November 2026 Newsletter

The Central and Shepherd PTO is hosting a Culver's Night on Monday, December 7 from 5:00 to 8:00. A percentage of sales during that time will be donated to our PTO. Our PTO generously sponsors various events, wish-list purchases, and supply purchases for our teachers and students. Let Culver's cook dinner for you on December 7!

Parent/teacher conferences will be held on Monday, November 23rd from 11:00-3:00 and 3:30-6:15. Conferences will be held in person or via Google Meets, depending on what each parent prefers. Parents may sign up for a conference with their child’s teacher beginning on Monday, November 2nd using the link below for Central Intermediate School. If you would like an in person conference, please fill out the information when going to the link below. If you would like to have a Google Meet conference, please fill out the information after clicking on the link below and in the special notes comments, please put that you would like to have a Google Meet conference. The teacher will send you a link to the Google Meet when it gets closer to the day of your conference. We ask that all families sign up for conferences by Thursday, November 19th. A parent email address must be used when signing your child up for conferences. Below is the link to sign up for conferences. This link will be open on Monday, November 2nd through Thursday, November 19th.

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October's Champions of the Charter were recently chosen by the staff at Central School. October's theme is self advocacy. These students were chosen for their ability to understand their own emotions, thoughts and values as well as the ability to speak up for themselves appropriately. The champions will be recognized at the board meeting on November 17th at Lincoln Elementary School. We are very proud of the great example they set for their fellow students. Congratulations to: Rowan B., Blane C., Faye D., Julian F., Caleb G., Bailey G., Mya H., Mackson H., Ainsley H., Norrah K., Kiana M., Zeke M., Mia M., Jace M., Sergio N., Aria O., Jordyn P., Brynn R., Danica S., Alexa V.

In October, we had 176 students that had perfect attendance! Students will receive a perfect attendance badge on their locker and are highlighted on a school bulletin board. Students that receive perfect attendance each month will be entered into a drawing for prizes, and will be able to help their class earn class rewards. Having great attendance is very beneficial to the success of our students. Congratulations to all of our students with perfect attendance!

The school year is off to a great start down in 6-1. We have been enjoying stories in our new reading series and studying ancient civilizations in social studies. In science, we have finished a rotation of zSpace and a unit in plate tectonics. We've done work with decimals and the coordinate plane in math.

In addition to the learning, we have been having a lot of fun as well. Recently, Ms. Carlson planned a schoolwide Literary Escape room that was awesome. The students did an amazing job working together to crack the clues. Miss Koetz's room tied for first place! Everyone also enjoyed dressing up for Red Ribbon Week. And our very own Miss Koetz's class won the cape decorating contest for Red Ribbon Week and brought the Championship Belt to our hallway.

We are looking forward to many more memories this year!

A big thank you to everyone that participated in our Mrs. Fields fundraiser! Our students and families were excellent sales people! Items will be delivered before Thanksgiving. When that date has been set, we will communicate with families. Thank you to everyone that supports our students!

• This school year, students have access to free lunch and breakfast, however, if a student wants an additional milk, the cost is 55 cents. Students wanting "Lotsa Lunch" will need to pay an additional $1.50 each time they want to order "Lotsa". Students that do not have money in their account will not be able to order "Lotsa Lunch".

• Fast food and deliveries of food are not permitted

• When going to an appointment, please have your child bring a doctor's note upon their return to school.

• As it begins to get colder, please remind your student to bring a coat for recess. Additionally, we do not have supervision for students before 7:50 AM, and students are not brought into the building until 8:00.