If you are interested in running or walking, please sign up. Proceeds will help pay for our athletes at cheer camp this summer. The registration form can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/2xrtcss6

The Ag-Ed Department/Central Lee FFA planted their school land lab recently. Denton Westerkamp(L) and Payton Stevens(R) were instrumental in assisting with the planting process. Students in a farm management course make all decisions for the land lab based on technical knowledge learned in the classroom. #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 2nd from left is Jake Simmons, the Vice-President and Chief Steward for the Local UFCW which made a significant donation for this modern technology for student learning. Jake is a graduate of Central Lee and credits much of his success to Career and Technology Education at Central Lee High School. We thank them for their contribution to this project. Also pictured, Landon Rudd, FFA Sentinel Makayla Morrison, FFA Secretary and Everlee Harvey, 2nd Vice-President. #CTEworksforCL

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