“The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves.” –Joseph Campbell
This week, during Teacher Appreciation Week, we express our gratitude for all the wonderful teachers here at Central Lee. Thank you for helping each and every one of our students become the best version of themselves! You are truly appreciated.
Today, April 30, 2022 is Central Lee High School's Junior/Senior Prom!
Wishing our students great fun and safe times!
Happy Prom Saturday! To our students attending, be safe and have a memorable night with your friends! 🕺💃
Central Lee High School’s Top 10% of the graduating class of 2022.
Pictured from left to right:
Front row – Pierson Westfall, Abby Sugars, Grace Hulsebus, Sydney Jones.
Back row – Tristan Howell, Alex Sandoval, Macy Watkins, Bella Steffensmeier.
Tonight's HS Soccer game here at Central Lee has been cancelled.
The MS Soccer game at Edward Stone has been postponed with a rescheduled date to be determined.
Central Lee's 2022 Prom Court
All students at Central Lee Middle School recently participated in Battle of the Books at the local level. We had two teams advance and those students competed at the regional battle on Wednesday. The 7th grade team (Jenna Brown, Zach Estrada, Macie Doty, Bella Vollmer, Skye Williamson, and Ethan Capps) did a great job and should be very proud of their hard work. The 6th grade team, comprised of Macy Martin, Leah Azinger, Alexis Hellweg, Afton Maynes, Evelyn Adkins, and Aubree Perkins, placed 3rd! All students at the regional competition had the honor of speaking with author Dan Gutman, a New York Times Best Selling Author. Congratulations to the two teams! The 6th grade teams were coached by Mrs. Derr, the 7th grade teams were coached by Mrs. Massey, and the 8th grade teams were coached by Ms. Gunther.
Congratulations to the following students who competed at the 6th Grade Math Bee against surrounding school districts on April 26th: Micah Ashmore, Tristan Robins, Caedon Newton, Henry Robbins, Tyson Worrel, Macy Anderson, Chloee Haigh, Ava Derr, Adason Canida, and Isabella Thompson! You should be honored that you 10 were selected to represent Central Lee!
Micah received 1st place out of the 140 students for the individual competition! Caedon and Henry tied for 3rd place out of the 140 students! Micah, Tristan, Caedon, and Henry also received 2nd place for the team competition out of 35 teams!
WAY TO REPRESENT CENTRAL LEE!!
Today is the last day to order your Central Lee Summer Sports Apparel through our Central Lee Sports Boosters!
https://centralleesummer2022.itemorder.com/
Central Lee Hawk's Place kindergarteners and 1st graders enjoyed a visit to the fire station after school yesterday. Thank you Ft Madison Fire Department for giving your time for our group. The kids were excited to get up close to the firetrucks and in their words "real firemen".
Five beginning band students represented Central Lee at the Centerville Himie Voxman Honor Band on April 23rd. They learned to play high quality beginning band music, learned to play with students from other school districts and reinforced their knowledge of concert etiquette.
Please join us in celebrating Administrative Professionals Day! Our administrative staff members work tirelessly to ensure Central Lee is the best it can be. We appreciate everything you do!
In just a few weeks, we will be honoring our Hall of Fame inductees from the classes of 2020 and 2021!
The ceremony will take place Saturday, May 14, at 10 a.m. at Central Lee High School.
For individuals to qualify for a nomination to one of our three Halls of Fame, they must have graduated from Central Lee schools or have been a staff member. They also must be at least five years removed from their time in the district. The nomination form is available at https://bit.ly/CLHOFNomination.
Come out and support our high school soccer teams tonight!
Come out and support our high school soccer teams tonight!
Several Central Lee Middle School Science Fair students were able to participate in some Laboratory Tours at the University of Iowa on Friday, April 22nd, 2022.
From left to right in the group photo:
Caedon Newton, Owen Burgess, Arabella McDowell, Addison Hohl, Chloee Haigh, Addison Conlee, and Kinzie Manwill
The students were able to tour the MATFab Laboratory:
The Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication (MATFab) Facility brings together cutting-edge instruments for the physical sciences and engineering into one convenient location on campus. The MATFab facility houses instrumentation for chemical and elemental analysis, imaging, metrology, and micro and nanofabrication.
The students were also able to tour the Chemistry Facility:
Natural, Mathematical, and Social Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Science. Uses lasers to study the motions of proteins as part of an effort to develop new methods for drug discovery.
April 7th the CLMS choir student performed in the SEI Super Conference Honor Choir under the direction of Alan Chapman, hosted by Burlington, Notre Dame. The CLMS choir has been rehearsing the music for about four weeks preparing for this festival. Student not only rehearsed and performed four selections with singers from Burlington-Notre Dame, West Burlington, and Holy Trinity, but each choir had the opportunity to showcase their individual talents by performing their own song selection.
Missing a yearbook from your time at Central Lee High School? Contact tredding@centrallee.org & reserve a copy of your time as a Hawk!
CLHS Band students were selected to participate in the 2022 SEISC High School Select Band hosted this year by Winfield-Mt. Union CSD. Students performed under the direction of Steve Stickney, Director of Bands at Mount Mercy University. Student elected to perform were: Front row: Bethany Peck, Sydney Gram, Chadie Rudd, Adi Robinson, Maren Robbins. Middle row: Ben Foreman, Gavin Hayes, Anthony Galati, Carlos Garcia, Ashlynn Dodds, Carly Waldorf. Back row: Devin Brecount, Andrew Underwood, David Wright, Sydney Amberger, Kylee Muldoon.
Students from the CLHS Choir Department were awarded the opportunity to perform in the SEISC High School Select Choir hosted at Mediapolis High School. The students rehearsed with student from the super conference under the direction of Dr. Nicki Bakko Toliver, Associate Professor of Music & amp; Choral Activities, Wartburg College. CLHS students that were selected were: Front row: Maren Robbins, Kylee Muldoon, Sydney Amberger, Emily Seamons. Middle Row: Ellie Herdrich, Bethany Peck, Jasmine Johnson, Genni Newton. Back Row: Alan Bollin, Shane Barnhardt, David Wright, Grant Anderson, Keating Fuger.
