Central School District 51

Congratulations to fifth grade students on their DARE graduation today! Congratulations to the essay winners as well! Thank you to Officer Taylor from the Washington Police Department and the fifth grade teachers for making this event so special for our students!

We are very proud of our fifth graders who worked hard this semester and graduated from the DARE program today! Congratulations to our essay winners as well! Thank you to Officer Taylor with the Washington Police Department and the fifth grade teachers for the wonderful work you do with these fifth graders!

The Student Council Assembly Committee did a great job planning today’s assembly!

The StuCo assembly committee did a great job planning today’s assembly!

The livestream for the CIS Music Concert is up and running! 🎼

Come check out the fabulous artwork of the 8th grade class tonight in the Holford Gym Lobby. The art show will be open from 6:00pm until 8:00pm (before and during the choir concert). Shout out to Will Beck, Ella Vaughn, and Abigail Ufheil for a job well done on their Pop Art Candy Wrapper project!

Come check out the fabulous artwork of the 8th grade class on tonight (Tuesday, December 13th) in the Holford Gym Lobby. The art show will be open from 6:00pm until 8:00pm (before and during the choir concert). Shout out to Will Beck, Ella Vaughn, and Abigail Ufheil for a job well done on their Pop Art Candy Wrapper project!

Knit for a Cause had a holiday community service field trip this afternoon. Students taught a craft hour to residents at the Villas of Holly Brook in town. There was great turn out with 19 residents showing up to make the scrap yarn winter hat ornaments. The students and residents both had so much fun this afternoon. What an excellent way to spread some holiday cheer this season!

4th Grade Masterpieces! 🖼️

Mrs. Hartman’s kindergarten class reached a classroom goal and ate lunch in their classroom. 😊

Trojan code update! CPS had our monthly Trojan code assembly recognizing students who showed outstanding attributes of ownership. Keep up the good work! 💙

Thanks to Mr. Fletcher and the maintenance crew for filling Holford Lobby’s new trophy cases! They look great! 🏆

Check it out! The November Edition of the Central Scoop is now available! https://5il.co/1li7k

Third grade celebrated donating the most CPS WHIP items with a grade level pajama day. They donated 1,912 of the 3,564 items. 💙💙💙

Mrs. Brown’s 2nd grade class won a pizza party for donating the most items during our CPS WHIP food drive. They brought in 549 items that contributed to a building total of 3,564 items. 💙💙💙

Voting for the Semi-Finals is complete and the CookieCoders will continue to represent Central Intermediate School in the Final Round! Congratulations CookieCoders! The CookieCoders battled it out in the preliminary round. When things heated up in the Semi Finals, they prevailed, and your Central Intermediate YCL team is headed to the Finals. Show them your support with a vote today in the Final round of the Youth Coding League Playoffs at youthcodingleague.com/playoffs! Finals Voting is Wednesday, November 30 starting at 12:00 pm and ending on Monday, December 5th at 8:00 am. Finalists will be announced on Monday December 12th!! Congratulations CookieCoders and good luck in the Finals!!!!

CIS students and staff are helping make our builidng look great! ❄️Thank you, CIS Knitters, for the adorable knitted hats in the office! 🖼️ Thank you, Mrs. Kinder, for making quick use of our new display case in the Fine Arts Hallway! These projects look amazing! 🎄Thanks to this group of 8th graders who helped decorate the holiday tree at CIS!

Vote today to support the Central Trojans Cookie Coders in the Semi Finals round of the Youth Coding League Playoffs at: youthcodingleague.com/playoffs Semifinals (School vs. School) Voting is Thursday, November 24 starting at 8:00 a.m. through Tuesday November 29th at 8:00 a.m. Finalists will be announced on Wednesday November 30th! Once a winning team of this round is chosen, the team will be able to continue working on their projects to continue competing in one more round of voting. Please stay tuned to continue to support our Community Favorite team! Congratulations, Cookie Coders, and good luck in the Semifinals!!!!

Iris, Derek, and Kaden did a great job performing at ILMEA District Honor Jazz in Quincy today! They are pictured here with their guest conductor, Dr. Griffin!

CPS & CIS collected over 4,200 for WHIP! Thank you Central 51 Community! 💙